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We are looking for a motivated and experienced Childcare Manager to lead our well-established early years setting. This is an exciting opportunity for someone who is enthusiastic about high-quality childcare, confident in leading a team, and eager to bring fresh ideas into a supportive setting. You’ll have the opportunity to make the role your own, drive quality improvements, and help shape the future of the provision alongside an established and dedicated team. Immediate start available Pay & Hours Pay: From £14 per hour (dependent on experience) Hours: Minimum 29 hours per week, up to approximately 45 hours per week The Role Includes: Leading, motivating and supporting an early years team Staff supervision, appraisals and day-to-day performance support Rota planning and maintaining staffing ratios Supporting quality improvement in line with the Quality for All framework Ensuring CIW compliance and supporting inspections Building positive relationships with children, families and staff Maintaining strong safeguarding practice, including referrals where required Supporting children with a range of individual needs, including awareness of ALN legislation and inclusive practice A full job description will be provided prior to interview. Essential Requirements: Level 5 CCLD (or equivalent) Previous leadership or management experience within early years Good knowledge of CIW requirements and inspection processes Confidence with staff management Full driving licence Desirable: Flying Start Expansion experience Experience leading a CIW inspection Knowledge of Welsh early years frameworks and inclusive practice Rota planning Quality monitoring Why Join Us? Supportive leadership with autonomy in your role Opportunity to bring fresh ideas and make meaningful improvements Flexible working options (setting-based role) A welcoming, child-centred environment Ongoing support and professional development opportunities If you would like any further information about the role, we’d love to hear from you.

Become part of a mission-driven digital team helping to build secure, resilient services used by millions across the UK. The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA), in partnership with Inspire People, is recruiting a Portfolio Manager with significant experience leading complex programmes and projects, shaping delivery roadmaps and pipelines, and applying portfolio management principles at scale. Based in Swansea on a permanent appointment, this role offers hybrid working (minimum 60% office-based in Swansea across a month) and a salary of £69,501 plus.29% employer pension contribution and excellent Civil Service benefits. Shape the Future of Digital Services at DVLADVLA delivers secure, reliable and high-volume national motoring services supporting millions of drivers, vehicles and transactions across the UK. DVLA Digital is on a long-term transformation journey to modernise services, platforms and technology while maintaining public trust, safety and resilience. As a Portfolio Manager you will: • Lead a portfolio of programmes and projects aligned to DVLA's strategic objectives and government priorities, • Develop and manage short and long-term delivery roadmaps and pipelines, • Apply portfolio management principles to balance resources, budgets and delivery outcomes across competing initiatives, • Work with Senior Responsible Owners (SROs) and Executive stakeholders to define, prioritise and deliver value-driven change, • Establish and maintain portfolio governance frameworks and reporting aligned to best practice, • Manage interdependencies across digital, business and operational change initiatives, • Lead and develop a team of 20-30 project delivery professionals, with wider matrix responsibility across larger delivery teams, • Successful leadership and delivery of multiple or concurrent large programmes and/or projects in a complex, multi-team portfolio environment in line with DVLA's scale and requirements, • Experience developing and managing short and long-term delivery roadmaps and pipelines, applying portfolio management principles to deliver large-scale change, • Experience managing resources across organisational boundaries, including working with senior and Executive-level stakeholders, • Strong experience shaping and delivering complex change across digital, technology and/or business transformation environments, • Experience working within central government or highly regulated environments, • Knowledge of Government Project Delivery Capability Framework (PDCF), • Experience delivering digital, data or technology-enabled transformation programmes, • An environment with flexible and condensed hours working options, • Generous employer contribution of 28.9%, depending on rate of salary and chosen pension scheme., • A great work-life balance, • 25 days holiday (plus bank holidays), increasing by 1 each year (up to 30) & 8 Bank Holidays plus an additional Privilege Day to mark the King's birthday., • Ability to buy and sell annual leave., • Digital Communities, • On-site gym plus personal training available, • On-site nursery, restaurants, and coffee bar, • Range of staff groups to support all our colleagues. You will lead large-scale, high-impact transformation across a nationally critical organisation, shaping DVLA's delivery roadmap, influencing senior stakeholders and improving services relied upon by millions across the UK. If you're ready to lead portfolio delivery at national scale, apply now via Inspire People and the team will be in touch.

DVLA are looking for Lead Technical Architects to support major digital change across a range of high-volume services used by millions of people across the UK. You will work closely with engineering and delivery teams on technical design, helping to improve existing systems, deliver new digital services and support future change across areas such as vehicles, payments, identity and customer-facing platforms. Permanent role, hybrid working from Swansea (60% office-based), salary of up to £82,430 (inc allowances, based on skills and experience) plus 29% employer pension contribution and excellent Civil Service benefits. OPEN SESSION Would you like to find out more about the role, the digital team and what it's like to work at DVLA? If so, DVLA are organising a familiarisation session where you can virtually 'meet the team' and an opportunity to ask questions on Thursday 14th May at 12pm. Follow the Apply link for instructions to reserve your virtual seat. Highly recommend attending! About role As a Lead Technical Architect, you will be responsible for the technical design of systems and services across one or more DVLA product areas. You will work closely with engineering squads, lead engineers, delivery managers, business analysts and programme architects to develop practical designs that can be understood, delivered and maintained. You will work on impactful projects such as the Electronic Vehicle Excise Duty programme, known as EVED - a major programme of work linked to upcoming legislative change. The work will include a mix of new development, changes to current national systems and integration between existing and new services. You will produce high-level designs, support solution briefs, document technical decisions and work with squads to make sure designs are clear before development begins. The role would suit someone with an engineering background who has moved into architecture, or an experienced technical architect who enjoys working closely with delivery teams. Responsibilities • Lead technical design and explain design decisions clearly., • Help make sure technical work is high quality and aligned with DVLA and wider government standards., • Work with different teams to encourage joined-up thinking, reuse and shared approaches., • Support and mentor engineers and other architects., • Architectural or engineering background, • Experience designing or delivering enterprise and cloud-based software systems such as AWS., • Knowledge of cloud-native design, data security and protecting sensitive information., • Ability to create solution designs collaboratively and iteratively with delivery teams., • Strong technical skills across end-to-end design, governance, assurance and engineering support., • Strategic thinker who can balance business, product and technical priorities., • Experience working in a large, complex or regulated environment., • Background in government, public sector or high-volume digital services., • Experience working closely with Agile software engineering squads., • Exposure to architecture governance, design assurance or technical standards. Alongside your salary of £57,515 - £82,430 , Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency contributes £16,662 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Being part of our brilliant Civil Service means you will have access to a wide range of fantastic benefits: • Best in class learning and development tailored to your role, • An environment with flexible working options where we encourage a great work-life balance, • A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity with a range of staff communities to support all our colleagues, • Generous employer contribution of 28.9%, depending on chosen pension scheme, • Flexible working options where we encourage a great work-life balance, • Digital communities with clear career frameworks, • On-site gym plus personal training available (membership applies), • On-site nursery, restaurants and coffee bar, • 25 days holiday (plus bank holidays), increasing by 1 each year (up to 30) & 8 Bank Holidays plus an additional Privilege Day to mark the King's birthday, • 24-hour Employee Assistance Programme providing free confidential help and advice for staff DVLA is entering a significant period of digital and legislative change, with a major new programme of work coming into play across its vehicle services. You'll be joining at an early stage, helping to support the technical design behind services that are used by millions of people across the UK. You'll join a friendly and supportive architecture team that is moving towards a more collaborative, product-led and cloud-native way of working, with opportunities to stay close to engineering, modern tooling, AI coding assistants and future digital services. Apply now or contact Zee in complete confidence

Would you like the opportunity to work with the latest technologies reaching 50 million users? DVLA are looking for Software Engineers with a passion for modern software development to become an integral part of a large, new programme of work and using cutting-edge tech to develop cloud-based software at scale. £44,241 - £58,997 plus 29% employer pension contribution and other benefits. Flexible, hybrid working from Swansea. About DVLA The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) deliver wide reaching digital services to the UK public and industry and maintain the national record of vehicles and drivers. If you have applied for a driving licence, changed vehicle, re-licensed your vehicle or completed a vehicle enquiry you would have used one of their services. You'll be supported with a high-spec MacBook and access to certifications in areas like AWS and Java, alongside the freedom to keep developing your skills. DVLA also actively encourages the use of AI coding tools, with a dedicated community focused on using them responsibly to improve how digital services are built. Job Description At the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA), you'll work with modern technologies across both back-end and front-end development. On the back end, this includes Java, Spring Boot and tools like OpenAPI - but what matters most is your ability to build clean, secure applications using any object-oriented language. For front-end work, you'll use Ruby on Rails and React to create intuitive, accessible user interfaces. You will join one of the leading agile and cloud-focused technology teams in government, working with modern tools such as serverless, Docker and Kubernetes. You'll be part of the new electronic Vehicle Excise Duty (VED) programme, helping to modernise how vehicle tax is delivered digitally, within a friendly and stable engineering community that values innovation, security and a healthy work-life balance. Responsibilities • Develop and maintain secure, scalable software solutions within an agile delivery team, • Contribute to the design and implementation of digital services, supporting technical decisions and improvements, • Collaborate with business analysts, delivery managers and other engineers to refine user stories and deliver against requirements, • Support live services, including troubleshooting, performance improvements and ongoing enhancements, • Experience working as a software engineer across multiple teams or projects, using a range of modern technologies and tools, • Experience developing software using one or more programming languages such as Java, Python, Ruby, C#, JavaScript or similar, • Experience working with modern development practices, including CI/CD tooling and agile methodologies, • Interest or experience in back-end, front-end, security or serverless technologies, • Experience working with cloud platforms such as AWS or Azure, • Exposure to cloud-native architectures (e.g. serverless, containers), • Experience contributing to improvements in team processes, tooling or engineering practices, • Understanding of API design and tools such as OpenAPI Alongside your salary of £44,241 - £58,997, Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency contributes £12,816 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Expect a planned, transparent progression with learning and development tailored to your role, an environment with flexible working options and a culture encouraging inclusion and diversity, long-term career progression plus the following benefits: • A salary of £44,241 - £58,997, (inclusive of allowances) dependant on interview assessment, • Accreditations expensed with study days aside in areas such as AWS, Java and many more, • High spec laptop, • An environment with flexible and condensed hours working options, • Generous employer contribution of at least 28.9%, depending on rate of salary and chosen pension scheme., • A great work-life balance, • 25 days holiday (plus bank holidays), increasing by 1 each year (up to 30) & 8 Bank Holidays plus an additional Privilege Day to mark the King's birthday., • Ability to buy and sell annual leave., • Digital Communities, • On-site gym plus personal training available, • On-site nursery, restaurants, and coffee bar, • Range of staff groups to support all our colleagues., • This role requires SC clearance, a condition of which is to have been present in the UK for 5 out of the past 5 years.

Become part of a mission driven digital team helping to build secure, resilient services used by millions across the UK. The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA), in partnership with Inspire People, is hiring a Lead Data Engineer with strong SQL and Python expertise, experience across modern cloud data platforms including Databricks, Apache Spark and lakehouse architectures, and a proven ability to design, build and lead delivery of reliable data products. This is a permanent role based in Swansea, working in a hybrid model (minimum 60% office-based in Swansea), with a salary of £57,515 - £82,430 plus 29% employer pension contribution and excellent Civil Service benefits.Shape the Future of Digital Services at DVLADVLA is responsible for delivering secure, reliable national motoring services at scale, supporting millions of citizens, vehicles and transactions across the UK. DVLA Digital is on a long-term transformation journey, modernising platforms and services while maintaining public safety, trust and operational resilience.As a Lead Data Engineer, you will lead the design and delivery of high-impact data products within DVLA's data platform team, working closely with product teams, analysts and data scientists to ensure data solutions are scalable, reliable and aligned to user needs.As a Lead Data Engineer you will:- Design and implement complex data flows connecting operational systems for analytics, storage and business intelligence- Build data products using modern data and streaming technologies- Lead and coordinate engineering teams, setting standards and best practice- Identify and enable reuse of data flows across services- Design and assure robust data models and integrations to improve data quality- Lead performance optimisation across data platforms, balancing cost, scalability and reliability- Apply systems integration expertise to deliver end-to-end data solutions- Champion data engineering best practice across DVLA and wider governmentEssential skills for the Lead Data Engineer include:- Extensive experience in data ingestion, cleansing, transformation and modelling- Strong proficiency in SQL and Python- Experience with modern cloud data platforms and lakehouse architectures- Hands-on experience with big data technologies such as Apache Spark or Databricks- Strong knowledge of data warehousing concepts- Experience with build, test and deployment automation- Proven leadership capability leading or mentoring data engineering teams- Strong problem-solving skills with a detail-oriented approachDesirable skills for the Lead Data Engineer include:- Experience working with large-scale data platforms in complex environments- Understanding of data governance, security and data quality frameworks- Experience influencing technical standards and engineering direction- Familiarity with Government Digital & Data capability frameworksIn return, you can expect a flexible working culture, including:- Best in class learning and development tailored to your role- An environment with flexible working options where we encourage a great work-life balance- A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity with a range of staff communities to support all our colleagues- Generous employer contribution of 28.9%, depending on chosen pension scheme- Flexible working options where we encourage a great work-life balance- Digital communities with clear career frameworks- On-site gym plus personal training available (membership applies)- On-site nursery, restaurants and coffee bar- 25 days holiday (plus bank holidays), increasing by 1 each year (up to 30) & 8 Bank Holidays plus an additional Privilege Day to mark the King's birthday- 24-hour Employee Assistance Programme providing free confidential help and advice for staff- Free parkingWhy Join the DVLA?You will play a key leadership role in shaping how DVLA designs and delivers data products at scale. This is an opportunity to work on nationally significant services, influence engineering standards, and contribute to long-term digital transformation across government.Apply today or contact Inspire People for a confidential discussion about this opportunity

Are you passionate about working with children and making a real difference every day? We’re looking for a caring and enthusiastic Nursery Assistant to join a welcoming flying start provision in Swansea! About the Role You’ll be supporting young learners in a fun, nurturing, and engaging nursery environment — helping them grow, learn, and thrive every day! Hours of work are Monday Friday 8:30-4:30pm - both full time and part time options available! What We’re Looking For A genuine passion for working with children Level 3 childcare qualification – essential Welsh speaker – desirable but not essential Reliable, proactive, and caring attitude Ability to work well as part of a team What’s on Offer £14.30 per hour Flexible opportunities through Teaching Personnel Supportive nursery environment Chance to gain valuable experience in early years Whether you’re newly qualified or filled with experience, we’d love to hear from you! Apply today with Teaching Personnel and start your next rewarding role in early years education! All applicants will require the appropriate qualifications and training for this role. Please see the FAQ’s on the Teaching Personnel website for details.All pay rates quoted will be inclusive of 12.07% statutory holiday pay. This advert is for a temporary position. In some cases, the option to make this role permanent may become available at a later date.Teaching Personnel is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. We undertake safeguarding checks on all workers in accordance with DfE statutory guidance ‘Keeping Children Safe in Education’ this may also include an online search as part of our due diligence on shortlisted applicants.We offer all our registered candidates FREE child protection and prevent duty training. All candidates must undertake or have undertaken a valid enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check. Full assistance provided.For details of our privacy policy, please visit the Teaching Personnel website.

DVLA are looking for a Senior Agile Delivery Manager to support a major, multi-year transformation of its vehicle services, helping to modernise digital products used by millions of people across the UK. You will lead and support agile squads working with modern, cloud-based technology and have access to their renowned agile learning pathway. Permanent role, hybrid working from Swansea (60% office-based), £57,515 plus 29% employer pension contribution and excellent Civil Service benefits. About the role As Senior Agile Delivery Manager, you will support agile squads delivering digital products as part of DVLA's multi-year vehicle services transformation. You will facilitate agile ceremonies, remove blockers, support planning and delivery activity and help teams work effectively across Scrum, Kanban and other agile approaches. You will have direct line management responsibility for developers and testers within the squad, supporting their performance and development. Working closely with Technical Product Managers, Business Analysts, Service Designers, Delivery Managers and capability leads, you will help create a positive, self-organising team culture where people are supported to deliver high-quality digital services. This role is suitable for someone who has strong hands-on experience as a Scrum Master or an Agile Delivery Manager, with line management experience and a genuine passion for helping teams deliver well. You will also have access to DVLA's renowned agile learning pathway, offering recognised certifications across Scrum, Kanban, agile leadership, facilitation, scaling and DevOps. It is a standout opportunity to keep developing within a mature agile capability while working on high-impact digital services. Open Session: Would you like to find out more about the role, the digital team and what it's like to work at DVLA? DVLA are organising a familiarisation session where you can virtually 'meet the team' on Tuesday 19th May 2026 at 12pm. Highly recommend attending!Follow Apply link for joining instructions. Responsibilities • Drive IT planning activity, including sprint planning, release milestones, timelines and product roadmap delivery., • Support teams to deliver in line with DVLA's IT Strategy and wider government digital agenda., • Champion agile ways of working, using tools and metrics to improve transparency, predictability and continuous improvement., • Line manage, coach and support skilled engineering teams, helping people develop and deliver successfully., • Experience delivering digital products and services in a changing environment, with the ability to balance multiple priorities., • Technical background with experience managing large-scale deliveries using agile methodologies., • People management experience, including building positive team culture and supporting professional development., • Confident advocate for continuous professional development and helping drive cultural change across government. Alongside your salary of £57,515, Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency contributes £16,662 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Being part of our brilliant Civil Service means you will have access to a wide range of fantastic benefits: • Best in class learning and development tailored to your role inc. a clear learning pathway with expensed certifications, • An environment with flexible working options where we encourage a great work-life balance, • A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity with a range of staff communities to support all our colleagues, • Generous employer contribution of 28.9%, depending on chosen pension scheme, • Flexible working options where we encourage a great work-life balance, • Digital communities with clear career frameworks, • On-site gym plus personal training available (membership applies), • On-site nursery, restaurants and coffee bar, • 25 days holiday (plus bank holidays), increasing by 1 each year (up to 30) & 8 Bank Holidays plus an additional Privilege Day to mark the King's birthday, • 24-hour Employee Assistance Programme providing free confidential help and advice for staff This is a chance to work on digital services that genuinely matter, supporting a major transformation of the vehicle services used by millions of people across the UK. You will join a mature agile community, work with modern cloud-based technology and help teams deliver products with real public impact. DVLA also offers a strong Civil Service benefits package, including an excellent pension contribution, alongside access to one of the top-rated agile learning pathways in government and recognised certifications. It is a great environment for someone who wants to keep developing, support good teams and be part of meaningful digital change. Apply now or contact Zee in complete confidence

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Senior Test Engineer (£44,241 to £58,997) Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency Apply before 11:55 pm on Sunday 10th May 2026 Location: Swansea (This role is suitable for hybrid working) Salary: £44,241 - £58,997 (The base pay is £44,241. In addition to this the role includes a Digital and Data allowance of up to £14,756) A Civil Service Pension with an employer contribution of 28.97% ️ Contract Type: Permanent – Flexible working, Full-time, Job share, Part-time ️ Available Positions: 4 At the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA), we take testing very seriously. We have Software Development Engineers in Test (SDETs) and Test Engineers embedded in our delivery squads and specialists in our Performance and Independent testing teams. As a Senior Test Engineer, you will be a critical part of our team, overseeing and coordinating the independent testing activities across multiple simultaneous deliveries. You will be actively involved with suppliers, partners, and our engineers in ensuring testing activities are performed and reported. Top Responsibilities • Select, use and guide others in using the most appropriate technical tooling, engineering approaches, test types and techniques to identify and address risks early, • Extend, standardise and build reusable frameworks and tools that support testing, • Communicate and document chosen approaches, tools, techniques and outcomes to the team and appropriate stakeholders, • Contribute to and agree engineering standards Benefits • Best in class learning and development tailored to your role, • An environment with flexible working options where we encourage a great work-life balance, • A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity with a range of staff communities to support all our colleagues, • Employer pension contribution of 28.97% of your salary. Read more about Civil Service Pensions here, • Digital communities with clear career frameworks, • On-site gym plus personal training available (membership applies), • On-site nursery, restaurant and coffee bar, • 25 days annual leave, increasing by 1 day each year of service (up to a maximum of 30 days annual leave)., • 8 Bank Holidays plus an additional Privilege Day to mark the King’s birthday., • Free parking About You • You will be an expert at evaluating the testing needs for services with a web-based UI and API interfaces. You will be able to converse about products hosted on public cloud infrastructure and specifications in the Gherkin syntax., • You will be an expert at functional testing and test analysis, having a deep technical breath, supported by a good knowledge of the non-functional requirements and activities. You will have an understanding of modern software development lifecycles and the role of CI / CD in product delivery and test., • You will have a proven track record of delivering QA efficiency through the promotion of tools and an automation-first approach. You will have a high attention to detail and not be afraid to challenge when needed. How to Apply Read the full description and apply at CS Jobs using the link provided. This vacancy closes at 23:55 on Sunday 10th May 2026

Become part of a mission-driven digital team helping to build secure, resilient services used by millions across the UK. The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) are seeking a Principal Technical Architect with strong architectural governance experience, the ability to lead across complex multi-team programmes and the confidence to operate at both strategic and delivery levels. Permanent role, hybrid working from Swansea (60% office-based), salary of up to £98,061 (inc allowances, based on skills and experience) plus 29% employer pension contribution and excellent Civil Service benefits. OPEN SESSION Would you like to find out more about the role, the digital team and what it's like to work at DVLA? If so, DVLA are organising a familiarisation session where you can virtually 'meet the team' and an opportunity to ask questions on Thursday 14th May at 12pm. Please follow the apply link for instrictions to book yur virtual seat. About role DVLA delivers national-scale digital services that enable the safe and lawful use of vehicles across the UK, supporting millions of drivers and vehicles every year. With a significant increase in concurrent transformation programmes including legislative change, service improvement, and new digital initiatives - DVLA is strengthening its architecture leadership capability to ensure coherence, governance and long-term value. As a Principal Technical Architect, you will provide end-to-end architectural ownership across a major programme, ensuring that solutions delivered across multiple products and teams align to agreed principles, standards and strategic direction. You will act as the architectural authority within the programme, bridging technical architecture, delivery and programme-level decision-making. As a Principal Technical Architect, you will: Provide end-to-end architectural oversight across a large, complex programme spanning multiple delivery teams Lead and evolve architectural governance, ensuring consistency, quality and alignment with DVLA standards Own and produce technical impact assessments, translating business change into architectural implications and options Develop and maintain architectural roadmaps across short-, medium- and long-term horizons Oversee and assure architectural outputs from Lead Technical Architects, providing coaching and direction Work closely with programme and senior stakeholders, representing architecture at boards and planning forums Identify risks, dependencies and cross-domain impacts early and drive resolution Essential skills for the Principal Technical Architect include: Proven experience operating as a Technical Architect or Lead Architect across multiple teams or programmes Strong understanding of architectural governance and the ability to design and improve governance processes Excellent stakeholder management skills, including engagement with senior leadership Broad technical knowledge across systems, integrations and cloud platforms Ability to translate complex technical concepts into clear, business-focused language Demonstrable ownership of end-to-end architectural delivery in complex, ambiguous environments Desirable skills for the Principal Technical Architect include: Experience working in government or other regulated environments Exposure to large-scale digital transformation programmes Experience with cloud platforms such as AWS or Azure Background in software engineering or hands-on technical delivery Experience working with emerging technologies, including AI Benefits Alongside your salary of £69,501 - £98,061, Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency contributes £20,134 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Being part of our brilliant Civil Service means you will have access to a wide range of fantastic benefits: Best in class learning and development tailored to your role An environment with flexible working options where we encourage a great work-life balance A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity with a range of staff communities to support all our colleagues Generous employer contribution of 28.9%, depending on chosen pension scheme Flexible working options where we encourage a great work-life balance Digital communities with clear career frameworks On-site gym plus personal training available (membership applies) On-site nursery, restaurants and coffee bar 25 days holiday (plus bank holidays), increasing by 1 each year (up to 30) & 8 Bank Holidays plus an additional Privilege Day to mark the King's birthday 24-hour Employee Assistance Programme providing free confidential help and advice for staff Free parking Why Join? This is a high-impact role with senior visibility, offering the opportunity to shape architecture across nationally significant digital programmes. You will influence how DVLA delivers and governs technology at scale, while developing your own career within one of the UK's largest and most complex digital organisations. TPBN1_UKTJ

Lead Technical Architect - Infrastructure Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency Apply before 11:55 pm on Sunday 17th May 2026 Location: Swansea (This role is suitable for hybrid working) Salary: £57,515 - £82,430 (The base pay is £57,515. In addition to this, the role includes a Digital and Data allowance of up to £24,915) A Civil Service Pension with an employer contribution of 28.97% ️ Contract Type: Permanent – Flexible working, Full-time, Job share, Part-time ️ Available Positions: 1 We are looking for a Lead Technical Architect to join our dynamic and innovative workforce at an exciting and challenging time. The role holder will need to demonstrate the appetite and commitment to help drive the organisation through significant transformation programmes. You will work with several teams across the Driver & Vehicle Licensing Agency’s (DVLA) IT Services (ITS) Directorate as well as across the DVLA’s business directorates to develop architectural patterns and solution designs. You will work collaboratively with ITS Engineering squads to deliver new solutions and help transition these into operational service. Top Responsibilities • Be responsible for leading the technical design of systems and services, justifying and communicating design decisions., • Assure other services and system quality, ensuring the technical work fits into the broader strategy for government., • Explore the benefits of cross-government alignment., • Provide mentoring within teams., • Provide leadership to other architects. Benefits • Best in class learning and development tailored to your role, • An environment with flexible working options where we encourage a great work-life balance, • A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity with a range of staff communities to support all our colleagues, • Employer pension contribution of 28.97% of your salary. Read more about Civil Service Pensions here, • Digital communities with clear career frameworks, • On-site gym plus personal training available (membership applies), • On-site nursery, restaurant and coffee bar, • 25 days annual leave, increasing by 1 day each year of service (up to a maximum of 30 days annual leave)., • 8 Bank Holidays plus an additional Privilege Day to mark the King’s birthday., • Free parking About You You will have a solid Architectural and technical background having worked in an architectural or technical lead role to deliver enterprise-scale solutions. Required experience: • Experience of UC and omni-channel contact centre solutions., • Experience of networking concepts, LAN/WAN/WLAN., • Experience of ENTRA active directory and O365., • Experience of hybrid Active directory and ENTRA active directory., • Knowledge of the key principles outlined in Microsoft’s Azure Cloud Adoption Framework., • Experience with data security principles and systems designed to protect sensitive data., • Desire to create and maintain solution designs in an iterative and collaborative manner., • Ability to think strategically about business, product and technical challenges., • Excellent technical skills with the experience to be held accountable for technical aspects of delivering complex solutions, including end-to-end solution design, delivery governance, assurance and support for Engineers and Delivery Managers., • Great interpersonal skills allowing you to work with technical and non-technical stakeholders alike., • You will be able to drive discussions with senior leaders across the agency as well as having the technical background that will enable you to easily interact and give guidance to software developers, testers and engineers. This role is part of the Government Digital and Data profession and utilises an enhanced Capability–Based Pay Framework which provides access to a Digital and Data allowance. The base pay is £57,515. In addition to this the role includes a Digital and Data allowance of up to £24,915. The value of allowance awarded will be based on an assessment of your skills and experience as demonstrated through the selection process. How to Apply Read the full description and apply at CS Jobs using the link provided. This vacancy closes at 23:55 on Sunday 17th May 2026