Java Developer (Full Stack) for NOMS Digital Studio

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Summary of the work An exciting opportunity for talented, tenacious individuals looking to join our team and take lead in creating world-class services in the Prison and Probation environment. Conducting Service Discovery to identify and deliver high-quality, user-centred products that positively impact the lives of offenders, prison staff and society as a whole. Specialist role Developer Expected Contract Length SOW001 dated to 30/06/2017. Subsequent SOWs 3 month durations, up to 24 months. Latest start date 20/03/2017 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 NOMS Digital Studio developer you'll have strong skills in web development and want to work within multidisciplinary agile teams of developers, designers and researchers focused on products. You'll provide technical leadership, working closely with the wider team to ensure high quality code is delivered in line with the project goals and delivery cycles. You'll work closely with designers to deliver rapid prototypes as well as production code for which you'll ensure high accessibility standards are upheld. We expect familiarity with modern frameworks and languages, as well as working practices such as TDD, continuous integration, continuous delivery and DevOps. Skills & Experience • Candidate must complete a Skills & Evidence template and provide CV to kiah_rose.sheppard@justice.gsi.gov.uk by COP Monday 6th March. See Q&A for guidance. • Experience building server-side web applications and detailed knowledge of at least one programming language (we use a range of languages including Ruby, Python, and Java) • •and/or detailed understanding and experience of front-end web development (HTML/CSS/JS) • •Outstanding ability to develop efficient, highly optimised and clear code • •Understanding of and experience with a range of approaches to testing application code and systems for behaviour and performance • •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 • •Understanding of the use of Responsive Web Design • •Deep knowledge of accessibility standards and developing web products that can be used easily by users with a range of assitive technology needs Nice to Haves • •Mentor and train other developers in a non-line management capacity • •Act as a “tech 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 handling large data sets and scaling their handling and storage • •Experience of working with JavaScript libraries to produce data visualisations • •Experience of designing and maintaining public HTTP APIs • •Experience of handling large data sets and scaling their handling and storage Work Location Greenfield Hse, 32 Scotland St, Sheffield, S3 7DQ (with some time in London) 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; learning from failure not blaming individuals • •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/1ynr2eMZAsR5OZTkaDfVKPrBTRUzlhnAISQh-Wkx-zEc/edit?usp=sharing 4. Does the public authority believe that the role should be considered as being in scope of the IR35 reform rules and therefore that IR35 status should be assessed by the authority, or does the role sit completely outside the scope of the legislation? It has been an internal (Ministry of Justice) decision to put all roles published on DOS for the Digital Studio through IR35 assessment. Given the HMRC tool has only been released today (03/03/17) this assessment has not yet been completed. When it has been completed, we will confirm the outcome to those who have submitted against this role. We will provide this update as soon as possible. 5. How many CV's are we able to submit for this requirement? We have not set a limit. 6. Hi, 1) I noticed you haven't put a maximum day rate - can you advise further? 2) Can you clarify how and on what basis we would invoice for these services? Thank you. 1) We do not publish rates for our Digital Studio roles. Rates will be discussed with the Supplier once we have completed the technical assessment. 2) We raise a PO for the duration of the Contract (24 months) which the Supplier invoices against on a Monthly in arrears basis