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The Requirements Team has responsibility to act as a single source of truth around requirements, providing end-to-end traceability. The team supports demonstration to User Organisations how / where their requirements are being delivered and maintains traceability evidence that suppliers have delivered their procured scope.
The post holder will support the programme by identifying potential issues such as duplication of programme scope and gaps in requirements delivery. They will enable the development of and undertake design assurance and test assurance processes with individual projects, ensuring requirements traceability is captured at all stages from programme to project to supplier contracts.
It is required that all people working on ESMCP perform their roles according to the overarching principles and ways of working with suppliers and customers, and in line with the collaborative behaviours framework.
Person specification
The post holder will report to the Requirements Lead on the Programme, will be accountable for their own work and have responsibility for the following:
- Design and run data quality queries of Requirements Management system
- Identify and resolve data integrity issues
- Upload supplier inputs & perform and develop quality checks before and after upload including data quality spot checks and upload validations
- Resolve data completeness issues with relevant stakeholders be they suppliers or the ESN commercial team
- Identify potential issues (e.g. duplication of programme scope, gaps in requirements delivery) and escalate as appropriate
- Support the development of and undertake design assurance and test assurance processes with individual projects, ensuring traceability is captured at all stages from programme to project to supplier contracts
- Work with the Authority Design Assurance and Test Assurance teams to coordinate and run requirements reviews
- Day-to-day management of requirements management databases, owning the ‘single source of the truth’ for all requirements within the programme including change control and configuration management
- Design and develop regular reports for workstream and stakeholders.
Essential Criteria
- Experience of requirements management and configuring and using requirements database tools
- Excellent understanding of MS Excel (Intermediate to advanced) and Data Analytics
- Experience of designing and developing reports and detailed data analysis investigations
- Ability to learn complicated software quickly including bespoke systems
- Experience of continuous improvement and data led decision making
- Able to work as part of a high-performing team, ensuring quality output of own work
- Able to work with diversified teams and to communicate within project at all levels and externally with suppliers and users in a non-technical manner
- A positive and proactive attitude with the ability to recommend and improve processes
- Organised, with attention to detail to maintain an organised information environment
- Excellent time management skills to enable working across multiple projects and business areas as part of a successful team
- Adaptable and flexible in responding to changing priorities.
Desirable Criteria
- Technical knowledge about telecoms
- Experience of working in a major programme, preferably within Government
Behaviours
We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:
- Changing and Improving
- Delivering at Pace
- Leadership
- Making Effective Decisions
We only ask for evidence of these behaviours on your application form:
- Changing and Improving
Benefits
- Learning and development tailored to your role
- An environment with flexible working options
- A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity
- A Civil Service pension with an average employer contribution of 27%
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Selection process details
As part of the application process candidates will be required to submit a CV and Statement of Suitability (of no more than 500 words). In addition candidates will be required to provide evidence of the lead behaviour 'Changing & Improving'.
Further details around what this will entail are listed on the application form. that is aligned to
Your Statement of Suitability should be aligned to the Essential Criteria as set out in the job advertisement.
Please note - the CV is for information purposes only and will not be scored.
As part of the sift process candidates will be sifted on their Statement of Suitability and the behaviour 'Changing & Improving'.
In an event where a high volume of applications are received, an initial sift will take place using the lead behaviour 'Changing & Improving'. Candidates who pass the initial sift will be either progressed to a full sift or straight to interview.
Successful candidates shortlisted for interview will be tested on Strength-based questions and the behaviours outlined in the job advertisement.
Sift and Interview dates
The sift will take place week commencing 20th March 2023
Interviews will take place week commencing 10th April 2023
Interviews will take place remotely. Further details and instructions will be provided closer to the scheduled interview.
Further information
For meaningful checks to be carried out, individuals need to have lived in the UK for a sufficient period of time to enable appropriate checks to be carried out and produce a result which provides the required level of assurance. You should normally have been resident in the United Kingdom for the last 3 years if the role requires CTC clearance, 5 years for SC clearance and 10 years for DV. A lack of UK residency in itself is not necessarily a bar to a security clearance and applicants should contact the Vacancy Holder/Recruiting Manager listed in the advert for further advice.
The successful candidates will be required to hold or be willing to secure Security Check clearance.
A reserve list may be held for a period up to 12 months from which further appointment may be made.
We often have similar roles available at different grades. If a candidate is suitable for a similar role or a lower grade than they have applied for, we may offer the candidate that role without the need for them to go through a further selection process.
Hybrid working enables employees to work partly in their workplace(s) and partly at home. As Covid-19 restrictions are lifted, a hybrid working pattern may be available, where business needs allow. Applicants can discuss what this means with the vacancy holder if they have specific questions.
Every day, Home Office civil servants do brilliant work to develop and deliver policies and services that affect the lives of people across the country and beyond. To do this effectively and fairly, the Home Office is committed to representing modern Britain in all its diversity, and creating a welcoming, inclusive workplace where all our people are able to bring their whole selves to work and perform at their best.
We are flexible, skilled, professional and diverse. We work to recruit and retain disabled staff and area Disability Confident Leader. We are proud to be one of the most ethnically diverse departments in the civil service. We are a Social Mobility Foundation top 75 employer.
New entrants are expected to join on the minimum of the pay band.
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 applicant's details held on the IFD will be refused employment.
For further information please see the attached notes for candidates which must be read before making an application.
Existing Civil Servants should note that some of the Home Office terms and conditions of employment have changed. It is the candidate’s responsibility to ensure they are aware of the Terms and Conditions they will adopt should they be successful in application and should refer to the notes for candidates for further details.
Transfer Terms: Voluntary.
If you are invited to an interview you will be required to bring a range of documentation for the purposes of establishing identity and to aid any pre-employment checks.
Please see the attached list of Home Office acceptable ID documents.
Any move to the Home Office 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 https://www.childcarechoices.gov.uk
Reasonable Adjustments
If a person with disabilities is at a substantial disadvantage compared to a non-disabled person, we have a duty to make reasonable changes to our processes.
If you need a change to be made so that you can make your application, you should:
- Contact Government Recruitment Service via [email protected] as soon as possible before the closing date to discuss your needs
- Complete the “Assistance Required” section in the “Additional Requirements” page of your application form to tell us what changes or help you might need further on in the recruitment process. For instance, you may need wheelchair access at interview, or if you're deaf, a language service professional
If you are experiencing accessibility problems with any attachments on this advert, please contact the email address in the ‘Contact point for applicants’ section.
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Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.
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Nationality requirements
This job is broadly open to the following groups:
- UK nationals
- nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
- nationals of the Republic of Ireland
- nationals from the EU, EEA or Switzerland with settled or pre-settled status or who apply for either status by the deadline of the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
- relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals working in the Civil Service
- relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals who have built up the right to work in the Civil Service
- certain family members of the relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals
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