About the job

Job summary

We recognise the challenges that people with (multiple) protected characteristics may experience on the job market and in their career progression. We are fully committed to being an inclusive employer and ensuring equal opportunities. We are keen to make our workforce as diverse as possible, and we hope to attract applications from underrepresented groups, including ethnic minorities, people with a disability, and people with gender diverse identities.

Are you a lead developer who has experience in SAP products?

Can you manage and deliver several competing priorities to tight deadlines?

Do you have experience of developing R2R solutions in SAP products?

If so, then we would love for you to apply!

Job description

Over the last few years we have successfully built the team and systems required to deliver Business Intelligence and Record to Report (R2R) services to the department.

We are now looking for lead developers to help us take our capability to the next level, as we begin the journey on the UNITY programme, to design and deliver a new platform and Shared Services to 80,000 civil servants in Department for Transport (DfT) Group, DLUHC and HMRC.

R2R is a corner stone of Shared Services and provides the information required by users for decision-making in each department. Your job will be to lead the design and delivery of one of the three areas that make up R2R Centre of Expertise in DfT Finance Operations:

• Planning Budgeting and Forecasting.
• Consolidation and Group Reporting.
• Business Intelligence and Operational Reporting.

You will have a broad role requiring strong stakeholder skills, to collect and analyse user requirements, shape a design, build and test the solution and continuously improve the systems once in production.

You will bring significant demonstrable experience and competence as a developer in the SAP products we use.

Responsibilities

Include, but not limited to:

• Provide technical leadership to the department on the products making up the R2R solution. Promote knowledge sharing and adoption of good practice
• Represent DfT at appropriate Unity forums through design and build phases to ensure the collective position of DfT stakeholders is represented
• Regular engagement with DfT stakeholder community, in particular our business units, through working groups and communities of practice
• Analyse R2R processes to identify and implement opportunities to optimise processes. Lead and develop a team of experts to deliver service improvements Evaluate and establish requirements for the implementation of changes setting the strategy and standards to be followed
• Technical responsibility for all the stages and iterations of development projects. Provide technical advice to stakeholders and set the team-based standards for programming tools and techniques
• Define and apply modern development standards throughout solution design and build. Advise on the right way to apply standards and methods to ensure compliance
• Provide tier 3 support, identify, locate and fix faults across the R2R platform. Coach service desk staff to be able to take on support and provide pathway for future developers
• To support the design and development of Finance product roadmaps to ensure the maintenance of platforms, exploitation of data and innovation of new features.

For an in-depth insight into the role please refer to the Role Profile.

Person specification

• Strong stakeholder and engagement skills, to actively engage with teams across the DfT family, understanding and representing their needs.
• Being able to translate information by developing and sharing concepts and proposals clearly and succinctly to the wider programme community.
• Managing relationships, at all levels carefully, to build and deliver effective communication and engagement plans.
• Excellent communication skills with a track record of working with and through a wide range of stakeholders, often at senior levels.
• A strong team player who is a self-starter with the ability to work in a dynamic culture of change, who is adaptable and willing to review priorities to meet the current and future needs of the team.
• Be able to manage and deliver several competing priorities to tight deadlines. 
• Excellent organisational skills with experience of identifying, facilitating, and delivering events to a wide range of colleagues.

Additional Information

A minimum 60% of your working time should be spent at your principal workplace, although requirements to attend other locations for official business, or carry out detached duty in another DfT workplace, will also count towards this level of attendance. 

Occasional travel to other DfT offices will be required.

Benefits

Being part of our brilliant Civil Service means you will have access to a wide range of fantastic benefits. We offer generous annual leave, attractive pension options, flexible working, inclusive working environments and much more to support a healthy work/life balance. 

Find out more about what it's like working at the Department for Transport

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.

How to apply

As part of the application process, you will be asked to complete a CV and Personal Statement. Further details around what this will entail are listed on the application form.

When considering applying please look at how your experience relates to the role, and within your CV and Personal Statement please provide detailed evidence of your experience of the following:

• Demonstrable experience of developing R2R solutions in SAP BPC both Microsoft and BW embedded versions.
• Experience of delivering at least two end to end implementation projects, from requirements gathering, Design, Proof of Concept, Build, SIT, UAT, Regression, Deployment, Documentation, Hypercare.
• Delivering R2R services in a government setting, providing solution support to end users.
• Managing relationships, at all levels carefully, to build and deliver effective communication and engagement plans and working with third parties to design and develop R2R solutions.

Your Personal Statement will be limited to a maximum of 1250 words.

The sift is due to take place from 8th April 2024. 

Interviews/assessments are likely to be held week commencing 22nd April 2024.

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

The selection process will be designed specifically for the role. As a result, your assessment will include:

• An interview

This interview could be conducted online via Teams or face to face at one of our offices. Further details will be provided to you should you be selected for interview.

You’re encouraged to become familiar with the role profile, as you may be assessed against any of the criteria recorded within.

The Department for Transport alongside other Government Departments recruit using Success Profiles. This means for each role we consider what you will need to demonstrate in order to be successful. This gives us the best possible chance of finding the right person for the job, drives up performance and improves diversity and inclusivity.

For further information on Success Profiles visit our Careers website.

Please see attached candidate notes for further information about our recruitment process.

Pre-employment Checking

Applicants who are successful at interview will be, as part of pre-employment screening, subject to a check on the Internal Fraud Database (IFD). This check will provide information about employees who have been dismissed for fraud or dishonesty offences. This check also applies to employees who resign or otherwise leave before being dismissed for fraud or dishonesty had their employment continued. Any applicant’s details held on the IFD will be refused employment. 

A candidate is not eligible to apply for a role within the Civil Service if the application is made within a 5-year period following a dismissal for carrying out internal fraud against government.

For further information on National Security Vetting please visit the following page https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/demystifying-vetting

Reasonable Adjustments

As a Disability Confident Leader employer, we are committed to ensuring that the recruitment process is fair, accessible and allows all candidates to perform at their best. If a person with a visible or non-visible disability is substantially disadvantaged, we have a duty to make reasonable changes to our processes.

Complete the “Assistance required” section in the “Additional requirements” page of your application form to tell us what changes or help you might need during the recruitment process. For instance, you may need wheelchair access at an interview, or if you’re deaf, a Language Service Professional.

If you need a reasonable adjustment so that you can complete your application, you should contact Government Recruitment Service via dftrecruitment.grs@cabinetoffice.gov.uk as soon as possible before the closing date to discuss your needs.

Document Accessibility

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

This job advert contains links to the DfT Careers website. Our website provides useful guidance and information that can support you during the application process. If you cannot access the information on our website for any reason, please email DRGComms@dft.gov.uk for assistance.

Further Information

For more information about how we hire, and for useful tips on submitting your application for this role, visit the How We Hire page of our DfT Careers website. You can find detailed information about the recruitment process and what to expect when applying for a role.

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

Security

Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is security check (opens in a new window).

See our vetting charter (opens in a new window). 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

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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.