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    Lead Solution Architect - Birmingham, United Kingdom - DWP Digital

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    Stage 1: Application

    Your application will consist of three parts:

    1. A Personal Details application form.

    2. Your employment history detailing your responsibilities, skills, accomplishments, plus your qualifications and relevant training. Please copy this information into the box field provided.

    3. Personal statement up to 500 words. Further details around what this will entail are listed on the application form.

    When giving details in your employment history and personal statement you should highlight your experience in line with essential criteria listed in the Person Specification.

    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 above.

    For Hints and Tips on completing your application visit

    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    If your employment history/personal statement contains any personal details your application will be withdrawn.

    Stage 2: 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 following Behaviours and Technical Skills:

    Behaviours

    • Communicating and Influencing

    • Working Together

    Technical Skills

    • Technical Breadth

    • Turning business problems into technical designs

    Candidates will be asked to submit, prior to interview, a short presentation (5 minutes) with 2-3 PowerPoint slides on an architecture design you have led, explaining the key architecture designs made, and their rationale.

    Further information will be provided if you are invite to interview.

    Offers of employment: Following the interview stage, should you not reach the required standard for the advertised (Lead Solution Architect, G6 grade) role, we may be able to offer you a role which would be a grade below the advertised post under our "Near Miss" process. Any candidates falling into this category will be contacted once the interview results have been released.

    Interviews will take place from early June 2024. Interview dates to be confirmed.

    Further information:

    Find out more about Working for DWP

    A reserve list may be held for a period of 6 months from which further appointments can be made.

    Reserve list candidates will be posted in merit 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 *************** 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 will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.


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