Home Office
C18922 Tooling Service Architect
2 Incomplete applications
2 SME, 0 large
49 Completed applications
47 SME, 2 large
Important dates
- Published
- Monday 22 June 2020
- Deadline for asking questions
- Wednesday 24 June 2020 at 11:59pm GMT
- Closing date for applications
- Monday 29 June 2020 at 11:59pm GMT
Overview
- Specialist role
- Technical Architect
- Summary of the work
- Design and delivery of proportionate and affordable services that support business & technical needs. The design scope will span multiple suppliers and support levels. Resulting in service designs, business requirements, standards and Enterprise Services capabilities. The specialist will act as the Subject Matter Expert ensuring the design meets DDaT needs.
- Latest start date
- Monday 20 July 2020
- Expected contract length
- 2 years
- Location
- London
- Organisation the work is for
- Home Office
- Maximum day rate
- £725
About the work
- Early market engagement
- Who the specialist will work with
- The programme (Shared Technology Products) and Tooling programme delivery teams, Service Architecture, Design and Introduction (SADI), Enterprise Services, other DDaT delivery programmes.
- What the specialist will work on
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Producing service designs which ensure that support for the new service is comprehensive, efficient and reuses existing capability.
Developing and documenting the proposed service design for the integration and implementation of solutions, working with and across other areas of Home Office to ensure that the requirements are included in business cases, project plans, procurements and Service Design Packages.
Leading the evaluation of a new service once it has been integrated, identifying best practices and lessons learned.
Creating detailed plans for the integration of new services into existing architecture, considering the broader context, strategies and operating model of the organisation.
Work setup
- Address where the work will take place
- Home based during Covid 19 restrictions then 2 Marsham Street, SW1P 4DF /Croydon Campus /Other DDaT locations as required.
- Working arrangements
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A typical working day is 9am-5pm, however working outside of these hours may be required due to business/project need. The role requires flexibility as individuals may be required to work at any of the Customer premises and/or at supplier sites.
The role is outside of IR35 - Security clearance
- SC. The Home Office will sponsor clearance. The start date is subject to clearance / transfer of clearance.
Additional information
- Additional terms and conditions
- Travel expenses are payable for journeys outside the M25 where approved in advance by the customer and in line with Home Office Travel policy (subsistence is not payable).
Skills and experience
Buyers will use the essential and nice-to-have skills and experience to help them evaluate suppliers’ technical competence.
- Essential skills and experience
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- Evidence strong process, technical and team leadership skills, with a passion for delivering leading edge designs and inspiring a culture of technical excellence and innovative solution design
- Have experience of navigating the complex landscapes of technologies, 3rd party suppliers (driving the procurement process), internal and cross-government (or similarly complex) teams
- Have experience of management & delivery of complex service solutions within time, cost and quality targets, ensuring solutions are robust, resilient, and appropriately implemented, tested and documented
- Evidence experience of defining standards, owning and contributing to the technical roadmap and strategy
- Evidence experience in anticipating and advising on future technology changes that present opportunities for the product or service
- Communicate clearly in a language which meets the needs of different users/ stakeholders through selecting the appropriate channels and formats, and managing expectations whilst adapting to stakeholders’ reactions with flexibility
- Nice-to-have skills and experience
How suppliers will be evaluated
All suppliers will be asked to provide a work history.
- How many specialists to evaluate
- 3
- Cultural fit criteria
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- Work transparently and collaboratively in a no-blame culture, encouraging all to fail fast and learn from mistakes
- Demonstrate experience of supporting and coaching other team members
- Evidence their confidence to challenge the status quo
- Evidence of taking responsibility for their work
- Additional assessment methods
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- Reference
- Interview
- Scenario or test
- Evaluation weighting
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Technical competence
50%Cultural fit
10%Price
40%
Questions asked by suppliers
- 1. Is it outside IR35?
- Yes, as per the working arrangements section of the advert above.
- 2. Is there an incumbent?
- No, this is a new requirement.
- 3. hello, does the rate include our charge?
- Yes. The rate is inclusive of any margins and expenses to base location, but excludes VAT.
- 4. Hello, can you confirm who will be on the panel please?
- The programme director and a member of the programme team.