Title:  Senior Developer

Sanctuary is one of the UK’s leading providers of housing, care and community services. With around 13,000 employees, we maintain a culture where diversity is valued and talent is nurtured and rewarded.

Senior Developer

Worcester based with a balance of home and office working

£50,343 - £52,993 per year

35 hours per week - 09:00-17:00 Monday to Friday

We are seeking a highly skilled Senior Developer (known internally as Senior Applications Specialist) to lead the management, implementation, optimisation, and support of our business-critical applications. 

This role sits within the Business Applications Team, part of the Technology Department at Sanctuary Group. It combines technical expertise with management responsibilities, ensuring our application portfolio delivers maximum value to the organisation.

This is a great opportunity for you to work with core business systems that underpin Sanctuary Group. You will play a pivotal role in programs and projects to deliver upgrades, migrations, and new implementations, while mentoring team members and collaborating with stakeholders across Technology and the business.

The role of Senior Developer will include:

• Lead the creation of new team capabilities by fostering innovation and turning ideas into actionable solutions

• Lead and participate in application programmes and projects
• Optimise applications for performance, scalability, and usability using best practices and new technologies
• Configure and customise applications to meet evolving business requirements and goals
• Deliver 3rd-line technical support for business-critical applications with minimal downtime
• Build strong stakeholder relationships to align priorities and deliver successful solutions

• Drive collaboration across technology and vendor networks to ensure exceptional service standards

• Provide line management for team members, supporting development and effective performance

Skills and experiences:

• Extensive experience in enterprise application management, configuration, and lifecycle processes
• Advanced troubleshooting skills for complex application issues
• Ability to lead, manage, and mentor team members effectively
• Excellent stakeholder management across IT teams, developers, vendors, and business units
• Strong understanding of application security, regulatory compliance, and internal policy frameworks
• Proven track record in identifying system improvement opportunities and implementing enhancements
• Experience in risk assessment and supporting audits for compliance and governance

Why work for us?

We provide homes and care for more than 250,000 people in England and Scotland. Our customers are at the heart of all we do. With around 14,000 colleagues, we foster a diverse and inclusive culture, and nurture and reward talent.

Our Benefits   

As part of our commitment to making Sanctuary a great place to work, where your wellbeing is of genuine importance, we have developed an attractive employment package. The package recognises your contribution, supports your physical, mental and financial health and gives you the flexibility to tailor your employee benefits by offering:

• 25 days annual leave (rising to a maximum of 30 days) plus public holidays
• A pension scheme with matching employer contributions from Sanctuary up to set limits
• Life Assurance
• Employee Volunteering scheme
• Employee Advice Service including counselling
• Cycle to Work scheme
• Voluntary health plans  
• Employee discounts
• Wellbeing support and tools
• Employee recognition scheme
• Employee platform to access your reward and wellbeing package online, find exclusive discounts, wellbeing resources and recognition tools
• Employee Networks, with a shared interest in inclusion, and who provide invaluable support to colleagues
• Role salary is £44,192 with an additional policy allowance of £6,151 per annum (rising to £46,517 with an additional policy allowance of £6,475 per annum after 12 months, subject to satisfactory performance)

View the job profile (if the link is unavailable please visit the Sanctuary careers website)   

Closing Date: 22 January 2026

If you're unsure about any details, have questions about the role or want to discuss a need for adjustments, our fantastic talent team will be happy to help you -corporate.recruitment@sanctuary.co.uk

We reserve the right depending on application numbers to close or extend the closing dates for positions; we would therefore recommend an early application.

View more detail about what it’s like to work for our organisation, and what we offer on our Sanctuary careers pages at -  www.sanctuary.co.uk/join-our-team

Inclusion is one of our core values. Our goal is to be a diverse, inclusive organisation where our people thrive and meet our customers’ needs with fairness and empathy. We know having a range of ideas and opinions makes a difference.  We encourage and welcome applications from people from diverse backgrounds to support this mission.  We will make adjustments throughout your application process, in line with Sanctuary’s commitment to our Disability Confident employer status.

Building Equality and Diversity

Sanctuary Group encourages and welcomes applications from people from diverse backgrounds to support our commitment to offering an inclusive environment for our employees and customers. 
We work closely with the Home Office in order to prevent unlawful working.
Sanctuary Group is a trading name of Sanctuary Housing Association, an exempt charity.