About the job

Job summary

• Do you like constantly learning and testing your knowledge?
• Are you creative? Are you innovative? Can you adapt and work in a fast paced environment?
• Do you want to work across the product delivery lifecycle to bring together business needs with technical capabilities, with the goal of defining solutions that deliver value?

This role works within the Digital, Data and Technology directorate with the aim of designing technical solutions to meet business requirements.

You will be allocated to transient project teams to work with a multidisciplinary team that applies agile methodologies. Within a project team, your role is to undertake structured analysis of technical issues, translating this analysis into technical designs that describe a solution. You will be consulted about technical design and design patterns, looking for opportunities to collaborate and reuse components. You will work closely with developers and testers in collaborative teams who will design, build and test IT solutions.

This role is aligned to the role of Technical Architect in the Digital, Data and Technology Profession Capability Framework.

Job description

• Bridging the gap between the technical and non-technical. You will speak on behalf of technical teams and facilitate relationships with indirect stakeholders.
• You will understand how governance works and what governance is required. You will take responsibility for the assurance of parts of a service and know what risks need to be managed.
• Making and guiding decisions. You will make decisions characterised by managed levels of risk and complexity and recommend decisions as risk and complexity increase. You will resolve technical disputes between peers and indirect stakeholders, taking into account all views and opinions.
• You will apply strategy, using patterns, standards, policies, roadmaps and vision statements. You will challenge them and provide guidance.
• Turning business problems into technical design. You will design systems characterised by managed levels of risk, manageable business, and technical complexity and meaningful impact. You will work with well understood technology and identify appropriate patterns.
• Understanding the whole context. You will understand trends and practices outside your team and how these will impact your work. You can see how your work fits into the broader strategy and historical context. You can consider the patterns and interactions on a larger scale.

Person specification

Ability:

• Innovation. You know about innovation and can apply this to your own work.
• Stakeholder relationship management. You know how to identify important stakeholders, tailoring communication to their needs, and work with teams to build relationships.

Experience :

• IT Analysis. Previous experience of working in an IT Analyst role. You will know how to investigate, analyse, visualise, articulate and solve complex problems and concepts, and make disciplined decisions based on available information. Such skills include applying thinking, gathering, and analysing information using comprehensive tools and techniques; using data to formulate technical designs; and identifying and analysing options to assess feasibility and operational impact. You can ensure that the solution aligns with the business vision, objectives, and strategy as well as user needs and you can identify and recognise a viable solution or control.
• Agile Working. You know about agile methodology and can apply an agile mindset to all aspects of your work. You can work in a fast-paced, evolving environment and use an iterative method and flexible approach to enable rapid delivery. You are unafraid to take risks, willing to learn from mistakes and appreciate the importance of agile project delivery for digital projects in government.

Technical:

• Technical Experience Microsoft Azure (training will be provided), Process Mapping and related technologies.
• Qualifications (or working towards). BCS Foundation Certificate in Digital Solution Development (or equivalent).

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.

As part of the application process as a minimum you are asked to complete a CV and Personal Statement. Further details will be provided on the application form. 

At interview you will be asked to do a presentation on a prepared topic and assessed on your technical knowledge and experience and the following behaviours

• Seeing the Big Picture
• Communicating and Influencing
• Delivering at Pace

Interview Arrangements

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

The sift is due to take place on 08/01/2023.

Interviews will be held: 

• Liverpool - 17/01/2023
• Newport - 18/01/2023

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. 

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.

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

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.

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.

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.