Total 15 Information Technology job vacancies in Blackpool, FY4 3LN

Oracle Database Engineer

Pay up to £48,347, plus 28.97% employer pension contributions, hybrid working, flexible hours, and great work life balance.

Join our team of Oracle Database Engineers with decades worth of knowledge to support the Oracle applications and databases across the DWP estate.

DWP. Digital with Purpose.

We are looking for an Oracle Database Engineer to join our community of tech experts in DWP Digital.

We're using fresh ideas and leading-edge tech to build and maintain digital solutions that will be used by nearly every person in the UK, every day and at key moments in their lives.

DWP is the UK's largest government department. We help people into work and make payments worth over £195bn a year to support and empower millions of people.

The scale of what we do is extraordinary, and our purpose is unique. We'd love you to join us.

What skills, knowledge and experience will you need?

• Oracle Database Technologies - Installation and configuration.
• Oracle Database Technologies - Support and tuning.
• Public Cloud Technologies (particularly OCI and AWS).
• A proactive, approach to self-development and teamwork.

You and your role

Our Oracle team team are responsible for tasks such as patching, upgrades, management, monitoring, development, design and implementation of Oracle.

For this role you should be able find it easy to work well with other team members to deliver that value in a sustainable, organised and observable way. You'll develop your Oracle skills and knowledge and will be driven to develop and maintain a deep and well-rounded knowledge of database technologies and methods of building and managing them.

Whilst we are looking for someone with Oracle experience, in-house training will be provided.

Details. Wages. Perks.

Location: You'll join us in one of our brilliant digital hubs in Blackpool or Newcastle whichever is most convenient for you.

Hybrid Working: We work a hybrid model - you'll spend some time working at home and some time collaborating face to face in a hub.

Pay: We offer competitive pay of up to £48,347.

Pension: You'll get a brilliant civil service pension with employer contributions worth 28.97%, worth over £11,000 per year.

Holidays: A generous leave package starting at 26 days rising to 31 days over time.

You can also take up to 3 extra days off a month on flexi-time. You'll also get all the usual public holidays.

We have a broad benefits package built around your work-life balance which includes:

• An award-winning environment and culture: Employer of the Year 2023 (Women In IT Awards), Founders Award for Outstanding Digital Leadership 2023 (Digital 100)
• Flexible working including flexible hours and flex-friendly policies
• Time off volunteering and charitable giving
• Bring your authentic self to work with 'I Can Be Me in DWP'
• Discounts and savings on shopping, fun days out and more
• Interest-free loans to buy a bike or a season ticket, so it's even easier for you to get to work and start making a difference
• Professional development, coaching, mentoring and career progression opportunities.

Process:

We know your time is valuable, so our application and selection process is just two stages:

Apply: complete your application on Civil Service Jobs. There'll be full instructions when you click through.

Interview: a single stage interview online.

CLICK APPLY for more information and to start your application.

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Pay up to £77,740, plus 28.97% employer pension contributions, hybrid working, flexible hours, and great work life balance. 

DWP. Digital with Purpose. 

We are looking for a talented Tech Lead to join our Security Ecosystem Team, and lead in the design and operation of secure services.

We need an expert in security solutions to ensure our ongoing operational stability, lead on technical decisions and approvals for solutions across the team and across DWP.

Your expertise and deep understanding of Digital Security controls will ensure the reliability, security and resilience of our digital products, used by millions of UK citizens.

DWP is the UK's largest government department. We help people into work, and make payments worth over £195bn a year to support and empower millions of people. 

The scale of what we do is extraordinary, and our purpose is unique. We'd love you to join us. 

What skills, knowledge and experience will you need? 

• Experience of information security, designing solutions and services with security controls embedded.

• Experience of implementing enterprise security tooling and platforms in line with the NIST cyber security framework or equivalent, and CIS security controls.

• Deep understanding of each layer of an organisation's cyber security controls, being able to define solutions that enable defence in depth.

• Leads investigative work into problems and opportunities in existing processes, driving the collection of information and creation of recommendations for improvements.

• Can absorb large amounts of conflicting information and use it to determine solutions.

• Designs, implements, administers, and supports Security products and services, ensuring adherence to Digital Security Standards and Architectural Principles both on premise and in Cloud.

You and your role 

As our new Technical lead you will use your technical expertise in multiple domains to develop technical product roadmaps and manage product lifecycles.  

You will be a strategic thinker with the ability to convey complex ideas and plans to both stakeholders and technical teams.

You'll be advising senior DWP stakeholders on the development of technical strategy, and how we get to right outcomes.

You'll work closely with security, production and infrastructure to ensure resilient and available products, as well as working with our delivery team so that we're aligned and using best practice across product development.

We're hiring you for your expertise. You'll be our expert voice and help us develop the capability of the wider team with guidance and leadership to a team of x direct reports.

Details. Wages. Perks. 

Location: You'll join us in one of our brilliant digital hubs in Birmingham, Blackpool, Leeds, Manchester, Newcastle or Sheffield, whichever is most convenient for you. 

Hybrid Working: We work a hybrid model - you'll spend some time working at home and some time collaborating face to face in a hub. 

Pay: We offer competitive pay of up to £77,740.

Pension: You'll get a brilliant civil service pension with employer contributions worth 28.97%, worth up to £22,521 per year. 

Holidays: A generous leave package starting at 26 days and rising to 31 days over time. 

You can also take up to 3 extra days off a month on flexi-time. You'll also get all the usual public holidays. 

 We have a broad benefits package built around your work-life balance which includes: 

• An award-winning environment and culture: Employer of the Year 2023 (Women In IT Awards), Founders Award for Outstanding Digital Leadership 2023 (Digital 100)  

• Flexible working including flexible hours and flex-friendly policies 

• Time off volunteering and charitable giving 

• Bring your authentic self to work with 'I Can Be Me in DWP'  

• Discounts and savings on shopping, fun days out and more 

• Interest-free loans to buy a bike or a season ticket, so it's even easier for you to get to work and start making a difference 

• Sports and social activities 

• Professional development, coaching, mentoring and career progression opportunities. 

Process: 

We know your time is valuable so our application and selection process is just two stages: 

1. Apply: complete your application on Civil Service Jobs. There'll be full instructions when you click through. 

1. Interview: a single stage interview online. 

CLICK APPLY for more information and to start your application. 

Pay up to £89,995, plus 28.97% employer pension contributions, hybrid working, flexible hours, and great work life balance.

As a highly experienced technical leader joining our Cross Boundary Team, you will drive strategy and innovation, leading on the application development and coordination of technical teams to create and maintain products and services for DWP.

You will be a strategic thinker, with the ability to convey complex ideas and plans to both stakeholders and technical teams.

This role requires a technical specialist who can steer communication between a range of technical resources to ensure alignment to standards and business needs, as well as DWP strategy.

DWP. Digital with Purpose.

We're using fresh ideas and leading-edge tech to build and maintain digital solutions that will be used by nearly every person in the UK, every day and at key moments in their lives. 

DWP is the UK's largest government department. We help people into work, and make payments worth over £195bn a year to support and empower millions of people.

The scale of what we do is extraordinary, and our purpose is unique. We'd love you to join us.

What skills, knowledge and experience will you need? 

• Experience of anticipating and exploiting opportunities, suggesting and reviewing new technologies to ensure they are fit for purpose and utilised in the best way possible.
• Experience of leading a team of engineers, providing experience, advice, and guidance to a wider team.
• Experience of getting solutions through technical governance, in particular architectural design approval, and understanding how technical governance works within wider governance.
• Experience of assuring corporate services by understanding key risks and mitigation through assurance mechanisms.
• Experience of ensuring solutions meet standards of practice and appropriate governance

You and your role

As a member of the Cross Boundary Team's leadership team, you will be accountable for the application development, coordination and leadership of a large technical team (around 100 resources), creating and maintaining products and services for DWP.

Using your deep technical knowledge, you will provide advice and guidance across internal and external relationships reconciling priorities, agreeing on approach and contextualising proposals submitted for approval. You will make balanced recommendations to mitigate problems resultative of change in Departmental policy.

You will work closely with the delivery team to ensure alignment to the wider DWP technical strategy and achieve mutually acceptable solutions across both internal and external interests.

You will have the expertise to contribute to critical business discussions to inform strategy across areas such as software development, engineering, DevOps and solution architecture.

Due to the size and location of the team, there will be an element of travel required to all hub locations, which will contribute to your hybrid working commitment.

Details. Wages. Perks.

Location: We You'll join us in one of our digital hubs in Birmingham, Blackpool, Leeds, Manchester or Newcastle, whichever is most convenient for you.

Hybrid Working: We work a hybrid model - you'll spend some time working at home and some time collaborating face to face in a hub.

Pay: We offer competitive pay of up to £89,995.

Pension: You'll get a brilliant civil service pension with employer contributions worth 28.97%, worth up to £22,521.

Holidays: A generous leave package starting at 26 days rising to 31 days over time.

You can also take up to 3 extra days off a month on flexi-time. You'll also get all the usual public holidays.

We have a broad benefits package built around your work-life balance which includes:

• An award-winning environment and culture: Employer of the Year 2023 (Women in IT Awards), Founders Award for Outstanding Digital Leadership 2023 (Digital 100)
• Flexible working including flexible hours and flex-friendly policies
• Time off volunteering and charitable giving
• Bring your authentic self to work with 'I Can Be Me in DWP' 
• Discounts and savings on shopping, fun days out and more
• Interest-free loans to buy a bike or a season ticket, so it's even easier for you to get to work and start making a difference
• Sports and social activities
• Professional development, coaching, mentoring and career progression opportunities.

Process:

We know your time is valuable so our application and selection process is just two stages:

1. Apply: complete your application on Civil Service Jobs. There'll be full instructions when you click through.

1. Interview: a single stage interview online.

CLICK APPLY for more information and to start your application.

Network Engineer

DWP. Digital with Purpose.

DWP have been carrying out a large technology transition over the past few years and there is still a long way to go.

Join us a Network Engineer. Help our Network Service Operations team take the next step as we transform the DWPs datacentre and remote site network infrastructure into leading edge technologies.

DWP is the UK's largest government department. We help people into work and make payments worth over £195bn a year to support some of the most vulnerable people in our society.

You'll help change the face of public services used by nearly every person in the UK, at key moments in their lives. The scale of what we do is extraordinary, and our purpose is unique. We'd love you to join us.

Delivery. Work. Projects.

As a Network Engineer, you will provide operational support and carry out planned work like upgrades and failover exercises as well as providing input into service improvements.

We have several projects underway in Wi-Fi, On-Prem Datacentre and Cloud solutions that require skilled, self-sufficient, and determined engineers to drive improvements and good practices, as well as ensuring current legacy infrastructure remains stable.

You will need the skills to:

• Provide support for incident and problem resolution, this could involve out of hours work.
• Implement BAU exercises, this could involve out of hours work.
• Use your excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to effectively interact with employees at all levels of the organisation and 3rd-Parties suppliers.
• Understand ITSM process with a focus on Incident, Problem and Accept into Service Management.
• Conduct network monitoring and analysis tooling - e.g. BMC Entuity, Wireshark and NetScout
• Provide strong technical knowledge in Cloud and On-Prem Network Infrastructure, Next Generation Firewall, Load-balancing, and PKI technologies

Full training and development are available for the following if you don't already have these skills:

• Aruba Central and Clearpass
• Arista Cloud-vision and DC-VXLAN
• Infrastructure as Code and Network Automation in Terraform, Ansible and Python

Details. Wages. Perks.

Location: You'll join us in one of our brilliant digital hubs in Birmingham, Blackpool, Manchester or Newcastle, whichever is most convenient for you.

Hybrid Work: We also have all the tools and tech we need to enable our people to work and collaborate flexibly. We work a hybrid model, with some time at home and some time in a hub with the team.

Pay: We offer competitive pay of up to £48,347

Pension: You'll be eligible for a brilliant civil service pension with employer contributions of 28.97%, worth up to £12,557

Holidays: You'll get a generous leave package starting at 26 days rising to 31, plus all the usual bank holidays, and the option to take extra days off on flexi leave.

Our broad benefits package is built around your work-life balance and includes:

• Flexible working, flexi hours and flexi days
• Hybrid working: some time in a hub with the team, some time at home
• Family-friendly policies
• Time off volunteering and charitable giving
• Bring your authentic self to work with 'I Can Be Me in DWP'
• Discounts and savings on shopping, fun days out and more
• Interest-free loans to buy a bike or a season ticket, so it's even easier for you to get to work and start making a difference
• Working in an award-winning environment and culture
• Professional development, coaching, mentoring and career progression opportunities.

Process.

Stage 1: Application

Stage 2: Interview

We know how valuable your time is. We have a clear and succinct hiring process with only TWO STAGES.

Click apply now to see the full job description and get started with the next step in your career at DWP Digital.

What skills and experience we're looking for

Join Team FCAT

FCAT is a large Multi Academy Trust with 10 academies (primary, secondary and all-through schools) and our central services team - we are committed to promoting excellence in teaching, learning and leadership. Please visit our website to find out more www.fcat.org.uk

This is an exciting opportunity for which we require a resilient, passionate and driven professional to quickly achieve results. You must have the desire to work with pride, ambition, respect, resilience, integrity and excellence so we can be the “best we can be!”. We offer you access to a number of staff benefits including exclusive online offers and discounts, cycle to work scheme, membership of the generous Teachers Pension Scheme or Local Government Pension Scheme, as well as health and wellbeing initiatives. We are committed to our Team FCAT Work and Wellbeing Charter.

What the school offers its staff

What we can offer you:

• Membership of the Teachers Pension Scheme (TPS) or Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) with employer contributions above 15%.
• Access to free health support services via an App for all staff to access online GP appointments, physiotherapy, counselling, CBT, stress and anxiety coaching as well as advice on health, finance, legal matters.
• Cycle to work scheme
• Free annual flu vaccine
• Blackpool Council travel discount
• Childcare voucher scheme
• Free eye tests

Commitment to our Team FCAT Work and Wellbeing Charter

Commitment to safeguarding

Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment. Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance. Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant): childcare disqualification Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) medical online and social media prohibition from teaching right to work satisfactory references suitability to work with children You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.

What skills and experience we're looking for



Join Team FCAT



FCAT is a large Multi Academy Trust with 10 academies (primary, secondary and all-through schools) and our central services team - we are committed to promoting excellence in teaching, learning and leadership. Please visit our website to find out more www.fcat.org.uk



This is an exciting opportunity for which we require a resilient, passionate and driven professional to quickly achieve results. You must have the desire to work with pride, ambition, respect, resilience, integrity and excellence so we can be the “best we can be!”. We offer you access to a number of staff benefits including exclusive online offers and discounts, cycle to work scheme, membership of the generous Teachers Pension Scheme or Local Government Pension Scheme, as well as health and wellbeing initiatives. We are committed to our Team FCAT Work and Wellbeing Charter.



Our Academy



Unity Academy is an all through school for children aged 2-16, we are an inclusive academy which is committed to providing the best possible education for all the children within our care. Our curriculum is developed to ensure progression across all ages with many of our systems and processes being designed to work for children right the way through the school. The school motto is ‘In Unity, we succeed’ and this is at the heart of what we believe, In Unity everyone works together to be successful. The staff team and supportive ethos amongst colleagues is second to none and this complements the support, care and guidance we provide to children.



This post represents an excellent opportunity for any individual who wishes to join a strong team at our academy as we continue our journey to being the best we can be.



What the school offers its staff



What we can offer you:



• Membership of the Teachers Pension Scheme (TPS) or Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) with employer contributions above 15%.
• Access to free health support services via an App for all staff to access online GP appointments, physiotherapy, counselling, CBT, stress and anxiety coaching as well as advice on health, finance, legal matters.
• Cycle to work scheme
• Free annual flu vaccine
• Blackpool Council travel discount
• Childcare voucher scheme
• Free eye tests
• Commitment to our Team FCAT Work and Wellbeing Charter

















Commitment to safeguarding

Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment. Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance. Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant): childcare disqualification Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) medical online and social media prohibition from teaching right to work satisfactory references suitability to work with children You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.

What skills and experience we're looking for



Who we’re looking for

We’re looking for an outstanding teacher with a proven track record of success and raising pupil outcomes. As a Star teacher, you’ll join the Star Academies family, a high-performing and supportive network of primary and secondary schools with some of the best teachers in education.

The successful candidate will have the ability to deliver quality teaching that drives achievement and inspires a love of learning. You will be able to demonstrate experience of achieving positive outcomes for pupils, as well as being passionate about making a difference to the lives of young people. As a committed team player, you will have excellent organisational skills and the natural ability to motivate both pupils and peers.

You will have:

• A degree-level qualification and Qualified Teacher Status.
• The ability to teach to GCSE standard.
• Experience of sustained delivery of outstanding attainment and achievement.
• Experience of innovation and creativity to engage, enthuse and progress learners.



What the school offers its staff



About Highfield Leadership Academy

Highfield Leadership Academy is a state-of-the-art secondary school for 11 to 16 year olds in Blackpool. We joined Star Academies in 2016 and, like all Star schools, we have a leadership specialism.

We are a rapidly improving school with high ambitions and expectations for all of our pupils. We provide a knowledge-based academic curriculum alongside a rich and diverse leadership programme that grows character and inspires charitable and social action. Our pursuit of educational excellence is based upon our fundamental belief that every pupil has the capacity to become a successful and inspirational leader.



Commitment to safeguarding

Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment. Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance. Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant): childcare disqualification Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) medical online and social media prohibition from teaching right to work satisfactory references suitability to work with children You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.

Senior Software Engineer

We're hiring for a Senior Software Engineer; you'll develop and maintain software products that make up citizen services and contribute towards their design.

Salary between £52,412 - £78,517 p.a. plus 27.9% employer pension contributions, hybrid hub / home working, flexible hours, and great work life balance.

Location

This role may be located in one of the following locations: Birmingham, Blackpool, Leeds, Manchester, Newcastle or Sheffield. We work a hybrid model - some time at home, some time in the office.

DWP. Digital with Purpose.

DWP is the UK's largest government department that helps people into work and makes payments worth over £195bn a year to support millions of daily users.

You will be part of changing the face of public services with the potential to dramatically transform the future of millions of people.

You and Your Role

You will support and develop our legacy services, which are responsible for paying £150bn to over 15m customers each year.

We want to build and maintain our core systems, contributing to DWPs goal of supporting some of the most vulnerable people in society by building demanding and exciting future digital services for the UK Government. You'll be flexible in supporting across applications, transforming business requirements into production ready code.

You will be responsible for the operational stability of the products you build, and be in a position to effect change in the on-going robustness and resilience of those products and carry out agreed infrastructure maintenance tasks.

You'll be leading a team of engineers in addition to collaborating and providing leadership to a multi-functional team supporting our applications.

Provide 3rd line support on products developed, including out of hours support as and when required.

Your Essential Skills:

• Knowledge and experience of COBOL/MicroFocus COBOL, in a Windows and Linux environment.
• Experience of coaching, mentoring, and developing colleagues. Experience in stakeholder management and influencing decisions.
• Awareness/knowledge of Tuxedo, RHEL and scripting languages.
• Awareness/knowledge of open source technologies and tools such as Python and SQL. Knowledge and experience of using SQL to query databases to extract specific information/data.
• Awareness of test-driven development, business driven development.
• Awareness of automated test suites and how they support a continuous deployment environment.

Details. Wages. Perks.

In return for your skills, we pay between £52,412 - £78,517 per annum.

You will also receive a brilliant civil service pension, with employer contributions of 27.9%-30.3% worth £19,494 - £23,555 each year.

Plus, a generous leave package starting at 26 days, rising over time to 31 days.

We also have a broad benefits package built around your work-life balance which includes:

• Flexible working, flexi hours and flexi days
• Hybrid working: some time in a hub with the team, some time at home
• Family-friendly policies
• Time off volunteering and charitable giving
• Bring your authentic self to work with 'I Can Be Me in DWP'
• Discounts and savings on shopping, fun days out and more
• Interest-free loans to buy a bike or a season ticket
• Sports and social activities
• Working in an award-winning environment and culture
• Professional development, coaching, mentoring and career progression opportunities.

Click 'Apply' for more information and to start an application on Civil Service Jobs.

Oracle E-Business Database Engineer: Pay up to £48,347 plus 28.9% employer pension contributions, hybrid home working, flexible hours, and great work life balance. 

 

DWP. Digital with Purpose. 

   

This is an exciting opportunity for an Oracle E-Business Database Engineer to join DWP. This position is situated within the Data Platforms Team which ensures DWP services are designed, delivered into production and maintained, using agile methodology.

DWP is the UK's largest government department, our services cover everything from helping children & families right through to supporting relatives of lost loved ones. We help people find jobs, support people financially when they are unable to work due to health conditions, and make sure everybody has the money they need to live during their retirement years, making payments worth over £195bn per year, supporting over 20 million citizens every day.

The scale of what we do is outstanding, and our purpose is unique. We'd love you to join us. 

 

Delivery. Work. Projects. 

Our drive is to move to cloud-based technologies from on-premises hosting. You will be delivering valuable pieces of work to advance Data Platforms product offerings in line with our Vision and Business Plan.

Delivering successful outcomes in this role, the main responsibilities include:

• You will work with a team of Database Specialists and Engineers and provide support for production and test Oracle E-Business Suite R12.2 systems.
• You will join an Agile Delivery environment and will support and work closely with the development teams.
• You will undertake Oracle E-Business R12.2 application (ADOP) and technology stack (WebLogic, FMW) patching, and database patching/upgrades.
• You will clone Oracle E-Business Suite R12.2 environments, administer database backups and perform disaster recovery tests.

What skills, knowledge and experience will you need? 

 

• Must have skills in Oracle Database technologies (e.g. Installs, Upgrades, Patching, Backup and Recovery)
• Experience of RAC, ASM, CRS, RMAN, Data Guard
• Oracle E-Business Suite Database Administrator
• Public Cloud Technologies (particularly OCI and AWS).

Please note - this role requires being part of an on-call rota which will commence after training is complete.

Details. Wages. Perks. 

 

You'll join us in one of our brilliant digital hubs in either Blackpool or Newcastle-upon-Tyne.

 

We also have all the tools and tech we need to enable our people to work flexibly. We work a hybrid model with a mix of home working and sometime in the office. 

 

In return for your skills, we offer competitive pay of up to £48,347.

 

You'll be eligible for a brilliant civil service pension with employer contributions of 28.9%.

 

You'll get a generous leave package of 26 days rising to 30 days in time, plus all the usual bank holidays, and the option to take extra days off on flexi leave. 

 

We also have a broad benefits package built around your work-life balance which includes: 

 

• Flexible working, flexi hours and flexi days 
• Hybrid working: some time in a hub with the team, some time at home 
• Family-friendly policies 
• Time off volunteering and charitable giving 
• Bring your authentic self to work with 'I Can Be Me in DWP' 
• Discounts and savings on shopping, fun days out and more 
• Interest-free loans to buy a bike or a season ticket 
• Sports and social activities 
• Working in an award-winning environment and culture 
• Professional development, coaching, mentoring and career progression opportunities. 

 

Click 'Apply' for more information and to start an application on Civil Service Jobs. 

Lead Network Domain Architect - Paying up to £69,869 - £89,995 p.a. plus 28.97% employer pension contributions, hybrid hub / home working, flexible hours, and great work life balance.

Location

This role can be based in one of our brilliant hubs of Blackpool, Manchester, Leeds, Sheffield or Newcastle. We work a hybrid model, so you'll split your time between home and the office.

DWP. Digital with Purpose.

As the UK's largest public service department, the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) administers the state pension and a range of working-age, disability, and ill-health benefits to around 20 million claimants and customers. Our aim is to improve people's day-to-day lives, help them build financial resilience, and create a more secure and prosperous future.

Our DWP Digital teams are using fresh ideas and ground-breaking technologies to create innovative, scalable, and user-centric digital solutions that are changing how government works.

The scale of what we do is extraordinary, and our purpose is unique. You will join our community of Architects across DWP Digital.

Tell me more about the position

In this pivotal position, you'll play a crucial role in defining and upholding our network architecture standards, guiding solution designs, and endorsing technology selections. Your wealth of experience will be instrumental in shaping our network technology roadmap and staying abreast of industry trends to inform our IT strategy.

As a key member of our core architecture team, you'll collaborate closely with stakeholders across the organisation, offering expert guidance to solution architects and fostering alignment among senior business and technical stakeholders. With your leadership, we'll continue to deliver innovative and robust network solutions that support our mission to provide essential services to millions of people.

You will support the delivery of Networks technology roadmap. Research, understand and communicate network domain-related IT industry trends - emergence of new technology challenges and capabilities.

Your Essential Skills and Experience:

• Leading and governing network architecture design of business-critical IT projects/services in a large, complex UK central government or private sector organisation.
• Successfully presenting network solutions at governance forums.
• Successfully influencing & driving agreement across senior business and technical stakeholders
• Networks strategies, blueprints, reference architectures and design patterns.
• Network service infrastructure, including cloud native networking (AWS, Azure, GCP and OCI), routing, switching, managed WAN and LAN design, Ethernet, wireless solutions.
• Network Protocols, Standards and Hardware configuration.

Details. Wages. Perks.

In return for your skills, we pay between £69,869 - £89,995 per annum.

You will also receive a brilliant civil service pension, with employer contributions of 28.97% worth up to £22,500 each year.

Plus, a generous leave package starting at 26 days, rising over time to 31 days.

We also have a broad benefits package built around your work-life balance which includes:

• Flexible working, flexi hours and flexi days
• Hybrid working: some time in a hub with the team, some time at home
• Family-friendly policies
• Time off volunteering and charitable giving
• Bring your authentic self to work with 'I Can Be Me in DWP'
• Discounts and savings on shopping, fun days out and more
• Interest-free loans to buy a bike or a season ticket
• Sports and social activities
• Working in an award-winning environment and culture
• Professional development, coaching, mentoring and career progression opportunities.

Click 'Apply' for more information and to start an application on Civil Service Jobs.

For more details on this vacancy please review the attached job description and person specification.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a substantive Deputy Director of Nursing & Quality post within the Fylde Coast Network. The Deputy Director of Nursing supports the delivery of high quality care and professional practice within the Fylde Coast Network.

Working with the Director of Nursing & Quality, the role focusses on supporting the delivery of the Nursing and Quality objectives within key areas including Clinical and Professional Practice, Clinical Governance, Risk, Performance and Improvement. The successful candidate will have drive and enthusiasm to continue to take this forward at pace in conjunction with the Director of Nursing and Quality, the Professional Practice leads and the wider Senior Leadership Team.

The role will include the operational leadership of a number of key aspects of the Director of Nursing & Quality portfolio and provide visible professional and clinical leadership within the Fylde Coast Network. This is a fast paced role which will require extensive clinical and leadership experience. If you have the passion to drive the delivery of high quality care and continually improve clinical practice then this could be the role for you!

For informal enquiries please contact Laura Holt, Director of Nursing and Quality,laura.holt@lscft.nhs.uk

Please note shortlisting will take place on Friday 17th May, applicants must be able to attend an interview on Thursday 23rd May.

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust provides a range of services including secondary mental health care across this area. Specialist provision comprises inpatient child and adolescent mental health services, perinatal mental health and forensic services including low and medium secure care.

The Trust also provides a range of physical health and well-being services in the community alongside a range of partners in the Lancashire, Cumbria and Sefton area.

Lancashire & South Cumbria Foundation Trust encourages flexible working, we believe that a positive work/life balance benefits NHS employees through improved health and wellbeing. We would consider working patterns such as; term time, part time, compressed hours, flexi-time and career breaks. We encourage applicants to state clearly on their application forms this request and discuss these options at interview.

For more information please visit our website via Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS FT.

For more details on this vacancy please review the attached job description and person specification.


This advert closes on Thursday 16 May 2024

For a full Job Description please see the supporting documentation with this advert, or please do contact us for more information.

A Vacancy at Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.


Please note that this role is advertised on behalf of Atlas BFW Management Ltd (Atlas), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and as such, successful applicant(s) will be on Atlas Terms and Conditions. For further information about Atlas, please visit: www.bfwml.co.uk

As a key member of the Estates team, the Technical Services Officer - Decontamination & Water Safety provides a vital role in Atlas. You will provide the necessary management, supervisory and maintenance skills to ensure the safe and continuous operation of electrical, mechanical and decontamination engineering services and building plant situated within Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (BTH). They will mainly be associated with the Decontamination of instruments and equipment including Pathology Autoclaves and Endoscopy services together with community services.

Reporting to the Deputy Head of Estates, the Technical Services Officer - Decontamination & Water Safety is responsible for managing:
1. Decontamination maintenance and repair
2. Day to day management of the Decontamination Team
3. Water pre-planned maintenance activities and associated repairs
4. Water system monitoring, sampling and associated documentation
This role will involve working in partnership with Sterile Services Manage and other departmental managers specifically in Gastroenterology / E.N.T. / Pathology Cardiology,/ Urology / Gastrology etc. as well as other areas within the Trust as requested.
The postholder will be the Appointed Person for Decontamination for the Trust (Only internal appointment HTM01-01 Part B section 4.11)

Experts in healthcare facilities and property management, we deliver fully-managed healthcare facilities services and property management solutions to clients throughout Blackpool, Fylde, Wyre and North Lancashire.

Our teams ensure our clients properties and amenities provide the best environment for their customers, patients, staff and visitors.

As a wholly owned subsidiary of Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, we support the Trusts frontline clinical services and assist with the delivery of patient care, through our service provision.

Our profits are used to help grow our business, whilst providing additional employment, training and development opportunities for local people.

Visit: bfwml.co.uk for further information

Whilst not exhaustive, the following duties represent an indication of the key duties and responsibilities expected of the post holder.


Decontamination maintenance, repair and specialised duties
• Work with and evaluate the productivity / performance of trade groups and contractors to ensure a high quality effective maintenance, repair, testing and installation service is provided which is responsive to the user’s needs. They will also be required to plan and organise maintenance, testing and validation activities.
• Work in partnership with Sterile Services Manage and other departmental managers specifically in Gastroenterology / E.N.T. / Pathology Cardiology,/ Urology / Gastrology etc. as well as other areas within the Trust as requested.
• Act as a professional role model for the department as the Appointed Person for Decontamination for the Trust (Only internal appointment HTM01-01 Part B section 4.11)
• Responsible for the maintenance of the Estates Decontamination Quality Management System.
• The post holder will be expected to attain specialist technical knowledge for all the Trust’s specialist services including decontamination equipment and have the ability to demonstrate a professional qualitative standard of service delivery.
• Demonstrate leadership skills and will be multiskilled on work across a range of technical issues and be the Engineering Lead for the Trust on all decontamination issues ensuring that all relevant policies and procedures together with the Trust quality system are established maintained and implemented.
• Demonstrate assessed competence, achieved through training and experience, and demonstrate to have relevant qualifications in decontamination on Porous Load Sterilizer / Washer Disinfectors /Automated Endoscope Reprocessors / Endoscope Drying Cabinets.
• Be the Authorised Person and to undertake the role of Multi-Skilled Maintenance Craftsperson to carry out the majority of non-routine and also routine works and must be able to fault find on complex systems using cause effect analysis and to calibrate appliances, using fine tools and materials.
• Undertake regular technical training to develop new working procedures for equipment as the needs of the specialist engineering services evolve. In addition, the post holder will have the ability to advise and train both clinical and non-clinical staff in decontamination procedures.



Day to day management of the Decontamination Team
• Develop the role of the Estates department in Decontamination services.
• Attend and participate in the Decontamination Steering Group committee.
• Participate in Decontamination on call rota 1-3
• Supervise, communicate with and develop maintenance workers within the decontamination environments, and assess/evaluate the quality of work. The post holder shall also support the provision of professional supervision, induction and training of new starters, apprentices and maintenance staff as part of a personal development programme.
• Ensure that individual objectives are undertaken on an annual basis and that that associated action plans are developed and completed.

Please ensure you have read the full Job Description & Person Specification before applying for the role.


This advert closes on Monday 6 May 2024

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A Vacancy at Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.


The Transfer of Care Hub and Home First Team are expanding as part of the development to meet the recommendations of the Department of Health’s ‘Hospital Discharge Service: Policy and Operating Model’. This guidance encourages a Home First and Discharge to Assess culture and reinforces the Home First ethos as best practice.

The Transfer of Care Hub supports an integrated approach to hospital discharge and access to community services across the local health economy. As a Band 4 Technical Instructor you will provide support to the team working towards the vision of ‘Right patient, right place, right time’ improving the hospital to home experience promoting a ‘Home First’ culture.

You will be responsible for assisting with the identification and co-ordination of appropriate discharge pathways for patients, developing integrated working relationships with Health and Social Care colleagues. You will also be required to assist with assessments of patients on the wards and within their own environment to help determine ongoing rehabilitation, care or equipment needs emphasising ‘Home First’ principles,

Candidates will need to be forward thinking and have a problem solving approach, with excellent communication/interpersonal skills and the ability to work in a fast paced environment. They will also work with other members of the multi-disciplinary team in order to provide a patient-centred service working to identify patient needs to facilitate a safe and timely discharge.

The Trust's mission is "Together We Care" which encompasses the strategic vision for operating as a high performing organisation within an Integrated Care System ICS, which provides quality, safe and effective care. This will be achieved in a financially sustainable way through our values-driven, skilled and motivated workforce:

People-centred - Serving people is the focus of everything we do;





Positive - having a "can do" response whatever the situation;





Compassion - always demonstrating we care;





Excellence - continually striving to provide the best care possible.





Our Values are drivers for the behaviours that all our staff strive to demonstrate.

The values and behaviours have been and continue to be embedded and communicated across the organisation via a number of initiatives - including our recruitment processes, corporate induction, team briefings, meetings, appraisals and our annual awards ceremony.



Successful applicants will have access to clinical supervision, in-service training and will be supported in their learning and development with an individualised job plan.

The post will include weekend working and Bank Holiday cover on a rota basis.

This is an exciting opportunity to join a developing service to ensure patients receive enhanced discharge planning, continuity of care and a seamless transition between care providers beyond the acute hospital environment. Applications are welcomed from enthusiastic individuals who wish to join this innovative and award winning team on permanent basis with an additional post available of a 12 month fixed contract.


This advert closes on Thursday 21 Mar 2024

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