• Location 23 Stephenson Street, Birmingham2 Rivergate, Bristol10 South... Read More
    Location 23 Stephenson Street, Birmingham
    2 Rivergate, Bristol
    10 South Colonnade, London
    Piccadilly Gate, Manchester About the job Job summary We are seeking two skilled .NET Developer/Engineers to join our Digital and Technology team. In this role, you will provide technical expertise to ensure Microsoft Azure Platform Services meet user needs, align with the Government Service Standard, and deliver value for money. You will work collaboratively with colleagues and partners across the organisation and wider public sector to support the ongoing development of innovative, user-focused solutions. You will play a key role in developing and enhancing our Common Data Platform Service, supporting the organisation's target architecture and Digital, Data and Technology Strategy. This includes building and maintaining .NET applications hosted in Azure, developing REST and GraphQL APIs, and working with SQL Server and Cosmos DB to enable efficient data integration across services. This is a fantastic opportunity to further your experience in Ofsted's well-established team. The post holder will work with high-achieving professionals at all levels, surrounded by a friendly and supportive team. They will have access to amazing benefits, such as flexible working hours, the Civil Service Pension Scheme, and 32.5 days annual leave + 8 bank holidays. We offer a hybrid working model, so you may also choose to spend a proportion of time working from home. Job description Please refer to the job specification for further information. Person specification Please refer to the job specification for further information. Behaviours We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process: Seeing the Big Picture Making Effective Decisions Communicating and Influencing Working Together Technical skills We'll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process: Experience of sharing knowledge with, as well as providing technical guidance to team members learning new skills. Demonstrated the ability to learn new technology with little guidance. A methodical and organised approach to their work, including effective prioritisation. Good communication skills, both written and verbal to a variety of technical and non-technical audiences. Experience and practical knowledge of common cloud platforms, patterns and services, specifically Microsoft Azure. Experience and practical knowledge of maintainable, testable .NET (C#) based API development with an understanding of REST and/or GraphQL as a query language. Knowledge and experience of working with Microsoft Azure SQL/SQL Server and/or Cosmos DB. Proven working knowledge of Azure DevOps, including Git and pipelines. Making Infrastructure as Code (IaC) changes with a consistent approach, per environment, for predictability and safety. We only ask for evidence of these technical skills on your application form: Experience and practical knowledge of common cloud platforms, patterns and services, specifically Microsoft Azure. Experience and practical knowledge of maintainable, testable .NET (C#) based API development with an understanding of REST and/or GraphQL as a query language. Knowledge and experience of working with Microsoft Azure SQL/SQL Server and/or Cosmos DB. Proven working knowledge of Azure DevOps, including Git and pipelines. Making Infrastructure as Code (IaC) changes with a consistent approach, per environment, for predictability and safety. Read Less
  • Senior IT Service Continuity Manager - Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs - G7  

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    Location Bristol, London, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Reading, Warrington, Yo... Read More
    Location Bristol, London, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Reading, Warrington, York About the job Job summary Job summary: Defra is the UK government department responsible for safeguarding our natural environment, supporting our world-leading food and farming industry, and sustaining a thriving rural economy. Our broad remit means we play a major role in people's day-to-day life, from the food we eat, and the air we breathe, to the water we drink. Digital, Data, Technology and Security (DDTS) is the trusted team for digital across the entire Defra Group. We have around 1000 colleagues across DDTS and our ambition is to make it easier and faster than ever for people to interact with Defra. If you are ready to drive innovation and push boundaries, we want to hear from you. Join us and together we will create a great place for living, and a green and healthy future for all. Find out more about DDTS: Defra digital, data and technology blog LinkedIn Defra Jobs We are Government Digital and Data Candidate Information Pack V3 - 1 Job description The Senior IT Service Continuity Manager is responsible for ensuring the organisation's critical IT services can be recovered and restored in the event of disruption. This role provides strategic leadership across IT Service Continuity Management (ITSCM), developing and maintaining robust resilience capabilities, recovery plans, and governance frameworks. The post holder will work closely with senior technology leaders, operational teams, suppliers, and business stakeholders to safeguard essential services and uphold agreed Recovery Time Objectives (RTOs) and Recovery Point Objectives (RPOs). Through subject matter expertise and strong communication skills, this post influences and drives the ITSC operational design and improvement of new, existing and changed services. Person specification Key Responsibilities: Strategic Leadership & Governance • Lead the organisation's IT Service Continuity strategy, ensuring alignment with business objectives and regulatory requirements.
    • Maintain and enhance the ITSCM framework, policies, standards, and assurance processes.
    • Provide expert guidance to senior stakeholders on service resilience, recovery risks, and mitigation strategies. Service Continuity Planning • Oversee the creation, maintenance, and validation of IT Service Continuity Plans and Disaster Recovery (DR) documentation.
    • Ensure RTO/RPO requirements are understood, documented, and met through effective architecture, design, and operational controls.
    • Coordinate impact assessments, dependency mapping, and risk evaluations across key services. Testing & Validation • Develop and lead an annual programme of DR and continuity testing, including scenario-based exercises, failovers, and tabletop simulations.
    • Analyse test results, identify gaps, and drive remediation actions to strengthen resilience and recovery capability.
    • Report findings, risks, and progress to senior leadership and governance boards. Stakeholder Engagement & Collaboration • Work closely with technical teams, architects, service managers, and suppliers to ensure end to end service resilience.
    • Engage with business continuity teams to ensure IT recovery plans support wider organisational continuity objectives.
    • Build strong relationships with internal and external partners to maintain cohesive, reliable recovery arrangements. Continuous Improvement • Monitor emerging risks, technologies, and industry trends to enhance organisational resilience.
    • Provide expert input into post-incident reviews, ensuring lessons learned are embedded into future planning.
    • Drive continuous improvement across the ITSCM lifecycle, promoting best practice and compliance with industry standards. Skills & Experience: • Extensive experience leading IT Service Continuity or Disaster Recovery functions within a complex technology environment.
    • Strong understanding of infrastructure, cloud technologies, networking, and application service dependencies.
    • Proven track record of developing and delivering organisation wide continuity and recovery strategies.
    • Experience designing and conducting DR tests, simulations, and failover activities.
    • Excellent communication skills, with the ability to translate technical risks into business aligned insights.
    • Strong stakeholder management and leadership capabilities.
    • Knowledge of relevant standards (e.g., ISO 22301, ITIL). Read Less
  • DevOps Engineer - Department for Education - SEO  

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    Location Coventry, West Midlands (England), CV1 2WT : Darlington, Nort... Read More
    Location Coventry, West Midlands (England), CV1 2WT : Darlington, North East England, DL1 5QE : Manchester, North West England, M1 2WD : Sheffield, Yorkshire and the Humber, S1 2FJ : City of Westminster, London (region), SW1P 3BT About the job Job summary Help build and run the platforms behind over £85bn of education funding. The Department for Education (DfE) is recruiting DevOps Engineers (SEO) to support the design, build, and operation of the platforms that underpin one of the largest funding operations in government. Our Funding Services support the allocation and payment of funding to education providers across England, making this a critical national service where reliability, accuracy, and security are essential. This role sits within the DevOps profession in the Digital & Infrastructure Group and supports a significant transformation of how these services are engineered and operated. We are simplifying a complex estate, moving towards a single Azure tenancy, and adopting containerised platforms (AKS) and modern CI/CD practices to improve consistency, resilience, and delivery across a broad portfolio of internal and public-facing services. As a DevOps Engineer, you will contribute to the delivery of DevOps and DevSecOps practices through automation, platform capabilities, and engineering standards. You will help implement reusable patterns, support infrastructure and policy as code, and improve the reliability, security, and cost-effectiveness of our live services. This work supports not just the digital platforms themselves, but the wider operational processes and data flows that ensure funding is delivered accurately and on time. You will work across multiple teams and services, collaborating with Technical Architecture, Cyber Security, and delivery teams to deliver solutions that are operable and supportable. While remaining hands-on with complex systems, you will contribute to improving how funding services are engineered and operated across the Department, supporting both external users and the internal teams who rely on these systems every day. IMPORTANT - This vacancy is using the Civil Service Numerical and Verbal tests. The deadline for completing the tests is the same as the vacancy closing date. Please ensure you complete the tests with sufficient time to complete the written application. Job description As a DevOps Engineer (SEO), you will contribute to the delivery and continuous improvement of DevOps practices and tooling. You will support technical decisions that affect live services, delivery pipelines, and operational resilience, balancing delivery pace with risk, security, and compliance. You will work within multidisciplinary, agile teams and be expected to deliver high-quality engineering outcomes while supporting standardised approaches and continuous improvement. Your responsibilities will include: Supporting the design, build, operation, and continuous improvement of developer platforms and shared DevOps capabilities, including CI/CD pipelines and supporting cloud infrastructure. Implementing and following established technical approaches to ensure platforms are secure, resilient, scalable, and cost-effective. Working with Technical Architecture and Cyber Security colleagues to implement designs into operable, supportable engineering solutions. Supporting the embedding of DevSecOps practices, ensuring security controls are integrated into delivery pipelines and infrastructure in a proportionate, risk-based manner. Contributing to the adoption of standardised platform patterns and supporting the migration of services from legacy hosting models to modern, containerised platforms. Identifying opportunities to improve ways of working, automation, and platform capabilities, and contributing to their delivery. Supporting incident and problem management activities, contributing to root cause analysis and preventative improvement work. Working with suppliers and internal stakeholders to support cost-effective and reliable service delivery. Following and contributing to engineering standards, policies, and technical guidance across teams and services. Person specification Essential Criteria Proven experience delivering DevOps or cloud engineering capabilities, supporting the design, operation, and continuous improvement of platforms, CI/CD pipelines, and cloud infrastructure. Experience contributing to technical decisions for systems, considering reliability, security, delivery pace, cost, and risk. Experience working with standardised engineering approaches or platform patterns, supporting consistency and reducing operational complexity. Experience embedding DevSecOps principles, including secure configuration, access control, vulnerability management, and integrating security controls into delivery pipelines and infrastructure. Experience supporting incident management and service improvement activities, identifying issues and contributing to preventative solutions. Experience supporting service transformation or migration initiatives (e.g. legacy to cloud, or to containerised platforms). Ability to communicate technical concepts clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders, supporting effective decision-making. Desirable criteria Experience working in government, public sector, or other highly regulated environments. Experience working with cloud platforms (particularly Microsoft Azure), including exposure to containerised platforms (e.g. Kubernetes / AKS). Experience contributing to internal developer platforms, reusable engineering patterns, or standardised delivery approaches. Experience supporting service transformation or migration from legacy hosting models to modern cloud-native architectures. Experience working with suppliers and delivery teams to support service delivery and operational outcomes. Experience mentoring or supporting other engineers to develop their technical capability. Desirable criteria will only be assessed at interview, in the event of a tie break situation, to make an informed decision. Read Less
  • Head of Digital Service Portfolio - Government Digital Service - G6  

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    Location Bristol, London, Manchester About the job Job summary The Gov... Read More
    Location Bristol, London, Manchester About the job Job summary The Government Digital Service (GDS) is the digital centre of government. We are responsible for setting, leading and delivering the vision for a modern digital government. Our priorities are to drive a modern digital government, by: joining up public sector services harnessing the power of AI for the public good strengthening and extending our digital and data public infrastructure elevating leadership and investing in talent funding for outcomes and procuring for growth and innovation committing to transparency and driving accountability We are home to the Incubator for Artificial Intelligence (I.AI), the world-leading GOV.UK and at the forefront of coordinating the UK's geospatial strategy and activity. We lead the Government Digital and Data function and champion the work of digital teams across government. We're part of the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) and employ more than 1,000 people all over the UK, with hubs in Manchester, London and Bristol. The Government Digital Service is where talent translates into impact. From your first day, you'll be working with some of the world's most highly-skilled digital professionals, all contributing their knowledge to make change on a national scale. Join us for rewarding work that makes a difference across the UK. You'll solve some of the nation's highest-priority digital challenges, helping millions of people access services they need Job description The Head of Digital Service Portfolio leads the oversight, assurance and performance insight of major government digital services. The role ensures leaders have the right information and governance to make informed decisions and deliver the best outcomes for users and government. It provides a system-wide view of service health, transformation progress, risks and opportunities, ensuring the portfolio is effectively governed, prioritised and meeting organisational needs. Working collaboratively with departments, the role drives continuous improvement and promotes best practice in service management and digital delivery. It ensures services align with government digital, data and technology strategies and the Service Manual. The Head of Digital Service Portfolio leads and develops the portfolio function, overseeing its governance and operation. They lead a team of digital portfolio managers and build capability across the wider community to ensure consistent, high-quality portfolio oversight across government. In this role you will: lead the performance tracking, assessment, and assurance of government digital services own portfolio prioritisation, sequencing and trade-offs, balancing risk, user outcomes, funding and delivery capacity across government services ensure effective governance and assurance processes are in place for digital services across government across the service portfolio monitor service health, delivery performance, user outcomes and transformation progress, to provide cross-government insights on service health, risks and opportunities strategic insight to senior leaders identify, manage and escalate portfolio-level risks, issues, dependencies and opportunities for intervention, including opportunities and risks posed by AI enabled services translate service performance data and delivery insights into recommendations that support prioritisation, investment and funding decisions provide a cross-government view of service health, future risks and opportunities to support strategic planning and decision-making. Work with departments and delivery teams to improve services, adopt best practice and deliver against agreed outcomes and service standards facilitate governance and assurance discussions in complex, high-risk and politically sensitive environments act as a trusted advisor to senior leaders on service performance, delivery and transformation foster a culture of continuous improvement, collaboration and accountability across the service portfolio own and continuously improve the digital service portfolio function, building team capability and ensuring consistent, high-quality governance, assurance and insight across government Person specification We're interested in people who: have substantial experience owning and operating a complex digital portfolio within an agile environment, utilising agile methodologies and iterating quickly to ensure delivery outcomes are aligned to organisational priorities demonstrate strong expertise in designing and implementing portfolio governance and assurance, and improving the performance of digital services be able to provide clear, compelling insight and recommendations to senior leaders, enabling strategic decisions about the future of the portfolio and providing guidance to other on working in the strategic context demonstrate expertise in planning, with the ability to identify, manage and escalate risks and dependencies across a portfolio, understanding the environment to prioritise the most important or high value tasks demonstrate excellent stakeholder leadership, including influencing and negotiating with senior stakeholders to resolve issues and enable progress. show a track record of building and supporting a professional community, including coaching, line management and developing capability Read Less
  • Lead Software Engineer  

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    Are you ready to lead and influence engineering at scale, shaping how... Read More
    Are you ready to lead and influence engineering at scale, shaping how software is built across one of the UK's largest digital organisations? As a Lead Software Engineer, you'll join our Health & Disability area at DWP Digital, playing a critical leadership role in shaping how we build and deliver modern digital services. You'll lead a blend of DWP and supplier engineers across multiple teams, setting direction, establishing engineering standards, and driving consistency, quality, and pace across delivery. You'll be at the forefront of transforming our engineering capability, helping to embed modern practices and approaches such as microservices and event-driven architecture. This is a strategic leadership role where your work will directly impact how we design and deliver services supporting citizens at key moments in their lives. The scale of what we do is extraordinary, and our purpose is unique. We'd love you to join us. What skills, knowledge and experience will you need? You can lead multiple engineering teams, guiding how they work and helping them improve how they deliver software You're highly skilled in modern programming languages like Java or JavaScript/Node, and understand how to apply them at scale You've worked extensively with cloud platforms such as AWS or Azure, building and running services in live environments You understand Test-Driven Development and use it to improve quality, reliability, and confidence in software You're comfortable working with both relational and non-relational databases like Postgres, MySQL, or MongoDB You can influence and communicate complex technical ideas clearly to non-technical stakeholders, including senior leaders You and your role As a Lead Software Engineer, you'll lead approx. 5 engineering teams, working alongside other senior leaders in Health and Disability to shape direction, strategy and delivery. This isn't a role focused on hands-on coding - it's about leading engineering excellence across multiple teams, ensuring the right practices and standards are consistently applied. By aligning ways of working, removing blockers, and encouraging reuse and collaboration, you'll enable teams to deliver high-quality services at pace. You'll sit as part of the senior leadership team for your area, influencing long-term technology strategy and helping to define how DWP continues to modernise its digital estate. You'll bring teams on that journey - coaching, mentoring and building capability so that engineering communities grow stronger and more effective over time. Your work will directly support the shift towards modern architectures, including microservices and event-driven design, ensuring services are scalable, resilient and able to meet the needs of millions of users. You'll succeed if you care deeply about engineering excellence, enjoy developing others, and want to shape how one of the UK's largest digital organisations delivers services in the future. Details. Wages. Perks. Location: You'll join us in one of our brilliant digital hubs in Blackpool, Leeds, Manchester, or Newcastle, whichever is most convenient for you. Hybrid Working: We work a hybrid model - you'll spend some time working at home and some time collaborating face to face in a hub. Pay: We offer pay up to £92,522. That's £80,267 salary plus a Digital Allowance of up to £12,255 subject to our assessment of your capability at interview Pension: You'll get a brilliant civil service pension with employer contributions worth 28.97%, worth up to £21,735 per year. Holidays: A generous leave package starting at 26 days rising to 31 days over time. You can also take up to 3 extra days off a month on flexi-time. You'll also get all the usual public holidays. We have a broad benefits package built around your work-life balance which includes: Flexible working including flexible hours and flex-friendly policies Time off volunteering and charitable giving Bring your authentic self to work with 'I Can Be Me in DWP' Discounts and savings on shopping, fun days out and more Interest-free loans to buy a bike or a season ticket, so it's even easier for you to get to work and start making a difference Sports and social activities Professional development, coaching, mentoring and career progression opportunities. And we have an award-winning environment and culture: DWP have been recognised as 2024 Diversity Employer of the Year at the Computing Women in Tech Excellence awards Diverse and Inclusive Leadership at Digital Leaders Awards 2024 Commended as Best Place to Work in Digital category in the Computing Digital Technology Leaders awards 2025 Recognised as one of the Best Public Sector Employers at 2025 Women In Tech Employer Awards Process We know your time is valuable so our application and selection process is just two stages: Apply: complete your application on Civil Service Jobs. There'll be full instructions when you click through. Interview: one face to face interview at your local digital hub. Click APPLY for more information and to start your application. Read Less
  • Senior Site Reliability Engineer  

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    Site Reliability Engineer Pay up to £80,664 plus 28.97% employer p... Read More
    Site Reliability Engineer Pay up to £80,664 plus 28.97% employer pension contributions, hybrid working, flexible hours, and a truly great work life balance. DWP. Digital with Purpose. We have a fantastic opportunity to join our community of experts at DWP Digital as a Senior Site Reliability Engineer, within one of our SRE teams at the heart of Digital Transformation. We're using fresh ideas and leading-edge tech to build and maintain digital solutions that will be used by nearly every person in the UK, every day and at key moments in their lives. DWP is the UK's largest government department. We help people into work and make payments worth over £195bn a year to support and empower millions of people. The scale of what we do is extraordinary, and our purpose is unique. We'd love you to join us. What skills, knowledge and experience will you need? Demonstrable experience of reliability engineering including capacity and performance management through monitoring, logging, and alerting. Demonstrable experience of supporting a Live Service, including live operations, incident management, and continuous improvement. Demonstrable experience of developing and supporting cloud-based applications in AWS. Demonstrable experience of building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines. Demonstrable experience communicating effectively with stakeholders at multiple levels to provide feedback and support. Demonstrable experience using automation to remove toil with scripting, infrastructure, and configuration as code. You and your role Your day will be all about making sure our applications and infrastructure are reliable, secure and ready for scale. You'll work closely with development teams from the design stage, helping them build systems that follow best practices and meet department standards. You'll lead by example, mentoring other SREs, guiding teams and driving improvements. A big part of your role will be creating and maintaining detailed runbooks so incidents can be resolved quickly and efficiently. You'll also automate repetitive tasks, reduce toil and make sure monitoring is in place so issues are spotted before they become problems. When major incidents happen, you'll take the lead in coordinating the right people and restoring services fast. You'll manage error budgets, review high-priority incidents and push a culture of engineering ownership across the organisation. Details. Wages. Perks. Location: You'll join us in one of our brilliant digital hubs in Birmingham, Blackpool, Leeds, Manchester, Newcastle or Sheffield, whichever is most convenient for you. Hybrid Working: We work a hybrid model - you'll spend some time working at home and some time collaborating face to face in a hub. Pay: We offer competitive pay of up to £80,664 Pension: You'll get a brilliant civil service pension with employer contributions worth 28.97%, worth over £16,000 per year. Holidays: A generous leave package starting at 26 days rising to 31 days over time. You can also take up to 3 extra days off a month on flexi-time. You'll also get all the usual public holidays. We have a broad benefits package built around your work-life balance which includes: We have a broad benefits package built around your work-life balance which includes: Flexible working including flexible hours and flex-friendly policies Time off volunteering and charitable giving Bring your authentic self to work with 'I Can Be Me in DWP' Discounts and savings on shopping, fun days out and more Interest-free loans to buy a bike or a season ticket, so it's even easier for you to get to work and start making a difference Professional development, coaching, mentoring and career progression opportunities. And we have an award-winning environment and culture: DWP have been recognised as 2024 Diversity Employer of the Year at the Computing Women in Tech Excellence awards Diverse and Inclusive Leadership at Digital Leaders Awards 2024 Commended as Best Place to Work in Digital category in the Computing Digital Technology Leaders awards 2025 Recognised as one of the Best Public Sector Employers at 2025 Women In Tech Employer Awards Process: We know your time is valuable, so our application and selection process are just two stages: Apply: complete your application on Civil Service Jobs. There'll be full instructions when you click through. Interview: a single stage interview online. CLICK APPLY for more information and to start your application. Read Less
  • Lead Technical Architect  

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    As a Lead Technical Architect, you'll join DWP Digital's Digital Chann... Read More
    As a Lead Technical Architect, you'll join DWP Digital's Digital Channels team, leading the architecture design behind our Digital Channels Contact Centre (DC3). This is a critical transformation programme moving from traditional voice-based services to a fully integrated omni-channel contact centre. You'll operate at the highest level of architecture leadership - shaping strategy, influencing senior stakeholders, and guiding the design of complex solutions across cloud, on-premise and hybrid environments. Your work will directly impact how citizens interact with vital public services, improving accessibility, efficiency and user experience at a national scale. This is a high-impact role where you'll define technical direction, govern architecture decisions and inspire teams across DWP Digital, driving one of the most significant digital transformations in government. What skills, knowledge and experience will you need? You can design complex technical systems across cloud, on-premise and hybrid environments, covering security, networking, data and integrations You use architecture principles, patterns and standards to guide decisions and create clear, consistent designs You've worked with delivery teams throughout the full lifecycle, from early concept through to live services, across agile, waterfall or blended approaches You can translate business needs into clear technical solutions and explain decisions so stakeholders understand and trust them You understand modern contact centre platforms and how they support multi-channel services and integrated customer journeys You can design end-to-end contact centre solutions, including call routing, customer journeys, agent workflows, and scalable/high-availability environments You have experience with telephony and contact centre technologies (such as Cisco, Avaya, Genesys, Amazon Connect or NICE CXone), including VoIP, IVR, CTI and ACD You understand AI and automation in contact centres, including conversational IVR, NLP, chatbots, speech analytics, real-time agent support, and WFM/WFO tooling You and your role As a Lead Technical Architect, you'll lead the design and evolution of DWP's next-generation contact centre platform. You'll drive the shift from traditional telephony to a fully integrated omni-channel environment, enabling seamless journeys across voice, chat and digital services. This includes designing conversational IVR and integrating AI-driven capabilities such as natural language processing and virtual agents - while ensuring services remain resilient, secure and scalable. You'll work across organisational boundaries to translate business needs into clear technical designs, guiding delivery from early concept through to live service and continuous improvement. You'll also own architecture governance, ensuring solutions align with strategy and long-term goals. Whether defining roadmaps, managing technical risk or identifying opportunities for innovation, you'll play a key role in shaping consistent, high-quality outcomes. Beyond delivery, you'll support and mentor other architects, sharing best practice and helping raise standards across the architecture community. Details. Wages. Perks. Location: You'll join us in one of our brilliant digital hubs in Blackpool, Birmingham, Leeds, Manchester, Newcastle or Sheffield, whichever is most convenient for you. Hybrid Working: We work a hybrid model - you'll spend some time working at home and some time collaborating face to face in a hub. Pay: We offer pay up to £99,836. That's £75,026 salary plus a Government Digital and Data Allowance of up to £24,810 subject to our assessment of your capability at interview. Pension: You'll get a brilliant civil service pension with employer contributions worth 28.97%, worth up to £16,786 per year. Holidays: A generous leave package starting at 26 days rising to 31 days over time. You can also take up to 3 extra days off a month on flexi-time. You'll also get all the usual public holidays. We have a broad benefits package built around your work-life balance which includes: Flexible working including flexible hours and flex-friendly policies Time off volunteering and charitable giving Bring your authentic self to work with 'I Can Be Me in DWP' Discounts and savings on shopping, fun days out and more Interest-free loans to buy a bike or a season ticket, so it's even easier for you to get to work and start making a difference Sports and social activities Professional development, coaching, mentoring and career progression opportunities. And we have an award-winning environment and culture: DWP have been recognised as 2024 Diversity Employer of the Year at the Computing Women in Tech Excellence awards Diverse and Inclusive Leadership at Digital Leaders Awards 2024 Commended as Best Place to Work in Digital category in the Computing Digital Technology Leaders awards 2025 Recognised as one of the Best Public Sector Employers at 2025 Women In Tech Employer Awards Process: We know your time is valuable so our application and selection process is just two stages: Apply: complete your application on Civil Service Jobs. There'll be full instructions when you click through. Interview: a two stage interview online. Click APPLY for more information and to start your application. Read Less
  • Lead Technical Specialist - Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs - G7  

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    Location Bristol, London, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Reading, Warrington, Yo... Read More
    Location Bristol, London, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Reading, Warrington, York About the job Job summary Defra is the UK government department responsible for safeguarding our natural environment, supporting our world-leading food and farming industry, and sustaining a thriving rural economy. Our broad remit means we play a major role in people's day-to-day life, from the food we eat, and the air we breathe, to the water we drink. Digital, Data, Technology and Security (DDTS) is the trusted team for digital across the entire Defra Group. We have around 1000 colleagues across DDTS and our ambition is to make it easier and faster than ever for people to interact with Defra. If you are ready to drive innovation and push boundaries, we want to hear from you. Join us and together we will create a great place for living, and a green and healthy future for all. Find out more about DDTS: Defra digital, data and technology blog LinkedIn Defra Jobs We are Government Digital and Data Candidate Information Pack V3 - 1 Job description Defra is delivering large-scale transformation across its digital, data and technology estate, including the Future Network Procurement Project (FNPP), identity modernisation initiatives, and hosting and cloud transformation. Within the Digital, Data and Technology Services (DDTS) function, the Architecture and Governance team provides technical authority, design leadership, and assurance across enterprise services. We are recruiting multiple Lead Technical Specialist Architects to provide domain leadership in: Network & Connectivity (FNPP) Identity & Access (Active Directory) Hosting, Cloud & Service Architecture These roles operate at the centre of complex, multi-supplier programmes, ensuring designs are secure, operable, aligned to strategy, and deliverable at scale. As a Lead Technical Specialist Architect, you will act as the technical authority within your domain, providing leadership across programmes and services. You will shape strategy, assure complex designs, and guide delivery teams and suppliers in a federated environment. You will work across security, operations, and delivery to ensure coherent end-to-end architectures, balancing strategic direction with hands-on design leadership. Please note these posts require Security Check (SC) clearance. To gain (SC) clearance all applicants are required to have been a UK resident for a minimum of 5 years. If this requirement is not met, the individual will not be able to progress their application further. Person specification Across all roles, you will: Act as the technical authority for your domain, supporting critical architectural decisions Lead and assure technical designs across the full lifecycle (HLD, LLD, transition and implementation) Ensure alignment to enterprise architecture principles, security standards, and operational requirements Challenge supplier designs and drive technical quality and consistency Identify, manage, and communicate architectural risks and dependencies Represent your domain in governance forums, providing clear recommendations to senior stakeholders Ensure solutions are secure, resilient, operable, and supportable Contribute to domain standards, patterns, and architectural roadmaps Support knowledge transfer to internal teams to build long-term capability Domain Focus Areas: Network & Connectivity (FNPP) SD-WAN, DIA, LAN, Wi Fi and network foundation services (DNS, DHCP, NTP) Secure access patterns (e.g. internet/private access) Supplier-led delivery and transition (including WITO) Identity & Access (Active Directory) Active Directory architecture (legacy and target state) Domain consolidation and identity modernisation Identity dependencies across applications and services Hosting, Cloud & Service Architecture Hybrid and multi-cloud (on-prem, Azure, AWS) Hosting and storage strategy and datacentre migration CMDB/CSDM modelling and service architecture governance Technical input to procurement and supplier evaluation Person Specification Responsibilities You will: Define and maintain domain architecture (principles, standards, patterns, roadmaps) Lead technical design for high-impact, complex services and programmes Guide and assure architects, delivery teams, and suppliers Use governance and assurance to support decision-making and manage risk Contribute to the architecture community through mentoring and leadership Skills and Experience Essential Significant experience in enterprise architecture within a large, complex organisation Proven ability to act as a technical authority across programmes or services Strong experience of architectural governance, assurance, and risk management Experience working in multi-supplier environments, including design challenge Ability to lead complex design decisions across the delivery lifecycle Strong stakeholder engagement, including influencing at senior levels Ability to communicate complex technical issues clearly to technical and non-technical audiences Domain-Specific Experience (one or more) Network & Connectivity Enterprise network architecture (WAN/LAN/Wi Fi) SD-WAN and modern network/security architectures Identity & Access Active Directory architecture (including legacy environments) Identity modernisation and dependency management Hosting, Cloud & Service Architecture Hybrid/multi-cloud architecture (Azure, AWS, on-prem) Service modelling (CMDB/CSDM) and enterprise service architecture One or more of the following: Experience of large-scale transformation, transition, or procurement programmes Understanding of secure-by-design and government security expectations Experience mentoring and developing architects or technical specialists Experience of ServiceNow or equivalent platforms (for hosting/service roles) Experience of modern identity platforms (e.g. Entra ID) Read Less
  • Lead Technical Architect - Department for Work and Pensions - G6  

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    Location This role may be located in one of the following locations; B... Read More
    Location This role may be located in one of the following locations; Blackpool, Birmingham, Leeds, Manchester, Newcastle or Sheffield.

    Please find further information on the Corporate hub locations here.

    Please note that for candidates requesting to work in Newcastle, the role will initially be based at Benton Park View. It will then move to 1 Pilgrim Place in Newcastle city centre by the end of 2027. About the job Job summary Do you want to work collaboratively designing modern IT architecture for some of the largest digital transformations in Europe? Do you want to help support millions of our claimants by designing user-friendly digital services? If so, these roles may be perfect for you! We are looking for experienced Lead Technical Architects with a specialism in Contact Centres who are confident working on products and services in a complex digital environment, where you'll be supporting major initiatives within DWP Digital. You will collaborate with colleagues and stakeholders across DWP Digital to support the delivery of solutions, creating options and recommendations, and providing expert advice to drive technology choices. The roles will include the design, oversight and architecture governance of IT solutions that support DWP customers. The Digital Channels Team has an opportunity for a Contact Centre Architect to lead the architecture design for its Digital Channels Contact Centre (DC3). This role will play a key part in transitioning from a traditional voice only "call centre" to a leading multi-channel "contact centre", with the ultimate intention of providing an omni-channel environment. You will be suited to this role if you have experience in NiCE CXOne contact centre technologies. As well as the underlying Contact Centre technology the role is wide ranging encompassing IVR, moving to a more "conversational" style IVR, voice recording, WFM / WFO, and integrations to existing DWP systems as well as new platforms as they come on line. This is an exciting time to join us. You'll shape the future and support our mission to deliver exceptional products and services that work for everyone. Job description A Lead Technical Architect (Solutions) leads at the highest level and is responsible for making sure the strategy is agreed and followed. At this role level, you will: Network and communicate with senior stakeholders across organisations. Proactively seek opportunities for digital transformation. Support multiple teams, finding and using best practice and emerging technologies. Inspire other architects and help them understand how to deliver the goals of the organisation. Be responsible for governance, solving complex and high risk issues or delivering architecture design. Person specification When giving details in your employment history and personal statement you should highlight your experience in line with essential criteria below: Architecture design across on-prem, cloud and hybrid environments involving networking, security, presentation, middleware, database, and integration aspects. Architecture design informed through use of principles, patterns, technical radars, practices and standards. Architecture design working with project delivery teams within agile, waterfall and hybrid environments throughout the lifecycle - from concept to go-live. Translating business requirements into technical solutions with traceability that can be demonstrated to stakeholders. Contact Centre platforms offering multi-channel support, cross channel-integration, and customer interaction services such as DTMF and natural language IVR, TTS and STT, web chat and asymmetric chat, virtual agents, and co-browsing. Contact Centre Solution Architecture: Creating end-to-end solution designs, including call routing, customer journey mapping, and agent workflow optimization. Capacity planning for scalable, high- availability contact centre environments. Telephony Systems and Contact Centre Platforms: Contact centre solutions e.g. Cisco, Avaya, Genesys, Amazon Connect, or NiCE CXOne. Knowledge of Voice over IP (VoIP) systems, and IVR (Interactive Voice Response) design. Expertise in computer Technology Integration (CTI) technologies and Automatic Call Distributors (ACD). AI and Automation: Familiarity with AI-driven automation, chatbots, Natural Language Processing (NLP), and speech analytics, transcription and real time agent assistance. Implementing workforce optimisation (WFO) and workforce management (WFM) tools. Designing and Implementing directed, free speech and conversational IVRs with static and dynamic prompts and flows. If you would like to learn more about the role, please contact Read Less
  • Senior Pega DevOps Engineer - Department for Work and Pensions - G7  

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    Location This role may be located in one of the following locations; B... Read More
    Location This role may be located in one of the following locations; Birmingham, Blackpool, Leeds, Manchester, Newcastle-upon-Tyne or Sheffield.

    Please find further information on the Corporate hub locations here.

    Please note that for candidates requesting to work in Newcastle, the role will initially be based at Benton Park View. It will then move to 1 Pilgrim Place city centre by the end of 2027. About the job Job summary Please note this role requires you to pass Security Check clearance. For further information, please see 'Selection process details'. Are you ready to lead DevOps at scale, shaping AWS environments, CI/CD pipelines, and engineering culture across one of the UK's most impactful digital organisations? We're looking for outstanding Senior DevOps Engineers, who want to contribute to demanding and exciting digital services for the UK Government. The products we build are the changing the face of public services with the potential to dramatically transform the future of millions of people. We're looking for driven and passionate Senior DevOps Engineers who would like to be part of teams delivering real value to people that need help during the difficult times of their lives. You'll act as DevOps leaders, with line management responsibility of DevOps Engineers which will consist of leading existing DevOps Engineers while increasing capability, standards, and practices across the organisation. As a Senior DevOps Engineer you will contribute to our community ensuring that DWP and our DevOps practices evolve in line with technology advances. Job description As a Senior DevOps Engineer you will be using modern tooling to develop CI/CD pipelines and DevOps toolchains where you will strive to put automation at the heart of everything you do, to deliver the magnitude and scale of technology used to service our users. Our Senior Engineers own and are accountable for the technical delivery of work within their teams, with the influence and authority to succeed. You will craft and implement solutions that are highly available, resilient, scalable, extensible, and maintainable within AWS cloud environments, depended upon for the investigation and elimination of fraud and error worth £9.4bn in the benefit system. Working across the organisation you will be pushing a mindset change to foster engineering ownership, and the importance of the integrity and maintenance of the services we deliver. You will be working on and around the infrastructure and tooling supporting our Pega-based case management tooling, brining specialist and specific skills related to this platform to ensure prosecution-ready, integral workflows. Other responsibilities will include working across product-focussed teams to gather requirements, evaluate tools, implementing/updating solutions, provision environments, and assisting with operational issues. Person specification See selection process for further details. If you would like to learn more about the role, please contact . Technical skills We'll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process: Pega Platform Read Less
  • Principal Solutions Architect (AI Solutions) - Government Digital Service - G6  

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    Location Bristol, Manchester About the job Job summary DSIT is the dig... Read More
    Location Bristol, Manchester About the job Job summary DSIT is the digital centre of government. We are responsible for setting, leading and delivering the vision for a modern digital government. Our priorities are to drive a modern digital government, by: joining up public sector services harnessing the power of AI for the public good strengthening and extending our digital and data public infrastructure elevating leadership and investing in talent funding for outcomes and procuring for growth and innovation committing to transparency and driving accountability People and Transformation The People & Transformation directorate sits at the heart of shaping DSIT's future. We are responsible for getting the fundamentals right - from pay, recruitment and casework - while also leading the organisation's people, workforce and digital transformation. Our work brings together employee experience, organisational design, workforce planning, digital recruitment, policy, data, AI and strategic change to create a joined-up, user-centred system that is easy to access and built for impact. We're the driving force behind the DSIT Difference, making this the home for inventiveness, expertise and impact. By attracting exceptional talent, using technology and data to simplify decisions, and building a culture that thrives on innovation and continuous improvement were ensuring DSIT is future-ready, so we can do our best work in a fast-changing world. DSIT is building a new AI Integration team to help the department embed AI into everyday work, so teams can deliver better outcomes for citizens faster, with greater quality and confidence. As Principal Solutions Architect, you will lead a small team working across the department to identify AI opportunities and turn them into practical applications. This is not a conventional architecture role. Your team will often work independently of each other with portfolios of stakeholders, embedding with different parts of DSIT to understand problems, spot opportunities and help teams move quickly from idea to action. You will build the team, set direction, shape priorities and help people choose the most effective route for each opportunity. That may mean coaching colleagues to solve a problem themselves, teaching teams how to use AI well, supporting the design of a low-code solution in a short sprint, bringing in specialist contractors, or escalating more complex needs to another team. You will need to keep the team focused, unblock problems, make useful connections and build clear ways of working across a team of people who are often operating independently. Job description This is a role for someone entrepreneurial, credible and energising. You will need to inspire others, bring structure to ambiguity, and help a small team deliver high-impact use cases that show clear value for the department. As a Principal Solutions Architect (AI Solutions), you will: set strategic direction, standards and ways of working for a distributed team that is often embedded across different parts of the organisation help the team and stakeholders shape demand, prioritise projects, assess value vs effort/risk, make trade-offs, and maintain focus so solutions can be created provide AI advice to senior leaders and non-technical stakeholders, communicating to gain support whilst managing risk and complexity develop prototypes and deliver lightweight solutions (most likely using Copilot Studio, Power Automate and/or wider Power Platform) foster a culture of learning and innovation within your team, role modelling effective and responsible use of AI Person specification We're interested in people who: have experience setting clear strategic direction, standards and ways of working for a distributed team that is often embedded across different parts of the organisation have experience helping the team and stakeholders shape demand, assess value vs effort/risk, make trade-offs, and maintain focus so solutions can be created, or identifying problems and solution options have experience providing advice to senior leaders and non-technical stakeholders, utilising different architecture communication techniques to gain support from stakeholders for architectural initiatives with high levels of risk, impact and complexity can translate between user needs, operational reality, governance requirements and technical options have hands-on skill with Microsoft low-code tools to prototype and deliver lightweight solutions (Copilot Studio, Power Automate and/or wider Power Platform) have experience coaching others to identify reusable patterns and trends, and feeding them back to the wider organisation to anticipate changes to policy and build resilience through your architectural work Read Less
  • Senior Business Analysts - HM Treasury - G7  

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    Location This post can be based in London (1 Horse Guards Road), Norwi... Read More
    Location This post can be based in London (1 Horse Guards Road), Norwich (Rosebery Court) or Darlington (Feethams House). About the job Job summary If you're interested in making a difference to people's lives, the Treasury can offer you an exciting opportunity to influence decision making that affects the whole of the UK. Working at the heart of government, we collaborate across government to promote responsible public spending and drive strong and sustainable economic growth. Our work ranges from protecting customers through the regulation of the financial sector, helping to reduce carbon emissions and creating a greener economy, to promoting British trade around the world and supporting people across the country on jobs, growth and more. We are part of the Darlington Economic Campus , a cross-government hub bringing people together to tackle key national issues while working closer to the communities we serve.

    Job description Treasury Business Solutions (TBS) is the part of the Corporate Centre Group responsible for the delivery and effective management of Treasury's IT and communications systems and services, Property management, information management and knowledge Information Services, security and business continuity services and change projects to continually improve our work tools and environment. We have over 60 staff across all three locations and provide services to over 3500 people across the UK in Treasury and our Arm's Length Bodies. We're recruiting for two roles: Role 1 - Lead Business Analyst in Technology Change Lead and mature the Technology Change Business Analysis service - Own the development and continuous improvement of BA capability across technology change, setting standards, tools and ways of working that position business analysis as a strategic enabler of policy and operational delivery. Provide expert business analysis leadership and assurance - Lead the provision of high quality business analysis across the technology change portfolio, ensuring proportionate, evidence based analysis (including requirements, modelling, options appraisal, business cases, benefits and impacts) to support sound decision making and value for money. Enable effective delivery of policy through technology change - Work closely with multidisciplinary delivery teams to ensure technology change initiatives are driven by clear user needs and outcomes, supporting successful and timely delivery of ministerial and policy priorities. Enable effective delivery of IT services through technology change - Collaborate with Service Delivery and Commercial teams to support effective procurement, design and delivery of IT services to end users. Shape and prioritise strategic business change demand - Ensure significant requests for business or operational change are clearly articulated, assessed and prioritised, advising senior stakeholders on feasibility, risk, dependencies and alignment with HMT and TBS strategic objectives. Own BA deliver outcomes and benefits realisation - Plan, assign and oversee BA activity across the Tech Change portfolio, tracking progress, quality and benefits realisation to ensure solutions meet agreed user, business and policy outcomes. Manage and lead other Business Analysts in team - Line manage and develop a Fast Stream Business Analyst from September, providing coaching, feedback and stretch opportunities, while building strong, trusted relationships with senior stakeholders across policy, corporate and digital functions. Manage any external BAs working in the team. Role 2 - Appian Business Analyst Lead business analysis for the Appian platform and automation portfolio - Provide strategic and hands on business analysis leadership for the Appian platform, ensuring business process automation initiatives are driven by clear user needs, robust analysis and deliver measurable improvements to HMT operations. Provide expert business analysis leadership and assurance - Provide high quality business analysis across the Appian portfolio, ensuring proportionate, evidence based analysis (including requirements, modelling, options appraisal, business cases, benefits and impacts) to support sound decision making and value for money. Shape and assure end to end process automation delivery - Lead the elicitation, analysis and prioritisation of complex business processes for automation, defining future state processes, requirements and success measures, and assuring quality across design, build, test and implementation. Work as part of HMT's Appian Team - Work collaboratively with others in our internal Appian team (1 x product and 1x delivery manager) to drive delivery, building capability, develop supplier partnerships and create a high performing team focused on continuous improvement and delivery outcomes. Work in close partnership with external development suppliers - Act as the senior team interface with external Appian development partners, ensuring a shared understanding of business needs, effective backlog management, clear acceptance criteria, and strong alignment between HMT objectives and supplier delivery. Ensure alignment with HMT strategy, standards and governance - Ensure Appian solutions and business analysis practices align with HMT strategy, DDAT standards, service design principles and assurance requirements, supporting value for money and sustainable, reusable automation patterns. If you would like to speak to the hiring manager informally prior to the closing date, please contact Nick Matthews - Person specification Application Stage Required Qualifications BCS International Diploma in Business Analysis OR you are more than 50% towards completing the diploma (i.e. you possess 2 or more valid certificates). In your application form, you'll be asked to confirm that you hold this qualification. You will need to provide evidence of this qualification if you are invited to interview. Read Less
  • Performance Analyst - Government Digital Service - SEO  

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    Location Bristol, Manchester About the job Job summary The Government... Read More
    Location Bristol, Manchester About the job Job summary The Government Digital Service (GDS) is the digital centre of government. We are responsible for setting, leading and delivering the vision for a modern digital government. Our priorities are to drive a modern digital government, by: joining up public sector services harnessing the power of AI for the public good strengthening and extending our digital and data public infrastructure elevating leadership and investing in talent funding for outcomes and procuring for growth and innovation committing to transparency and driving accountability We are home to the Incubator for Artificial Intelligence (I.AI), the world-leading GOV.UK and at the forefront of coordinating the UK's geospatial strategy and activity. We lead the Government Digital and Data function and champion the work of digital teams across government. We're part of the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) and employ more than 1,000 people all over the UK, with hubs in Manchester, London and Bristol. The Government Digital Service is where talent translates into impact. From your first day, you'll be working with some of the world's most highly-skilled digital professionals, all contributing their knowledge to make change on a national scale. Join us for rewarding work that makes a difference across the UK. You'll solve some of the nation's highest-priority digital challenges, helping millions of people access services they need GOV.UK is the trusted online home for government information and services, every week millions of people rely on it to complete essential and often life-changing tasks. GOV.UK also supports government colleagues to publish content, ensuring accurate and accessible information is always available to the public. Job description As a Performance Analyst you'll: deliver analysis, especially using digital analytics, to help product owners make decisions based on evidence help the project team to measure and assess outcomes, for example, 'what success looks like', developing hypotheses and measurement frameworks identify where user experience can be improved and working with teams to overcome barriers work closely with user researchers to combine the 'what' and 'why' of user behaviour provide recommendations for action based on user data in easily understandable and engaging ways - such as show and tells, blog posts, dashboards, slide deck presentations work on GA4 data layer implementations from start to finish, including planning, designing schema, deployment, and ongoing optimisation be utilising Google Tag Manager (GTM) and SQL, enabling you to implement and troubleshoot GA4 tagging be feeding into data architecture plans that ensure accurate and reliable data collection. Including setting up and maintaining data validation processes specific to GA4, and contributing to data processing pipelines that create clean, and useful analytics outputs contribute to the performance analysis community; assisting with training and knowledge sharing of digital analysis principles to wider audiences and expanding your own and others' performance analysis skills Person specification We're interested in people who: can demonstrate strong proficiency with digital analytics platforms, such as Google Analytics (specifically GA4) working with high volumes of data are experienced using analytical environments to evaluate and analyse data, including GCP (Google Cloud Platform), for example tools such as Google BigQuery, Dataform, social media analytics and APIs have experience in creating performance frameworks - specifically what good looks like and how it should be measured (KPIs) possess experience of working in an agile, project-based environment, focussed on delivering user needs succeed in developing implementation strategies - including data architecture, quality assurance and administration have knowledge in running A/B and multivariate testing, including the selection and setting up of appropriate tooling understand and have practical experience of using different data tools to transform and analyse different data sets. Understanding of and practical experience with data analysis and visualisation tools, e.g. Looker Studio and languages e.g. SQL or python can gather and understand technical requirements. Is able to work collaboratively with developers and other data professions to support building suitable technical solutions such as analytics tracking or data pipelines demonstrates strong attention to detail when working with data to ensure accuracy and reliability Read Less
  • Programme Delivery Manager - Department for Education - G6  

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    Location London - SW1P 3BT, Sheffield - S1 2FJ, Manchester - M1 2WD Ab... Read More
    Location London - SW1P 3BT, Sheffield - S1 2FJ, Manchester - M1 2WD About the job Job summary In the Schools Digital portfolio, our aim is to support schools and teachers to have the best environment, tools and support so that every child can achieve and thrive. We work with Schools Group to deliver Manifesto commitments on recruiting and retaining teachers, including the 6.5k manifesto commitment, SEND reform and helping schools improve. This is an exciting time to join the portfolio with significant reform programmes underway for SEND and schools, which will have a direct impact on the outcomes on the teaching landscape and help every child achieve and thrive. Our diverse and inclusive culture reflects the society we live in. This helps us to achieve better outcomes for all our users. We work in multi-disciplinary teams using Agile methods to innovate and radically improve services that: Support schools to manage and improve their performance Support teachers and teacher trainee mentors to provide the best start in life for children Support children to get the best SEND support Drive economic growth You can read more about our strategy on the DfE digital and technology blog , by visiting our LinkedIn page. We encourage applications from a diverse range of candidates. At DfE, we are proud of the commitment we make to diversity and inclusion and of the progress we have made. We have active and vibrant staff networks, special leave policies and workplace adjustments put in place for those who need them. We are continuing to build a diverse DfE, in an inclusive environment which nurtures and realises potential in all, at all levels. Equality and Diversity - Department for Education This vacancy uses the Government Digital and Data Profession Capability Framework Job description In the Schools Digital portfolio we work closely with policy teams and Service Owners to research, design and build services that help provide schools, teachers and a system where every child is achieving and thriving. As a Programme Delivery Manager in Schools Digital, you will : Lead, coach and motivate multiple agile multi-disciplinary teams, helping them plan and deliver their work, ensuring they make progress, meet the government service standard and create services that meet users' needs. Help Schools Digital teams conduct discoveries, alphas, betas and get to live, delivering services that meet the needs of Schools, teachers and children Identify the people, skills and resources that teams need to deliver the agreed goals across Schools Digital Identify and challenge organisational processes that impede delivery and work with stakeholders as needed to improve them, including implementing and iterating Schools Digital governance processes Use your delivery expertise to identify and actively manage risks, issues and internal and external dependencies across multiple delivery teams. Act as an escalation point for risks raised by delivery teams, supporting or intervening as necessary to enable prompt and effective management. Work with Schools Policy Leaders to create the best services for users, coaching and influencing Schools Policy to make evidenced-led decisions and champion agile ways of working, and embed user-centred design in both ways of working and decision-making. Be part of the Schools Digital Senior Leadership Team Working with the Senior Leadership in Schools Digital you will also: Help create a culture and environment where teams can deliver effectively, are passionate about their work and can bring their 'whole selves' to work. Play an active part in our digital delivery community of practice in Schools Digital and DfE. Working with the Head of Profession for Delivery Managers you will help to drive cultural and procedural change through the community Build agile delivery management capability through hands on coaching and identifying development opportunities in and outside of our Delivery Manager community. Person specification Essential Criteria: We are looking for someone who can show evidence of the following essential criteria: Financial and Commercial Management- you can act as the escalation point and resolve large or high risk commercial management issues, you can coach others in appropriate commercial management, you can influence or create complex budgets across an organisation, programme or product view, manage the budget you are given and make it work Maintaining delivery momentum- Using Agile principles, you optimise the delivery flow of teams, actively address the most complicated risks, issues and dependencies including where ownership exists outside the team or no clear ownership exists, identify innovative ways to unblock issues Making a process work- identify and challenge organisational processes of increasing complexity and those processes that are unnecessarily complicated, add value and can coach the organisation to inspect and adapt processes, guide teams through the implementation of a new process. You can coach and lead teams in Agile and Lean good practices, create and tailor the right approach for a team, challenging, evaluating and iterating the approach through the life cycle. Communicating between the technical and non-technical- You can mediate between people and strengthen relationships, adopting the appropriate communication method with stakeholders at all levels, manage stakeholder expectations and moderate difficult discussions about high risk and complex topics, even within constrained timescales, speak on behalf of, and represent the community to, large audiences inside and outside the organisation Planning - You can lead a continual planning process in a very complex environment, plan beyond product delivery, identify dependencies in plans across services and co-ordinate delivery, coach other teams as the central point of expertise Desirable Criteria: Community collaboration- you can solve and unblock issues between teams or departments at the highest level, you can coach the organisation on team dynamics and conflict resolution, while also building and growing the community Life cycle Management- You can, lead and coach teams through different phases of the life cycle, ensure effective support for the product or service and its users, predict, prevent, mitigate and manage potential risks at different phases of the life cycle, contribute to the assessment of other teams with assessments Desirable criteria will only be assessed at interview, in the event of a tie break situation, to make an informed decision. 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  • Senior Pega DevOps Engineer  

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    Senior DevOps Engineer Pay up to £80,664 plus 28.97% employer pen... Read More
    Senior DevOps Engineer Pay up to £80,664 plus 28.97% employer pension contributions, hybrid working, flexible hours, and great work life balance. This is a real and significant DevOps leadership role in the UK's largest government department. Here you will have the freedom and autonomy to drive the development of our technical landscape and define what DevOps looks like in DWP DWP. Digital with Purpose. You'll be a leading, expert voice in a DWP Digital community that is driving a once-in-a-generation transformation of public services. We have a unique purpose, putting better, more efficient services in the hands of DWP users. The scale of our engineering challenge is also huge: We have 1bn lines of code in over 12,000 code repos and 90+ programming languages. We run around 294 days' worth of testing every day through automation. Our APIs receive 173 million requests, and we spin up 280,000 AWS servers every month. Over 22 million people - 1/3 of the UK's adult population access our services daily. Over 100,000 colleagues and agents use the kit, tools and systems we roll out. We build and maintain systems behind payments worth over £195bn payments annually. What skills, knowledge and experience will you need? Experience working with and deploying applications on the Pega platform through a variety of technical deployment and integration technologies. Significant demonstrable experience of developing and supporting AWS cloud-based applications. Strong working knowledge of writing and maintaining Infrastructure, and Configuration as Code. Extensive experience of using Unix/Linux/Windows in a support and/or development environment including scripting languages. Demonstrable experience of working in a DevOps environment - Continuous Integration & Deployment, Delivery methods and techniques, including agile scrum experience. Strong working knowledge and practical experience of implementing and maintaining CI/CD pipelines. Proven ability and experience of supporting, guiding, and developing Engineers across multidisciplinary teams in an agile environment. You and your role We're looking for a Senior Pega DevOps Engineer who's passionate about automation and building modern CI/CD pipelines using the latest tools In this role, you'll take real ownership of technical delivery within your team, with the freedom and influence to shape how things are done. You'll design and implement solutions in AWS that are scalable, resilient, and easy to maintain, supporting critical systems used to detect and reduce fraud and error across the benefits system. You'll also play a key role in promoting engineering ownership across teams, helping to embed best practices and ensure the services we run are reliable and well looked after. Working closely with product teams, you'll gather requirements, evaluate tools, and deliver practical solutions, while also getting stuck into provisioning environments and resolving live issues when they arise. A big part of your work will involve Pega based case management systems, so we're looking for someone with strong experience in that space who can help ensure workflows are robust, reliable, and fit for purpose. Details. Wages. Perks. Location: You'll join us in one of our brilliant digital hubs in Birmingham, Blackpool, Leeds, Manchester, Newcastle or Sheffield, whichever is most convenient for you. Hybrid Working: We work a hybrid model - you'll spend some time working at home and some time collaborating face to face in a hub. Pay: We offer competitive pay of up to £80,664. Pension: You'll get a brilliant civil service pension with employer contributions worth 28.97%, worth over £16,000 per year. Holidays: A generous leave package starting at 26 days rising to 31 days over time. You can also take up to 3 extra days off a month on flexi-time. You'll also get all the usual public holidays. We have a broad benefits package built around your work-life balance which includes: Flexible working including flexible hours and flex-friendly policies Time off volunteering and charitable giving Bring your authentic self to work with 'I Can Be Me in DWP' Discounts and savings on shopping, fun days out and more Interest-free loans to buy a bike or a season ticket, so it's even easier for you to get to work and start making a difference Professional development, coaching, mentoring and career progression opportunities. And we have an award-winning environment and culture: DWP have been recognised as 2024 Diversity Employer of the Year at the Computing Women in Tech Excellence awards Diverse and Inclusive Leadership at Digital Leaders Awards 2024 Commended as Best Place to Work in Digital category in the Computing Digital Technology Leaders awards 2025 Recognised as one of the Best Public Sector Employers at 2025 Women In Tech Employer Awards Process: We know your time is valuable, so our application and selection process are just two stages: Apply: complete your application on Civil Service Jobs. There'll be full instructions when you click through. Interview: a single stage interview online. CLICK APPLY for more information and to start your application. Read Less
  • Senior Data Architect - Department for Work and Pensions - G7  

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    Location This role may be located in one of the following locations; B... Read More
    Location This role may be located in one of the following locations; Birmingham, Blackpool, Leeds, Manchester, Newcastle and Sheffield.

    Please find further information on the Corporate hub locations here.

    Please note that for candidates requesting to work in Newcastle, the role will initially be based at Benton Park View. It will then move to 1 Pilgrim Place in Newcastle city centre by the end of 2027. About the job Job summary Please note this role requires you to pass Security Check clearance. For further information, please see 'Selection process details'. Do you want work collaboratively designing modern IT architecture for some of the largest digital transformations in Europe?

    If so, this role may be perfect for you! We are looking for experienced Senior Data Architects who are confident working on data-focused products/services in a complex digital environment, where they'll be supporting major initiatives across DWP Digital. These roles will involve collaborating with colleagues and stakeholders across DWP Digital to support the delivery of solutions, creating options and recommendations, and providing expert advice to drive technology choice decisions. This is an exciting time to join us. You'll shape the future and support our mission to deliver exceptional Data products and services that work for everyone. Job description A Senior Data Architect works with multiple projects or teams on problems that require broad architectural thinking. At this role level, you will: design data models and metadata systems. help lead data architects to interpret an organisation's needs. provide oversight and advice to other data architects who are designing and producing data artefacts. design and support the management of data dictionaries. make sure that your teams are working to the standards set for the organisation by the lead data architects. work with technical architects to make sure that an organisation's systems are designed in accordance with the appropriate data architecture. Person specification When giving details in your employment history and personal statement you should highlight your experience in line with essential criteria below: You should be able to demonstrate extensive experience in the following areas: Data Architecture design and modelling techniques, patterns, tools and standards. Presenting data architecture design to technical governance forums. Data Architecture Design: Data Modelling, Master Data Management (MDM), Metadata Management, Data Governance. Event-based architecture design, patterns (including pub-sub and data streaming), modelling techniques, tools and standards. Public cloud technologies, cloud hosting, container, and networking design patterns, tools and best practice (e.g. Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform). Agile delivery methodologies and best practice. DevOps: Continuous Integration (CI) and Continuous Delivery (CD) delivery methodologies, tools and best practice. Shaping and supporting technology initiatives, projects, programmes and portfolios. Read Less
  • DevOps Engineer  

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    DevOps Engineer Pay up to £59,813 plus 28.97% employer pension con... Read More
    DevOps Engineer Pay up to £59,813 plus 28.97% employer pension contributions, hybrid working, flexible hours, and a truly great work life balance. DWP. Digital with Purpose. We have an exciting opportunity to join our community of experts at DWP Digital as a DevOps Engineer. DWP is the UK's largest government department. We help people into work and make payments worth over £195bn a year, to support millions of daily users. Our DWP Digital teams are using fresh ideas and leading-edge technologies to create innovative, scalable and user-centric digital solutions, positively changing how government work. We design, build, and run digital public services, making them simpler and faster for everyone. The scale of what we do is extraordinary, and our purpose is unique. We'd love you to join us. What skills, knowledge and experience will you need? Demonstrable experience of provisioning, deploying, and configuring cloud-based infrastructure (AWS) using Infrastructure as Code (IaC), including the effective use of reusable modules and design patterns. Demonstrable knowledge of implementing and maintaining CI/CD pipelines to automate the build, integration, and deployment of products across all environments, including the use of fragments/includes for pipeline efficiency. Proven experience in creating, securing, and maintaining container images for use within automated deployment pipelines and highly available production environments. Experience of working with large scale containerised production workloads including orchestration and deployment tooling such as Kubernetes and helm. Proven ability to utilize observability tools (logs, metrics, and tracing) and automated testing to monitor system health, troubleshoot issues, and confirm the ongoing viability of products in production. Experience of working within multi-disciplinary Agile teams, implementing DevOps Practices, showing an improvement mindset and evidence of proactively sharing technical knowledge with peers and supporting the development of less experienced colleagues. You and your role Our DevOps Engineers build our products and applications with researchers, testers, architects, analysts and designers as part of multi-functional agile delivery teams. What really excites us is problem solving. We have a unique opportunity to deliver innovative technology that carries real value for millions of users. Our teams draw value from collaboration, actively seek input from colleagues and value ideas from across disciplines, grades and job titles over hierarchy. We are extending our already skilled and creative DevOps team. You'll also be part of a supportive Engineering community of practice, with hundreds of engineering experts from across the UK united by passion and purpose. We'll give you the tools and time to build your capability, with coaching, mentoring, qualifications and formal learning, meet-ups or whatever else works for you. Details. Wages. Perks. Location: You'll join us in one of our brilliant digital hubs in Birmingham, Blackpool, Leeds, Manchester, Newcastle or Sheffield, whichever is most convenient for you. Hybrid Working: We work a hybrid model - you'll spend some time working at home and some time collaborating face to face in a hub. Pay: We offer competitive pay of up to £59,813 Pension: You'll get a brilliant civil service pension with employer contributions worth 28.97%, worth over £12,000 per year. Holidays: A generous leave package starting at 26 days rising to 31 days over time. You can also take up to 3 extra days off a month on flexi-time. You'll also get all the usual public holidays. We have a broad benefits package built around your work-life balance which includes: Flexible working including flexible hours and flex-friendly policies Time off volunteering and charitable giving Bring your authentic self to work with 'I Can Be Me in DWP' Discounts and savings on shopping, fun days out and more Interest-free loans to buy a bike or a season ticket, so it's even easier for you to get to work and start making a difference Professional development, coaching, mentoring and career progression opportunities. And we have an award-winning environment and culture: DWP have been recognised as 2024 Diversity Employer of the Year at the Computing Women in Tech Excellence awards Diverse and Inclusive Leadership at Digital Leaders Awards 2024 Commended as Best Place to Work in Digital category in the Computing Digital Technology Leaders awards 2025 Recognised as one of the Best Public Sector Employers at 2025 Women In Tech Employer Awards Process: We know your time is valuable, so our application and selection process are just two stages: Apply: complete your application on Civil Service Jobs. There'll be full instructions when you click through. Interview: a single stage interview online. CLICK APPLY for more information and to start your application. Read Less
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    Customer Success Manager  

    - England
    An exciting opportunity for a Customer Success Manager to work with in... Read More
    An exciting opportunity for a Customer Success Manager to work with innovative, high-growth businesses, supporting them through their commercial and technical journey and helping them unlock their full potential. The Role • Manage a portfolio of high-potential clients, acting as their key point of contact • Lead onboarding, triage, and detailed needs assessments • Develop clear action plans with defined milestones and success measures • Track progress, identify risks, and ensure clients achieve measurable outcomes • Connect clients with technical experts, partners, and wider support networks • Collaborate cross-functionally to deliver a seamless, high-quality service • Escalate challenges and remove bottlenecks to keep ventures moving forward About You • Experience in customer success, account management, or client-facing roles • Proven ability to manage multiple clients or projects simultaneously • Strong relationship-building and communication skills • Organised and analytical, with the ability to assess needs and track progress • Comfortable working across teams and coordinating multiple stakeholders Why Apply? • Work with cutting-edge, forward-thinking businesses • Be part of a collaborative, purpose-driven environment • Play a key role in delivering measurable commercial impact • Develop your career in a dynamic and growing sector If you're passionate about building relationships, supporting innovation, and making a real difference, this is a fantastic opportunity to take the next step in your career. How do I apply? For more information and an informal confidential discussion please call Ollie O'Driscoll on: or e-mail your CV and covering letter To . Thank you. De Lacy Executive will upload your CV to our database and retain some data about you in order to process your application. More information about our processing activities can be found at . Please be assured that all contact is treated in complete confidence and your details will not be passed to a third party without your prior permission. Please note that this advertisement is not a job description and you should satisfy yourself about the full details at interview. De Lacy Executive is an Approved member of the Recruitment and Employment Confederation, which promotes high standards in recruitment practice, and is registered with the Information Commissioners Office. De Lacy Executive complies with all relevant data protection legislation. Read Less
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    Trainee Technical Sales Manager  

    - England
    Trainee Technical Sales Manager Horticulture Field Based - UK Wide (Re... Read More
    Trainee Technical Sales Manager
    Horticulture
    Field Based - UK Wide (Region Allocated)
    DOE + Company CarLove horticulture and ready to take the next step?Enjoy talking to growers and solving problems?Looking to move into a technical, customer-facing role with long-term progression?This is an entry-level opportunity for someone looking to build a career in technical sales within horticulture. You'll join an experienced team, receive hands-on training, and gradually take responsibility for your own customer base as your confidence and knowledge grow.What's in it for you?Clear progressionCompany car and full expensesStructured training and developmentOpportunity to learn from experienced technical sales professionals.Long-term career path within the businessThe RoleAs a Trainee Technical Sales Manager, you'll work alongside experienced team members, shadowing customer visits, learning product knowledge and developing your technical confidence.
    While the role is advertised UK-wide, depending on your location, you'll be assigned a specific region, where you'll begin to manage customer relationships and carry out visits independently.Day-to-day, you'll be:Shadowing technical sales colleagues on customer visitsLearning how to support growers with technical advice and product recommendations.Gradually taking responsibility for your own customer accountsVisiting commercial growers and understanding their crops and challengesSupporting sales activity and account developmentRecording visit notes and updating internal systemsAttending training sessions, trade shows and industry eventsThis role is about learning, developing confidence, and building the foundations for a long-term career in horticulture sales.
    About YouA relevant horticulture qualificationSome experience (+1 year) in horticulture, growing, agronomy or a related sector.Comfortable talking to growers and building relationships.Keen to learn technical products and commercial sales skills.Organised, motivated and happy working independently in the field.Full UK driving licence and willingness to travel.
    What's Next?
    For an informal chat, call me, Sarah, on , email , or message me on LinkedIn.
    Don't worry if your CV isn't fully up to date, just send what you've got, and we'll take it from there. Read Less
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    Commercial Project Manager  

    - England
    Are you good at turning ideas into well run projects? Do you enjoy wor... Read More
    Are you good at turning ideas into well run projects? Do you enjoy working with customers, managing budgets and making sure everything gets delivered properly? We're looking for a Commercial Project Manager to take ownership of industry funded projects, from first conversation through to delivery and close out. You'll work closely with customers and internal teams to make sure projects are clearly scoped, commercially sound and delivered on time. What you'll be doing • Turning customer needs into clear, deliverable projects • Scoping work: timelines, costs, resources and outcomes • Managing contracts and making sure projects run to plan • Acting as the main point of contact for customers • Coordinating internal teams and external partners • Keeping an eye on budgets, margins and delivery risks • Spotting opportunities to build longer term partnerships • Making sure projects follow agreed processes and standards What we're looking for: • Experience delivering commercial or client facing projects • Confidence managing budgets, timelines and stakeholders • A good understanding of contracts and commercial risk • Strong communication skills and comfortable dealing with customers • Well organised and able to juggle multiple projects • It is beneficial to have experience in agritech, agriculture, food or innovation What's On Offer • Competitive salary dependant on experience • Hybrid working • Opportunities to develop commercially and professionally • Room to grow as the role and organisation develop To apply: If this role is of interest and you would like more information, please call George Clayton on or email me at De Lacy Executive Recruitment will upload your CV to our database and retain some data about you in order to process your application. More information about our processing activities can be found at Please be assured that all contact is treated in complete confidence and your details will not be passed to a third party without your prior permission. Read Less
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    Trial & Validation Lead - Crop  

    - England
    Are you an experienced crop trials professional looking for a role wit... Read More
    Are you an experienced crop trials professional looking for a role with real sector impact? A government-funded public private organisation is looking for a commercially minded Trials & Validation Lead to take ownership of crop testing activity within its Test, Trial & Demonstration function. The organisation works closely with innovative businesses, growers and research partners to help new technologies move from concept into commercial agriculture. This is a practical leadership role with real impact in the sector. You will plan and oversee crop trials from design through to delivery. Each trial must be specifically designed to specifically test the product or practise in question. You will ensure data is robust, commercially relevant and useful to growers and agri-tech businesses alike. The organisation is built around strong values including integrity, accountability, innovation, collaboration and real-world impact. The Role This role sits between innovation and adoption. Good ideas only matter if they work in the field. This requires good evidence of success which is produced by accurate trials, consistent protocols, reliable data and practical outcomes. You will lead crop trials across a range of farming systems and environments. This will include work around: Soil nutrition and soil health Precision farming technology Biological products and crop inputs Sustainable growing systems Water management Crop resilience and yield improvement The focus is trial quality, relevant evidence, commercial outcomes and farmer confidence. Responsibilities: Lead crop trial and validation activity across the organisation Manage Trials & Validation Coordinators and support team development Act as the key contact for agri-tech businesses, growers and supply chain partners Ensure trials are scientifically robust and commercially representative Coordinate field trial sites across varying soil types and growing conditions Maintain high standards in protocols, data quality and reporting Ensure trials reflect real farming environments and commercial practice Oversee delivery against timelines, budgets and programme KPIs Develop and improve crop trial platforms and testbed capability Support trials linked to soil nutrition, crop establishment and sustainable production systems Build relationships with growers, agronomists and early adopters Work closely with internal teams, research partners and external stakeholders Produce clear reporting for leadership teams, boards and funding bodies Drive continuous improvement across trial systems and delivery standards You Will Bring: You will understand that good evidence comes from discipline and consistency, not simply activity. Strong technical experience within crop production systems A background in trials, validation or applied agricultural R&D Experience managing people and coordinating delivery through teams Knowledge of crop agronomy and soil management principles Experience working across multiple trial sites and programmes Excellent stakeholder management skills The ability to assess data critically and communicate findings clearly A practical and delivery-focused mindset A degree in Agriculture, Crop Science, Agronomy or a related subject, or equivalent industry experience A full UK driving licence Desirable: Experience with precision agriculture technology Knowledge of regenerative farming or soil health systems Experience working alongside data or modelling teams Exposure to government, research or industry bodies Project management experience The Opportunity This is an important position within the Test, Trial & Demonstration team. You will influence how crop technologies are tested, validated and proven before commercial adoption. Your work will help shape future farming systems across UK agriculture. For the right person, this is an opportunity to lead meaningful work with long term impact across the sector. To apply: For more information and an informal confidential discussion please call Rupert Kettle on: Office or e-mail your CV and covering letter to De Lacy Executive Recruitment will upload your CV to our database and retain some data about you in order to process your application. More information about our processing activities can be found at Please be assured that all contact is treated in complete confidence and your details will not be passed to a third party without your prior permission. Read Less
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    You're a well connected B2B commercial professional with an establishe... Read More
    You're a well connected B2B commercial professional with an established profile in the UK agri commodities market. Join a family owned trading business that sits outside the global conglomerates. This company is large enough to ensure security of supply, yet agile enough to adapt quickly as markets move. This company, headquartered in Europe, has been successfully operating across three continents for more than 20 years. The UK is a key growth market for the business, hence the creation of this role. While the majority of the business will concentrate on central and northern England, applications from candidates in most UK locations will be welcomed. The Role: Reporting into the Global Commercial Manager, you'll be tasked with developing new business across the UK, identifying and converting opportunities in both the ruminant and monogastric sectors. You'll represent a business that places strong emphasis on supply chain traceability and security of supply, backed by robust internal support across procurement, logistics and supply chain. The role will offer lots of autonomy. At the same time, the business brings it's global commercial team together weekly to share crucial market intelligence and pricing strategy. Key responsibilities will include: Developing new accounts and expanding business with UK customers across animal feed, nutrition, and agri-commodities. Building a pipeline through your established network and targeted market development activity. Managing commercial negotiations and customer relationships with a long-term, value-led approach. Working closely with procurement/trading colleagues to align customer demand with market availability and pricing. Communicating supply chain traceability, provenance, and continuity-of-supply as core differentiators. Staying close to market movements and customer sentiment, responding quickly as dynamics shift. The Candidate: This role will appeal to established B2B commercial managers who already understand how business is won in UK agri-inputs: trust first, consistency always, and commercial acumen throughout. You may come from (but are not limited to): Feed manufacturers, compounders and pre-mixers Feed supplements/additives businesses (manufacturer or distributor) Animal nutrition companies Agri-commodities trading or merchanting Animal health / pharmaceuticals Dairy hygiene, sundries and allied farm supply businesses Your profile: A proven track record in field-based B2B sales, trading, or business development A strong, current network of decision-makers across UK feed/animal nutrition Confidence operating with autonomy and representing a business at a senior, credible level A commercially sharp mindset: margin, volume, risk awareness, and long-term account value The ability to spot opportunity quickly and act decisively as markets move Location & Package: UK-based, home-based role with national coverage (focusing on central and northern England) Competitive basic salary Performance-related bonus Company car/car allowance To apply: For more information and an informal confidential discussion please call Jon Handley on: Office or e-mail your CV and covering letter to De Lacy Executive Recruitment will upload your CV to our database and retain some data about you in order to process your application. More information about our processing activities can be found at Please be assured that all contact is treated in complete confidence and your details will not be passed to a third party without your prior permission. Read Less
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    Senior Station Technician  

    - England
    At KWS UK Ltd., we are passionate about advancing agriculture through... Read More
    At KWS UK Ltd., we are passionate about advancing agriculture through innovation and excellence. We are looking for an experienced and motivated Sr. Station Technician UK to join our team in Thriplow. In this role, you will take the lead in managing wheat yield trials while contributing to a collaborative and high-performing trials team. If you thrive in a dynamic, hands-on environment and are committed to delivering high-quality results, we would love to hear from you. Your Responsibilities and tasks Lead the successful management of all KWS UK wheat yield trials Ensure the timely delivery of accurate, high-quality data to relevant stakeholders Support trials across other crop species as part of the UK Trials team Plan and execute all trial operations, including trial placement, seed preparation, drilling, electronic field book preparation, vermin control, trait scoring, harvest preparation, and data processing (capture, upload, validation, and presentation) Assess resource requirements for wheat trials, secure necessary resources, and ensure their efficient use Communicate effectively with both internal and external stakeholders Manage, supervise, and support teams of seasonal staff Contribute to trials for other crop species, including seed preparation, planting, scoring, and harvesting Ensure all operations are carried out in accordance with Health & Safety procedures Your Profile At least three years of experience within agricultural trials Agricultural or related university/college qualification Experience managing and supervising small teams Strong knowledge of arable crop operations, particularly wheat agronomy Fluent in English Full UK driving licence PA1 and PA11 certifications, as well as counterbalance forklift and telehandler licences (desirable) Strong literacy and numeracy skills, including proficiency with Microsoft Excel and database systems Core Competencies: Excellent organisational skills with the ability to plan and deliver tasks efficiently Strong team player with effective communication skills across all levels Reliable, trustworthy, and accountable for own responsibilities Self-motivated, proactive, and capable of working independently Flexible and adaptable to seasonal workloads, with willingness to work extended hours during peak periods such as harvest and drilling Commitment to working in line with KWS values What We Offer 30 days of annual leave plus bank holidays Highly competitive pension scheme with a 16% company contribution and 1.2% minimum employee contribution Life assurance at three times annual salary Income protection plan (75% of salary for up to three years in case of long-term illness or disability) Private healthcare plan Profit-related bonus scheme (targeted at 10% of annual salary) Access to a lifestyle discounts scheme Reduced diesel prices via the company fuel pump A supportive and inclusive work culture where teamwork and well-being are prioritized, along with social events such as a summer BBQ, Christmas party, and charity initiatives Did we spark your interest?
    Then apply now via our online portal and send us your documents. We look forward to getting to know you! Due to UK visa regulations for this role, applicants must already have long-term eligibility to work in the UK. You can also apply for this role by clicking the Apply Button. Read Less
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    Lead Agricultural Engineer  

    - England
    Lead Agricultural Engineer KWS UK Ltd. is seeking a Lead Agricultural... Read More
    Lead Agricultural Engineer KWS UK Ltd. is seeking a Lead Agricultural Engineer to join our onsite team in Thriplow, United Kingdom. This is a hands-on role where you will take ownership of all site needs, ensuring the reliability, performance, and continuous improvement of machinery and equipment supporting plant breeding activities.
    You will lead the workshop facilities, provide a mobile repair service for in-field machinery, supervise staff, and collaborate closely with internal teams and external partners to maintain efficient operations. The role is on a full-time basis, 35 hours per week. During peak seasons, flexibility is essential, and working longer hours, 6 days per week, may be required to support business-critical activities. Key responsibilities Lead the service and maintenance of all machinery and equipment on site Respond quickly to breakdowns and implement effective solutions to maintain operations Manage and organise the KWS UK workshop in a safe and efficient manner Supervise and support workshop staff, providing clear guidance and leadership Coordinate maintenance activities across local and external sites Design and fabricate bespoke machinery and equipment solutions when needed Maintain stock levels of parts and consumables Ensure a clean, safe, and well-organised workshop environment Collaborate with internal teams and external contractors on projects Contribute to capital investment planning and decision-making Monitor costs, budgets, and operational efficiency Implement and uphold health and safety systems and procedures Your profile Qualification and experience in Agricultural Engineering, 10 years experience Strong design and fabrication skills Knowledge of electronics (highly advantageous) Experience or understanding of groundworks, building, or construction (beneficial) Fluency in English Good IT and digital skills A self-motivated, hands-on approach with the ability to work independently Strong problem-solving skills with the ability to act quickly and effectively Confident communicator able to work with stakeholders at all levels Flexibility to adapt working hours during busy periods What we offer 35-hour working week 30 days annual leave plus bank holidays Highly competitive pension scheme (up to 16% employer contribution) Life assurance (3x annual salary) Income protection plan (up to 75% salary) Private healthcare plan Profit-related bonus scheme (target up to 10%) Access to a lifestyle discount scheme Reduced diesel prices via company fuel pump A fun working environment where we take care of each other. We also organize social events such as a Summer Staff BBQ, a Christmas party and charity fundraising events Apply now
    If you are ready to take on a varied and impactful engineering role within an innovative agricultural business, we would love to hear from you. Please submit your CV to apply and join KWS in shaping the future of agriculture. You can also apply for this role by clicking the Apply Button. Read Less

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