Head of Role for Software Engineering

Dyddiad hysbysebu:	06 Mai 2025
Cyflog:	£72,664 i £89,995 bob blwyddyn
Oriau:	Llawn Amser
Dyddiad cau:	18 Mai 2025
Lleoliad:	NE98 1YX
Cwmni:	Government Recruitment Service
Math o swydd:	Parhaol
Cyfeirnod swydd:	402660/4

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As Head of Role for Software Engineering, you will lead the Software Engineering profession across DWP Digital. You’ll be an expert with broad industry experience who can define and assure best practice while influencing, leading, building capability and mentoring others. Working with other Heads of Role to deliver a “joined-up” service to Digital functions, providing best practice guidance on ways of working. The shared vision is to empower our Digital communities to define standards and enable effective professional performance of practice members.

You’ll need sound knowledge in the development of communities of practice, as well as being able to role model across the Practice. The Head of Role is a key part of the Practice Model and has key accountabilities in the following areas:

• Community of Practice
• Capability Building
• Knowledge Management
• Learning and Performance Management
• Resourcing
• Business Partnering

As Head of Role, you’ll be responsible for building a community of professionals, empowering the community to define standards, and enable effective professional performance of practice members. You will lead in building a network of professions and develop a Community of Practice identity within DWP and across Government to empower Practice members in their ability to develop and share transferrable skills, knowledge and experience.

Please note: As part of the role, you may be required to travel regularly to the other digital hubs. The frequency of this will be discussed further should you be successful.

Community of Practice

• Promote and align the community with DWP’s strategic goals.
• Use coaching and mentoring to drive continuous improvement.
• Forge cross-government links to shape the profession’s future.

Capability Building Strategy

• Track current and future skill demand across the job family.
• Embed industry trends into the capability roadmap.
• Map individual development needs and support career growth.

Knowledge Management

• Share expertise and champion best-practice tools and methods.
• Stay current with emerging techniques and technologies.
• Authoritatively validate and apply role-specific processes.

Learning & Performance Management

• Define clear career pathways and development plans.
• Equip managers with frameworks for training, coaching, and mentoring.
• Maintain a mentor network to support succession and retention.

Resourcing

• Confirm and articulate role requirements against business demand.
• Own and update job descriptions to reflect organisational and industry needs.
• Oversee recruitment end-to-end, from assessment design to candidate placement.

Business Partnering

• Build and influence senior stakeholder relationships.
• Align profession-wide decisions with DWP and DWP Digital strategy.
• Represent and promote the job family both internally and externally.

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