HM Revenue & Customs · Newcastle upon Tyne, England, United Kingdom (On-site)
About the job
Location
East Kilbride, Edinburgh, Newcastle-upon-Tyne
About The Job
Job summary
At HMRC we are committed to creating a great place to work for all our colleagues; an inclusive and respectful environment that reflects the diversity of the society we serve. We want to maximise the potential of everyone who chooses to work for us, and we offer a range of flexible working patterns and support to make a fulfilling career at HMRC accessible to you.
Diverse perspectives and experiences are critical to our success, and we welcome applications from all people from all backgrounds with the experience and skills needed to perform this role.
As a Developer, you will work within the CDIO Customer Engagement and IT Business Services Guidance Development Team, building high-quality, reliable, and maintainable digital services. Working as a Software Developer will give you the opportunity to further the capability of our technical community by demonstrating standard processes and sharing knowledge through community events and academy sessions.
See what it’s like to work at HMRC: find out more about us or ask our colleagues a question . Questions relating to an individual application must be emailed as detailed later in this advert.
Job Description
As a member of the Software Developer community, you will be working as part of a DevOps team using Agile standard methodologies.
You will work alongside other Developers producing test driven code and advising on software engineering standard methodologies.
Collaborating across disciplines within your team, you will help ensure the applications being delivered help our stakeholders achieve their aims, meet HMRC standards and enable the organisation to achieve its strategic objectives whilst also meeting accessibility standards.
Person specification
The roles and responsibilities include, but are not restricted to:
- Developing software to meet user needs.
- Working with your team to provide estimates on user stories/task/requirements.
- Following standard methodology guidelines and helping to improve those guidelines.
- Writing clean, secure, and well-tested code.
- Coaching and mentoring more junior colleagues.
- Operating the services, you build and identify issues in production.
Essential Criteria:
It is essential for you to demonstrate experience of:
- Confident and comfortable in your experience of developing in C#, the .Net Framework, MVC for web applications including HTML5, CSS, Bootstrap.
- Knowledge of SOLID Principles, MySQL/MSSQL relational databases, database architecture, and integrity constraints & Microsoft Office Products.
- Hands on experience in the lifecycle development process, delivering products within specific timescales and engaging with key stakeholders.
- Comfortable working with a range of team members to record system requirements and other appropriate project documentation and turning these into technical solutions.
Desirable Criteria:
It is desirable for you to demonstrate experience of:
- Experience of IT development using both Agile and Waterfall methodologies.
- A knowledge of version control systems such as GIT.
Behaviours
We’ll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:
- Changing and Improving
- Managing a Quality Service
Technical Skills
We’ll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:
- Development process optimisation.
- Programming and build (software engineering).
- Prototyping
Benefits
- Learning and development tailored to your role.
- An environment with flexible working options.
- A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity.
- A Civil Service pension with an average employer contribution of 27%.
Find more about HMRC benefits in ‘Your little extras and big benefits handbook’ for further information or visit Thinking of joining the Civil Service.
Things you need to know
Selection process details
This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window) , and will assess your Behaviours, Experience and Technical skills.
As part of the application process, you will be asked to complete:
- A CV which includes your job history, responsibilities, and key achievements, for the past five years, noting the reason for any gaps. This will be scored.
- A 500-word Personal Statement to demonstrate what you can bring to the role. This should cover the behaviours and include examples to evidence how you meet the main duties and responsibilities as outlined in the advert, including impact, outcomes, and successes. This will be scored.
Sift and Interviews:
Applicants will be sifted using both the CV and Personal Statement, per the details as defined in the selection process and focusing on the essential criteria.
Successful candidates after the sift may be invited to interview, where they will be asked questions to demonstrate their experience and technical skills relevant to the role including the essential criteria required.
Interviews will take place using video.
Interview dates to be confirmed.
We reserve the right to raise the score required at any stage of the process in order to manage numbers.
A reserve list may be held for a period of up to 12 months from which further appointments may be made for the same or similar roles – if this applies to you, we’ll let you know via your Civil Service Jobs account.
Eligibility
To check that you are eligible to apply, review this eligibility information
Important information for existing HMRC contractual homeworkers:
This role may be suitable for existing HMRC employees who are contractual homeworkers. Occasional attendance to the office will be required where there is a business need, so please review the advertised office locations for this role when applying and only select locations from the ‘location preferences’ section that you are able to travel to.
Reasonable Adjustments
We want to make sure no one is put at a disadvantage during our recruitment process because of a disability, condition, or impairment. To assist you with this, we will reduce or remove any barriers where possible and provide additional support where appropriate.
If you need a reasonable adjustment or a change to be made so that you can make your application, review this information on reasonable adjustments , and contact hmrcrecruitment.grs@cabinetoffice.gov.uk as soon as possible.
Equality and Diversity
We’re committed to creating a great place to work for all our colleagues here at HMRC. We want everyone to feel valued, supported and comfortable being their true self at work.
We’re proud to be a diverse and inclusive employer, supporting social mobility by giving opportunities to people from all walks of life. We want to maximise the potential of everyone who chooses to work for us and offer a range of flexible working patterns and support. Our aim is to make a fulfilling career at HMRC accessible to you.
For more information on how we make this happen, review this information on our culture and values .
Applications received from candidates with a criminal record are considered fairly in accordance with the DBS Code of Practice and the Recruitment of ex-offenders Policy.
We welcome applications from those who need to work a more flexible arrangement and will agree to requests where possible after considering operational and customer service needs. We can’t guarantee that we can meet all requests to work flexibly, as agreement will be subject to business ability to accommodate, and any request to work a more flexible arrangement should be made prior to your acceptance of the provisional offer.
Customer facing roles in HMRC require the ability to converse at ease with members of the public and provide advice in accurate spoken English and/or Welsh where required. Where this is an essential requirement, this will be tested as part of the selection process.
The Civil Service runs 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.
Locations
HMRC has a presence in every region of the UK. For more information on where you might be working, review this information on our locations .
Security Update
For more information on the level of security checks we will carry out, review this information on security checks
Please note: in addition to the standard pre-employment checks for appointment into the Civil Service, all candidates must also obtain National Security Vetting at Security Check (SC) clearance level for this vacancy. You will normally need to meet the minimum UK residency period as determined by the level of vetting being undertaken, which for SC is 5 years UK residency prior to your vetting application. If you have any questions about this residency requirement, please speak to the vacancy holder for this post.
Further Information
The Civil Service values honesty and integrity and expects all candidates to abide by these principles. The evidence you provide in your application must relate to your own experiences.
Any instances of plagiarism or other forms of cheating will be investigated and, if proven, the relevant application/s will be withdrawn from the process.
Duplicate applications for the same vacancy will also be withdrawn.
Transferring into HMRC from Civil Service If you are currently working for an ‘Other Government Department’ (OGD) and would like to consider the impact on your pay when joining HMRC, please see the attached document “Combined T&C and OGD Pay English”, found at the bottom of this advert. Further information on staff transfers can be found on gov.uk
Problems during the application process
If you experience accessibility problems with any attachments on this advert, please contact the email address in the ‘Contact point for applicants’ section.
If you think you’ve made a mistake on a submitted application (e.g. you’ve ticked the incorrect eligibility box), please contact hmrcrecruitment.grs@cabinetoffice.gov.uk at least two working days before the vacancy closes. After this, we won’t be able to reopen your application.
Please use the subject line to insert appropriate wording e.g. Please re-open my application – 293838 & vacancy closing date 07/07/23 .
For reasonable adjustments queries or requests, please see details within reasonable adjustments section above
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 Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
- nationals of the Republic of Ireland
- nationals from the EU, EEA or Switzerland with settled or pre-settled status or who apply for either status by the deadline of the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
- relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals working in the Civil Service
- relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals who have built up the right to work in the Civil Service
- certain family members of the relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals
Further information on nationality requirements (opens in a new window)
Working for the Civil Service
The Civil Service Code (opens in a new window) sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.
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.
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Contact point for applicants
Job contact :
- Name : David Kinghan
- Email : david.kinghan@HMRC.gov.uk
Recruitment team
- Email : hmrcrecruitment.grs@cabinetoffice.gov.uk
Further information
Appointment to the Civil Service is governed by the Civil Service Commission’s Recruitment Principles. You have the right to complain if you feel a department has breached the Recruitment Principles. In the first instance, you should raise the matter directly with the department concerned via complaints.grs@cabinetoffice.gov.uk If you are not satisfied with the response, you may bring your complaint to the Commission. For further information on bringing a complaint to the Civil Service Commission please visit their web pages: Click here