Lead Salesforce Administrator

Description:

Lead Salesforce Administrator

Hybrid working – One Strawberry Lane, Newcastle city centre.

Permanent, full time (37.5 hpw)

Salary circa £55,000 per annum (negotiable based on skills and experience) plus brilliant benefits including health cash plan!   

Home, a place where you belong

We have a fantastic opportunity for an experienced Salesforce Lead to join us during an exciting period of growth as we plan further investment into our Salesforce platform! This is a brand-new role within our IS team and you will be involved in planning, designing, leading, and delivering the growth and development of Salesforce within Home Group. 

You’ll be integral to the day-to-day management and development of the Salesforce environment and team which will include regular major and minor developments, as well as driving process and efficiency in our approach to Salesforce. 

Typical day as a Lead Salesforce Administrator

Taking a leading role in building clean, secure, and functionally rich Salesforce solutions that are bringing benefit to the business and its users.

Actively leading, mentoring, and coaching members of the Salesforce team. Overseeing their workloads, development and performance leading to a well performing team.

You're not just a reactive problem solver, you're proactive. Leveraging your tech know-how, you uncover solutions for business needs that haven't even been articulated yet.

Working collaboratively with multiple IS and project teams and the wider business to consistently enhance and improve our Salesforce offering to enable real benefit to our customers and colleagues.

Proactively managing the environments, performance, data quality and updates of the Salesforce ecosystem.

Being a Salesforce evangelist and able to show and demonstrate the usage and benefits of Salesforce to the business, as well as support with training, documentation, and user adoption.  

Taking an active, leading input in key ceremonies such as daily stand up, sprint planning and retrospectives as well as continuously challenge and drive to improve our Salesforce development processes and activities.

Participation, monitoring and leading in the resolution of live incidents working closely with the relevant people to inform key stakeholders and quickly fix issues. 

Fancy going home each day knowing that you have helped change our customers lives for the better? You’ll do that here, working for a top 10 Great Place to Work Employer!

You bring

At least 3 years’ experience in Salesforce Admin role and a Salesforce Certified Administrator

Demonstrable experience in building, configuring, and delivering Salesforce solutions.

Experience of leading a team and building solid relationships with stakeholders.

It would be great if you had experience of working the not for profit and/or marketing cloud

Our team

Looking for a job where you really belong? Where you can be, well you!  Bring your uniqueness, brilliant skills and awesome experience to deliver amazing things for our customers. You’ll join our team, who come from different walks of life and are here to support you as you make yourself at Home!  

Job details

Flexible working hours

You’ll manage your own diary, so if you need to nip out to walk the dog or do the school run, we’re ok with that!

This is a hybrid role, you’ll spend 2 days in the office, and 3 days working at home.

A place where you belong

Great things happen when we can be ourselves at work. We want all our colleagues to be who they truly are here. Our internal diversity networks, peers and allies (Multicultural, LGBTQIA+ and Disability) support us all to be our best. !

What’s in it for you?

34 days leave (includes bank hols and a “me day” to use whenever you fancy) increasing to 39, the option to buy 5 more, and time off for volunteering too!

Health cash plan saving you from £1140 per annum. We’ll cover your costs (and kids if you have them) towards dental, optical, prescriptions, alternative therapies and lots more.

Over 800 high street discounts on groceries, holidays and days out. Looking for a new phone, bike or car?  Save money with us.

Colleagues really matters to us, that’s why we’re the 10th Best place in the UK for Wellbeing. Our tools and support help you when you need them.  

We Grow Our Own colleagues (not literally of course!), when you’re ready for the next step in your career, you can grow with us!

Generous pension scheme with life insurance of 3x salary. Explore our full range of benefits on our website. 

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