2 X FTA I&T Developers

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The Rural Payments Agency has a unique role within the UK economy and rural landscape. We pay farmers and land owners over £2 billion each year to support a thriving farming and food sector.

We also administer over 40 different schemes that to help ensure a sustainable rural economy and communities.

You can be part of the work that is keeping our rural economy strong and have the opportunity work at the leading edge of the new digital government agenda.

Behind the scenes here, our in-house IT experts keep things running smoothly - ensuring everyday essential technology is in place and effective, as well as introducing innovative and bespoke solutions to improve the service we deliver to our customers.

Your role will be essential in this.

A career in the Rural Payments Agency offers on the job learning, exciting career development opportunities and comprehensive Civil Service benefits package, including:

- A generous annual leave allowance

- Membership of the Civil Service Sports and Social network and enjoyment of a range of associated benefits and discounts.

- Discounts for computing hardware and software.

- Civil Service Pension

- Flexible working arrangements to support a positive work/life balance

- Childcare vouchers

- Eyecare vouchers

- Cycle to work scheme

- Support with season ticket purchase

- Support with parking arrangements

As part of the internal development function within RPA's I&T development function you will act as a developer working in one of the department’s development teams.

The development teams are organised around technology areas that currently cover

- CRM using Microsoft Dynamics

- Microsoft SharePoint

- System integration using Microsoft BizTalk

- Bespoke development using Microsoft Visual Studio and .Net

Roles are available in all the above areas and candidates will be assigned to an appropriate area based on their existing skill sets.

The EO role in the development team is an ‘entry level’ opportunity suitable for candidates looking for a career in IT development.

The role will cover:

- Application development - coding and unit testing of the application as specified in the design specification

- System testing - creation and execution of test plans to test the complete system

- Creation of documentation to support the developed application

- Resolution of incident and problems reported against production systems

Assessment Information:

Candidates should apply by uploading a current CV. Your CV will be assessed on the lead competency 'SFIA: Programming and Software Development (PROG)’ (please see attachment for information).

Successful candidates will be assessed at interview on the following criteria (and should therefore come equipped with examples as detailed within the competency guidance links):

Changing and Improving

Managing a Quality Service

Delivery at pace

SFIA: Programming and Software Development (PROG)

SFIA: Database / Repository Design (DBDS)

SFIA Application Support (ASUP)

Person specification

The role requires:

- Some experience in the development of small applications

- Some experience in the creation and use of databases

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