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We operate a flexible hybrid working model across the UK, with colleagues linked to one of our core locations in Newport or Titchfield (Fareham) and working between office and remote throughout the week. ONS operates a hybrid working arrangements where currently colleagues are required to work in their allocated office location at least 20% of their work time from January 2024 raising to a minimum of 40% attendance from April 2024. This approach reflects a point in time and is subject to change.
About the job
Job summary
Are you currently studying for a Bachelors degree or a Masters in a subject relevant to Software Engineering?
Our fantastic Software Engineer Graduate Programme is a combined Year-in-industry and Graduate programme, offers you potential progression through three stages, leading to a permanent role after graduation and opportunities to build a successful long-term career with us.
Our Year in Industry placement is a year in our established Software Engineer Graduate Programme. It is an opportunity to gain vital experience working across our unique software stack and programmes.
If you want to find out more about the programme, we will be running a webinar on Tuesday 9th January 2024 at 12pm – 1pm, with an opportunity to meet this year’s students, their managers and our recruitment team. You can use the link above to register for this.
Also, here is an interview with two of our current Year in Industry Software Engineers.
Job description
As a Year in Industry student you will be provided with a comprehensive training programme and all the support you need to develop both your technical and personal skills. You will play an integral part of your team and will be part of the wider Software Engineering Community of Practice who will also provide you with plenty of opportunity to learn from peers in a supportive environment.
You will be coached and developed to:
Deliver high quality products, applications and infrastructure using code.
Build, support and continuously improve software products to meet user needs.
Test (manual and automated) to ensure standards are met.
Contribute to coding standards and perform code reviews.
Support software design principles, such as re-use, open source solutions, 12-factor and iterative delivery.
Ensure security standards are met.
Actively participate in a wider community of software developers sharing experiences and identifying good practices.
Work within, improve on and analyse industry, government and ONS security practices.
We deliver using a wide range of programming languages and tools, training our teams to use, amongst others: Spark, Python, Scala, Go, Node, Ruby, SharePoint , Java, JSON, R, SAS, SQL, NoSQL, Hadoop and web frameworks such as Rails or Django.
And deploy and run using:
Cloud infrastructure such as AWS, Azure and Google
Infrastructure as code using Terraform and native cloud solutions
Continuous integration/continuous development pipelines such as Concourse and cloud-native build-run tooling
We have successfully delivered a variety of exciting projects, such as:
Census 2021
Covid Infection Survey
Statistical Production Platform
We are committed to the continuous development of our digital data ingest and survey data collection platforms, alongside centralised data analysis and presentation tooling.
Where possible we follow the principle of coding in the open and we publish our code to GitHub under https://github.com/ONSdigital
Person specification
We can help you to develop those skills further. You will work on an existing project or programme where you will be coached and helped to become a fully-contributing member of our team for the duration of your placement.
Person Specification
Youll have a passion for building solutions and an aptitude for technology.
You are able to use your knowledge to identify & select the right technical tools and techniques for the job.
Your aptitude for IT will be complimented by your ability to work at pace, to collaborate and partner with others and to provide a quality service.
You will be someone who continuously seeks opportunities to change and improve the products and platforms that you work with.
Youll be able to apply your knowledge of agile delivery and other techniques such as Test-Driven Development, Behaviour-Driven Development and Pair Programming to the work you do.
You must be studying for a degree or a Masters in a subject relevant to the post you are applying for and be returning to university after completing your placement
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:
- Please detail what relevant subject (for either a Bachelors Degree or Masters) you are currently studying?
- What year are you due to graduate?
- Why are you interested in joining the Year In Industry programme at the Office for National Statistics?
- Tell us about a software programme or project you have been involved with, either as part of a team or independently.
Benefits
£7,007 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme.
Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.
The Office for National Statistics is part of the Civil Service, and as such we share a number of key benefits with other departments, whilst also having our own unique offerings to support our 5400 valued colleagues across the business.
Whether you are hearing about us for the first time or already know a bit about our organisation, we hope that the benefits pack attached (bottom of page) will give you a great insight into the benefits and facilities available to our colleagues, and our fantastic working culture.
We are an organisation that takes well-being seriously and lives and breathes the desire to modernise the workplace of the future. Everyone, from our office-based colleagues across our UK sites, to our field interviewers and airports and ports passenger survey teams, are part of a diverse and inclusive family.
Inclusion & Accessibility
At ONS we are always looking to attract the very best people from the widest possible talent pool, and we are proud to be an inclusive, equal opportunities employer. As a member of the Business Disability Forum and a Disability Confident Leader were committed to ensuring that all candidates are treated fairly throughout the recruitment process.
As part of our application process, you will be prompted to provide details of any reasonable adjustments to our recruitment process that you need. If you would like to discuss any reasonable adjustments before applying, please contact the recruitment team in the first instance.
If you would like an accessible version of any of the attachments or recruitment documents below or linked to in this advert, please contact the recruitment team who will be happy to assist.
If you need help with any part of the application process or completing your CV or personal statement please contact our Recruitment Team at ons.resourcing@ons.gov.uk or call us on 01633 455556, one of the team will be happy to help you.
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Selection process details
National Requirements – Security Clearance
Individuals appointed to the Office for National Statistics or UK Statistics Authority will be subject to National Security Vetting at SC Cleared level for this post. To allow for meaningful checks to be carried out applicants will normally need to have lived in the UK for the 3 consecutive years immediately prior to applying.
A lack of UK residency in itself is not always a bar to security clearance.
If you are unsure that you meet the eligibility above, please contact the recruitment email on the advert before applying to discuss.
Applicant support
The ONS regularly run webinars and support sessions for candidates. You can find details on all our upcoming webinars on our Eventbrite page.
Applicants may utilise AI resources in their submissions; ensuring all information provided is factually accurate, truthful, and original, avoiding any form of plagiarism to maintain the authenticity and credibility of the application process.
Stage 1 – Application and Sift Assessment
Application stage will be based on your CV and response to the below 4 relevant questions in the application form. You are also required to answer a question around your eligibility to partake in this programme. You must be studying for a Bachelors degree or a Masters in a subject relevant to the post you are applying for and be returning to university after completing your placement If you do not answer this question, your application will not be processed.
Your CV should be tailored to demonstrate any skills, knowledge and experience that are relevant to the content of the role, specifically the criteria within the person specification.
Success Profiles Behaviour examples are not required at the application stage.
In cases where there are a high number of applications the sift pass mark may be adjusted and candidates will be invited to interview in merit order, i.e. those scoring the highest.
Stage 2 Interview
Should you be invited to interview, you will be assessed using various assessment techniques aligned to the Civil Service Success Profiles framework, where you’ll be assessed against all the behaviours outlined in the advert.
Further information will be provided to successful candidates prior to interview if any specific preparation is needed.
Interviews will be conducted by Video Conference.
A reserve list may be held for a period up to 3 months from which further appointments may be made.
Important dates:
Sift date: 29th January 2024
Interview dates: w/c 12th February and w/c 19th February 2024
For the full terms and conditions of the post, please see attachment below.
How the programme works overall
Our fantastic Software Engineer Graduate Programme offers potential progression through three stages, and opportunities to build a successful long-term career with us.
Stage 1: Year in industry placement All successful candidates through this process will be offered a one year fixed-term contract to complete the Year in Industry placement initially. On completion of your interview, you will be required to undertake an assessment to determine which team you will be allocated to.
Stage 2: Part-time and flexible employment. Towards the end of the first year, all Year in Industry participants will undertake an assessment to remain with ONS if they wish to do so for their final year of studies. This will be on a flexible and part-time basis, and on a further one year fixed-term contract basis.
Stage 3: Permanent employment. Upon graduation, those having completed the two periods will undertake an assessment to join us on a permanent basis.
Please note, the start date will be on Wednesday 4th September 2024, where you will be expected to attend a 3 day induction at our Newport office (travel & stay expensed if Newport is not your agreed working location).
Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.
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Working for the Civil Service
We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission’s recruitment principles (opens in a new window).
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Job contact :
- Name : DDAT Recruitment Team
- Email : DDAT.Recruitment@ons.gov.uk
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- Email : DDAT.Recruitment@ons.gov.uk
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