Developer

This role is working within the Central Digital and Data Office (CDDO) which is the leader of the Digital, Data, and Technology professions across the government. It sets the aspiration and strategy for digital transformation and builds capability so that the government is equipped with the skills needed to succeed in the internet age. CDDO designs and implements standards for systems and services that are delivered in the right way.

• Our work in CDDO is user-focused, dynamic, and forward-looking – making our organization an exciting and innovative place to work.
• Find out more here.

This role sits within the Performance Management and Assurance team. Our priorities are to:

• set the x-govt strategy for digital and data
• establish functional metrics and processes to ensure the delivery of the strategy
• assure against a set of co-created ‘red lines’
• manage operations, governance, portfolio management, and executive private office for CDDO

For the Assurance Service, we:

• operate assurance processes
• product manage assurance tooling
• manage strategic roadmap/portfolio of digital programs
• develop and maintain the DDaT performance framework
• deliver the Quarterly Business Review (QBR) process

You’ll be working as part of an Agile team to deliver an end to end digital service that enables civil servants to apply for spend controls approval from Cabinet Office. The system will be within its Public Beta phase, and the system is already built within the low code platform Mendix. Working in a continuous improvement oriented team, you will work to meet user needs and develop functionality to increase adoption of the service within all Government organisations, supporting the Performance and Assurance team with meeting assurance and spend assessment requirements. releases, database structures. You will also share in the Central Digital and Data Office (CDDO) responsibility for the digital transformation of UK Government. 

You’ll ensure high quality code is delivered in line with project goals and delivery cycles. You’ll thrive using agile methods and enjoy working openly, collaboratively and as part of a multidisciplinary team focused on one or more projects. Above all, you’ll want to make government better, which may sometimes involve challenging the status quo.

To learn more about what Developers do in government please review the DDaT Capability Framework

As a Developer in CDDO you’ll:

• work within the Mendix platform to iterate the front-end ‘submitter’ user journey, as well as the back-end ‘assurance’ system
• support internal web services to serve a variety of citizen and government needs, taking responsibility for the quality of code you produce
• implement toolkits and APIs for purposes such as integration, performance optimization, security, and scalability
• build automated tests to support our continuous deployment environment
• share knowledge of tools and techniques with your wider team, both developers and non-developers
• act as a digital ambassador across government, supporting recruitment, identifying good practices for CDDO to adopt, and sharing experiences, e.g. through blog posts, tech talks at conferences, etc.
• contribute to the data landscape across CDDO’s performance monitoring of digital government transformation by supporting cloud-based data infrastructure and developing data ingestion pipelines 

We’re interested in people who:

• have experience with low and no – code solutions, particularly Mendix
• understand software design principles
• take a systematic approach to solving problems
• have experience of using testing to validate solutions
• understand agile environments and version control
• have experience working with technologies used for web applications, e.g databases, backups, CDNs and search

The benefits of working at CDDO

There are many benefits including:

• flexible hybrid working with flexi-time and the option to work part-time or condensed hours
• a Civil Service Pension with an average employer contribution of 27%
• 25 days of annual leave, increasing by a day each year up to a maximum of 30 days 
• an extra day off for The Kings birthday
• an in-year bonus scheme to recognise high performance
• career progression and coaching, including a training budget for personal development
• paid volunteering leave 
• a focus on wellbeing with access to an employee assistance programme
• job satisfaction from making government services easier to use and more inclusive for people across the UK
• advances on pay, including for travel season tickets
• death in service benefits
• cycle to work scheme and facilities
• access to children’s holiday play schemes across different locations in central London
• access to an employee discounts scheme
• 10 learning days per year
• volunteering opportunities (5 special leave days per year)
• access to a suite of learning activities through Civil Service learning

CDDO offers hybrid working for all employees. This means that everyone does some working from home and also spends some time in their local office. You’ll agree to your hybrid working arrangement with your line manager in line with your preferences and business needs.

Any move to the Central Digital and Data Office from another employer will mean you can no longer access childcare vouchers. This includes moves between government departments. You may however be eligible for other government schemes, including Tax Free Childcare. Determine your eligibility at https://www.childcarechoices.gov.uk

Job contact :

• Name : gds-recruitment@digital.cabinet-office.gov.uk
• Email : gds-recruitment@digital.cabinet-office.gov.uk

Recruitment team

• Email : gds-recruitment@digital.cabinet-office.gov.uk