Front End Developer (Java) for NOMS Digital Studio

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Summary of the work We are looking for strong web oriented front-end developers - ideally with Java experience, to join multi disciplinary agile delivery teams, working alongside Java developers to create first class digital public services. Specialist role Developer Expected Contract Length SOW001 dated to 30/06/2017. Subsequent SOWs set at 3 months duration, up to 24 months maximum. Latest start date 27/03/2017 Who Speclialist Work With You will be part of a cross disciplinary team consisting of delivery manager, product manager, user researcher, UX designer, content designer, technical architect and developers. What Specialists Work On As a developer within NOMS Digital Studio you will have strong skills in web development and be willing to work within multidisciplinary agile teams of developers, designers and researchers focused on one or more projects. You will provide technical leadership, working closely with delivery managers and the wider team to ensure high quality code is delivered in line with the project goals and delivery cycles. We expect you to be familiar with modern frameworks and languages, as well as working practices such as TDD, continuous integration, continuous delivery and DevOps. Skills & Experience • Experience building user facing web applications and detailed knowledge of Javascript, CSS and modern frontend frameworks, libraries and methodologies. • Outstanding ability to develop efficient, highly optimised and clear code • Understanding of TDD and BDD and experience of automated testing approaches to web services • Experience working with UI and UX designers and translating designs to production code • An ability to communicate technical concepts to a non-technical audience • Experience working on technical projects within a team • Working knowledge of unix-like operating systems such as Linux and/or Mac OS X • Knowledge of the git version control system • Ability to quickly research and learn new programming tools and techniques Nice to Haves • Mentor and train other developers in a non-line management capacity • Act as a “frontend lead” on complex projects, providing support for product and delivery management and pragmatically weighing the complexities involved against the need to act • Experience mentoring or helping colleagues optimise their code • Knowledge of relational and non-relational database systems • System administration and configuration management skills • Experience presenting work at user groups and conferences • Experience of building and scaling high-traffic websites • Experience of prototyping and working closely with end users to iterate a product • Experience of designing and consuming REST APIs Work Location Greenfield House 32 Scotland St Sheffield S3 7DQ Working Arrangments The role is Sheffield based, but there may be travel involved to other regions of the country including London. There is a £5000 limit on travel expenses: expenses will only be covered for meetings outside of Sheffield. Travel between Sheffield and the supplier’s location will not be covered. Security Clearance Basic Clearance required (disclosure scotland) No. of Specialists to Evaluate 5 Cultural Fit Criteria • We challenge the status quo: we aim to understand the reason behind ‘the way things have always been done’ to see if there is a better way to do things • We respect each other in our different opinions and are constructive in feedback • The unit of delivery is the team - we have no individual heroes, the stars are the teams as whole entities • We aren’t afraid of conflict: we surface tensions and conflict early, and address them promptly • We believe empowered teams deliver the best products: those who are doing the work should and do have the greatest understanding of the work - so ask the team! • We inspect and adapt regularly to continuously improve • Working product in the hands of users early and often • Products degrade quickly, so we regularly iterate and improvement our products ongoing • Collocating the people, skills and knowledge you need is the best way to deliver • Measure progress by what value you deliver • Keep focus on quality, making sure the whole team is aware of any debt taken on • Keep it simple and do less, whether that for features in the product or the way you are delivering Evaluation Weighting Technical competence 50% Cultural fit 20% Price 30% Questions from Suppliers 1. *Skills & Evidence - Shortlisting Process Guidance 1 of 2* Due to the recent added functionality of the Skills & Evidence step when submitting a candidate via the portal, we have slightly changed our shortlist and evaluation processes to reflect this: - Shortlist: Skills & Evidence template - Evaluation step 1: CV - Evaluation step 2: (optional) Telephone interview - Evaluation step 3: Interview Please complete the Skills & Evidence templates for your candidates - send any additional templates to kiah_rose.sheppard@justice.gsi.gov.uk 2. *Skills & Evidence - Shortlisting Process Guidance 2 of 2* We will continue to ask for CVs to be submitted in line with the opportunity deadline. This is to streamline the process and minimise the time between an opportunity closing and contract award. If you are submitting more than one candidate, please ensure you submit via email both their CV and Skills & Evidence template, and that it is clear in both the email and the file names. If there are any questions, issues, or feedback, please contact me on kiah_rose.Sheppard@justice.gsi.gov.uk 3. Skills & Evidence Template https://docs.google.com/document/d/1UNX2VcEILrNQXqM1zuD3uERo-uRezNurCabtk6WJwbs/edit?usp=sharing 4. Skills & Evidence/CV deadline Candidate must complete a Skills & Evidence template and provide CV to kiah_rose.sheppard@justice.gsi.gov.uk by COP Friday 10th March. See Q&A for guidance. 5. This role states that candidates require Basic Clearance (Disclosure Scotland), would you be willing to put a candidate through this if they do not have existing Basic Clearance? We are happy to shortlist and evaluate candidates that do not have existing Basic Clearance, on the basis that if an offer is made, the Candidate or Supplier is of the responsibility to gain the required level of clearance before starting work.