Careers with MSM Software
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MSM Software has been recognised by the British Computing
Society as an outstanding place to work by winning the prestigious
IT Employer of the Year at the British Computing Society IT
Industry Awards 2011.
The Awards are a platform for the IT profession to celebrate best
practice, innovation and excellence in the UK. |
The judges felt MSM Software deserved to win because of
our:
- high client and team satisfaction rates
- long-lasting client relationships and low team turnover
- innovative approaches to quality, shared risk/reward client
payment terms and guaranteed delivery dates
- commitment to staff development, training and excellent
benefits.
Big companies can't offer the experience we do, but we offer the
training benefits of big companies. New starters tend to say
"it's more fun working at MSM" than at their previous job and also
comment that we work more intensively than any other company
they've worked for but our higher productivity means there's no
need for them to work overtime.
Typically packages include:
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Salary:
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Tends to be well above average
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Overtime:
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On-call & anti-social hours
payments plus overtime usually only apply to the support rota, but
are available to all
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Bonus:
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Everybody shares in our success as a
result of our monthly bonus scheme.
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Share Options:
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Every member of team team is entitled
to share options after 1 year's service.
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Training:
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We budget around 12% of salary for
training per annum for most members of the team, in contrast to the
industry average 3%
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Pension:
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You'll qualify for our contributory
pension scheme after your probationary period (3% for first 12
months, 5% thereafter)
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Insurances:
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Private Medical Insurance (PMI)
Life Assurance (Death in service benefit) of 3 times salary
Private Health Insurance (PHI) which is a long term disability
benefit where we continue to pay 75% of your salary if you are off
work long term, until you return or you retire
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Car:
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Free parking
Generous mileage rate
In accordance with best practice we have replaced car allowances
with salary increases (when the role requires substantial car
use)
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Mobile phone:
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If the role requires substantial travel
you'll get a fully expensed company mobile phone
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Healthy living:
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Free organic fruit all week
Free smoothies every week
Showers provided to encourage cycling to work
Anti-smoking policies
Relaxation area in office with sofas and selection of
magazines
Aim to be carbon neutral in all our
activities
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Review:
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Regular appraisal (formal annually,
informal frequently)
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Holiday:
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28 days paid holiday (inc. public
holidays)
Statutory Maternity Rights
Statutory Paternity Rights + additional 5 days paid Paternity
leave
1 extra day for non-smokers
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Loyalty:
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We have a menu of benefits that you can
choose one item from for each year of service with the
company. The most popular option is extra holiday.
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Training
Our training investment in staff is exceptional: we spend
double the industry average on training each year proving our
commitment to providing excellent conditions for our staff,
allowing you to thrive whilst working on clients' projects.
We are a growing and exciting company
with a commitment to providing software solutions for our
clients.
Who do we need?
To join the team candidates must have the ability to
think quickly and demonstrate common sense under pressure. We would
anticipate candidates to either have a degree or to have equivalent
levels of skill or knowledge in this area of work. In addition to
protect our clients all staff are subject to strict vetting
procedures and Criminal Records
Bureau checks. We promote healthy living and have an
anti smoking policy to encourage non smoking.
For technical roles candidates will
need some commercial experience in our common technologies: most
projects use one or more Microsoft technologies (C#, .NET, VB, ASP,
ASP.NET, SQL Server), or Borland Delphi. Knowledge of Javascript
& HTML is necessary.
You must be fluent in English and
eligible to work in the UK.
If you think we are right for
each other, we will welcome your contact even if we are not
currently recruiting. You must be willing to travel to client
sites and to stay away if necessary.
Further
Reading
View our current list of vacancies and our standard application form.
Agencies
We do not use agencies and do not welcome speculative enquiries
from any agency.
Agencies intending to ignore this clear statement should
note that in December 2007 we reached an out of court settlement
with Computer Futures Solutions over an infringement of our
Copyright by them.
We can and will seek legal redress against any agency which
infringes our legal rights. Please also note that all our phone
numbers are registered with the Telephone Preference Service (TPS)
and thus we do not accept unsolicited calls from agencies.