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Job summary
Do you want work collaboratively designing modern IT architecture for some of the largest digital transformations in Europe?
Do you want to help support millions of our claimants by designing user-friendly digital services?
If so, this role may be perfect for you.
We are looking for motivated Lead Solution Architects to take on the challenge of solving complex problems designing services supporting some of the most vulnerable citizens in society.
We are first and foremost a people focussed organisation and thats why we want to attract the best possible people to come and help us create the best possible services for the people who need our support.
You will lead in designing modern digital services working in the Shared Channels Experience (SCE) team, charged with making sure that all DWP digital services have citizen centric, focused outcomes, improving the experience for both DWP colleagues and customers, by designing services around the user and life events, rather than around benefits.
We achieve this by understanding the whole customer journey and interaction with DWP and enabling channel optimisation across the wider organisation.
You will be suited to this role if you have experience of agile development of solutions for deployment into public cloud environments.
Job description
- Manage the design, development, delivery and maintenance of IT products and services across the Digital Channels portfolio.
- Help to lead and support the community to build high quality, VFM products and services.
- Provide architecture coaching and mentoring for other solution architects.
- Understand a broad range of technical solutions ranging from niche legacy systems to green field digital solutions that will be used across the enterprise.
- Bring a breadth of understanding across a range of technical specialisms and depth of experience in a number of specialisms.
Person specification
If you would like to learn more about the role, please contact Isaac.morrison@dwp.gov.uk.
Behaviours
We’ll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:
Technical skills
We’ll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:
- Turning Business problems into technical designs
- Technical Breadth
Benefits
- An employer pension contribution of up to 27% For further information please click here.
- Annual leave rising up to 30 days, (based on your working pattern).
- Family friendly flexible working arrangements, such as hybrid working, job sharing, term-time working, flexi-time and compressed hours.
- Learning and development tailored to your role this could include industry recognised qualifications, coaching and mentoring.
- An inclusive and diverse environment with opportunities to join staff networks including: Womens Network, National Race Network, National Disability Network (THRIVE) and many more.
This job role may be suitable for hybrid working, which is where an employee works part of the week in their DWP office and part of the week from home. This is a voluntary, non-contractual arrangement and your office will be your contractual place of work. The number of days that anyone will be able to work at home will be determined primarily by business need but personal circumstances and other relevant circumstances will also be taken into account. If you are successful, any opportunities for hybrid working, including whether a hybrid working arrangement is suitable for you, will be discussed with you prior to you taking up your post.
Salary Information
Pay for this role is from £69,869 to £77,740.
The maximum salary for the grade is £77,740, however a Digital Allowance of up to £12,255 per annum is available for exceptional candidates, based on our assessment of your skills and experience.
Our offer to successful candidates will be based on an assessment of your skills and experience as demonstrated at interview.
Existing Civil Servants who secure a new role on lateral transfer should maintain their current salary.
Existing Civil Servants who gain promotion may move to the bottom of the next grade pay scale or 10% increase in salary whichever would be the greater.
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Selection process details
Stage 1: Application
As part of the application process you will be asked to complete:
1. A completed Personal Details application form.
2. A curriculum vitae including education, professional qualifications and full employment history, giving details of key achievements.
When uploading your CV, do not include personal information or links to any webpages or profiles that identifies you. This means we can recruit based on your knowledge and skills, and not background, gender or ethnicity. Take out references to your name/title, educational institutions, age, sex, email address, postal address, telephone number or nationality/immigration status.
When giving details in your CV you should highlight your experience in line with essential criteria below:
- Experience in delivering large scale, multi-million pound solutions.
- Leading architecture design of business critical IT projects/services in a large, complex UK central government or private sector organisation and influencing Director level stakeholders in a large scale environments.
- Making strategic recommendations at CIO level.
- Presenting to large technical audiences.
- Public cloud technologies and design patterns.
When giving details of your redacted CV, you should therefore include details of the work and projects that you have been involved in, and your role therein.
Important information
Please attach your redacted CV as a separate additional document in either PDF or word format.
If your CV contains any personal details your application may be withdrawn.
Stage 2: Interview
If youre successful at sift stage you will be invited to a video interview via Microsoft Teams. There, you will be assessed against the following Behaviours and Technical Skills:
Communicating and Influencing
Working Together
Turning business problems into technical designs
Technical Breadth
You will be asked to do a short (10 minutes) presentation on a specific topic. Further details will be provided to candidates invited to interview.
Interviews will take place from early to mid-January 2024.
Sift and Interview dates to be confirmed.
Further Information
https://careers.dwp.gov.uk/how-we-recruit/
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The Civil Service values honesty and integrity and expects all candidates to abide by these principles. Please ensure that all examples provided in your application are taken directly from your own experience and that you describe the examples in your own words. Applications will be screened and if evidence of plagiarism or copying examples/answers from other sources is found, your application will be withdrawn. Internal DWP candidates may also face disciplinary action.
Reasonable Adjustment
At DWP we value diversity and inclusion and actively encourage and welcome applications from everyone, including those that are underrepresented in our workforce.
We consider visible and non-visible disabilities, neurodiversity or learning differences, chronic medical conditions, or mental ill health. Examples include dyslexia, epilepsy, autism, chronic fatigue, or schizophrenia.
If you need a change to be made so that you can make your application, you should: Contact Government Recruitment Service via DigitalRecruitment.grs@cabinetoffice.gov.uk as soon as possible before the closing date to discuss your needs.
Complete the Reasonable Adjustments section in the Additional requirements page of your application form to tell us what changes or help you might need further on in the recruitment process. For instance, you may need wheelchair access at interview, or if youre deaf, a Language Service Professional.
For further information on reasonable adjustments, terms and conditions and how we recruit visit the How We Recruit page
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Contact point for applicants
Job contact :
- Name : Isaac Morrison
- Email : Isaac.morrison@dwp.gov.uk
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- Email : digitalrecruitment.grs@cabinetoffice.gov.uk
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