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Software and Test Engineer Apprenticeships

2 months ago

Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom Department for Work and Pensions Full time
About the Apprenticeship

This is an exciting opportunity to earn as you learn and gain hands-on experience in software development and engineering, while studying towards an industry-standard qualification.

About the Roles
  • Associate Level 1 Software Engineers
    • We have roles available across all our Digital hubs, covering Manchester, Newcastle, Blackpool, Leeds, Sheffield, and Birmingham.
  • Apprentice Application Engineer
    • We have roles predominantly based within Newcastle and the other 4 roles cover all our Digital hubs, except for London.

The Associate Level 1 Software Engineer and Associate Level 1 Application Engineers will both work towards the Level 4 Software Developer apprenticeship. This is typically a 24-month programme, not including the End Point Assessment.

Programme Structure
  • The apprenticeship starts with an 8-week foundational boot camp, followed by an 8-week specialism boot camp.
  • Following successful completion of boot camp, you will spend approximately the next 12 months, working within an engineering team, learning the relevant knowledge skills and behaviours and building up a portfolio demonstrating the learning ready for assessment.
  • Upon completion of your portfolio, you will move into the final stage known as End Point Assessment (EPA), which comprises of two assessments.

Further information can be found on the Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education website.

What You'll Gain
  • You'll develop crucial skills, knowledge, and behaviours for your career and be part of a great team delivering digital applications and services.
  • You'll be supported by your line manager, skills coach, and the engineering community, as well as fellow apprentices on the programme.

This is a fantastic chance to build a career at the Department for Work and Pensions and become a highly skilled tech professional.

Eligibility Criteria
  • Hold a valid passport or birth certificate or residence permit.
  • Have the right to live and work in the UK.
  • Must have lived in the UK and/or EEA for 3 years prior to apprenticeship start date or hold refugee status.
  • Not be in full-time education or be undertaking another apprenticeship by the apprenticeship start date.
  • You must not hold an existing qualification at the same or higher level in a similar subject.
  • You must hold GCSEs in Maths and English at Grade C/4 or above or complete and pass a functional skills test.
Benefits
  • Alongside your salary, the Department for Work and Pensions contributes 28.97% towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme.
  • We also have a broad benefits package built around your work-life balance, including:
    • Working patterns to support work/life balance such as flexi-time and compressed hours.
    • Generous annual leave at least 23 days on entry, increasing up to 30 days over time (prorata for part-time employees), plus 9 days public and privilege leave.
    • Support for financial wellbeing, including interest-free season ticket loans for travel, a cycle to work scheme, and an employee discount scheme.
    • Health and wellbeing support, including our Employee Assistance Programme for specialist advice and counselling and the opportunity to join HASSRA, a first-class programme of competitions, activities, and benefits for its members (subscription payable monthly).
    • Family-friendly policies, including enhanced maternity and shared parental leave pay after 1 year's continuous service.
    • Funded learning and development to support progress in your role and career, including industry-recognised qualifications and accreditations, coaching, mentoring, and talent development programmes.
    • An inclusive and diverse environment with opportunities to join professional and interpersonal networks, including the Women's Network, National Race Network, National Disability Network (THRIVE), and many more.
Salary Information

Pay for this role is £29,500.

Selection Process

On submitting your interest to become an apprentice, you will be invited by email to complete a series of tasks. Please see the hyperlink for further information.

The selection process includes:

  • A coding course and challenge, which will take around 15 hours to complete and can be done in one or more sessions within a limited timeframe.
  • An interview with DWP Digital to assess the essential criteria, which will also include a 10-minute presentation.

Further details will be provided when selected for interview.

Who Can Start an Apprenticeship?
  • Be 16 or over.
  • Live in England.
  • Not be in full-time education.

You can apply for an apprenticeship while you're still at school, but you'll need to be 16 or over by the end of the summer holidays to start the apprenticeship.

Reasonable Adjustment

At the Department for Work and Pensions, we value diversity and inclusion and actively encourage and welcome applications from everyone, including those that are underrepresented in our workforce.

We consider visible and non-visible disabilities, neurodiversity or learning differences, chronic medical conditions, or mental ill health.

If you need a change to be made so that you can make your application, please contact Government Recruitment Service via DigitalRecruitment.grs@cabinetoffice.gov.uk as soon as possible before the closing date to discuss your needs.

Complete the Reasonable Adjustments section in the Additional requirements page of your application form to tell us what changes or help you might need further on in the recruitment process.

For further information on reasonable adjustments, terms and conditions, and how we recruit, visit the How We Recruit page.

Security

Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check.

People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard checks.

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.
  • 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.
  • 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 can be found on the Government website.