Developer

Job reference: PSX-028995

Salary: £37,174 – £45,413 per annum depending on relevant experience

Faculty/Organisational Unit: Professional Services

Location: Oxford Road

Employment type: Fixed Term

Division/Team: Strategy, Architecture and Support

Hours Per Week: Full Time (1 FTE)

Closing date (DD/MM/YYYY): 23/06/2025

Contract Duration: 12 Months

School/Directorate: Directorate of IT Services

The University of Manchester

The University of Manchester is a truly global institution with a reputation for education and innovation that resonates across the world, offering a wide range of courses and boasting outstanding facilities in the centre of Manchester. The University is committed to world-class research, outstanding learning and student experience and social responsibility in everything it does. Its goal is to become one of the world’s leading Universities.

About IT Services

IT Services at the University of Manchester is a vibrant and fast-moving department, we focus on delivering excellent customer service and quality services for our staff, students, and researchers.

Find Out More About Our Organisation And Values

The Role

An opening has arisen for an Oracle Developer to join the Applications Support and Development team within IT Services. The role is a Fixed Term Contract until 30th June 2026, providing Business As Usual and Continuous Improvement development support work to the team for our Finance 12.2.10 system. The team is responsible for the development, maintenance & continuous improvement of our core Finance applications – primarily Oracle eBusiness Suite (R12) Financials. The support and maintenance of the reporting platform and ancillary systems are also part of the role. We are seeking a candidate with a detailed technical foundation of the eBusiness suite platform. PLSQL skills will form a key part of the role. Some development work will need to be considered for future compatibility with Oracle Fusion, so Fusion experience is also desirable. A good working knowledge of AP, AR, GL, Projects, iProcurement, Purchasing, Inventory, Fixed Assets & EAM modules would be helpful. Oracle Workflow Builder, Forms, Reports, and reporting skills such as XML Publisher, or Excel4Apps are desirable. Knowledge and experience of interfaces is highly valued. A successful candidate will join our established team of functional analysts and developers supporting these applications.

The Developer role involves working with business users and IT colleagues to understand, define and develop fixes and solutions to business issues.

Essential Experience

• Oracle eBusiness Suite Financials (12.2.10).
• Experience supporting a core Finance system.
• Excellent Oracle PL/SQL skills.

Desirable Experience

• Resolution of incidents and change requests/working with customers.
• Understanding or experience of full software implementation cycle.
• Experience working with interfaces.
• Experience of CEMLIs/Oracle Application Extensions/Personalisation’s.
• Oracle Fusion experience
• Working with any of the following tools: APEX, XML Publisher, Excel4Apps, Oracle Forms and Reports, Workflow Builder, GitHub/TortoiseGit or other version control software, TOAD/SQL Developer.
• Working with Oracle documentation (OUM/AIM methodology).
• Experience working within a team.
• Ability to analyse and solve problems.
• Excellent communication skills.

When addressing the person specification criteria in your application for this role, please ensure you reference the specific role requirements above.

What You Will Get In Return

• Fantastic market leading Pension scheme
• Excellent employee health and wellbeing services including an Employee Assistance Programme
• Exceptional starting annual leave entitlement, plus bank holidays
• Additional paid closure over the Christmas period
• Local and national discounts at a range of major retailers

As an equal opportunities employer we welcome applicants from all sections of the community regardless of age, sex, gender (or gender identity), ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation and transgender status. All appointments are made on merit.

Our University is positive about flexible working – you can find out more

Hybrid working arrangements may be considered.

Please be aware that due to the number of applications we are unfortunately not able to provide individual feedback on your application.

Please note that we are unable to respond to enquiries, accept CVs or applications from Recruitment Agencies. Any recruitment enquiries from recruitment agencies should be directed to Any CV’s submitted by a recruitment agency will be considered a gift.

Enquiries About The Vacancy, Shortlisting And Interviews

Name: Michelle Connelly

Email General enquiries: Technical Support

This vacancy will close for applications at midnight on the closing date.

Please see the link below for the Further Particulars document which contains the person specification criteria.

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