Salary:  £60k to £70k

Methods is recruiting for a Power Apps Developer (Power BI specialism) to join our team within the Public Sector Business unit on a permanent basis.

This role will be mainly remote but require flexibility to travel to client sites, and our offices based in London, Sheffield.

Role Overview
We are looking for a skilled Power Apps Developer (Power BI specialism) to design, build, and maintain high-impact business solutions. You will be the go-to expert for turning raw data into actionable insights and creating custom applications that streamline our operations. Your focus will be on building scalable, high-performance tools that adhere to industry best practices.

Key Responsibilities

• Solution Development: Design and deploy end-to-end Power Apps (Canvas and Model-Driven) and complex Power BI dashboards.
• Data Modelling & Analytics: Build robust data models and DAX measures to support sophisticated business intelligence requirements.
• System Integration: Integrate Power Platform solutions with various data sources (SQL, Dataverse, SharePoint, APIs) and other Microsoft 365 services.
• Standards & Governance: Ensure all solutions meet strict performance benchmarks and data best-practice standards for security, usability, and maintainability.
• Expert Consultation: Act as the technical lead for data architecture and app logic, providing guidance on "what’s possible" within the Power Platform ecosystem.

Requirements

Required Skills & Expertise

• Power Pages experience
• Power Apps: Deep experience in app logic, formulas, and UI/UX design within the Power Apps environment.
• Power BI: Advanced knowledge of Power Query, DAX, and data visualisations.
• PL600 certification
• Data Architecture: Proven expertise in data modelling, ETL processes, and relational database concepts.
• Optimization: Ability to troubleshoot and tune performance for slow-running reports or laggy applications.
• Integration: Solid understanding of Power Automate (Flow) for triggering logic and connecting services.

Ideally candidate should have strong power platform skills and one of certs below:

• Microsoft Certified: Power Platform Fundamentals (PL-900): Ideal for beginners covering core capabilities of Power Apps, Dataverse, and Power Automate.
• Microsoft Certified: Power Platform Functional Consultant Associate (PL-200): Focuses on configuring Dataverse, creating app solutions, and automating processes.
• Microsoft Certified: Power Platform Developer Associate (PL-400): Targets developers customizing, securing, and extending Power Platform apps.
• Microsoft Certified: Power Platform Solution Architect (PL-600): Expert-level certification for designing complex, end-to-end solutions.

This role will require you to have or be willing to go through Security Clearance. As part of the onboarding process candidates will be asked to complete a Baseline Personnel Security Standard; details of the evidence required to apply may be found on the government website Gov.UK. If you are unable to meet this and any associated criteria, then your employment may be delayed, or rejected. Details of this will be discussed with you at interview

Our Hiring Process 

At Methods Analytics, we believe in a transparent hiring process. Here's what you can expect: 

1. Internal Application Review 

1. Initial Phone Screen 

1. Technical Interview 

1. Collaborative Pair Programming Exercise 

1. Final Interview 

1. Offer 

Benefits

Working at Methods

Methods exists to improve society by helping people make better decisions with data. Combining passionate people, sector-specific insight, and technical excellence to provide our customers an end-to-end data service.

We use a collaborative, creative and user centric approach to data to do good and solve difficult problems. Ensuring that our outputs are transparent, robust, and transformative. We value discussion and debate as part of our approach. We will question assumptions, ambition, and process – but do so with respect and humility.

We relish difficult problems, and overcome them with innovation, creativity, and technical freedom to help us design optimum solutions. Ethics, privacy, and quality are at the heart of our work, and we will not sacrifice these for outcomes.

We treat data with respect and use it only for the right purpose. Our people are positive, dedicated, and relentless. Data is a vast topic, but we strive for interactions that are engaging, informative and fun in equal measure. But maintain a steely focus on outcomes and delivering quality products for our customers.

We are passionate about our people; we want out colleagues to develop the things they are good at and enjoy.

By joining us you can expect

Autonomy to develop and grow your skills and experience

Be part of exciting project work that is making a difference in society

Strong, inspiring, and thought-provoking leadership

A supportive and collaborative environment

As well as this, we offer:

Development access to LinkedIn Learning, a management development programme and training

Wellness 24/7 Confidential employee assistance programme

Social - office parties, pizza Friday and commitment to charitable causes

Time off - 25 days of annual leave a year, plus bank holidays, with the option to buy 5 extra days each year

Volunteering - 2 paid days per year to volunteer in our local communities or within a charity organisation

Pension Salary Exchange Scheme with 4% employer contribution and 5% employee contribution

Life Assurance of 4 times base salary

Private Medical Insurance which is non-contributory (spouse and dependants included)

Worldwide Travel Insurance which is non-contributory (spouse and dependants included)