About the job

Job summary

Are you ready for a new challenge in IT and Digital Services? Do you want to be part of shaping the digital landscape, driving forward innovation and change? If so, we are looking for you to join our team at a very exciting time, as we become the Commission for Tertiary Education and Research (CTER), the new arm’s length body responsible for overseeing and funding post-16 education and research in Wales.

As we prepare for CTER to become operational from April 2024, we are keen to expand the IT and Digital Services Team so that CTER has established technical services to support the organisation from day one.

We are recruiting for an experienced Senior Solutions Developer who will play a crucial role in developing business critical solutions to support CTER’s statutory and regulatory obligations.

Job description

Working with your Head of Team, you will be responsible for the design, creation, development, maintenance, and correct functioning of systems and solutions required to meet specific business needs. You will ensure that all developments meet or exceed the latest security requirements.

Person specification

You will have excellent technical and organisational skills, be capable of building effective working relationships with colleagues throughout the organisation and externally, act with integrity and sensitivity, and display strong judgement and problem solving abilities.

You will need to be educated to degree level (or equivalent) in an ICT system design related subject, and will likely have additional technical qualifications with experience in a development role. You will be a team player, with the ability to work on your own initiative, prioritise tasks effectively, and set a balance between various competing requirements.

You will have an attitude that puts information security at the forefront of your mind in everything you do.

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £45,256, Higher Education Funding Council for Wales contributes £12,219 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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Selection process details

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HEFCW is a Disability Confident and Living Wage accredited employer.  We are committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive workplace and we particularly encourage LGBTQ+ applicants, disabled applicants and people from an ethnic minority background, who are currently under-represented at HEFCW.  We are pleased to accept applications in Welsh and English.

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

Security

Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check. 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

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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.