About the job

Job summary

Would you like to work for a large, operational and delivery focussed Directorate at the forefront of key Scottish Government priorities and play a pivotal role in the delivery and management of complex Robotic Process Automation (RPA) & automated solutions, applying knowledge of a variety of methods in support of automation initiatives across Scottish Government and the wider public sector?

 

The newly formed Automation Team has a vacancy for a Lead Automation Developer to play a key part in managing agile projects within a portfolio and supporting other members of the  team in the development and delivery of AI powered automated solutions.

 

Corporate Transformation is a new Directorate established to increase the Scottish Government’s capacity and capability to shape and deliver transformational corporate change, with impact across the wider public sector. The Directorate will bring structure and governance to the setting of priorities, and manage the delivery of many key projects and programmes.

 

As Lead Automation Developer, you will lead on collaboration with senior stakeholders and end users throughout the project lifecycle, from the identification of automation opportunities, through to the design, development, testing and maintenance of automations, employing process optimisation techniques and the use of LEAN/agile methodologies where required. You will also be responsible for overseeing the development team in investigation and resolution of defects, Technical Debt and the management of Change Requests relating to Applications deployed within the CoE’s production environment and create monitoring/control mechanisms to manage these.

 

You will lead on quality assurance across the technical platform suites, contributing to Service Design of the ACoE and coaching the development team to ensure best practices are adhered to, to ensure automations meet business requirements and stated targets for efficiency and finally to ensure that automated processes are scalable where possible.  You will evaluate the effectiveness of the automation framework and develop contingencies concerning the integration of automation and applied technologies.

 

The Lead Automation Developer is responsible for defining ways of working, training and promote adoption of maintaining standards within the development team. You will oversee and review other people’s design and development thinking; making sure the most appropriate technology is selected and ensuring efficient use of resources. 

DDaT Pay Supplement

This post attracts a £5,000 per annum pro-rata DDaT Pay Supplement after a 3 month competency qualifying period. 

Job description

• Lead and encourage the team to take a holistic approach to identify automation opportunities; employing process optimisation techniques and the use of LEAN/agile methodologies where required, ensuring a focus on quality and effective risk management
• Apply a strategic mind-set to Automation, seeking commonality in processes and patterns, armed with the latest tools and technology to lead decision making around automated solutions
• Oversee and advise on the design, build, testing and deployment of automation process solution; defining process and technical solutions, prototyping, configuring digital components, and collaborating with stakeholders throughout the project lifecycle
• Identify and manage obstacles to help the team to overcome them whilst balancing multiple priorities, finding ways to improve system robustness, resilience and stability
• Define control mechanisms and oversight of the prioritisation, investigation and resolution of issues and change requests in the production environment
• Work with the technical architect and Senior management team to formulate long-term development strategy and ensure quality assurance
• Demonstrate strong stakeholder management and engagement, encouraging and facilitating continuous improvement
• Define and coach the team to instil best practice standards for the delivery of automated solutions within the Scottish Public Sector as part of the CoE 

Person specification

1. Experience of developing and managing a development team to deliver Robotic Process Automations using Agile/Scrum and SDLC methodologies utilising UiPath and/or Blue Prism
2. Experience of business process re-engineering/optimisation and problem solving to deliver efficient and scalable automated solutions in a fast-paced programme delivery environment.
3. Experience collaborating with stakeholders to develop protocols, standards and practices to improve operational efficiency
4. Demonstrable experience of planning, managing and supporting a team to meet tight timescales whilst leading, mentoring and developing a highly-skilled technical development team.

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £56,020, Scottish Government contributes £15,125 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.

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Nationality requirements

This job is broadly open to the following groups:

• UK nationals
• nationals of the Republic of Ireland
• nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
• individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
• Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service

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