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REF Lead Developer from the Company
Research England, this latest
REF Lead Developer job vacancy is located in the city
Bristol located in the country
United Kingdom . This latest job opening is open to job seekers who have the latest education / graduate
GCSE . Job Vacancies in this
Education field have been opened and published up to the specified time.
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Reference number
356349
Salary
£65,262 A Civil Service Pension with an average employer contribution of 27%
Job grade
Grade 6 UKRI Band G
Contract type
Permanent Fixed term
Length of employment
Fixed Term until December 2029
Business area
RE - Research Excellence Framework
Type of role
Administration / Corporate Support Analytical Audit Business Management and Improvement Digital Engineering Information Technology Intelligence Investigation Knowledge and Information Management Operational Delivery Policy Quality Statistics Strategy
Working pattern
Full-time
Number of jobs available
1
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Location
Bristol
About the job
Job summary
REF Lead Developer
Salary: £65,262 per annum Hours: Full Time Contract Type: Fixed Term until December 2029
Location: Westward House, Stoke Gifford, Bristol (hybrid working) Grade: UKRI Band G Closing Date: 19 June 2024
About the Research Excellence Framework (REF)
The Research Excellence Framework (REF) is the system for assessing the quality of research in UK higher education institutions, with the most recent exercise concluding in 2021. It is a peer review assessment process involving submissions from higher education institutions across the UK. Research England delivered REF 2021 on behalf of the four UK funding bodies and the results have driven the annual distribution of approximately £2 billion of research funding to UK universities.
Job description
Purpose of the role
An exciting opportunity to lead and shape the design, development, and delivery of the UK's next research assessment exercise.
We require systems to be delivered to support:
- Administration of the exercise
- The submission of large volumes of research data from all participating HEIs
- The distribution and assessment of all elements of the research data submitted
Working in an agile development team following a user centered design approach. We require passionate and innovative full-stack developers working with a combination of bespoke software and off the shelf products to produce a robust, accessible, and performant suite of systems to support the exercise over the next 5 years.
Key areas of accountability
Development process optimisation
Stakeholder Management
Programming and build (software engineering)
Availability and capacity management
Information security
Prototyping
Service support
Systems design
Systems integration
User Focus
Modern standards approach
Person specification
Core skills
- Extensive experience of Agile software development and working in SCRUM teams
- Evidence of contributing to the design of integration solutions between various systems within our architecture
- Demonstrable experience designing, coding and debugging systems including NodeJS/express, RESTful APIs, React
- Excellent skills in web front end technologies such as HTML, CSS, etc.
- Excellent knowledge of relational databases including data modelling, SQL scripts, stored procedures
- Extensive experience with source control systems, including branching, merging, etc.
- Experience with continuous integration and continuous deployment
- Experience designing and working with n-tier architectures (UI, Business Logic Layer, Data Access Layer) along with experience with microservice oriented architectures
- Experience of working in AWS/Azure and setting up complex programmes/projects
- Extensive experience of design patterns such as SOLID and TDD
Benefits
Alongside your salary of £65,262, Research England contributes £17,620 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.
Additional information
Developing talent:
We are committed to developing employees in their roles throughout their career. Learning and development plans enable employees to continue their professional development through training and development opportunities such as e-learning, classroom training and on-the-job experiences. We encourage our employees to share their learning across teams and organisations.
Benefits:
UKRI can offer the successful candidate:
- Flexible Working
- 30 days annual leave + Public Holidays
- Access to Civil Service Pension Scheme
- Various everyday discounts through our dedicated provider
Things you need to know
Selection process details
Please apply via UKRI Jobs - Link provided Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.
Security
Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check. Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is security check (opens in a new window). See our vetting charter (opens in a new window). People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.
Medical
Successful candidates will be expected to have a medical.
Nationality requirements
This job is broadly open to the following groups:
- UK nationals
- nationals of the Republic of Ireland
- nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
- nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
- nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
- individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
- Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service
Further information on nationality requirements (opens in a new window)
Working for the Civil Service
The Civil Service Code (opens in a new window) sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants. We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles (opens in a new window). The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.
Diversity and Inclusion
The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see the Civil Service People Plan (opens in a new window) and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy (opens in a new window).
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Contact point for applicants
Job contact :
Name : Recruitment@ukri.org Email : Recruitment@ukri.org
Recruitment team
Email : Recruitment@ukri.org
Further information
https://www.ukri.org/councils/research-england/
Keywords : Bristol jobs
Closed Date :
2025-08-08
