Head of Enterprise Applications

Edinburgh

As Scotland’s only prosecution service COPFS is a high-profile, prestigious organisation, which elevates the pride our staff have in their work. We are currently recruiting for an experienced leader within Digital Services with a strong technical understanding to join our Senior Leadership Team.

You will be responsible for supervising and managing the activity of both internal and external software teams using your proven professional experience and technical understanding to drive projects forward. A key part of this role is your involvement in the Information Service Division’s (ISD) Senior Leadership team, which consists of highly experienced and technically skilled leaders with a strong understanding of the strategic aims of COPFS.

While this role requires effective leadership and management you should also have proficient technical understanding to oversee progress and have a track-record of contributing to designing, building and implementing enterprise digital application services. You will be expected to deliver advanced technical insight to ensure delivery of COPFS’ goals. You will also contribute ideas to develop ways of working as part of ISD’s drive for continuous improvement and innovation.

If you have this blend of technical skills and strong leadership with an ability to see the overarching picture, then please read our application pack for more details on this role.

General Responsibilities and duties

• Internal and external stakeholder engagement and leadership
• Supervise and manage internal software team and external contractors
• Ensure delivery of digital applications and information systems
• Establishing development standards and process
• Ensure adherence of department to policy rules and guidance as well as incident and change management processes
• Be a key member of the Senior Leadership team overseeing the strategic planning and delivery

Role Specific Responsibilities and duties

• Provide strategic direction and supervision of all software development – to design, build, implement and support a diverse portfolio of case management and corporate digital applications and information management systems.
• Work collaboratively with other heads of department to create and deliver COPFS’ digital applications and web solutions.
• In conjunction with others coordinate and manage all aspects of software development effort to deliver ISD’s Portfolio priorities and to contribute to solutions analysis and planning.

Please note this is not an exhaustive list and other duties may be required as appropriate to the role

Suitability for the role

This opportunity will suit candidates with a background in software development, who have the ability to lead technical teams through a programme of Digital Transformation. You should have a sound understanding of software development in a highly regulated environment with exposure to sensitive data and delivering software security compliance assessment tools and methodologies such as OWASP, NCSC, Threat modelling and vulnerability management.  The ideal candidate may have experience working in the public sector and have the ability to work with and manage 3rd party suppliers. 

 

 

Essential Criteria

 

• Demonstrable experience in successfully leading and managing teams of technical IT specialists, suppliers and partners
• An understanding of how to drive projects and departments from a strategic leadership and project management standpoint
• Strong technical understanding of current software application development techniques (e.g. Angular.js, Vue.js, Spring MVC / Spring REST / Spring JPA, .Net Core Web API, .Net Core REST, .Net Entity Framework, Swift, Objective C, OData, , , Team City, Maven.)
• Knowledge of cloud-native architecture-based applications (AWS, Azure, GCP, etc.)
• Understanding of development standards and processes such as continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) practices and tools.
• An understanding of the application of Agile or other appropriate software development management methodologies

Alongside your salary of £59,973, Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service contributes
£16,192 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme.

Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.

We offer an excellent range of benefits which include:

• 25 days paid holiday + 11.5 public and privilege holidays (rising to 30 days paid holiday after 4 years).
• IT Allowance of £5,000
• Generous Civil Service Pension employer contribution, on average over 27.1% of your pay
• Flexible working hours and family friendly approach to work.
• Cycle to Work Scheme and Season Ticket Loans.
• Employee Wellbeing Support with Mental Health First Aiders and access to an Employee Assistance Programme.

Once this job has closed, the job advert will no longer be available.
You may want to save a copy for your records.

Job contact :

• Name : Recruitment
• Email : Recruitment@copfs.gov.uk

Recruitment team

• Email : Recruitment@copfs.gov.uk