Maximum salary amount includes Recruitment Retention Allowance and Technical Allowances of up to £8,420. Final salary package will be dependent on skills and experience.
Senior Dynamics Developer
The IPO is a modern organisation which depends on its IT services to operate and innovate effectively. To provide up to date services to our customers systems need to be developed, improved, and maintained. This position plays a pivotal role in ensuring the core applications are reviewed and continually improved.
You will need the appetite to learn new technologies and methodologies for delivering high quality IT services. In this role you will work within a multi-disciplined squad using several technologies to build enterprise grade services. You will be expected to be proactive and take accountability for the squad assigned deliveries. The role will also require the investigation, diagnosis and fix of any system issues. A Senior Developer is expected to contribute to the technical strategy for the department.
As a multi-skilled individual specialising in MS Dynamics and Power Apps, you will have the opportunities to develop and mature skills in a core role but extend this to skills typically aligned to other role types. You will have a high level of input in defining which additional skills you can develop.
This is a rolling recruitment exercise. Applications will be assessed at regular intervals against the published criteria. Selection decisions will be made on merit, following fair and open competition, in line with the Civil Service Commissions Recruitment Principles. We may appoint candidates as assessment stages are completed and may close the advert early or create a reserve list where sufficient candidates are identified.
Working Style
This role will be carried out in-line with IPO Hybrid working arrangements where staff are currently expected to spend at least 20% of their time working onsite from one of our offices. This role is based in our Newport Office.
The requirement for attendance at an office location can vary by role so we would encourage candidates to discuss working arrangements with the recruiting manager to agree a reasonable balance between working from home and the office.
Main duties consist of but are not limited to:
Technical
Behavioural
Personal and Team Development
Essential Experience
Essential Technical
How to Apply
Click the 'Apply now' button and complete the application form by providing the following:
Your CV
For further information on the sift and interview stages of this recruitment campaign, please head to our 'Things you need to know' section below.
Please visit our Civil Service Careers page - IPO Recruitment Support , Civil Service Careers (civil-service-careers.gov.uk)
If you require job-specific information, please contact Dominic Read
E-mail: Dominic.Read@ipo.gov.uk
Telephone: 01633 433189
We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:
For more information about whats on offer at the Intellectual Property Office please review our IPO benefit pack attached to the bottom of this advert.
Please note that benefits may be subject to change.
Additional details on security and vetting
Successful candidates must pass a disclosure and barring security check and if successful you must also hold, or be willing to obtain, a higher Security Clearance.
For meaningful checks to be carried out individuals will need to have lived in the UK for a sufficient period of time, depending on the level of clearance, to enable appropriate checks to be carried out and produce a result which provides the required level of assurance. For this role the successful individual will need to have consistently lived in the UK for a minimum 5 years in order to meet the relevant security clearance.
Further information on the vetting process can be found at National security vetting: clearance levels - GOV.UK
If you have questions regarding this or are unsure if you meet the eligibility criteria, please contact Recruitment@ipo.gov.uk
Stage 1 Sift
An initial sift of applications will be carried out to create a shortlist. This will be based on the evidence provided for the following Success Profile elements:
Experience
Your CV will be used to assess your suitability for the role
Stage 2 Interviews
If invited to interview Behaviours and Technical based questioning will be used.
Please note candidates that proceed to the interview stage will be required to deliver a presentation against the Technical Success Profile. Further details will be provided in the invite to interview information.
Specific information regarding the Success Profile elements that will be assessed at interview will be contained within the interview invitation.
Interviews for this role will be carried out virtually via Microsoft Teams (video)
This recruitment campaign will keep a reserve list for 12 months. If you meet the requirements for this role but aren't offered after passing the interview, you'll be placed on the reserve list. If a suitable position opens up during this time, we will reach out to individuals in merit order.
Applicants to note:CVs sent direct to the IPO will not be accepted.
There may be important information contained within the job role profile candidates may also wish to refer to. We recommend candidates download and save a copy of the role profile for reference.
This post is being advertised to Internal, across Government and external candidates at the same time.
Incomplete and/or late submissions will not be accepted or considered. Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.
We do not routinely reimburse travel expenses for candidates, however if participating in the selection process would cause you undue financial hardship or if it restricts your ability to participate, please contact the recruitment team for more information.
In line with Government guidance, successfully appointed candidates will need to provide documents for our Right to Work checks. Information on this will be sent within the invite to interview text.
If you require a reasonable adjustment at any stage of the recruitment process, then please let the recruitment team know via;recruitment@ipo.gov.uk
Please be aware that only one application per candidate is permitted for each recruitment campaign. Multiple applications, including those made using different accounts, may result in your application being withdrawn or rejected at any stage of the process.
For more information on the IPOs terms and conditions, please review the attached IPO Modernised Terms and Conditions document attached at the bottom of this advert.
This job is broadly open to the following groups:
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