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Head of Software Development - Head of Software Engineering

Employer
Investigo
Location
London, England
Salary
£800 - £830 per day + Inside IR35
Closing date
14 Jun 2021

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Sector
IT, Internet and New Media
Contract Type
Contract
Hours
Full Time
Job Type
HR Advisor

Job Details

 

Head of Software Development - Head of Software Engineering - GDS - GOV.UK

 

Job title: Head of Software Development

Job type: Contract

Duration: 6 months (with possibility of 6-month extension)

Sector: Public/Government

IR35 status: Inside

Location: Remote, then Coventry/Newcastle

Soft skill requirements:

  • Primarily, seeking someone to provide leadership and stability to the team.
  • Leading and coaching a team of software developers and test engineers, who can evidence leadership in a government organisation
  • Help solidify and advance the structure of the team, supporting us to find the right skills to make us sustainable.
  • Enjoy spending time with people, coaching, leading and motivating - a real "people person"

Technical requirements:

  • Expert n the field of Software Development, and have a broad knowledge of current and new technologies which you will use to bring people with you. You will have experience of leading a large and distributed development community
  • Agile and lean practices
  • Experienced working with teams collaborating with User Researchers, User-Centred Designers and directly with users
  • Systems design - specification and design of systems to meet defined business needs.
  • Ability to work with business and technology stakeholders to translate business needs into designs.
  • Communicating between the technical and non-technical communities
  • Experience in simplification of overly complicated processes

Desirable:

  • Prior experience of the GDS Service Standard - however, in-house experts can support with this

Head of Software Development - Head of Software Engineering - GDS - GOV.UK

Company

About Us

Investigo provides permanent, temporary and contract recruitment solutions to blue chip companies and SME’s across the UK and Internationally.

Our consultants are specialists in their industry sectors and have an average of 6  years recruitment experience matching high calibre candidates to the right roles.

Our strong performance and year on year growth has seen us ranked in The Sunday Times Virgin Fast Track 100 for three consecutive years.

Industry Sectors

We recruit executive professionals across the following industry sectors:

  • Change Management
  • Compliance
  • Accounting & Finance (including Finance, Audit, Tax & Treasury)
  • Human Resources
  • Procurement & Supply Chain
  • Property
  • Risk
  • SAP
  • Strategy & Corporate Advisory

Locations

We recruit globally, with offices in:

  • UK - London, Guildford, Milton Keynes, Reading and St Albans
  • Hong Kong
  • Australia

We look forward to working with you.

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Company info
Location
Investigo Ltd
New Broad Street House
35 New Broad Street
London
EC2M 1NH
GB

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