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Associate Application Engineer Pay up to £38,373, plus 28.97% employer pension contributions, hybrid working, flexible hours, and great work life balance. DWP. Digital with Purpose. We are looking for an Associate Application Engineer to join our community of tech experts in DWP Digital. We're using fresh ideas and leading-edge tech to build and maintain digital solutions that will be used by nearly every person in the UK, every day and at key moments in their lives. DWP is the UK's largest government department. We help people into work, and make payments worth over £195bn a year to support and empower millions of people. The scale of what we do is extraordinary, and our purpose is unique. We'd love you to join us. What skills, knowledge and experience will you need? Lead criterion - Experience of developing high quality, robust applications using the Microsoft Power Platform and Power Automate. Experience of working as part of a highly functioning multidisciplinary team supporting Agile/Rapid application developments environments. Knowledge and experience of assist with troubleshooting and the resolution of issues related to Power Platform applications. Experience of implementing best-practices and standards to delivery quality, clean to operate, maintainable and secure code/applications. Experience of creating, supporting and updating of technical documentation and processes. Knowledge and experience of managing support tickets within a ticket database such as ServiceNow. You and your role As an Associate Application Engineer, you will be integral to the development of applications and the conversion of legacy systems into low-code/power apps using Microsoft's Power Platform and Power Automate systems, contributing to the design. You will be a part of the larger development team and community, helping to champion best practices and adding your experience to the wider development discussion, whilst being supported in your continued learning and professional development. Details. Wages. Perks. Location: You'll join us in one of our brilliant digital hubs in Blackpool or Manchester, whichever is most convenient for you. Hybrid Working: We work a hybrid model - you'll spend some time working at home and some time collaborating face to face in a hub. Pay: We offer competitive pay of up to £38,373. Pension: You'll get a brilliant civil service pension with employer contributions worth 28.97%, worth up to £11,089 per year. Holidays: A generous leave package starting at 24 days and rising to 26 days after one year. You can also take up to 3 extra days off a month on flexi-time. You'll also get all the usual public holidays. We have a broad benefits package built around your work-life balance which includes: An award-winning environment and culture: Employer of the Year 2023 (Women In IT Awards), Founders Award for Outstanding Digital Leadership 2023 (Digital 100) Flexible working including flexible hours and flex-friendly policies Time off volunteering and charitable giving Bring your authentic self to work with 'I Can Be Me in DWP' Discounts and savings on shopping, fun days out and more Interest-free loans to buy a bike or a season ticket, so it's even easier for you to get to work and start making a difference Sports and social activities Professional development, coaching, mentoring and career progression opportunities. Process: We know your time is valuable so our application and selection process is just two stages: Apply: complete your application on Civil Service Jobs. There'll be full instructions when you click through. Interview: a single stage interview online. CLICK APPLY for more information and to start your application.

User Researcher Pay up to £45,081, plus 28.97% employer pension contributions, hybrid working, flexible hours, and great work life balance. DWP. Digital with Purpose. We are looking for a User Researcher to join our community of tech experts in DWP Digital. We're using fresh ideas and leading-edge tech to build and maintain digital solutions that will be used by nearly every person in the UK, every day and at key moments in their lives. DWP is the UK's largest government department. We help people into work, and make payments worth over £195bn a year to support and empower millions of people. The scale of what we do is extraordinary, and our purpose is unique. We'd love you to join us. You have the skills, knowledge and experience to: Plan and design user research programmes, testing both high level concepts and specific aspects of the services as it is designed and developed. Generate new and useful insights related to DWP users for the project team to leverage, ensuring where relevant that the insights influence design decision. Communicate the insights gained from user research outputs to both the project team and wider stakeholders, helping to enhance organisational understanding of the users that drives decisions and actionable recommendations. Maintain and develop relationships across the product teams, guiding the team in understanding research insights. Plan and conduct research that considers the diversity of users, keeping in mind access needs and the ethical nature of research. Conduct user research using a range of research methods, selecting the appropriate method, both qualitative and quantitative, depending on the requirements of the programme. Why do we need a user researcher like you? As a User Researcher, you will be the guiding hand of our efforts to improve our systems for millions of our most vulnerable users, planning and designing research programmes that will help to steer and guide our development going forward. You'll draw insights from your research, identifying opportunities to improve our services and systems, and presenting these to key stakeholders to help us design and deliver better services for our users. You will also work closely with the wider digital team, developing research strategies that give us a deeper understanding of considerations that effect our diverse user range, such as access needs. Details. Wages. Perks. Location: You'll join us in one of our brilliant digital hubs in Blackpool, Leeds, Manchester, Newcastle-upon-Tyne or Sheffield, whichever is most convenient for you. Hybrid Working: We work a hybrid model - you'll spend some time working at home and some time collaborating face to face in a hub. Pay: We offer competitive pay of up to £45,081. Pension: You'll get a brilliant civil service pension with employer contributions worth 28.97%, worth up to £13,028 per year. Holidays: A generous leave package starting at 26 days rising to 31 days over time. You can also take up to 3 extra days off a month on flexi-time. You'll also get all the usual public holidays. We have a broad benefits package built around your work-life balance which includes: An award-winning environment and culture: Employer of the Year 2023 (Women In IT Awards), Founders Award for Outstanding Digital Leadership 2023 (Digital 100) Flexible working including flexible hours and flex-friendly policies Time off volunteering and charitable giving Bring your authentic self to work with 'I Can Be Me in DWP' Discounts and savings on shopping, fun days out and more Interest-free loans to buy a bike or a season ticket, so it's even easier for you to get to work and start making a difference Sports and social activities Professional development, coaching, mentoring and career progression opportunities. Process: We know your time is valuable so our application and selection process is just two stages: Apply: complete your application on Civil Service Jobs. There'll be full instructions when you click through. Interview: a single stage interview online. CLICK APPLY for more information and to start your application.

Associate Application Engineer Pay up to £38,373, plus 28.97% employer pension contributions, hybrid working, flexible hours, and great work life balance. DWP. Digital with Purpose. We are looking for an Associate Application Engineer to join our community of tech experts in DWP Digital. We're using fresh ideas and leading-edge tech to build and maintain digital solutions that will be used by nearly every person in the UK, every day and at key moments in their lives. DWP is the UK's largest government department. We help people into work, and make payments worth over £195bn a year to support and empower millions of people. The scale of what we do is extraordinary, and our purpose is unique. We'd love you to join us. What skills, knowledge and experience will you need? Lead criterion - Experience of developing high quality, robust applications using the Microsoft Power Platform and Power Automate. Experience of working as part of a highly functioning multidisciplinary team supporting Agile/Rapid application developments environments. Knowledge and experience of assist with troubleshooting and the resolution of issues related to Power Platform applications. Experience of implementing best-practices and standards to delivery quality, clean to operate, maintainable and secure code/applications. Experience of creating, supporting and updating of technical documentation and processes. Knowledge and experience of managing support tickets within a ticket database such as ServiceNow. You and your role As an Associate Application Engineer, you will be integral to the development of applications and the conversion of legacy systems into low-code/power apps using Microsoft's Power Platform and Power Automate systems, contributing to the design. You will be a part of the larger development team and community, helping to champion best practices and adding your experience to the wider development discussion, whilst being supported in your continued learning and professional development. Details. Wages. Perks. Location: You'll join us in one of our brilliant digital hubs in Blackpool or Manchester, whichever is most convenient for you. Hybrid Working: We work a hybrid model - you'll spend some time working at home and some time collaborating face to face in a hub. Pay: We offer competitive pay of up to £38,373. Pension: You'll get a brilliant civil service pension with employer contributions worth 28.97%, worth up to £11,089 per year. Holidays: A generous leave package starting at 24 days and rising to 26 days after one year. You can also take up to 3 extra days off a month on flexi-time. You'll also get all the usual public holidays. We have a broad benefits package built around your work-life balance which includes: An award-winning environment and culture: Employer of the Year 2023 (Women In IT Awards), Founders Award for Outstanding Digital Leadership 2023 (Digital 100) Flexible working including flexible hours and flex-friendly policies Time off volunteering and charitable giving Bring your authentic self to work with 'I Can Be Me in DWP' Discounts and savings on shopping, fun days out and more Interest-free loans to buy a bike or a season ticket, so it's even easier for you to get to work and start making a difference Sports and social activities Professional development, coaching, mentoring and career progression opportunities. Process: We know your time is valuable so our application and selection process is just two stages: Apply: complete your application on Civil Service Jobs. There'll be full instructions when you click through. Interview: a single stage interview online. CLICK APPLY for more information and to start your application.

Senior Digital Planning & Performance Manager: Pay £55,557 plus 28.97% employer pension contributions, hybrid home working, flexible hours, and great work life balance. DWP. Digital with Purpose. We are looking for a Senior Digital Planning & Performance Manager to join our community of tech experts in DWP Digital. We're using fresh ideas and leading-edge tech to build and maintain digital solutions that will be used by nearly every person in the UK, every day and at key moments in their lives. DWP is the UK's largest government department. We help people into work, and make payments worth over £195bn a year to support and empower millions of people. The scale of what we do is extraordinary, and our purpose is unique. We'd love you to join us. What skills, knowledge and experience will you need to show us in your application? Experience of leading, developing and communicating a multi-year financial business plan to achieve key strategic benefits. Experience and ability to analyse and accurately interpret complex data from various sources, add insight, make recommendations, and credibly present reasoned conclusions to influence and persuade senior board members to take action or make decisions. Experience of strong people leadership in capability development, including coaching, training and setting standards and frameworks. Experience of analysing, forecasting and planning workforce supply and demand. Working knowledge of Key Performance Indicators, Risk Management and Internal Audit at board level in a large organisation. You and your role The role is working within our Digital Modernisation and Efficiency Business Management Team who lead services across DWP Digital to ensure the successful delivery of Digital Group's Business Plan. You will be responsible for considering, understanding and analysing large amounts of information, summarising into key points to share with a range of audiences, to inform decision making. You will develop, design and communicate business plans that achieve key strategic benefits including aspects such as people, technology and financial implications. You will also lead a multi-disciplined team located across various Digital Hub locations, providing regular strategic direction and reporting directly to the Head of Business Management in Digital Modernisation and Efficiency where you will work closely to achieve set objectives. As well as your own team, you will have chance to coach and mentor other members of our Business Services Practice. You'll help us encourage collaboration and shared ownership throughout the team and grow capability in our thriving community of practice. Details. Wages. Perks. Location: You'll join us in your choice of one our brilliant digital hubs in Blackpool or Newcastle-upon-Tyne Hybrid Working: We have all the tools and tech we need to enable our people to work flexibly. We work a hybrid model with a mix of home working and sometime in the office. Pay: In return for your skills, we offer competitive pay of £55,557 p.a. Pension: You'll be eligible for a brilliant civil service pension with employer contributions worth 28.97% (Worth £16,000/year). Holidays: You'll get a generous leave package starting at 26 days, rising to 31 days over time, plus all the usual bank holidays, and the option to take extra days off on flexi leave. We also have a broad benefits package built around your work-life balance which includes: Flexible working, flexi hours and flexi days Hybrid working: some time in a hub with the team, some time at home Family-friendly policies Time off volunteering and charitable giving Bring your authentic self to work with 'I Can Be Me in DWP' Discounts and savings on shopping, fun days out and more Interest-free loans to buy a bike or a season ticket Sports and social activities Working in an award-winning environment and culture Professional development, coaching, mentoring and career progression opportunities. Click 'Apply' for more information and to start an application on Civil Service Jobs.

Senior IT Service Manager DWP. Digital with Purpose. In recent years in DWP we have brought our IT in-house, introduce elements such as automation and self-service to our digital services, and accelerate the adoption of public cloud. We want to build on this success with your help. In this role, as an Senior IT Service Manager you will drive analysis and resolution of complex issues, enlisting support and escalating where appropriate to relevant IT service functions as part of one of the biggest IT estates in the UK. You own stakeholder relationships and make sure that Products and Services are delivering the best value for money in meeting business and user requirements and are able to offer guidance and respond effectively to queries about (for example) Product/Service design and policy. DWP is the UK's largest government department. We help people into work and make payments worth over £195bn a year to support some of the most vulnerable people in our society. The scale of what we do is extraordinary, and our purpose is unique. We'd love you to join us. Delivery. Work. Projects. As a Senior IT Service Manager , you will be responsible for delivering high-quality and value-driven support for digital products and services that are used by millions of people and around 100,000 DWP colleagues. Your role is all about making that service levels meet agreed targets, managing end to end service performance, and overseeing contracts with third party suppliers. You'll monitor third-party supplier compliance with SLAs through regular reporting and analysis, ensuring services meet user requirements and deliver value for money. We're hiring you because you are good at what you do, and you can make us better. You will share your data domain knowledge and experience to drive IT strategy, including defining the tools and techniques most appropriate for the environment. You will also: Set objectives, oversee junior team members, and delegate service management tasks, acting as a point of escalation. Implement ongoing service improvements aligned with quality, risk, and security standards. Ensure that new or updated products are smoothly integrated into live service with adequate support and meet customer expectations. Additional Duties: On-Call Support: Provide out of hours major incident support on a 24/7 rota basis (on-call payments apply) The skills and experience you need: Proven IT service management experience, preferably within a framework such as ITIL. Strong stakeholder management, with a history of successful collaboration and negotiation. Independent capability in managing digital products/services and reporting. High accuracy and attention to detail in service delivery and customer support. Experience in budgeting and financial forecasting. Knowledge of Notification and Document Repository services is beneficial Preferred Qualification: ITIL 4 certification is encouraged for applicants. If you don't have it, don't worry, you can work towards it here as part of our commitment to learning and development. Details. Wages. Perks. Location: You'll join us in one of our brilliant digital hubs in Birmingham, Blackpool, Leeds, Manchester, Newcastle or Sheffield. whichever is most convenient for you. Hybrid Work: We also have all the tools and tech we need to enable our people to work and collaborate flexibly. We work a hybrid model, with some time at home and some time in a hub with the team. Pay: We offer competitive pay from £42,614 to £45,081 Pension: You'll be eligible for a brilliant civil service pension with employer contributions of 28.97%, worth up to £13,000 a year. Holidays: You'll get a generous leave package starting at 26 days rising to 31 , plus all the usual bank holidays, and the option to take extra days off on flexi leave. Our broad benefits package is built around your work-life balance and includes: Flexible working, flexi hours and flexi days Hybrid working: some time in a hub with the team, some time at home Family-friendly policies Time off volunteering and charitable giving Bring your authentic self to work with 'I Can Be Me in DWP' Discounts and savings on shopping, fun days out and more Interest-free loans to buy a bike or a season ticket, so it's even easier for you to get to work and start making a difference Working in an award-winning environment and culture Professional development, coaching, mentoring and career progression opportunities. Process. Stage 1: Application Stage 2: Interview We know how valuable your time is. We have a clear and succinct hiring process with only TWO STAGES . Click apply now to see the full job description and get started with the next step in your career at DWP Digital .

Pay of £42,614, plus 28.97% employer pension contributions, hybrid working, flexible hours, and great work life balance. DWP. Digital with Purpose. Join our passionate Capability team in DWP Digital as a Talent Development Partner. Our team develop and manage the initiatives which make sure DWP is building, buying and growing the best digital talent for the UK's biggest government department. We work on attraction, retention and development of brilliant people from all backgrounds. Diversity is vital for us. If you've got fresh ideas that can help DWP find and inspire the best digital talent in the UK, we want to hear from you. Click apply now. What skills, knowledge and experience will you need? Experience of working in a capability-build environment, in either apprenticeships, early talent or talent development, with significant expertise in setting up and/or running people initiatives. You're a great leader and you can inspire and engage others to deliver to exceptional standards. Great communication - you influence, persuade and engage across different forms and channels, and can present detailed and complex information clearly. You can build positive relationships and manage stakeholders at all levels, from a wide range of backgrounds across a complex and/or large organisation. Experience of reviewing work and initiatives, and making improvements based on data, insight and feedback. Able to plan effectively and set up and manage projects - you understand governance protocols, can analyse data, activity and performance against targets. You and your role You'll need experience in a similar role - you will be designing and delivering impactful and inclusive talent initiatives that will shape the future of DWP Digital. We're looking for someone with great communication skills, who knows how to build relationships that can get the job done. Our brilliant talent and capability teams work with several different Functions and Communities of Practice, and they all have different needs, and different approaches. You will build an understanding of each area's capability needs and advise on appropriate talent solutions. This could be anything from recruiting apprentices, to running workshops, to creating clear guidance for colleagues. We're passionate about investing in your learning and development too. We offer tailored training specific to your job role, with the opportunity to build your professional skills and acquire certifications. Details. Wages. Perks. Location: You'll join us in one of our brilliant digital hubs in Birmingham, Blackpool, Leeds, Manchester, Newcastle-upon-Tyne or Sheffield. whichever is most convenient for you. Hybrid Working: We work a hybrid model - you'll spend some time working at home and some time collaborating face to face in a hub. Pay: We offer competitive pay of £42,614. Pension: You'll get a brilliant civil service pension with employer contributions of 28.97%, worth £12,345 per year. Holidays: A generous leave package starting at 26 days rising to 31 days over time. You can also take up to 3 extra days off a month on flexi-time. You'll also get all the usual public holidays. We have a broad benefits package built around your work-life balance which includes: An award-winning environment and culture: Employer of the Year 2023 (Women In IT Awards), Founders Award for Outstanding Digital Leadership 2023 (Digital 100) Flexible working including flexible hours and flex-friendly policies Time off volunteering and charitable giving Bring your authentic self to work with 'I Can Be Me in DWP' Discounts and savings on shopping, fun days out and more Interest-free loans to buy a bike or a season ticket, so it's even easier for you to get to work and start making a difference Sports and social activities Professional development, coaching, mentoring and career progression opportunities. Process: We know your time is valuable so our application and selection process is just two stages: Apply: complete your application on Civil Service Jobs. There'll be full instructions when you click through. Interview: a single stage interview online. CLICK APPLY for more information and to start your application.

Senior NetOps Engineer Pay up to £68,517 plus 28.97% employer pension contributions, hybrid working, flexible hours, and great work life balance. Would you love the opportunity to install, maintain, upgrade, and continuously improve a large government organisation's operating environment - powering one of the largest digital transformations in Europe? Are you someone who could maintain the ongoing reliability, performance and support of our infrastructure? DWP. Digital with Purpose. We are looking for a Senior NetOps Engineer to join our community of tech experts in DWP Digital, to assist in the design of Infrastructure services in collaboration with Architecture and Engineering principles. We're using fresh ideas and leading-edge tech to build and maintain digital solutions that will be used by nearly every person in the UK, every day and at key moments in their lives. DWP is the UK's largest government department. We help people into work and make payments worth over £195bn a year to support and empower millions of people. The scale of what we do is extraordinary, and our purpose is unique. We'd love you to join us. What skills, knowledge and experience will you need? The ability to design, implement, administer, and support infrastructure technologies, solutions and services such as: AWS, Azure and OCI Ensures that the right actions are taken to investigate, resolve and anticipate Network problems. Takes accountability of issues that occur and is proactive in searching for potential problems. Significant experience with Infrastructure as Code and Configuration as Code, CI/CD pipelines. Gitlab, Ansible, Python, Terraform. You and your role As a Senior NetOps Engineer you will have the ongoing responsibility for the full range of products that make up Network Services. The role will involve creating and developing our DevOps/ NetOps culture in the team as we transition to new ways of working. Working in collaboration with a range of internal/external partners, stakeholders and customers you will ensure the operational stability, robustness, resilience, availability, and quality of DWP Networks. You will actively manage the work backlog and develop reliability improvements as well as leading initiatives to develop the automation of low-value tasks balanced against project delivery demands. Details. Wages. Perks. Location: You'll join us in one of our brilliant digital hubs in Birmingham, Blackpool, Manchester or Newcastle whichever is most convenient for you. Hybrid Working: We work a hybrid model - you'll spend some time working at home and some time collaborating face to face in a hub. Pay: We offer competitive pay of up to £68,517. Pension: You'll get a brilliant civil service pension with employer contributions worth 28.97%, worth over £16,000 per year. Holidays: A generous leave package starting at 26 days rising to 31 days over time. You can also take up to 3 extra days off a month on flexi-time. You'll also get all the usual public holidays. We have a broad benefits package built around your work-life balance which includes: An award-winning environment and culture: Employer of the Year 2023 (Women In IT Awards), Founders Award for Outstanding Digital Leadership 2023 (Digital 100) Flexible working including flexible hours and flex-friendly policies Time off volunteering and charitable giving Bring your authentic self to work with 'I Can Be Me in DWP' Discounts and savings on shopping, fun days out and more Interest-free loans to buy a bike or a season ticket, so it's even easier for you to get to work and start making a difference Professional development, coaching, mentoring and career progression opportunities. Process: We know your time is valuable, so our application and selection process are just two stages: Apply: complete your application on Civil Service Jobs. There'll be full instructions when you click through. Interview: a single stage interview online. CLICK APPLY for more information and to start your application.

Lead Digital Project Manager DWP. Digital with Purpose. We want to build on the successes of the last few years which have seen us bring our IT in-house, introducing elements such as automation and self-service to our digital services, and accelerating the adoption of public cloud. At DWP Digital, you will join a flourishing, supportive delivery community delivering one of the largest digital transformations in Europe. Our Digital Project Managers use a range of skills and methodologies, managing multi-functional delivery teams to deliver change, maintain our core applications and deliver new services that support the lives of millions of people. DWP is the UK's largest government department, responsible for helping people into work and making payments worth over £195 billion a year to support some of the most vulnerable members of our society. You'll play a crucial role in transforming public services used by nearly every person in the UK at key moments in their lives. The scale of our work is extraordinary, and our purpose is unique. We would love for you to join us. Delivery. Work. Projects. In this role, will manage end-to-end delivery of multiple programmes or projects in parallel that are high risk, or which have significant business impact. You'll ensure programmes or projects are commercially viable and deliver value, considering impacts and opportunities for existing services. You'll manage risks, issues, and dependencies (external and internal) for complex programmes and coach other members of the Digital Project Management community to help them manage risks and issues effectively. You'll manage supplier relationships at a strategic level, helping resolve complex or high-risk commercial issues whilst ensuring value for money for the department You'll line manage, mentor, coach and support the senior digital project managers and help identify development and growth opportunities for them and the wider Delivery community. You will need the skills to: Lead Criteria: Experience in a digital project delivery role, managing high impact, high risk projects, across the entire project lifecycle or managing a portfolio of projects within a programme over the entire programme lifecycle. Demonstrable history of making and justifying significant decisions characterised by high levels of risk, impact, and complexity. Experience of managing complex stakeholder environments and relationships, resolving strategic risks, issues, and conflicts. Strong experience of delivering projects whilst utilising external and internal suppliers. Maintaining strict adherence to contractual agreements, ensuring maximum value for money. Experience of leading effective collaboration across organisational boundaries and differing perspectives. Setting the priorities for the programme and supporting other members of the Digital Project Manager community. Evidence of managing team dynamics, leading by example, promoting a positive team culture, and identifying development and growth opportunities for team members. Details. Wages. Perks. Location: You'll join us in one of our brilliant digital hubs in Blackpool or Manchester. whichever is most convenient for you. Hybrid Work: We also have all the tools and tech we need to enable our people to work and collaborate flexibly. We work a hybrid model, with some time at home and some time in a hub with the team. Pay: We offer competitive pay from £72,664 - £77,740 Pension: You'll be eligible for a brilliant civil service pension with employer contributions of 28.97%, worth up to £19,000 a year. Holidays: You'll get a generous leave package starting at 26 days rising to 31 , plus all the usual bank holidays, and the option to take extra days off on flexi leave. Our broad benefits package is built around your work-life balance and includes: Flexible working, flexi hours and flexi days Hybrid working: some time in a hub with the team, some time at home Family-friendly policies Time off volunteering and charitable giving Bring your authentic self to work with 'I Can Be Me in DWP' Discounts and savings on shopping, fun days out and more Interest-free loans to buy a bike or a season ticket, so it's even easier for you to get to work and start making a difference Working in an award-winning environment and culture Professional development, coaching, mentoring and career progression opportunities. Process. Stage 1: Application Stage 2: Interview We know how valuable your time is. We have a clear and succinct hiring process with only TWO STAGES . Click apply now to see the full job description and get started with the next step in your career at DWP Digital .

Pay up to £45,081, plus 28.97% employer pension contributions, hybrid working, flexible hours, and great work life balance. DWP. Digital with Purpose. We love to talk Agile. What's your favourite approach? Scrum, Kanban, Lean or something else? Want to grow your career as part of the one of the biggest Agile Delivery communities in the UK? We are looking for an Agile Delivery Manager to join our community of tech experts in DWP Digital. This is not a traditional project management role. We're looking for skilled agile delivery managers, who have experience of delivering software in an agile environment. You'll enable a multi-disciplinary team through different phases, as we use fresh ideas and leading-edge tech to build and maintain digital solutions that will be used by nearly every person in the UK. What skills, knowledge and experience will you need? Experience of delivering software at pace in an agile environment A good understanding of agile principles and practices Promoting a healthy team culture, managing team dynamics and fostering a continuous improvement environment Translating technical terms and facilitating relationships with business stakeholders Form effective partnerships and relationships with people both internally and externally, from a range of diverse backgrounds, sharing information, resources and support You and your role Our Agile Delivery Managers create psychologically safe spaces, so our high-performing digital teams to create, build, innovate and deliver stuff that works for over 20 million users. You'll make sure our experts have what they need to deliver the best services. You'll identify blockers, and find the best way round through, and over. Our focus is on individuals and interactions, values and behaviours - not processes tools or documentations - and we put the user at the centre of everything we do. One of the great things in DWP is the scale and breadth of activity we're taking on. It is massive. There is a real variety of projects and teams who want your coaching, leadership and empowerment. Our Agile Delivery practice is thriving with over 200 members. New joiners, and long time-members of our community love how much support is available, and the degree of collaboration in DWP. And the opportunities for learning - in whatever form you prefer - are unlimited. Details. Wages. Perks. Location: You'll join us in one of our brilliant digital hubs in Birmingham, Blackpool, Leeds, Manchester, Newcastle-upon-Tyne or Sheffield, whichever most convenient for you. Hybrid Working: We work a hybrid model - you'll spend some time working at home and some time collaborating face to face in a hub. Pay: We offer competitive pay of up to £45,081. Pension: You'll get a brilliant civil service pension with employer contributions worth 28.97%, worth up to £13,000 per year. Holidays: A generous leave package starting at 26 days and rising to 31 days over time. You can also take up to 3 extra days off a month on flexi-time. You'll also get all the usual public holidays. We have a broad benefits package built around your work-life balance which includes: An award-winning environment and culture: Employer of the Year 2023 (Women In IT Awards), Founders Award for Outstanding Digital Leadership 2023 (Digital 100) Flexible working including flexible hours and flex-friendly policies Time off volunteering and charitable giving Bring your authentic self to work with 'I Can Be Me in DWP' Discounts and savings on shopping, fun days out and more Interest-free loans to buy a bike or a season ticket, so it's even easier for you to get to work and start making a difference Sports and social activities Professional development, coaching, mentoring and career progression opportunities. Process: We know your time is valuable so our application and selection process is just two stages: Apply: complete your application on Civil Service Jobs. There'll be full instructions when you click through. Interview: a single stage interview online. CLICK APPLY for more information and to start your application.

Senior Solution Architect - Data Platforms: Up to £70,000, plus 28.97% pension worth £19,000, hybrid working, flexitime and great work life balance. DWP. Digital with Purpose. In recent years DWP has successfully brought our IT in-house, introduce elements such as automation and self-service to our digital services, and accelerate the adoption of public cloud. Now in our Health Transformation Programme, a major initiative aiming to better support people with disabilities and health conditions, we want to build on that success. Data & Analytics function is central to DWP's digital strategy. We create digital solutions that leverage data to improve service delivery and user experience. In this role you'll bring the Health Transformation Programme and Data together. You'll be overseeing data products and analytics which will empower our teams to design, build and maintain truly transformative public services, that are so important to millions of people. Delivery. Work. Projects. As a Senior Solution Architect , with a focus on Data Platforms, you will help our expert digital teams understand how to build services collaboratively, utilising shared components and working to best practice. You will deliver the technical and architectural design elements of Health Transformation services. That means working closely with engineering teams and other digital stakeholders to create value-for-money solution designs, working on DWP's core data architecture and digital strategy. You will have the authority to advise, steer, and influence decisions at the heart of DWP's digital transformation. That might be through a product roadmap, presenting your architecture at a governance forums, or taking a complex concept and communicating it in a way that cuts through. You will collaborate and network with other architects across DWP, and work day-to-day as part of a multidisciplinary team. You will share your domain knowledge and experience, including defining the tools and techniques most appropriate for our environment, and help drive the resolution of technical debt. You will need the skills to: Modern Analytics and BI architectures - Data Mesh / Data Lakes / Data Lakehouse Schema and data acquisition design Able to assist in the development and implementation of Data Strategies Modern event-driven distributed architectures, and the implications for acquiring and managing distributed data sets Mastering and moving data in Domain Driven Design Contexts Security technical controls for handling PI data both on prem and in the Cloud. Details. Wages. Perks. Location: You'll join us in one of our brilliant digital hubs in Birmingham, Blackpool, Leeds, Manchester, Newcastle-upon-Tyne and Sheffield. whichever is most convenient for you. Hybrid Work: We also have all the tools and tech we need to enable our people to work and collaborate flexibly. We work a hybrid model, with some time at home and some time in a hub with the team. Pay: We offer competitive pay from £55,557 to £70,000 Pension: You'll be eligible for a brilliant civil service pension with employer contributions of 28.97%, worth up to £19,000 a year. Holidays: You'll get a generous leave package starting at 26 days rising to 31 , plus all the usual bank holidays, and the option to take extra days off on flexi leave. Our broad benefits package is built around your work-life balance and includes: Flexible working, flexi hours and flexi days Hybrid working: some time in a hub with the team, some time at home Family-friendly policies Time off volunteering and charitable giving Bring your authentic self to work with 'I Can Be Me in DWP' Discounts and savings on shopping, fun days out and more Interest-free loans to buy a bike or a season ticket, so it's even easier for you to get to work and start making a difference Working in an award-winning environment and culture Professional development, coaching, mentoring and career progression opportunities. Process. Stage 1: Application Stage 2: Interview We know how valuable your time is. We have a clear and succinct hiring process with only TWO STAGES . Click apply now to see the full job description and get started with the next step in your career at DWP Digital .

Senior Digital Project Manager Pay up to £66,058, plus 28.97% employer pension contributions, hybrid working, flexible hours, and great work life balance. DWP. Digital with Purpose. We are looking for a Senior Digital Project Manager to join our community of tech experts in DWP Digital. We're using fresh ideas and leading-edge tech to build and maintain digital solutions that will be used by nearly every person in the UK, every day and at key moments in their lives. DWP is the UK's largest government department. We help people into work, and make payments worth over £195bn a year to support and empower millions of people. The scale of what we do is extraordinary, and our purpose is unique. We'd love you to join us. What skills, knowledge and experience will you need? Experience in taking full responsibility for the definition, documentation and successful completion of a number of large-scale complex projects, utilising both internal and external suppliers. Demonstratable skills in effective project control, change control, risk management, ensuring testing processes are maintained, using data to respond appropriately and develop solutions. Experience of managing complex external dependencies that have required significant planning and prioritising in order to ensure pace and quality of delivery is maintained Concise communication with the team and stakeholders. Explaining complex issues in a way that is easy to understand and influencing Senior level decision making. Experience in identifying appropriate development for both themselves and their team to improve the delivery. You and your role As a Senior Digital Project Manager, you will be working on a number of complex end-to-end digital transformation projects, ensuring project control, risk identification & management, project reporting and stakeholder engagement. As a senior member of the team, you will be lending your extensive experience and skills to guide, support and coach a team of project managers. Details. Wages. Perks. Location: You'll join us in one of our brilliant digital hubs in Birmingham, Blackpool, Leeds, Manchester, Newcastle or Sheffield, whichever is most convenient for you. Hybrid Working: We work a hybrid model - you'll spend some time working at home and some time collaborating face to face in a hub. Pay: We offer competitive pay of up to £66,058 Pension: You'll get a brilliant civil service pension with employer contributions worth 28.97%, worth up to £19,000 per year. Holidays: A generous leave package starting at 26 days and increasing by one day after 5 years, and up to 31 day after 10 years. You can also take up to 3 extra days off a month on flexi-time. You'll also get all the usual public holidays. We have a broad benefits package built around your work-life balance which includes: An award-winning environment and culture: Employer of the Year 2023 (Women In IT Awards), Founders Award for Outstanding Digital Leadership 2023 (Digital 100) Flexible working including flexible hours and flex-friendly policies Time off volunteering and charitable giving Bring your authentic self to work with 'I Can Be Me in DWP' Discounts and savings on shopping, fun days out and more Interest-free loans to buy a bike or a season ticket, so it's even easier for you to get to work and start making a difference Sports and social activities Professional development, coaching, mentoring and career progression opportunities. Process: We know your time is valuable so our application and selection process is just two stages: Apply: complete your application on Civil Service Jobs. There'll be full instructions when you click through. Interview: a single stage interview online. CLICK APPLY for more information and to start your application.

Data Engineer Pay up to £73,517, plus 28.97% employer pension contributions, hybrid working, flexible hours, and great work life balance. As a Senior Data Engineer you will be working within a high-performing team of engineers, offering guidance and support, developing data-centric solutions that positively impact millions of DWP users, helping them to find and use essential DWP services. DWP. Digital with Purpose. We are looking for a Senior Data Engineer to join our community of tech experts in DWP Digital. We're using fresh ideas and leading-edge tech to build and maintain digital solutions that will be used by nearly every person in the UK, every day and at key moments in their lives. DWP is the UK's largest government department. We help people into work, and make payments worth over £195bn a year to support and empower millions of people. The scale of what we do is extraordinary, and our purpose is unique. We'd love you to join us. What skills, knowledge and experience will you need? Experience of Splunk or Power BI build and development to ensure we can maximise the technology available. Strong communication skills and the ability to communicate effectively with technical and non-technical stakeholders at all levels. Experience of relevant data sources, tools and systems, approaches for verifying and validating data. Experience of building team capability through role modelling, mentoring or coaching. Desirable criteria (it's great if you've got these - if not, you can learn them here) Working knowledge of ServiceNow. Understanding of ITIL and/or IT service management. Line management experience. You and your role You'll be joining our Service Performance team, which monitors services across DWP's digital landscape of over 700 software applications and systems. You will be using Splunk, PowerBI, and ServiceNow to collate, review and draw insights on services, developing dashboards that are essential to our wider teams and stakeholders. You will also be prototyping, and demonstrating the possibilities of data visualisation. This is an opportunity to be creative and innovative, potentially bringing in new tooling ideas, data items and ways of working to bring data to life and championing new ways of working, data solutions and stakeholder engagement. Details. Wages. Perks. Location: You'll join us in one of our brilliant digital hubs in Blackpool, Manchester, or Newcastle-upon-Tyne, whichever is most convenient for you. Hybrid Working: We work a hybrid model - you'll spend some time working at home and some time collaborating face to face in a hub. Pay: We offer competitive pay of up to £73,517. Pension: You'll get a brilliant civil service pension with employer contributions worth 28.97%, worth up to £21,246 per year. Holidays: A generous leave package starting at 26 days and rising to 31 days over time. You can also take up to 3 extra days off a month on flexi-time. You'll also get all the usual public holidays. We have a broad benefits package built around your work-life balance which includes: An award-winning environment and culture: Employer of the Year 2023 (Women In IT Awards), Founders Award for Outstanding Digital Leadership 2023 (Digital 100) Flexible working including flexible hours and flex-friendly policies Time off volunteering and charitable giving Bring your authentic self to work with 'I Can Be Me in DWP' Discounts and savings on shopping, fun days out and more Interest-free loans to buy a bike or a season ticket, so it's even easier for you to get to work and start making a difference Sports and social activities Professional development, coaching, mentoring and career progression opportunities. Process: We know your time is valuable so our application and selection process is just two stages: Apply: complete your application on Civil Service Jobs. There'll be full instructions when you click through. Interview: a single stage interview online. CLICK APPLY for more information and to start your application.

Operations Resilience Manager Pay up to £43,347, plus 28.97% employer pension contributions, hybrid working, flexible hours, and great work life balance. DWP. Digital with Purpose. We are looking for an Operations Resilience Manager to join our community of tech experts in DWP Digital. We're using fresh ideas and leading-edge tech to build and maintain digital solutions that will be used by nearly every person in the UK, every day and at key moments in their lives. DWP is the UK's largest government department. We help people into work and make payments worth over £195bn a year to support and empower millions of people. The scale of what we do is extraordinary, and our purpose is unique. We'd love you to join us. What skills, knowledge and experience will you need? A proven track record in IT Service Operations, Resilience, IT Service Continuity Management (ITSCM) and Capacity Management, detailing how you have operated these processes on an assurance/risk basis. Experience in implementing, applying and governing multiple service management processes, including Resilience, IT Service Continuity Management and Capacity Management as a minimum, and using data analysis techniques, tooling, dashboards and reports to support compliance statements. Demonstrable understanding of the evolving nature of threat vectors and risks affecting services and products in line with overall Capacity Management, Resilience, Disaster Recovery and Digital Service Management processes and policies. A strong working knowledge of enterprise class IT, multiple infrastructure types and complex applications with an understanding of the maintenance functions and recovery strategies required of large, complex and highly integrated systems that are monitored by multiple monitoring tools integrated with Service Management tooling. Experience in managing individuals and teams and the ability to communicate effectively across all operational levels of the organisation, as well as with suppliers and customers, using multiple methods of communication and managing stakeholder engagement strategies. ITIL4 Service Management framework certification or equivalent experience across a range of Service Operations functions (Event, Incident, Problem, Change, Release, Capacity, ITSCM, Availability and CSI). You and your role As an Operations Resilience Manager you are ensuring essential IT services, relied upon by thousands of DWP colleagues and millions of UK citizens, are working optimally, using your expertise to identify, mitigate and report on risks to the service continuity, developing effective solutions to complex problems on live services, and robust disaster recovery solutions to minimise disruption. Details. Wages. Perks. Location: You'll join us in one of our brilliant digital hubs in Blackpool or Manchester, whichever is most convenient for you. Hybrid Working: We work a hybrid model - you'll spend some time working at home and some time collaborating face to face in a hub. Pay: We offer competitive pay of up to £43,347 Pension: You'll get a brilliant civil service pension with employer contributions worth 28.97%, worth up to £12,550 per year. Holidays: A generous leave package starting at 24 days and rising to 26 days after one year. You can also take up to 3 extra days off a month on flexi-time. You'll also get all the usual public holidays. We have a broad benefits package built around your work-life balance which includes: An award-winning environment and culture: Employer of the Year 2023 (Women In IT Awards), Founders Award for Outstanding Digital Leadership 2023 (Digital 100) Flexible working including flexible hours and flex-friendly policies Time off volunteering and charitable giving Bring your authentic self to work with 'I Can Be Me in DWP' Discounts and savings on shopping, fun days out and more Interest-free loans to buy a bike or a season ticket, so it's even easier for you to get to work and start making a difference Sports and social activities Professional development, coaching, mentoring and career progression opportunities. Process: We know your time is valuable so our application and selection process is just two stages: Apply: complete your application on Civil Service Jobs. There'll be full instructions when you click through. Interview: a single stage interview online. CLICK APPLY for more information and to start your application.

Associate IT Service Manager DWP. Digital with Purpose. DWP is the UK's largest government department, helping people into work and making payments worth over £195bn a year to support some of the most vulnerable people in our society. We have been undertaking an ambitious technology transformation over the past few years, and there's still a lot to achieve. We're looking for a talented and ambitious junior IT Service Manager to help us implement and improvement service management across DWP's digital projects. You'll take on range of standard service management activities with a supportive and expert team - including resolving incidents, problem management, and responding to queries addressing all aspects of the Products and Services. You'll help us deliver services that work better for the millions of people that interact with DWP every day. As an Associate IT Service Manager, you will: Manage incidents, problems, knowledge, and aspects of change management Oversee tasks related to certificates, vulnerabilities, and security updates Learn and become proficient in 14 small to medium-sized applications Assist with service management for existing and new applications, including exciting projects moving from legacy systems to new applications Use your analytical and problem-solving skills to ensure effective management of issues raised Work in a disciplined environment, under pressure to meet challenging objectives and timescales What skills and experience do you need to apply? Managing a Quality Service - You can keep colleagues and stakeholders fully informed of plans, possibilities and progress. You deliver good customer service which balances quality and cost effectiveness. Communicating & Influencing - You communicate clearly and concisely both orally and in writing. Respond constructively and objectively to comments and questions. Handle challenging conversations with confidence and sensitivity Operational Management - You understand the operational processes of running and maintaining a product or service. Customer Services Management - You can resolve user requests to at least the agreed service level agreement. You can empathise with the end user. You use customer-focused metrics to achieve a satisfying outcome. You have an understanding of service management tools and services e.g. ITIL. Details. Wages. Perks. Location: You'll join us in one of our digital hubs in either Blackpool or Newcastle-upon-Tyne, whichever is most convenient for you. Hybrid Work: We have the tools and tech to enable our people to work flexibly. We work a hybrid model, with time split between home and a hub with the team. Pay: £30,975 a year. Pension : You'll get a great civil service pension with employer contributions worth 28.97%, approximately £8,973 towards your membership in the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme Holidays : Generous leave package starting at 24 days, rising to 26 after one year, plus bank holidays, with options for extra flexi leave. Our comprehensive benefits package is built around your work-life balance and includes: Flexible working, flexi-hours, and flexi-days Hybrid working: some time in a hub with the team, some time at home Family-friendly policies Time off for volunteering and charitable giving Be your authentic self at work with I Can Be Me in DWP Discounts and savings on shopping, fun days out, and more Interest-free loans for a bike or season ticket, making your commute easier Working in an award-winning environment and culture Professional development, coaching, mentoring, and career progression opportunities Click apply now to see the full job description and start your application on Civil Service Jobs. We understand how valuable your time is. Our hiring process is clear and streamlined, with just two stages: Stage 1: Application Stage 2: Interview