Job Description

Details

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Reference number

420990

Salary

45,894 - 54,952
GBP

Job grade

Senior Executive Officer
B3

Contract type

Permanent

Business area

SSS - Chief Digital Office

Type of role

Other

Working pattern

Full-time

Number of jobs available

2

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Location About the job Benefits Things you need to know Apply and further information

Location

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Dundee, Glasgow

About the job

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Job summary

Join Social Security Scotland's Chief Digital Office as a Senior Software Developer in Web Development. You will collaborate in a multidisciplinary team to deliver software components that support our vital social security systems.



Our software developers are deployed in Agile teams focusing on product development, live service, and continuous improvement. We believe in supporting our team members' growth and development and you will have access to formal training courses and team learning projects. This ensures that you can continuously learn and enhance your skills.



You will sit within Social Security Scotland's Chief Digital Office (CDO), which has a remit to provide infrastructure and systems to support both the wider social security programme and Social Security Scotland.



A Senior Developer delivers and integrates software to form a complete service.



At this role level, you will:

Plan and lead development on sets of related stories. Have an understanding of the whole system and take responsibility for teaching this to others. Work with other disciplines to understand what needs to be built. Coach and mentor more junior colleagues. Operate the production services you build. Find ways to improve system robustness, resilience and stability.

DDaT Pay Supplement

This post is part of the Scottish Government Digital, Data and Technology (DDAT) profession and as a member of the profession you will join the professional development system. This post currently attracts a 5,000 annual DDAT pay supplement, applicable after a 3 months competency qualifying period. The payment will be backdated to your start date in the role. Pay supplements are reviewed regularly and there is one currently underway. Changes will be communicated when the review is concluded.

Job description

Manage web applications to ensure they meet business needs and performance targets. Identify process optimisation opportunities with guidance and contribute to the implementation of proposed solutions. Participate in the information security process. Design and implement embedded security controls in solutions and services. Competently apply a modern standards approach and guide others to do so. Collaborate with others when necessary to review specifications. Use the agreed specifications to design, code, test and document programs or scripts of medium-to-high complexity, using the right standards and tools. Participate in team prototyping. Advocate for the use of prototypes and testing with others. Establish design patterns and iterate them. Use a variety of prototyping methods and choose the most appropriate. Identify, locate and fix faults. Design systems characterised by medium levels of risk, impact, and business or technical complexity. Select appropriate design standards, methods and tools, and ensure they are applied effectively. Review the systems designs of others to ensure the selection of appropriate technology, efficient use of resources and integration of multiple systems and technology. Co-ordinate build activities across systems. Understand how to undertake and support integration testing activities. Collaborate with user researchers and represent users internally. Champion user research to focus on all users. Prioritise and define approaches to understand the user story, guiding others in doing so. Offer recommendations on the best tools and methods to use.

Person specification

Essential Experience

Experience in building solutions to problems of high complexity using JavaScript libraries such as React and frameworks like Next.js enables independent design, coding, testing, and documentation of programs or scripts of high complexity, using the right standards and tools based on agreed specifications. Experience in developing and deploying JavaScript libraries such as React and frameworks like Next.js allows for defining monitoring, alerting, and operational procedures of an application to consistently identify, locate, and fix faults.

Behaviours

Leadership (Level 3) Developing self and others (Level 3)
You can find out more about Success Profiles Behaviours here: Success Profiles - Civil Service Behaviours (publishing.service.gov.uk)

Technical / Professional Skills:

This role is aligned to Senior developer - Non Management within the Digital, Data and Technology Profession.



These skills will be tested during the Technical Assessment if you are successful at sift stage. They will be not be assessed at application stage. Please review the following to understand the skill expectations: Software developer - Government Digital and Data Profession Capability Framework

Benefits

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Annual Leave - You will receive 25 days annual leave on joining us. This will increase to 30 days after four full years of service. You will also have 11.5 public and privilege days of leave every year. We also offer Flexi-time. Any extra hours you've worked can be taken as leave when suitable.




A Civil Service Pension - This job comes with a Civil Service pension. New joiners to the Civil Service will join a career average pension scheme as standard. Read more here - www.civilservicepensionscheme.org.uk.




Healthy work life balance - We can offer the possibility of full-time, part-time, term-time, and job shares. We also encourage flexible working.




Discounts - You can enjoy a vast range of retail, travel and lifestyle discounts through our benefit scheme.




Personal support for you - Our Employee Assistance Programme gives you confidential, independent information and guidance 24/7.




Volunteering special leave - Up to six days paid special leave a year for volunteering. We support our staff to help causes important to them.




Great locations - Our bright and modern offices in the heart of Dundee and Glasgow have been designed with staff in mind. Both locations are ideal for public transport.

Things you need to know

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Selection process details

Expected Timeline

(subject to change)

Sift - from 19th August 2025

Interview - w/c 1st September 2025

Location -

In Person

in either Dundee or Glasgow



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Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.

Security

Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check.
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 the Republic of Ireland nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020 Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service
Further information on nationality requirements

Working for the Civil Service

The Civil Service Code 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 .
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.

Diversity and Inclusion

The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see the Civil Service People Plan and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy .

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Contact point for applicants

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Job contact :

Name : Resourcing Team Email : recruitment@socialsecurity.gov.scot Telephone : 08001577194
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Recruitment team

Email : Recruitment@socialsecurity.gov.scot

Further information

https://www.socialsecurity.gov.scot/working-with-us/help-with-your-application