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Details

Reference number

304532

Salary

£41,560 – £44,587

DDAT Allowance up to £10,000. Please see candidate pack for details

A
Civil Service Pension with an average employer contribution of 27%

Job grade

Senior Executive Officer

Contract type

Permanent

Business area

PINS – Corporate Services – Digital – Operational Support Services

Type of role

Digital

Working pattern

Flexible working, Full-time, Part-time, Compressed Hours

Location

Bristol, South West England, BS1 6PN

About the job

Job summary

The Planning Inspectorate is recruiting for a Senior Developer to join our growing Digital and Data Services team as we expand to meet growing demands from our colleagues, government, and our customers.

This role is a Content Management System (CMS) Developer. Your primary responsibility is to develop a CMS that facilitates the storage, discovery, and utilisation of knowledge within the organisation. The CMS will be built using Drupal and should align with the Government Design Principles.

Youll be working in a small digital team delivering bespoke products to Operational Teams including Inspectors and Casework Officers. Outside of the team, youll be a part of the Developer Community of Practice where youll have peer support and opportunities to share both knowledge and problems.

The Planning Inspectorate has a long and proud history in ensuring a fair planning system for England. The work we do has a significant impact on peoples lives, the communities where they live and the economy.

We want our colleagues to be able to work more flexibly and more collaboratively, exploring new and innovative ways to improve the way we provide services.

For further information on the Planning Inspectorate, please see the information pack attached. You can also view our careers page at Civil Service Careers

Job description

Youll work as part of a team and should be confident building effective relationships, sharing process improvements, and contributing to organisational performance. Youll have excellent problem-solving, communication, and interpersonal skills, and enjoy working with customers to deliver high-quality products.

Youll be the CMS subject matter expert focussed on delivering high quality code in line with project goals and delivery cycles.

Youll have the ability to understand and work within given constraints and challenge changeable constraints.

Youll also keep up to date with the latest technologies and trends, whilst delivering working software early and often, learning new languages and frameworks and picking the right solutions.

Our Tech Stack

For the CMS, youll use:

Azure for infrastructure and deployment
UK Design System for web interfaces and design patterns
HTML/CSS/JavaScript for web implementation
Drupal (PHP) for the CMS
SQL database for data

Were happy to help you learn our tech stack once you are part of our team.

Check out GitHub for a closer look at the technology we use.

A typical week in this role will consist of a blend of responsibilities, including:

Performing code review.
Providing mentoring and coaching to other team members.
Prioritisation of work in line with deliverables and project goals.
Writing code.
Writing unit tests.
Offering technical expertise on software architecture and technology choices.
Providing guidance to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
Identifying and fixing faults.
Providing technical assurance.

For full information on the role and assessment process please refer to the candidate pack attached.

Hybrid working

All of our office-based roles are contractually located at Temple Quay House in Bristol. Most of our roles are able to work in a hybrid manner and you will be expected to attend Temple Quay House at least 12 days a year. Depending on your role, you may be required to attend more often than 12 days a year either permanently or temporarily to ensure we deliver our services in the most efficient and effective way for our customers. If you would like to discuss our Hybrid Working Policy in more detail please contact us at PINS.Recruitment@planninginspectorate.gov.uk

Person specification

Essential Criteria

Problem-solving experience
Excellent communication, customer engagement, and inter‐personal skills.
Experience of Agile methodologies
Proficiency in HTML, CSS, and JavaScript
Proficiency in MySQL (or equivalent), and PHP
Proficiency in git (or equivalent), UI design, and Drupal

Desirable Criteria

Relevant degree or professional qualification
Able to understand and work within the given constraints (including but not limited to technology, policy, regulatory, financial, legal, social user constraints) and to challenge constraints that can be changed.
Experience of a continuous improvement and agile environment focusing on user needs.

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:

Programming in PHP
Front end web development using HTML, CSS & JavaScript

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £41,560, Planning Inspectorate contributes
£11,263 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme.

Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.

Flexible working options, including flexi-time, part-time, compressed hours and home working if suitable for the role.
A working culture which encourages inclusion and diversity.
25 days annual leave increasing by 1 day per year up to 30 days after 5 years, plus 1 privilege day to mark the Kings birthday. In addition to the normal bank holidays.
Generous family friendly policies.
Fast and modern IT kit which utilises Windows 10 and Microsoft 365, enabling seamless working from home and collaboration across teams.

For full information see our Benefits information pack.

Things you need to know

Selection process details

This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours, Experience and Technical skills.

Application

Complete the online application form on Civil Service Jobs which requires the following information:

A CV: The CV section is an opportunity for you to detail your career history. It should outline the jobs you have done, the length of time you were employed within each role and a brief description of your role, responsibilities and duties which demonstrate relevance to the role you are applying for against the essential criteria. You must type, or copy and paste into the text box called Employment History within the online application. You cannot attach a copy of your CV.

We will assess your application on the evidence you have provided against the Essential Criteria and Success Profile elements detailed in the Person Specification in the candidate pack.

All shortlisted candidates will be advised of the outcome shortly afterwards.

Interview

If you are shortlisted, you will:

Be asked to attend an interview to have a more in-depth discussion about your experience and suitability for the role
Interviews will be a blend of behaviour, experience and technical questions

Candidates who are successful at shortlist stage will be sent full assessment requirements with their interview invitations.

Other Information

Shortlist Date: Between 21st August and 24th August 2023

Interview Date: Between 4th September and 7th September 2023

Interviews are currently being completed remotely using Microsoft Teams. We would like to reassure candidates that the virtual interview will not be recorded (or retained) within the Planning Inspectorate, other than usual interview protocol and in line with the Civil Service jobs Privacy notice.

We encourage all candidates to make themselves familiar with the role and what we will be assessing you against which is detailed in the Person Specification.

The Planning Inspectorate is committed to finding the right person for the job. We recruit using Success Profiles and consider the criteria you will need to demonstrate to be successful for the role, by doing this we are pushing up performance, diversifying our workforce and creating an inclusive culture.

ID and Documents

If specific qualifications/memberships are essential for the role and you are successful, you will be asked to provide accurate scanned or photographed images of the qualifications/memberships that you listed on your application prior to your start date.

We must check that any successful candidates are allowed to work for the Civil Service before we employ them. If successful, you will be asked to do a right to work check using identity document validation technology (IDVT) through the services of an Identity Service Provider (IDSP), Civil Service Jobs. If we are unable to confirm your right to work and through the IDVT we will need to do a manual right to work check using original documents with you in person.

Disability Confident Interview scheme

The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. We run a Disability Confident Interview scheme for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria for the job.

To be considered for an interview under the scheme you must:

have a disability defined by the Equality Act 2010
provide evidence in your application that you meet the minimum criteria in the job description
meet all of the qualifications, skills or experience defined as essential

While we will endeavour to provide you with all the appropriate information, you are the expert on your specific requirements so if you require any adjustments, you should consider the information provided about the assessment process in the candidate pack and then:

Complete the Assistance required 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. The earlier and more clearly you tell us what you need and why you need it, the more likely we are to be able to accommodate you in a timely fashion.

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.

Security

Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check.

People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.

Nationality requirements

This job is broadly open to the following groups:

UK nationals
nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
nationals of the Republic of Ireland
nationals from the EU, EEA or Switzerland with settled or pre-settled status or who apply for either status by the deadline of the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals working in the Civil Service
relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals who have built up the right to work in the Civil Service
certain family members of the relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals

Further information on nationality requirements (opens in a new window)

Working for the Civil Service

The Civil Service Code (opens in a new window) sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.

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).

The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.

The Civil Service also offers a Redeployment Interview Scheme to civil servants who are at risk of redundancy, and who meet the minimum requirements for the advertised vacancy.

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Contact point for applicants

Job contact :

Name : Alice Porter
Email : PINS.Recruitment@planninginspectorate.gov.uk

Recruitment team

Email : PINS.Recruitment@planninginspectorate.gov.uk

Further information

If you feel your application has not been treated in accordance with the Principles and you wish to make a complaint, you should contact in the first instance: The Vacancy Manager via the Recruitment Team (PINS.Recruitment@planninginspectorate.gov.uk).

If you are not satisfied with the response, you receive you should then contact, Head of HR, via the Recruitment Team (PINS.Recruitment@planninginspectorate.gov.uk).

If you are still not satisfied with the response you receive from the Planning Inspectorate, you can contact the Office of the Civil Service Commission.

https://civilservicecommission.independent.gov.uk/recruitment/civilservicerecruitmentcomplaints/