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Job information Product Coordinator from the Company Social Security Scotland, this latest Product Coordinator job vacancy is located in the city Dundee. This latest job opening is open to job seekers who have the latest education / graduate . Job Vacancies in this Engineering field have been opened and published up to the specified time.
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Overview: Product Coordinator | Hybrid Working with Glasgow or Dundee Base Location | £36585 – £41834 | Full or Part Time Hours | Flexi- time | 25 Days annual leave (increasing to 30 after 4 years’ service) plus 11.5 Public and Privilege| Contributory Pension Scheme (employee contributions 5.45% employer contributions 28.97%)| We are currently seeking applications for a Product Co-ordinator based in Glasgow or Dundee. This is an exciting opportunity to work with Product Leads and Product Owners in an Agile project management framework. You will support them to maintain plans, risks & issues, processes, progress and reporting for the delivery of individual social security benefits and/or supporting technology platforms. Social Security Scotland is an Executive Agency of the Scottish Government. In Scotland we have a number of devolved benefits, and it’s our responsibility to ensure that they are managed correctly and fairly, delivering those benefits to the 1.4 million people who rely on them. The Product Coordinator role sits within in the Product and Design branch of the Chief Digital Office of Social Security Scotland. Social Security Scotland’s Product and Design branch is responsible for the maintenance and further development of the live benefit services being delivered to clients. The team is multi-disciplinary and brings together a vast range of skills and expertise to ensure that clients are at the centre of the design and development of all continuous improvement activity. What do we offer you? We offer meaningful and engaging careers, a collaborative culture, and support for your career goals, all while nurturing a healthy work-life balance. We provide an employment package that attracts, develops, and retains only the best talent.
- B2 – Salary between £36585 – £41834
- Flexible working arrangements with potential of up to 4 days off per month.
- You will have an annual leave allowance of 5 weeks, rising to 6 weeks after 4 years. In addition, the Scottish Government observes 11½ days public and privilege holidays, dates of which are set annually.
- Workplace adjustments for everyone that needs them to ensure your comfort and safety in your new role.
- Learning and development opportunities to support your personal and professional growth.
- Career progression – join a rapidly growing and developing organisation with excellent opportunities for career advancement.
- Contributory Pension Scheme (employee contributions 5.45% employer contributions 28.97%).
- Health and wellbeing support including 24 hour access to our Employee Assistance Programme, plus counselling support available for all.
- Discounts on gym memberships and retail outlets.
Hybrid Working We embrace a hybrid working style where all colleagues will spend time in either our Glasgow or Dundee offices. There is an expectation of a minimum 2 days per week in your assigned location. Your base location will be in either Glasgow or Dundee. About Us Social Security Scotland is an Executive Agency of the Scottish Government. Our benefits help people from all walks of life in Scotland. We are committed to recruiting a diverse workforce that is representative of the clients we serve. Find out more about us here Responsibilities:
- Work collaboratively with Product Leads and Product Owners to ensure they are supported in their responsibilities for managing further development of products and services and reporting activities for senior leaders.
- Assist in engagement and communication with stakeholders by facilitating the scheduling, planning and outcome management of sessions.
- Facilitate and support the management of Risks – Assumptions – Issues – Dependencies (RAID) logs, resource plans ensuring escalation practices are followed.
- Maintain process and control documents, including plans and roadmaps.
- Provide support to and maintain processes for audit, assurance, and compliance related activities.
- Assist implementation of best practice by promoting and supporting the ways of working and agile methodologies adopted by the team.
- Develop, coordinate, and manage team spaces on Confluence, Jira, and Miro
- Carry out Secretariat duties for relevant meetings and team communications: coordinate members, manage distribution lists, record agendas and papers, manage actions, analyse, and report on outcomes.
Qualifications: No specific qualifications are required for this post. How to apply To apply for this post, you will need to provide the information requested below via the online application process. In your application form, we will ask you to provide specific examples of how you meet the Essential Criteria below. You will have 300 words for each to showcase your knowledge, skills, and personal qualities. Your experience and answers here don’t need to be work related. They could be from any part of your life including education, sport, and hobbies or even from your personal or family life. Further information on what makes a good application can be found here. 1. Excellent organisational skills, adaptable and able to deliver to agreed timescales and deadlines. 2. Able to build professional relationships with a range of internal and external stakeholders. 3. Ability to prioritise and manage a varied workload in order to meet deadlines and to work effectively under pressure. 4. Able to identify and source relevant information to produce concise, well-structured and accurate written and numerical work. If we receive a large number of applications, we may complete an initial sift on the first essential criteria. If you pass the sift but are not invited to the first round of interviews, you may be invited to a subsequent round. Any queries on this please contact recruitment@socialsecurity.gov.scot If you are invited to an interview these will be held in person in either Agnes Husband House, Dundee or High Street, Glasgow. We aim to provide feedback on request, however; if we receive a large number of applications it may not be possible for us to provide feedback on your application if you are not invited to attend an interview/assessment. We will provide feedback on request to all candidates that attend an interview/assessment. Social Security Scotland – Further_information for job applicants Interview/Assessment Information Here are details of the Competencies required for this role which you will be tested against if you are invited to attend the interview/assessment:
- Self Awareness
- Communications and Engagement
- Improving Performance
- Analysis and Use of Evidence
Reserve List In the event that further posts are required, a reserve list of successful candidates will be kept for up to 9 months. Recruitment Contact To learn more about this opportunity, please contact Alex Robertson who can be contacted by emailing alex.robertson@socialsecurity.gov.scot Please note that we will not engage with external recruitment agencies for this post. Further Information The successful candidate will be expected to remain in post for a minimum of 3 years unless successful in gaining promotion to a higher Band or Grade. Social Security Scotland are a Disability Confident Employer. We will consider and implement any reasonable adjustments you may require throughout the recruitment process and during the course of your employment, should you be successful in securing a post. If you feel you may require assistance with any part of our recruitment process, please contact us at Recruitment@socialsecurity.gov.scot. Social Security Scotland’s recruitment processes are underpinned by the recruitment principles of the Civil Service Commissioner, which outline that selection for appointment be made on merit on the basis of fair and open competition – Recruitment – Civil Service Commission (independent.gov.uk) If you feel at any time your application has not been treated in accordance with the values in the Civil Service Code and/or if you feel the recruitment has been conducted in such a way that conflicts with the Civil Service Commissioner’s Recruitment Principles, you can make a complaint, by contacting Social Security Scotland at recruitment@socialsecurity.gov.scot in the first instance. If you are not satisfied with the response you receive you can contact the Civil Service Commissioner. If you experience any difficulties accessing our website or completing the online application form, please contact the Resourcing Team via recruitment@socialsecurity.gov.scot If you are interested in us contacting you about further available vacancies, please sign up to our mailing list to receive job alerts.
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