Senior Technical Lead

Are you an experienced Technical Lead with experience of working with a variety of stakeholders?
Do you have experience in providing innovative solutions in a business critical team?
We have an exciting opportunity for a Senior Technical Lead to work in our Cross Boundary Team (CBT).
As a member of the CBT’s leadership team, you will be accountable for application development and coordinate technical teams of up 100 resources to create and maintain products and services for DWP.
Due to the size and location of the team you’ll be required to regularly travel to all Hub locations.
Please note this role requires you to pass Security Check clearance. For further information, please see 'Selection process details'., Our Senior Technical Leads manage resourcing, budget and technology strategy to facilitate product development and support.
As a deep technical specialist, you will regularly communicate with a range of technical resources, including architects, enterprise infrastructure teams and product owners, to ensure alignment to standards and the delivery of a customer-focussed service that meets business needs throughout its life.
Utilising Technical expertise in multiple domains to develop technical product roadmaps and manage product lifecycles ensuring full alignment with DWP Strategy.
Our Senior Technical Lead’s provide technical input into business discussions to direct wider DWP strategy as required based on their deep technical experience in areas such as software development, site reliability engineering, DevOps, and solution architecture.
As a member of the CBT’s leadership team, you will be accountable for application development and coordinate technical teams of up 100 resources to create and maintain products and services for DWP. Utilising Technical expertise in multiple domains to develop technical product roadmaps and manage product lifecycles ensuring full alignment with DWP Strategy.
You will provide technical input into business discussions to direct wider DWP strategy as required based on their deep technical experience in areas such as software development, site reliability engineering, DevOps, and solution architecture.
You will also be responsible for:
+ The overarching technical leadership of a large team (around 100 resources) from varied disciplines to provide current and future application development services across DWP.
+ Advise senior employees and ministers on development services priorities and provide further information on proposals submitted for approval.
+ Maintain relationships both internally and externally, reconciling on priorities and agreeing on approach, tooling or strategy improvements.
+ Advise on problems arising from specific work programmes or from implementation of proposed changes in Departmental policy and make balanced recommendations.
+ Interpretation and judgements in selecting and analysing a complex set of information, testing options and hypotheses or the co-ordination of views of other internal and external interests to achieve mutually acceptable solutions.
+ Ensure product development alignment with and assists in delivery of wider DWP technical strategy.
+ Work closely with delivery team to ensure alignment to DWP standards and best practice for all product development and support.

Person specification
As part of the application process, you need to align your experience in line with the following Essential Criteria:
• Experience of anticipating and exploiting opportunities, suggesting and reviewing new technologies to ensure they are fit for purpose and utilised in the best way possible.
• Experience of leading a team of engineers, providing experience, advice, and guidance to a wider team.
• Experience of getting solutions through technical governance, in particular architectural design approval, and understanding how technical governance works within wider governance.
• Experience of assuring corporate services by understanding key risks and mitigation through assurance mechanisms.
• Experience of ensuring solutions meet standards of practice and appropriate governance.
If you would like to learn more about the role, please contact natalie.selby1@dwp.gov.uk., When giving details in your employment history and personal statement you should highlight your experience in line with Essential Criteria listed in Person Specification.
The sift panel will use the information in your employment history and personal statement to assess your experience, skills and knowledge against the essential criteria above.
Sift dates to be confirmed.
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You will receive one combined score for both your Employment History/CV and Personal Statement, which will be provided in your Personal Statement score.
Important Information
• You will be asked to complete your employment history any information that you would customarily share on a CV should therefore be entered onto the application form.
• Personal details that could be used to identify you including your name, contact details and address must be removed for your application to be considered.
• If your employment history/personal statement contains any personal details your application will be withdrawn.
Stage 2: Interview
If you’re successful at sift stage you will be invited to a video interview via Microsoft Teams. There, you will be assessed against the experiences listed in the essential criteria.
You will be asked to do a 10 minute presentation on a specific topic. Further details will be provided to candidates invited to interview.
Interviews will take place from mid-October 2024. Dates to be confirmed.
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A reserve list may be held for a period of 6 months from which further appointments can be made.
Reserve list candidates will be posted in merit order by location.
The Civil Service values honesty and integrity and expects all candidates to abide by these principles. Please ensure that all examples provided in your application are taken directly from your own experience and that you describe the examples in your own words. Applications will be screened and if evidence of plagiarism or copying examples/answers from other sources is found, your application will be withdrawn. Internal DWP candidates may also face disciplinary action.
Reasonable Adjustment
At DWP we value diversity and inclusion and actively encourage and welcome applications from everyone, including those that are underrepresented in our workforce.
We consider visible and non-visible disabilities, neurodiversity or learning differences, chronic medical conditions, or mental ill health. Examples include dyslexia, epilepsy, autism, chronic fatigue, or schizophrenia.
If you need a change to be made so that you can make your application, you should: Contact Government Recruitment Service via DigitalRecruitment.grs@cabinetoffice.gov.uk as soon as possible before the closing date to discuss your needs.
Complete the “Reasonable Adjustments” 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 interview, or if you’re deaf, a Language Service Professional.
For further information on reasonable adjustments, terms and conditions and how we recruit visit the How We Recruit, page
Security Clearance Requirement
You must meet the security requirements before you can be appointed. The level of security needed is security check.
For meaningful checks to be carried out, you will need to have lived in the UK for a sufficient period of time, to enable appropriate checks to be carried out and produce a result which provides the required level of assurance. Whilst a lack of UK residency in itself is not necessarily a bar to a security clearance, and expectation of UK residency may range from 3 to 5 years. Failure to meet the residency requirements needed for the role may result in the withdrawal of provisional jobs offers.
For further information on National Security Vetting please visit the following page https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/demystifying-vetting
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).
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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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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.

Diversity and Inclusion
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Alongside your salary, the Department for Work and Pensions contributes 28.97% towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.
We also have a broad benefits package built around your work-life balance which includes:
+ Working patterns to support work/life balance such as job sharing, term-time working, flexi-time and compressed hours.
+ Generous annual leave – at least 23 days on entry, increasing up to 30 days over time (pro–rata for part time employees), plus 9 days public and privilege leave.
+ Support for financial wellbeing, including interest-free season ticket loans for travel, a cycle to work scheme and an employee discount scheme.
+ Health and wellbeing support including our Employee Assistance Programme for specialist advice and counselling and the opportunity to join HASSRA a first-class programme of competitions, activities and benefits for its members (subscription payable monthly).
+ Family friendly policies including enhanced maternity and shared parental leave pay after 1 year’s continuous service.
+ Funded learning and development to support progress in your role and career. This includes industry recognised qualifications and accreditations, coaching, mentoring and talent development programmes.
+ An inclusive and diverse environment with opportunities to join professional and interpersonal networks including Women’s Network, National Race Network, National Disability Network (THRIVE) and many more.
This job role may be suitable for hybrid working, which is where an employee works part of the week in their DWP office and part of the week from home. This is a voluntary, non-contractual arrangement and your office will be your contractual place of work. The number of days that anyone will be able to work at home will be determined primarily by business need but personal circumstances and other relevant circumstances will also be taken into account. If you are successful, any opportunities for hybrid working, including whether a hybrid working arrangement is suitable for you, will be discussed with you prior to you taking up your post.
Salary Information
Pay for this role is from £69,869 to £77,740.
The maximum salary for the grade is £77,740, however a Digital Allowance of up to £12,255 per annum is available for exceptional candidates, based on our assessment of your skills and experience.
Our offer to successful candidates will be based on an assessment of your skills and experience as demonstrated at interview.
Existing Civil Servants who secure a new role on lateral transfer should maintain their current salary.
Existing Civil Servants who gain promotion may move to the bottom of the next grade pay scale or 10% increase in salary whichever would be the greater.