Working hours: 35 hours per week, Monday to Friday

Duration: fixed-term until 31/12/2026

Location: Gloucester (hybrid)

Job Ref: 205318

About the role

Benefact Group are looking for an RPG Developer to join our Gloucester office.

We're looking for a proven RPG developer to play a key role in supporting and enhancing our core insurance RPG application iPlus, the successor to i90. You'll help maintain business-critical applications, resolve issues, improve system performance, and ensure the continued stability and reliability of services that support our operations across the Group.

Why join us?

Join a collaborative and inclusive culture that’s committed to making a difference and building a more sustainable future. Ranked amongst the UK's 15 Best Big Companies to Work For in 2025, we offer fantastic career and development opportunities within a rapidly growing, innovative Group - where all profits go to charity and good causes.

What you'll be doing

• Application Support & Maintenance - Support and maintain core iPlus applications, investigating issues, implementing fixes, and ensuring services remain stable and reliable.

• System Enhancements - Develop and deliver improvements to existing applications, helping to optimise processes and meet evolving business requirements.

• Problem Investigation & Resolution - Analyse application issues, identify root causes, and implement effective solutions while minimising business disruption.

• Testing & Quality Assurance - Work with testing and business teams to ensure changes are thoroughly validated and delivered to a high standard.

• Collaboration - Work closely with business stakeholders, support teams, and technical colleagues to ensure the continued success of the iPlus platform.

What you'll need to have

• Excellent RPG skills – You’ll be working on software that has been the backbone of the company for 25 years so has different flavours of RPG that will need to be controlled

• Programming Expertise - Proficiency in languages commonly used on IBM Power systems, such as RPG and CL

• Programming Expertise - Strong knowledge of RPG, CL and IBM i development practices.

• Support & Troubleshooting Experience - Experience diagnosing and resolving issues within complex business-critical applications

What makes you stand out

• Experience with i90/iPlus – iPlus is the successor to i90 so knowledge of i90 would be highly advantageous, allowing you to quickly contribute to the ongoing support and development of the platform.

• IBM i Platform Knowledge - Familiarity with IBM i tools and technologies, including IBM Navigator for i, job management, performance analysis, and application support activities.

• Continuous Improvement Mindset - A proactive approach to identifying opportunities to improve application stability, maintainability, and user experience.

What we offer

• A competitive salary - let's discuss it

• Hybrid working

• Group Personal Pension - up to 12% employer contribution

• Generous annual bonus scheme: on-target bonus between 6% and 24%

• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays, and a holiday buy and sell scheme

• An array of health and wellbeing benefits, including private healthcare, income protection and life assurance

• £200 annual personal grant to a charity of your choice

• Encouraged to take at least one volunteering day per year

• Employee Assistance Programme

• Full study support to gain professional qualifications

• Access to virtual GP

• Enhanced maternity and paternity pay

Hear from the hiring manager

"Be part of a high-performing team supporting IBM Power I modernisation - your input and technical insight will make the difference."

About us

Benefact Group is a unique international financial services Group made up of over 30 businesses. We are owned by a charity and have been the 3rd largest UK corporate donor over a decade*, having given away £250 million since 2014. We have ambitious plans to become the UK’s number one corporate donor, with strategic objectives in place to double the Group’s size.

We believe it’s essential to attract, empower, grow and reward talented people, offering fantastic opportunities for career and personal development. Our giving ethos, 135-year history and the diversity of what we do, has enabled us to build a culture of kindness, great ambition, and of passionate people driven to do better and be better. 

At Benefact Group, we are committed to creating an inclusive culture and building an environment where each and every one of us feels valued and respected. We are a community made up of people with a range of different backgrounds, abilities, perspectives, beliefs and interests and we value the strength this brings to us as a Group. We welcome applications from everyone.

If you need any additional support during the recruitment process, then please let us know.

*Directory of Social Change’s UK Guides to Company Giving 2017-26