Independent Football Regulator - Technical Architect
7 days ago
Manchester
Key Responsibilities • Define and lead the delivery of architectural strategy aligned to organisational and regulatory objectives, • Set and embed architectural principles, standards and patterns to guide solution design across teams, • Provide strategic technical leadership across programmes and portfolios, influencing senior stakeholders, • Design and assure complex, end-to-end solutions that are scalable, secure, and meet user needs, • Lead architectural governance and ensure compliance with digital, data and technology and GDS standards, • Collaborate with policy, product, delivery and data leaders to align technology with business outcomes, • Explore and promote the adoption of emerging technologies to drive innovation and service improvement, • Communicate complex technical ideas clearly to technical and non-technical audiences, including senior leadership Person specification Essential Requirements • Ability to translate complex business and regulatory requirements into scalable, secure, and sustainable technical architectures that support digital, data and technology objectives, • Strong proficiency in designing and documenting technical solutions, including data models, system architectures, and integration patterns ideally using Microsoft Azure, Power Platform, and related technologies, • Proven experience leading and mentoring development teams, ensuring alignment with architectural principles and technical best practice, • Skilled in identifying and resolving complex technical challenges, applying modern and emerging technologies to improve service delivery and resilience, • Ability to explain technical concepts clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders, including senior leaders, • Experience working with government digital and data standards (e.g. GDS Service Standard, Technology Code of Practice), • Familiarity with security and data protection principles in the context of public sector architecture Please register your interest by filling out this form and you will be sent an invitation. The invites will be sent the night before the session. The sessions are not recorded. Please note that the session will not focus on the DCMS recruitment process - please direct any queries that you have on this topic (timelines, reasonable adjustments, onboarding etc) to . Behaviours We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process: • Delivering at Pace, • Working Together, • Changing and Improving Technical skills We'll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process: • Technical design throughout the life cycle Benefits Please note that this role is due to start when the Independent Football Regulator is fully operational, not before October 2025, all pre employment checks must be carried out in advance of a start date being agreed upon. If successful you will join a Non Departmental Public Body and will be employed as a Public Servant. If you are an existing Civil Servant or a DCMS employee you will no longer have access to Civil Service benefits including the Civil Service pension. The terms and conditions of employment include: • Pension 12% An employee contribution of 5%, with an employer contribution of 7%., • Flexible Benefit 8% Employees can choose to invest 8% of their base salary into their pension, or take as cash (post tax), • Reward we will have a performance based reward programme., • 31.5 days annual leave, • Flexible and hybrid working, 40% in office attendance, • Occupational sick pay, • 9 months paid Maternity Leave + generous paternity and adoption leave., • A bespoke L&D programme to help you achieve your personal CPD, including paid membership fees, • Cycle-to-work scheme and much more! Things you need to know Selection process details This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window) , and will assess your Behaviours, Experience and Technical skills. To apply for this vacancy, you will need to submit the following documents which will be assessed against the experience success profile : • A CV setting out your career history, with key responsibilities and achievements. Please ensure you provide employment history that relates to the essential and desirable criteria, and that any gaps in employment history within the last 2 years are explained. The CV should not exceed more than 2 x A4 pages and you should insert your CV into the "Job History" section on Civil Service Jobs on the Civil Service Jobs application form. For support in writing your application and interviewing, please refer to the Application and Interview Guidance document attached to the job advert. The interview process will assess behaviours, experience, and technical skills through a presentation / which will be provided prior to interview. The behaviours to be tested at interview are: • Delivering at pace, • Working together, • Changing and improving The presentation will focus on the following DDAT technical skill, more information can be found here- Click here Technical design throughout the life cycle (Expert Level) • Create technical designs characterised by high risk, impact, and complexity., • Lead and guide others in creating technical designs that achieve organisational objectives., • Use feedback to optimise and refine standards for technical designs throughout the life cycle. Prior to the interview you will be sent the behaviour questions in advance. As part of your interview, you may be asked to deliver a short oral presentation. Full details of this, including the topic, length of time, and whether or not you will need to use visual aids, will be sent to you prior to your interview. Your interview will take place remotely via GoogleMeets. For indicative sift and interview dates please refer to the attached Candidate Information Pack. Further Information A reserve list may be held for a period of 12 months from which further appointments can be made. Any move to Department for Culture, Media and Sport from another employer will mean you can no longer access childcare vouchers. This includes moves between government departments. You may however be eligible for other government schemes, including Tax Free Childcare. Determine your eligibility at New entrants are expected to join on the minimum of the pay band. DCMS has a London and a National pay scale. For more information on this, including the circumstances in which each pay scale will apply, please see the Candidate Information Pack attached. If successful and transferring from another Government Department a criminal record check may be carried out. In order to process applications without delay, we will be sending a Criminal Record Check to Disclosure and Barring Service on your behalf. However, we recognise in exceptional circumstances some candidates will want to send their completed forms direct. If you will be doing this, please advise Government Recruitment Service of your intention by emailing stating the job reference number in the subject heading. Applicants who are successful at interview will be, as part of pre-employment screening, subject to a check on the Internal Fraud Database (IFD). This check will provide information about employees who have been dismissed for fraud or dishonesty offences. This check also applies to employees who resign or otherwise leave before being dismissed for fraud or dishonesty had their employment continued. Any applicants details held on the IFD will be refused employment. A candidate is not eligible to apply for a role within the Civil Service if the application is made within a 5-year period following a dismissal for carrying out internal fraud against government. Reasonable Adjustment We are committed to supporting candidates so they can perform at their best throughout the recruitment process. This includes making reasonable adjustments to our process. In order to request an adjustment, please: Complete the Assistance required section on the Additional requirements page of your application form to tell us what changes or help you might need further on in the recruitment process. For instance, you may need wheelchair access at interview, or a verbal test rather than a written one. Alternatively, contact the Government Recruitment Service via as soon as possible before the closing date to discuss your needs. Accessibility If you are experiencing accessibility difficulties with any of the attachments, please contact us. Contact details can be found in the 'contact point for applicants' section of the job advert. Feedback Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment. Security Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check. People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks. Nationality requirements This job is broadly open to the following groups: • UK nationals, • nationals of the Republic of Ireland, • nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK, • nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window), • nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS), • individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020, • Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service Further information on nationality requirements (opens in a new window) Working for the Civil Service The Civil Service Code (opens in a new window) sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants. We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles (opens in a new window) . The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria. The Civil Service also offers a Redeployment Interview Scheme to civil servants who are at risk of redundancy, and who meet the minimum requirements for the advertised vacancy. Diversity and Inclusion The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see the Civil Service People Plan (opens in a new window) and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy (opens in a new window) . Apply and further information This vacancy is part of the Great Place to Work for Veterans (opens in a new window) initiative. The Civil Service welcomes applications from people who have recently left prison or have an unspent conviction. Read more about prison leaver recruitment (opens in new window) . Once this job has closed, the job advert will no longer be available. You may want to save a copy for your records. Contact point for applicants Job contact : • Name : Joe Alford The law requires that selection for appointment to the Civil Service is on merit on the basis of fair and open competition as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's Recruitment Principles. If you feel your application has not been treated in accordance with the Recruitment Principles, and you wish to make a complaint, you should contact in the first instance. If you are not satisfied with the response you receive from the Department, you can contact the Civil Service Commission at: Attachments IFR DDaT Technical Architect.pptx (1) Opens in new window (pdf, 4101kB) DCMS Application & Interview Guidance for Candidates Aug 23 (2) Opens in new window (pdf, 134kB)