Developer for the Beta Phases of the Request a Service Record project.

Tender description

Who Speclialist Work With The developer will join a team which included Service Manager, Delivery Manager, Technical Architect and User Researcher. The developer will be expected to work with Subject Matter experts from MOD Disclosure Branches, Policy Leads and members of the public including key user groups for example, genealogists. What Specialists Work On The Developer will support the service manager to ensure that MOD meets its business objectives for enhancing access to historic military service records via www.gov.uk. Where the Work Takes Place No preferred location but travel to London, York or Portsmouth will be required occasionally. Early Market Engagement Working Arrangements A typical working day is 9am-5pm (however working outside of these hours may be required due to business/project need). The role is based in Portsmouth or York but there may be travel involved tp other regions of the country. Travel expenses outside of the base locations will be covered. Work Location No preferred location but travel to London, York or Portsmouth will be required occasionally. Security Clearance SC clearance Additional T&Cs Cabinet Office (CO) Travel and Subsistence policy will apply. All expenses must be pre-agreed between the parties and must comply with the CO T&S policy Skills & Experience Experience working alongside a user researcher and techncial architect using user centred design practices to ensure stories and user stories and user research are at the heart of product design. Proven ability to design services to meet valid user needs including planning, designing and conducting usability testing of prototypes. Experience in back-end development, with knowledge of ideally one of htese programming languages: SQL, PHP. Excellemt written and verbal communication including strong negotiation skills and the ability to influence external partners, suppliers and stakeholders. Experience in use of service-based technologies e.g. SOAP, RESTful APIs, XML messaging and JSON and AJAX. Experience of working using Agile Methodology. Experience Delivering outputs in line with the Government. Digital Service Standard, Government Digital Service. Design Manual and Government Technology COde of Practice and assessment process. Experience of developing products to meet the needs of assisted digital users to ensure the service is designed to enable maximum digital take up. Understanding of software principles and use of industry standard web application technologies such as XHTML, CSS. Nice to Haves Understanding of Government Digital Service design priniciples. Experience designing services for GOV.UK. Experience working in multidisiplinary agile teams No. of Specialists to Evaluate 8 Cultural Fit Criteria Be transparent and collaboraqtive when making decisions. Experience of successful collcaborative working as part of a multi supplier delivery team sharing knowledge within the team. Create and maintain an agile working environment. Take responsibility for their work. Can work with clients with low technical expertise. Able to challenge the status quo and use presuasion skills to achieve business buy-in. Have a no-blame culture and encourage people to learn from their mistakes. Bring agile mindset and principles into practise. Assessment Method Evaluation Weighting Technical competence 65% Cultural fit 15% Price 20% Questions from Suppliers Budget range