Developer (COBOL)

Developer (COBOL) Newcastle upon Tyne, England

HM Revenue and Customs
Full Time Newcastle upon Tyne, England 34404 - 42057 GBP ANNUAL Today
Job description

Details

Reference number

289869

Salary

£34,404 - £42,057
National: (£34,404 - £36,985) London: (£39,111 - £42,057). New entrants in the civil service will join on the minimum of the salary.

Job grade

Higher Executive Officer

Contract type

Permanent

Business area

HMRC - CDIO - Borders & Trade

Type of role

Digital
Information Technology

Working pattern

Flexible working, Full-time, Job share, Part-time

Number of jobs available

1

Contents

    Location

    About the job

    Benefits

    Things you need to know

    Apply and further information

Location

Bristol, Cardiff, Edinburgh, Leeds, Manchester, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Nottingham, Stratford, Telford, Worthing

About the job

Job summary

Are you a Developer looking to make your next career move?

Do you have experience of using a range of programming languages and development tools?

This is an exciting and challenging role for those looking to deliver technological change against a background of organisational transformation, as well as an opportunity to make a real difference to people’s lives by delivering great digital products.

If you are looking for a role that offers clearly defined career pathways, a healthy work/life balance and a chance to work with cutting edge technology, this might just be the role for you!

See what it’s like to work at HMRC: find out more about us or ask our colleagues a question. Questions relating to an individual application must be emailed as detailed later in this advert.

Job description

As a Developer working for Borders and Trade, you’ll be a key part of a multidisciplinary delivery team, building the software necessary to meet users’ needs and the identified business requirements.

Following best practices, you’ll write clean, secure, and well-tested code, so it is important that you have a logical and analytical approach when it comes to problem solving and keeping close attention to detail.

As well as development experience, you’ll also have a breadth of testing experience, being able to quality assure to ensure that the product and service meets user needs.

You’ll be working with various stakeholders across Borders and Trade, unlocking the potential of software components to deliver value to stakeholders. This will be done through designing, coding, verifying, testing, amending and refactoring moderately complex programmes and scripts

You’ll also be able to monitor and report on progress as well as propose practical solutions to resolve issues after identifying any that are related to software development activities; and will complete this in reviews of work with others where this is appropriate.

Person specification

Essential Criteria:

You will be able to demonstrate experience of:

  • Working alongside other developers and professions to realise working software.
  • Working with programming languages such as C.
  • Experience of using Unix.
  • Good understanding of code error resolution, software backup and recovery strategies.
  • Good analytical skills.
  • Experience of operating a live service.

Desirable Criteria:

It is desirable for you to demonstrate experience of:

  • Application Master (AM) and System Control Language (SCL).
  • COBOL programming skills.
  • Experience of VME operating system.

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%

Find more about HMRC benefits in 'Your little extras and big benefits handbook' for further information or visit Thinking of joining the Civil Service.

Things you need to know

Selection process details

As part of the application process, you will be asked to complete:

A name-blind CV - your employment history will detail your responsibilities, technical skills and accomplishments, plus your qualifications and relevant training.

Personal Statement of no more than 500-words – please provide details on how you meet the Essential Criteria for this role, by stating what you have done and how you went about it. It should be aligned to demonstrate your suitability for this role, based on your experience and the technical skills listed in the essential criteria.

This vacancy is using Success Profiles and will assess your technical skills and Experience.

During the interview we will also ask questions that let you demonstrate your experience and technical skills relevant to the role.

Interviews will take place via Teams.

After interview, a single merit list will be created and you will only be considered for posts in locations you have expressed a preference for. Appointments will be made in strict merit order in line with the set number of roles in each location.

We reserve the right to raise the score required at any stage of the process in order to manage numbers.

Interview dates to be confirmed.

A reserve list may be held for a period of up to 12 months from which further appointments may be made for the same or similar roles – if this applies to you, we’ll let you know via your Civil Service Jobs account.

Eligibility

To check that you are eligible to apply, review this eligibility information

Important information for existing HMRC contractual homeworkers:

This role may be suitable for existing HMRC employees who are contractual homeworkers. Occasional attendance to the office will be required where there is a business need, so please review the advertised office locations for this role when applying and only select locations from the ‘location preferences’ section that you are able to travel to.

Reasonable Adjustments

We want to make sure no one is put at a disadvantage during our recruitment process because of a disability, condition, or impairment. To assist you with this, we will reduce or remove any barriers where possible and provide additional support where appropriate.

If you need a reasonable adjustment or a change to be made so that you can make your application, review this information on reasonable adjustments, and contact [email protected] as soon as possible.

Equality and Diversity

We’re committed to creating a great place to work for all our colleagues here at HMRC. We want everyone to feel valued, supported and comfortable being their true self at work.

We’re proud to be a diverse and inclusive employer, supporting social mobility by giving opportunities to people from all walks of life. We want to maximise the potential of everyone who chooses to work for us and offer a range of flexible working patterns and support. Our aim is to make a fulfilling career at HMRC accessible to you.

For more information on how we make this happen, review this information on our culture and values.

Applications received from candidates with a criminal record are considered fairly in accordance with the DBS Code of Practice and the Recruitment of ex-offenders Policy.

We welcome applications from those who need to work a more flexible arrangement and will agree to requests where possible after considering operational and customer service needs. We can’t guarantee that we can meet all requests to work flexibly, as agreement will be subject to business ability to accommodate, and any request to work a more flexible arrangement should be made prior to your acceptance of the provisional offer.

Customer facing roles in HMRC require the ability to converse at ease with members of the public and provide advice in accurate spoken English and/or Welsh where required. Where this is an essential requirement, this will be tested as part of the selection process.

The Civil Service runs 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.

Locations

HMRC has a presence in every region of the UK. For more information on where you might be working, review this information on our locations.

Security Update

For more information on the level of security checks we will carry out, review this information on security checks

Further Information

The Civil Service values honesty and integrity and expects all candidates to abide by these principles. The evidence you provide in your application must relate to your own experiences.

Any instances of plagiarism or other forms of cheating will be investigated and, if proven, the relevant application/s will be withdrawn from the process.

Duplicate applications for the same vacancy will also be withdrawn.

Transferring into HMRC from Civil Service If you are currently working for an ‘Other Government Department’ (OGD) and would like to consider the impact on your pay when joining HMRC, please see the attached document "Combined T&C and OGD Pay English”, found at the bottom of this advert. Further information on staff transfers can be found on gov.uk

Problems during the application process

If you experience accessibility problems with any attachments on this advert, please contact the email address in the 'Contact point for applicants' section.

If you think you’ve made a mistake on a submitted application (e.g. you’ve ticked the incorrect eligibility box), please contact [email protected] at least two working days before the vacancy closes. After this, we won’t be able to reopen your application.

Please use the subject line to insert appropriate wording e.g. Please re-open my application - 289869 & vacancy closing date 06.06.2023.

For reasonable adjustments queries or requests, please see details within reasonable adjustments section above.


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 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
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.

Apply and further information

This vacancy is part of the Great Place to Work for Veterans (opens in a new window) initiative.
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 :

Recruitment team

Further information

Appointment to the Civil Service is governed by the Civil Service Commission’s Recruitment Principles. You have the right to complain if you feel a department has breached the Recruitment Principles. In the first instance, you should raise the matter directly with the department concerned via [email protected] If you are not satisfied with the response, you may bring your complaint to the Commission. For further information on bringing a complaint to the Civil Service Commission please visit their web pages: Click here

Developer (COBOL)
HM Revenue and Customs

www.hmrc.gov.uk
London, United Kingdom
Jim Harra
$500 million to $1 billion (USD)
10000+ Employees
Government
National Services & Agencies
2005
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