Id2023-5775 - Technical Platform Owner - Glasgow, United Kingdom - Social Security Scotland

Social Security Scotland
Social Security Scotland
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Glasgow, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Salary:

- £52,355 - £65,276
Job grade:


  • Grade 7
  • C1
    Contract type:
  • Permanent
    Business area:
  • SSS
  • Chief Digital Office
    Type of role:
  • Other
    Working pattern:
  • Fulltime
    Number of jobs available:
  • 3Contents
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About the job


Benefits:

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Location

  • Dundee, GlasgowAbout the job

Job summary:

Are you dynamic and highly motivated individual?

Do you have experience of successfully delivering digital services?


If your strengths include project management, collaboration and motivation toward delivering large scale digital citizen services, then we're looking for Technical Platform Owners to contribute to our journey of growth.


Social Security Scotland, an Executive Agency of the Scottish Government is implementing the largest, most complex IT programme of change since Scottish devolution.

We will deliver a social security system to support the people of Scotland for decades to come as a directive mandated in the Smith Commission published in 2018.


Job description:

The Technical Platform Owner will own the following priorities:

  • Engagement with benefits product owners to ensure business requirements and cross cutting alignment is factored in to option appraisals
  • Collaborative engagement and build strong working relationships across the Chief Digital Office branches and key stakeholders to ensure alignment of a service provision to meet the needs of Scottish citizens
  • Provide technical oversight to identify and procure the strategic common components including cross government engagement, technical planning and security risk that align to the Chief Digital Office Strategy
  • Transition products and components into a live service operation ensuring that service design documentation is in place and underpinned by appropriate support and maintenance arrangements
  • Production and validation of Option Appraisals and Outline / Full Business Case documents to support Social Security Programme investment decisions
  • Undertake initial assessment of technical discovery solutions including services which may already exist in the Scottish Public Sector or wider UK Government landscape

Person specification:


  • Experience of project management with a successful track record of delivering effective IT Solutions through all stages from procurement, implementation and operational delivery.
  • Experience of managing internal and external ICT delivery partners through system development lifecycles.
  • Experience of managing multidisciplinary IT Teams for example inhouse resources, working alongside specialist IT contractors, e.g., solution architects or information security architects.

Benefits:


  • Annual Leave
  • You will receive 25 days annual leave on joining us. This will increase to 30 days after four full years of service. You will also have 11.5 public and privilege days of leave every year. We also offer Flexitime. Any extra hours you've worked can be taken as leave when suitable.
  • Healthy work life balance We can offer the possibility of fulltime, parttime, termtime, and job shares. We also encourage flexible working.


  • Discounts

  • You can enjoy a vast range of retail, travel and lifestyle discounts through our benefit scheme.
  • Personal support for you
  • Our Employee Assistance Programme gives you confidential, independent information and guidance 24/
  • Volunteering special leave
  • Up to three days paid special leave a year for volunteering. We support our staff to help causes important to them.


  • Great locations

  • Our bright and modern offices in the heart of Dundee and Glasgow have been designed with staff in mind. Both locations are ideal for public transport.
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Selection process details:

Sift & Interview dates are to be confirmed

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment


Security:


  • 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 Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
- nationals of the Republic of Ireland
- relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals working in the Civil Service
- relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals who have built up the right to work in the Civil Service
- certain family members of the relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals

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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).
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