Technical Consultant - (Local Government - Data Migration Focus)

Civica; Greater London; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading GovTech company is seeking a Technical Consultant in London to provide consultancy and data services across a range of software products. The role entails developing strong customer relationships, delivering data migration projects, and ensuring successful implementations. Candidates should have experience with software implementations and a strong background in Microsoft SQL. This position promises career growth in a dynamic environment focused on public service delivery.

Qualifications

• Experience in software implementations, especially data migrations.
• Familiarity with local government operations.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical consultancy services across several products.
• Deliver data migration and consultancy for Civica software.
• Communicate effectively with customers and manage project deliverables.

Skills

SQL development

Data migration

Technical consultancy

Customer communication

Tools

Microsoft SQL

Azure

SSIS

Job description

We’re Civica, and we create software that helps deliver critical services for citizens all around the world.

From local government, to education, health, and care, over 5,000 public bodies across the globe use our software to provide essential services to over 100 million citizens.

Our aspiration is to be a GovTech champion everywhere we work, supporting the needs of citizens and those who serve them every day. Building on 21 years of continuous growth and success, we're at a pivotal point in our journey to realise that aspiration.

Why you will love this opportunity as Technical Consultant at Civica

Its an essential role in the Civica LG Division Services Team, working across a range of products and customers in the portfolio to deliver professional services consultancy on several concurrent projects.

You will develop an in-depth working knowledge of the complete suite of Local Government solutions. The successful candidate will play a pivotal part in ensuring implementations are delivered successfully, on time and budget, and to a high level of customer satisfaction.

You will help ensure that Civica is recognised as the leading GovTech Software supplier in the market place. The Technical Consultant will achieve this through positivity, action, professionalism, customer service and industry knowledge.

What you will do to be successful in this role as Technical Consultant

Key Responsibilities

• Provide all data related activity of Technical Consultancy Services across several Products to Civica customers
• Develop and deliver new approaches to Technical delivery to continuously enhance the level of service provided.
• To deliver data migration and data consultancy for Civica software following Civica project documentation, implementation guidelines and quality standards.
• Act as the lead point of contact for their Projects for the areas of Data, interfacing and Technical delivery.
• Define and document data conversion and Load scope and perform data loading in line with agreed process.
• Testing and due diligence during migrations and Implementations.
• To produce and maintain documentation to high standards for internal and customer use, including user literature, configuration documentation and technical specifications.
• To communicate effectively with customers in advance of agreed tasks, provide progress updates during and upon completion, highlight issues, and recommend follow-on actions.
• Develop ad-hoc reports via a range of industry standard reporting tools
• To promote Civica, its products and practices in a professional manner.
• Create SQL scripts to view and report on data
• Creation of SQL Stored Procedures, Functions and Triggers.
• Development of back office tools and data pipelines
• Migration of SSIS packages and legacy SQL approaches to Azure environments
• Provide workshops and consultancy services in remote or in person format with groups from 1-8 people
• Work with Customers to support User Acceptance Testing (UAT) of solutions delivered in projects, providing triage and issue resolution where possible and raising enhancements and defects with Product Teams.
• Liaise with the Civica Project and Account managers
• Provide quotations for no standard small work packages
• Provide regular internal progress reports as required
• Manage customer issues to a successful resolution ensuring that appropriate customer and internal communication is maintained.
• Commercial acumen to manage deliverables to agreed scope and identify any activities / services over & above that contracted for.

Essential Experience

Candidates must have experience in Software Implementations, specifically Data Migrations, ideally using Microsoft SQL. They should also have experience within at least one of the following areas of local government ether as a supplier or a customer : Housing, Revenues, Asset management, Regulatory data ( licencing, Food Standards), Fire Safety, Transport or Police.