HMCTS Crime Programme Development Practice Lead

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Summary of the work Provision of a Development Practice Lead to lead the development capability and act as development point of contact for Criminal Justice System Common Platform Programme in accordance with the GDS Agile methodology. Specialist role Developer Expected Contract Length 24 months Latest start date Monday 14 May 2018 Maximum Day Rate The anticipated Development Practice Lead target day rate MOJ are prepared to pay is £825 . The total Supplier charge will be evaluated as per evaluation criteria %. Who Speclialist Work With The Programme has a number of existing development teams that are delivering software in an Agile manner though various service projects. The role will involve the setting of development standards, providing principles and guidelines, and ensuring adherence by development teams. The role has direction setting and governance responsibilities, and is focused on creating an effective and efficient development function. It covers all areas of the software delivery lifecycle. Each team comprises: a Product Owner, Delivery Manager, Technical Lead, Business Analyst, User Researcher, UX/HTML Designer, one or more front end, back end or full stack developers and a QA specialist. What Specialists Work On Criminal Justice Service Common Platform Programme (CJSCPP) is a change programme to enable the CJS and agencies to be more efficient and deliver a better service. For the first time, criminal case information will be kept together in one place. Current CJS services are typically supported by paper and hard media based processes which are expensive, subject to frequent delay and often baffling to citizens without legal training. The CJSCPP is designed to develop efficient, proportionate and accessible digital services delivering access to justice via appropriate modern channels. Information on this work can be found here: https://github.com/CJSCommonPlatform/microservice_framework and here: https://github.com/CJSCommonPlatform/govuk_single_page_pdk Skills & Experience • Provide 2 examples that demonstrate your experience of building and leading a community of practice for Development to support programme delivery in a multi-vendor landscape. • Provide 2 examples that demonstrate your experience of developing and owning Development process artefacts, driving continuous improvements and successfully presenting these through senior management meetings and governance boards. • Please demonstrate experience of leading, contributing to and implementing Development standards. • Please demonstrate experience of leading multi-discipline, multi-specialist Development teams from a Practice perspective, through all the phases of the Development Lifecycle. • Please demonstrate experience in Development disciplines, focusing on software development, e.g. CICD, DevOps etc. • Please demonstrate experience of implementations using Java, Microservices, CQRS, Event Sourcing and 3rd party interfaces/integrations. • Provide 2 examples that demonstrate your experience managing a complex stakeholder environment, including senior stakeholder management and ensuring proper governance. • Please demonstrate experience of providing leadership for a Development practice. • Please demonstrate experience guiding and influencing Programme Delivery, taking ownership and directing delivery teams in complying to set Development constraints and guidelines, and conforming to wider programme standards and principles. • Please demonstrate experience of enforcing best practice design processes, including DDD, within an Development lead role. • Please demonstrate experience of driving a Development practice to develop the principles, standards, ways of working and standard operating procedures, and associated policies, practices and roadmaps consistent with best practice. • Please demonstrate experience of Open Source tools and technologies, i.e. Wildfly, Artemis. • Please demonstrate experience of working on a public cloud, especially Azure. • Please demonstrate a strong security understanding and secure Government environments, and are able to translate this into implementable software development practices. Nice to Haves • Please demonstrate experience leading Development practice and being embedded within largescale Agile development/delivery teams, including Business Product Owners, Business Analysts, Business Architects, Full Stack Developers and Quality Assurance/Testing Leads. • Please demonstrate experience of working within a Software Delivery service to the Public sector. Work Location Primarily Southern House, Wellesley Grove Croydon CR9 1WW and Secondarily Rose Court, 2 Southwark Bridge Road London SE1 9HS (the "Base locations”, although some visits to other locations and UK Travel may be required.) Working Arrangments The Service is being delivered against the GDS Service Manual. SoW/Work-Orders will be issued to define the development outcomes of each project phase and typically span 3-6 months. The specialist will initially be required to work onsite at the base location working a (5) day week. For works performed at a non-Base location and outside London (outside of the M25), all reasonable travel and expenses costs shall be met in accordance with the rates set out in the MoJ travel and subsistence policy. All expenses will require prior approval from HMCTS. This role has been deemed outside of IR35. Security Clearance Baseline Personnel Security Check (BPSS) which must be dated within three months of the start date. See https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/government-baseline-personnel-security-standard for further guidance. If the role requires, the Ministry of Justice will sponsor SC security clearance. Additional T&Cs Any expenses shall be submitted in line with the Ministry of Justice Standard Travel and Subsistence policy. Suppliers shall provide transparency to the Buyer on the rates paid to resources and any third parties in the supply chain. No. of Specialists to Evaluate 4 Cultural Fit Criteria • Describe how you have implemented or ran a practice of this nature with multi-vendor teams in a different organisation. • Explain how you will ensure collaboration at all levels of the project and programme delivery between users, team members, and management. • Explain how you would maintain a no-blame culture and encourage people to learn from their mistakes. • Explain how you will measure and ensure a high performing Development Practice, including accountability for delivery of outcomes. Evaluation Weighting Technical competence 50% Cultural fit 20% Price 30% Questions from Suppliers 1. Note from buyer: This is a replacement of the opportunity titled "HMCTS Crime Programme Development Practice Lead", code 6612, published 4 April 2018. This was withdrawn due to an error. 2. Is this role outside IR35? Yes, this role has been deemed to be outside IR35. 3. Is there an incumbent in this role already? This role is currently filled via a contractual vehicle which is due to expire, hence the re-competition.