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Lead Developer (Dynamics) £51,997 - £80,400

Job details
Posting date: 14 June 2024
Salary: £51,997 per year
Additional salary information: plus an additional allowance up to £28,403
Hours: Full time
Closing date: 26 June 2024
Location: Bristol
Company: Government Recruitment Service
Job type: Permanent
Job reference: 356879/2

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Summary

As the Lead Developer for Dynamics, your primary role involves spearheading the establishment of a new Dynamics capability within DVSA. Your main objective is to support internally developed projects utilising Dynamics. Joining our expanding internal Application Development team, you'll play a crucial role in creating and maintaining mission-critical applications for DVSA.

Your responsibilities will include setting up and managing the Microsoft Dynamics capability within the team, overseeing the support and advancement of existing and forthcoming applications. Microsoft Dynamics constitutes a significant portion of our current and future technical strategy.

Consequently, we've decided to form an in-house team to handle support and development tasks for externally sourced applications, while also facilitating the creation of internally generated solutions.

You'll have the opportunity to join the team at its inception, allowing you to actively shape its structure, training programs, and strategic direction. Our applications are instrumental in facilitating essential activities for DVSA staff, such as scheduling theory tests, managing roadside enforcement encounters, and conducting annual vehicle tests.

There’s never been a better time to join the DVSA.

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Responsibilities will include:

  • Lead the Digital Delivery Software Development and Quality Assurance technical capability for the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA).
  • Provide technical leadership, direction, and inspiration to their team of software developers and software quality assurance engineers and will be focused on delivering value to the respective digital services.
  • Assist the principal developer with team organisation, motivation, and assessment. This will include recruitment, development, and performance management of team members.
  • As part of the technical steering team the role holder will also manage the definition and implementation of departmental technical development and test strategy to drive Digital plans across all DVSA customer facing services.

For further information please see the attached Role Profile.

Additional Information

This role can be based in Bristol, Swansea, Nottingham, Newcastle, Oldham or Birmingham, your presence at one of these locations will form part of the working arrangements agreed with you. We operate a hybrid working model giving you greater flexibility about where and when you work. Our expectation is that you will spend a minimum 60% of your time at your base location. Visits to other DVSA sites or work locations count towards this.

Please note, this role will require regular attendance at our Swansea office, where the majority of the team are based.

Government Digital and Data Profession Pay Framework

This role is part of the Government Digital and Data profession and utilises an enhanced Capability–Based Pay Framework which provides access to a Digital and Data allowance.

The base pay is £51,997. In addition to this, the role includes a Digital and Data allowance of up to £28,403.

The value of allowance awarded will be based on an assessment of your skills and experience as demonstrated through the selection process.

Please note, the new Capability–Based Pay Framework comes into effect on 1st August 2024 and this will be the earliest available start date for this role.

Here are more details on the pay framework.

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