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DDaT19120 BEIS Office for Product Safety and Standards Ruby-on-Rails Technical Lead copy

Closing date for applications: 19/07/2019
OVERVIEW OF ROLE
Specialist role
 Developer
Summary of the work
 Technical lead with a Ruby-on-Rails developer background required to lead a team of R-o-R developers to develop digital services that help The Office for Product Safety and Standards support building national capacity for product safety.
Latest start date
 09/09/2019
Expected contract length
 The contract will expire on 31 March 2020.
Location
 London
Organisation the work is for
 Office for Product Safety and Standards (OPSS) – part of BEIS
Maximum day rate
 £625
ABOUT THE WORK
Early market engagement
 N/A
Who the specialist will work with
 You will work as part of the OPSS digital team. The team is a mix of OPSS permanent staff and contractors currently consisting of: Head of Digital UX Design lead Product Managers Delivery Manager User Researchers Content Designers Business Analyst Developers QA Tester We are also supplemented by 3rd party supplier delivery partners who provide specific services on our behalf.
What the specialist will work on
 We require a Technical lead with a Ruby-on-Rails/developer background to provide technical leadership to a RoR developer team in developing services to help us build national capacity for product safety. •Product safety database (including planned work on consumers and businesses) •Submit Cosmetic Notification Portal Further information on services will be provided to short-listed suppliers. We need help completing outstanding work and developing new features and functionality as part of ongoing service development and iteration. Our tech stack includes: Rails 5.2 running on Ruby 2.4.3;GOV.UK PaaS and Notify;GOV.UK Registers (country information);Companies House API for business details; Yarn;Sidekiq;ClamAV;Postgres 9.5;Elasticsearch 6 (on AWS)
WORK SETUP
Address where the work will take place
 The primary site will be 1 Victoria Street, London SW1H 0ET. However, OPSS have other sites including Birmingham and Teddington and the team may be required to work there on occasion to engage with OPSS colleagues and stakeholders. There may be a requirement for travel to other UK stakeholder sites to conduct business.
Working arrangements
 The team is co-located at 1 Victoria Street, London and adhere to BEIS normal working hours (09:00 - 17:00). The team also work occasionally at OPSS sites in Birmingham and Teddington. OPSS will meet any additional travel costs incurred away from the London office. These will be met in line with the BEIS travel and subsistence policy. OPSS are happy to consider remote working arrangements agreed at the discretion of the OPSS Head of Digital or service product manager.
Security clearance
 Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) clearance required. BEIS will sponsor this if necessary.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Additional terms and conditions
 N/A
EVALUATION CRITERIA
How many specialists to evaluate
 3
Cultural fit criteria
 Demonstrate how you will provide leadership that provides direction and clarity of purpose (4%) Demonstrate how you will help OPSS develop long-term sustainable internal capability (3%) Demonstrate how you will work in an agile way to help identify, prioritise and deliver outputs (3%)
Assessment methods
 Work history Interview
Evaluation weighting
 Technical competence 70% Cultural fit 10% Price 20%
EXPERIENCE
Essential skills and experience
  • Demonstrate your experience in leading and directing a team of Ruby-on-Rails developers to deliver successful digital services (4%)
  • Demonstrate your experience in advising on architectural design and tools to ensure that service efficiency and effectiveness including data management is maximised (4%)
  • Demonstrate your experience in developing responsive web applications using Ruby-on-Rails and in line with our tech stack or equivalent (4%)
  • Demonstrate your understanding of organisation and service design priorities so that developer resource can be effectively deployed to deliver effective code (4%)
  • Demonstrate your experience in advising on the effective use of API’s (4%)
  • Demonstrate your experience in advising on tools that ensure services are secure and safe to use (4%)
Nice-to-have skills and experience
  • Demonstrate your experience in working with and designing services that meet the GDS Digital Service Standard (3%)
  • Demonstrate your experience in working with GOV.UK tools e.g. PaaS, Notify (3%)
EXPRESS INTEREST
Closing date for applications: 19/07/2019

DDaT19120 BEIS Office for Product Safety and Standards Ruby-on-Rails Technical Lead copy

Closing date for applications: 19/07/2019


Specialist role:

Developer

Location:

London

Organisation:

Office for Product Safety and Standards (OPSS) – part of BEIS

Maximum day rate:

£625
FULL DETAILS / EXPRESS INTEREST HERE
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