Application Specialist

Job title: Applications Specialist

Role type: Permanent

Salary: £52,000

Hours: Full time

Hours: Hybrid

Location: A short walk from Stratford Station

Are you passionate about working for an international charity? Do you believe that all children across glob deserve peace and prosperity?
Then working for this international charity is the right role for you.

In your role as Application Specialist you will work as part of a wider ICT department which is responsible for technology, data management, data analytics and support all fundraising support.
Current key systems include; Microsoft 365, SharePoint, Unit4, Asana, and Datacloud.

As a Application Specialist your role is a technical one and you will proactively support and maintain core business applications. You will manage application patching cycle, and coordinating deployment.

You will in addition track and maintain the charities compliance with Cyber Essentials Plus.

Your day to day duties as Application Specialist will include;
• Package application updated and coordinate deployment including via Microsoft Intune
• Work alongside third party vendors to coordinate IT updates, and resolve issues
• Ensure the organisation complies with policies and Cyber Essentials Plus controls and organisational security policies
• Contribute to service improvement, including through automation
• Maintain the applications roadmap, planning upgrades and responding to new business opportunities
• Streamline existing portfolio of applications, consolidating systems to improve efficiency and minimise complexity

This skills you will bring to the position of Application Specialist which is both a technical delivery and light governance role will include;
• Experience of patching enterprise applications in a business environment
• Competence with Microsoft Intune including packaging, deployment and basic troubleshooting
• Ability to effectively communicate needs to none technical stakeholders
• Prior experience in understanding cyber security threats and best practices to protect application against cyber attacks
• MD-102 Microsoft Endpoint Administrator Associate or equivalent
• Familiarity with Cyber Essentials Plus or other cyber security frameworks

This is a hands on role, and if you are interested in applying for the position of Application Specialist through TPP Recruitment please do so by sending your CV to

We want you to have every opportunity to demonstrate your skills, ability and potential; please contact us if you require any assistance or adjustment so that we can help with making the application process work for you.