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Job summary
Are you an advocate and expert Front-end Developer? Capable of leading the development of products that help other teams design and deliver services?
We're recruiting Senior Front-End Developers to be part of both our Retirement and Bereavement and Care teams to help DWP achieve our ambitions strategic goals.
Retirement Services Team
In Retirement Services, we provide digital applications that enable citizens to apply for the benefits that support them through their retirement age. We have an exciting opportunity for a highly experienced Senior Front-end developer, who can provide technical expertise to support a wide range of systems that support the Winter Fuel, Cold Weather and other benefit systems that get used by both citizen and DWP agents.
You should be highly proficient in working in multi-disciplinary teams using Agile delivery methodologies, and develop high quality, well designed and thoroughly tested code that forms part of the GovUk Design system.
You will be expected to work from requirements or high-level design without the need for direct supervision. In addition, we seek someone that can continuously maintain, iterate, and improve the services, ensuring the technologies and frameworks are up to date. As part of the role, you may be required to coach or mentor individual and apprentice developers.
Bereavement and Care team
When working within DWP Bereavement and Care you have the opportunity to positively impact some of the most vulnerable people in society building supportive and empathetically sound services and user interactions. Our interfaces are built with the user at the heart of them.
In Bereavement and Care we deal with delivering systems to manage and pay support payments to citizens in a time of need. So the user interactions for these services must be supportive of people dealing with these problems by being as simple, clear and straightforward to use as possible.
You have the opportunity to work with Node.js, Express, React and templating engines to deliver accessibility compliant UIs using well defined GDS standards. Working with a community of frontend developers committed to building reusable templates and patterns for use throughout the department; you will be able to contribute to shared features and components.
We use industry standard development frameworks and languages to build enterprise level systems but are always looking to bring in new and original ways into practice to help speed of delivery or robustness of software implementation.
Job description
Our Senior Front-end Developers are experts in front-end development, with proven experience in the design and build user interfaces at scale.
You will:
* Lead and promote the technical direction and development of reusable patterns and components.
* Have strong knowledge of modern web development stacks, web standards, user experience, progressive enhancement, performance, accessibility, browser compatibility, tooling and pipelines. Work with cross-functional teams to integrate into the back-end services to ensure that they are built to the same high standards.
* Ensure we develop accessible user interfaces for DWP services which work effectively across multiple devices and browsers.
* Use modern tooling and development techniques to write and share test-driven code iteratively delivering.
* Input into, promote and ensure design standardisation processes.
* Release, maintain and support the deployment of products and code packages.
* Coach, mentor and line manage colleagues.
* Engage with teams across different levels and capabilities.
* Be an enabler for multiple teams, driving consistency, standards, pace and quality, resolving technical blockers, and promoting re-use and collaboration through the wider communities.
* Engage with and contribute to the engineering and user-centred design communities.
* Have an excellent ability to self-organise and define priorities.
* Docker, CI and deployment of components.
* Delivery end to end testing using TDD and BDD.
Person specification
When giving details in your employment history and personal statement you should highlight your experience in line with essential criteria below:
* Lead criterion: Significant demonstrable expertise in Front-end development of large scale systems dealing with high numbers of users, transactions and business processes.
* Detailed working knowledge and extensive experience of open-source technologies including HTML, CSS, client and server-side JavaScript, TypeScriptNode.js and other modern front-end frameworks and templating languages.
* Experience in building accessible compliant user interfaces.
* Proven ability in delivering thorough unit level test coverage using common testing frameworks such as Jest or Mocha.
* Experience integrating with a wide range of technical systems including database technologies (SQL or NoSQL), caching tools such as Redis and API Microservices, all deploying into cloud-based infrastructure. (AWS or Azure).
* Influential and able to lead front-end activities, set and develop best practice for an agile team and contribute across multiple teams. You will ensure consistency whilst promoting standards as well as creating a coaching and mentoring culture.
An initial sift may be conducted using the lead criteria stated above. Candidates who pass the initial sift will progress to a full sift.
If you would like to learn more about the role, please contact akhtar.ali1@dwp.gov.uk.
Benefits
Alongside your salary of £55,557, Department for Work and Pensions contributes £16,094 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.
We also have a broad benefits package built around your work-life balance which includes:
* Working patterns to support work/life balance such as job sharing, term-time working, flexi-time and compressed hours.
* Generous annual leave - at least 25 days on entry, increasing up to 30 days over time (pro-rata for part time employees), plus 9 days public and privilege leave.
* Support for financial wellbeing, including interest-free season ticket loans for travel, a cycle to work scheme and an employee discount scheme.
* Health and wellbeing support including our Employee Assistance Programme for specialist advice and counselling and the opportunity to join HASSRA a first-class programme of competitions, activities and benefits for its members (subscription payable monthly).
* Family friendly policies including enhanced maternity and shared parental leave pay after 1 year's continuous service.
* Funded learning and development to support progress in your role and career. This includes industry recognised qualifications and accreditations, coaching, mentoring and talent development programmes.
* An inclusive and diverse environment with opportunities to join professional and interpersonal networks including Women's Network, National Race Network, National Disability Network (THRIVE) and many more.
This job role may be suitable for hybrid working, which is where an employee works part of the week in their DWP office and part of the week from home. This is a voluntary, non-contractual arrangement and your office will be your contractual place of work. The number of days that anyone will be able to work at home will be determined primarily by business need but personal circumstances and other relevant circumstances will also be taken into account. If you are successful, any opportunities for hybrid working, including whether a hybrid working arrangement is suitable for you, will be discussed with you prior to you taking up your post.
Salary Information
Pay for this role is from £55,557 to £73,350.
The maximum salary for the grade is £66,058, however a Digital Allowance of up to £7,292 per annum is available for exceptional candidates. Digital Allowance is non-salary, and non-pensionable, and is classed as a temporary allowance. It is reviewed annually where it could be retained, amended, or removed.
Our offer to successful candidates will be based on an assessment of your skills and experience as demonstrated at interview.
Existing Civil Servants who secure a new role on lateral transfer should maintain their current salary.
Existing Civil Servants who gain promotion may move to the bottom of the grade pay scale or 10% increase in salary whichever would be the greater.
Things you need to know
Selection process details
Stage 1: Application
Your application will consist of three parts:
1. A Personal Details application form.
2. Employment history - this should contain your work experience and any skills, qualifications and accomplishments relevant to the jobs you have completed based on the essential criteria.
3. Personal statement - up to 1000 words. This statement should be used to provide examples of how you meet the essential criteria listed in the Person specification.
Further details around what this will entail are listed on the application form.
The sift panel will use the information in your employment history and personal statement to assess your experience, skills and knowledge against the essential criteria.
You will be provided with one combined overall assessment score for both your CV and Personal Statement.
An initial sift will be conducted using the lead criterion stated above. Candidates who pass the initial sift will progress to a full sift.
For Hints and Tips on completing your application visit Applying for jobs at DWP Digital.
Applications will be sifted at regular intervals from the date the posts are advertised. Please apply as soon as you can, do not wait until the end of the campaign.
Important Information
* You will be asked to complete your employment history any information that you would customarily share on a CV should therefore be entered onto the application form.
* Personal details that could be used to identify you including your name, contact details and address must be removed for your application to be considered.
* If your employment history/personal statement contains any personal details your application will be withdrawn.
* We recognise that AI may be helpful when applying for this role, but it is important to use it in the right way. Read the DWP AI Candidate Guide to understand how you can make the best use of GenAI while ensuring your application remains authentic and effective.
Stage 2: Coding Test
Candidates who are successful at sift will be sent a coding test to complete remotely. The exercise will focus on the technical skills listed in the Essential Criteria in this advert. Full details will be sent to candidates when the exercise is issued. Candidates will have 7 days to complete the test from the date of receipt. Candidates that are not successful in the technical exercise will not progress to the interview stage.
Stage 3: Interview
If you're successful at sift stage you will be invited to a video interview via Microsoft Teams. There, you will be assessed against the experiences listed in the essential criteria.
Interviews will take place from the end of May 2025. Interview dates to be confirmed.
Further information
Find out more about Working for DWP
If high application volumes are received, the benchmark for candidates to proceed to the next stage may be raised. In line with our commitment to the Disability Confident Scheme (DCS), we aim to advance all candidates applying under the DCS who meet the minimum standard. However, we may only progress those candidates who best meet the required standards.
A reserve list may be held for a period of 6 months from which further appointments can be made.
All successful candidates and those placed on reserve will be posted in merit list order by location.
The Civil Service values honesty and integrity and expects all candidates to abide by these principles. Please ensure that all examples provided in your application are taken directly from your own experience and that you describe the examples in your own words. Applications will be screened and if evidence of plagiarism or copying examples/answers from other sources is found, your application will be withdrawn. Internal DWP candidates may also face disciplinary action.
Reasonable Adjustment
At DWP we value diversity and inclusion and actively encourage and welcome applications from everyone, including those that are underrepresented in our workforce.
We consider visible and non-visible disabilities, neurodiversity or learning differences, chronic medical conditions, or mental ill health. Examples include dyslexia, epilepsy, autism, chronic fatigue, or schizophrenia.
If you need a change to be made so that you can make your application, you should: Contact Government Recruitment Service via DigitalRecruitment.grs@cabinetoffice.gov.uk as soon as possible before the closing date to discuss your needs.
Complete the "Reasonable Adjustments" section in the "Additional requirements" page of your application form to tell us what changes or help you might need further on in the recruitment process. For instance, you may need wheelchair access at interview, or if you're deaf, a Language Service Professional.
For further information on reasonable adjustments, terms and conditions and how we recruit visit the How we recruit page.
Feedback
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) (opens in a new window)
* 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
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Working for the Civil Service
The Civil Service Code (opens in a new window) 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 (opens in a new window).
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.
The Civil Service also offers a Redeployment Interview Scheme to civil servants who are at risk of redundancy, and who meet the minimum requirements for the advertised vacancy.
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 (opens in a new window) and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy (opens in a new window).
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Contact point for applicants
Job contact :
* Name :Akhtar Ali
* Email :akhtar.ali1@dwp.gov.uk
Recruitment team
* Email :digitalrecruitment.grs@cabinetoffice.gov.uk
Further information
Appointment to the Civil Service is governed by the Civil Service Commission Recruitment Principles. If you wish to make a complaint, please find further details here: https://careers.dwp.gov.uk/how-we-recruit/.
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