About the job

Job summary

• Are you looking for varied work in both front-end and backend environment?
• Can you thrive in a fast-paced agile workplace?
• Are you detail oriented and can deliver high quality software?

You will play a key role in the development and continual improvement of end-to-end Digital Services used by charities, trustees, charity representatives and members of the public within an agile environment, as well as maintain existing digital services and products.

You will need to demonstrate strong technical capability (ideally Microsoft Azure and Liferay) and proven experience of using patterns, standards, policies, road maps and vision statements to drive, challenge and guide strategic decision making in the building of enterprise grade solutions.

Job description

• Build, design, and deploy solutions: You can translate user stories to a proposed design and develop software to meet user needs. This includes delivering integration solutions in accordance with the Commission’s principles/framework/strategy. This may involve collaborating with third party consultants/suppliers. You will effectively document all work using required standards, methods, and tools.
• Service support: You will ensure the efficient adoption of live software by business colleagues, users and the Application Support team through walk-throughs, training, guidance notes, advice-giving and other documentation. You may be asked to help fix faults following agreed procedures and carry out agreed maintenance tasks on infrastructure.
• System design methods and tools: You will ensure the design of users’ digital; interactions and interfaces meet usability and accessibility requirements. You can design systems characterised by managed levels of risk, manageable business and technical complexity, and meaningful impact.

Person specification

Ability

• Availability and capacity management: You can manage service components to ensure they meet business needs and performance targets.
• Information security: You know how to maintain the security, confidentiality, and integrity of information systems through compliance with relevant legislation and regulations. You can design, implement, and operate controls and management strategies to allow this.
• System quality: A working professional knowledge of system quality attributes (i.e., security, performance, accessibility, compatibility, resilience, and scalability) within an integration platform infrastructure and the ability to incorporate the use of these (CI/CD Pipeline, IAM, DevOps OSC etc.). Also, a knowledge of Azure Cloud Services.

Experience

• Developer skills: You can use the agreed specifications to design, code, test and document programs or scripts of medium-to-high complexity, using the right standards and tools. You can collaborate with others when necessary to review specifications.
• Collaboration: Experience of working within a multi-disciplined team in a software development context.

Technical 

• Programming and build: Experience of Azure-based development using: Azure functions; Logic Apps; ASP.NET Core; Azure App Services; Azure DevOps. Experience in working with structured data such as XML and JSON.
• Experience in at least one programming language for development of enterprise and public facing applications, ideally in our core stack but other languages and a desire to learn is acceptable (Java, Python, C#, JavaScript, .NET).
• Prototyping: You can apply your technical knowledge and experience to create or design workable prototypes, both programs and physical outputs. You understand parameters, restrictions and synergies.
• Service support: You can maintain and support services.

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £35,086, Charity Commission contributes £9,473 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.

Things you need to know

Selection process details

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

To apply for this post, you must complete an online application with the following: 

• A blind CV setting out your Job History/Full Qualifications/Previous skill and experiences.
• A Personal Statement (maximum 750 words) demonstrating how you meet the essential criteria for the role outlined on the Job Description.

Sift- 08/02/2024

We will assess you on your CV and Personal Statement.

Interviews- Face to face- Newport 21/02/2024 and Liverpool 23/02/2024. 

Interview Arrangements 

Interviews will be taking place Face to Face our Liverpool and Newport Office. 

At interview you will be assessed on your technical knowledge and experience and the following behaviours

• Changing and Improving
• Managing a Quality Service
• Delivering at Pace

We will try to meet the dates set out in the advert. There may be occasions when these dates change. You will be provided with sufficient notice of the confirmed dates. 

You will be provided with sufficient notice of the confirmed dates. 

At the interview, the panel can then probe further and ask applicants to provide further specific examples that show how they best demonstrate their skills. 

We reserve the right to raise the score required at any stage of the process to manage numbers. 

Behaviours: 

The distinguishing Behaviours (the required skills, knowledge, and behaviours) for this role are set out in the Civil Service Behaviours Framework 2018 (Success Profiles - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)) and should be referred to when making this application. 

You are required, under the Behaviours approach, to describe how you have dealt with a specific situation. 

You must give evidence of your knowledge, skills, and behaviours and how you have applied this, such as what you did or said and how you interacted with other people. 

When you are giving your examples, do not spend too many words on description and background information. Avoid using general or unspecific statements. Instead say what the situation was, what you did, what your thought process was and what was the result. 

This post is full time however those applicants who do or wish to work an alternative working pattern are welcome to apply. The preferred working pattern may or may not be available. You should discuss this with the vacancy holder.

Reasonable Adjustment: 

If a person with disabilities is put at a substantial disadvantage compared to a non-disabled persons, we have a duty to make reasonable changes to our processes. 

If you need a change to be made so that you can make your application, you should:

• Contact Government Recruitment Service via Charitycommissionrecruitment.grs@cabinetoffice.gov.uk as soon as possible before the closing date to discuss your needs.
• 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. For instance, you may need wheelchair access at an interview, or if you’re deaf, a Language Service Professional.

Reserve Lists:

If we have more successful candidates than available vacancies, we will hold a 12-month reserve list as standard. 

During that time, we may use the list to fill the same, or similar roles with closely matching essential criteria, without further testing of merit. Any appointments from the Reserve list will be made in strict merit order.

Applying: 

We recognise everyone as an individual, accepting people for who they are and treating everyone fairly. 

All applications for these vacancies must be made online. There are limited exceptions to this. Paper applications will only be considered if you have a disability that will prevent you from applying online. If this is the case, please email Charitycommissionrecruitment.grs@cabinetoffice.gov.uk 

Once you have submitted your application it cannot be amended; only submit your application when you have completely finished and answered all the relevant questions. 

Please note that late applications will not be accepted. 

If you are experiencing accessibility problems with any attachments on this advert, please contact the email address in the 'Contact point for applicants' section. 

New entrants are expected to join on the minimum of the pay band.

Concerns/Complaints: 

The Charity Commission’s recruitment processes are underpinned by the Civil Service Commissioner’s Recruitment Principles, which outlines that selection for appointment is made on merit based on fair and open competition. 

If you feel your application has not been treated in accordance with the values in the Civil Service Code and/or if you feel the recruitment has been conducted in such a way that conflicts with the Civil Service Commissioner’s Recruitment Principles, and wish to make a complaint, then you should contact in the first instance hrselfservice@charitycommission.gov.uk.

 If you are not satisfied with the response that you receive, then you can contact the Civil Service Commission. For further information on bringing a complaint to the Civil Service Commission please visit their web page here.

The Civil Service welcomes applications from people who have recently left prison or have an unspent conviction. Read more about prison leaver recruitment

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 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

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.