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Head of Software Development - Head of Software Engineering
- Posted 17 May 2021
- Salary £800 - £830 per day + Inside IR35
- LocationLondon
- Job type Contract
- ReferenceBBBH117801_1621267376
- Contact NameMatthew Pope
Job description
Head of Software Development - Head of Software Engineering - GDS - GOV.UK
Job title: Head of Software Development
Job type: Contract
Duration: 6 months (with possibility of 6-month extension)
Sector: Public/Government
IR35 status: Inside
Location: Remote, then Coventry/Newcastle
Soft skill requirements:
- Primarily, seeking someone to provide leadership and stability to the team.
- Leading and coaching a team of software developers and test engineers, who can evidence leadership in a government organisation
- Help solidify and advance the structure of the team, supporting us to find the right skills to make us sustainable.
- Enjoy spending time with people, coaching, leading and motivating - a real "people person"
Technical requirements:
- Expert n the field of Software Development, and have a broad knowledge of current and new technologies which you will use to bring people with you. You will have experience of leading a large and distributed development community
- Agile and lean practices
- Experienced working with teams collaborating with User Researchers, User-Centred Designers and directly with users
- Systems design - specification and design of systems to meet defined business needs.
- Ability to work with business and technology stakeholders to translate business needs into designs.
- Communicating between the technical and non-technical communities
- Experience in simplification of overly complicated processes
Desirable:
- Prior experience of the GDS Service Standard - however, in-house experts can support with this
Head of Software Development - Head of Software Engineering - GDS - GOV.UK