Lead Technology Developer

Job summary

We are looking to recruit a Lead Technology Developer to join our team.

You’ll be a key player in the digital transformation of services within Ofsted, focusing on developing new modern applications. You’ll help deliver these quality services in line with project goals and delivery cycles.

You’ll enjoy working collaboratively in multidisciplinary teams across one or more projects. You’ll also have experience working under agile methods. You’ll be keen to share your knowledge and experience with other team members.

You’ll have a flexible approach, responding to changing business priorities but always keeping user needs at the heart of what we develop.

This role involves the use of low code platforms, and you must have development experience of:

• Power Apps.
• Power Automate.
• Power BI.
• Dataverse.
• Dynamics 365.

You’ll have an interest in developing low code applications to support organisation processes and implement improvements to enhance colleague efficiencies. You’ll also have experience of creating the Azure DevOps pipelines and repos, so that low code applications can be deployed in a robust ALM process.

As a development team we strive to develop accessible applications (where applicable) using the GOV.UK Design System and knowledge of this would be beneficial as well as knowledge of general design and accessibility concepts.

This is a fantastic opportunity to further your experience in Ofsted’s well-established team. The post holder will work with high-achieving professionals at all levels, surrounded by a friendly and supportive team. They will have access to amazing benefits, such as flexible working hours, the Civil Service Pension Scheme, and 32.5 days annual leave + 8 bank holidays. We offer a hybrid working model, so you may also choose to spend a proportion of time working from home.

Qualifications

PL-200: Power Platform Functional Consultant Associate certification. (Desirable)

Behaviours

We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

• Delivering at Pace
• Working Together
• Changing and Improving

Technical skills

We'll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:

• Strong hands-on experience of developing in all five of the following technologies: Power Apps, Power Automate, Power Bi, Dataverse, and Dynamics 365 (Essential)
• An understanding of build and release pipelines and CI/CD principles. (Essential)
• A good understanding about security, permissions and accessibility in the Power Platform. (Essential)
• Experience of sharing knowledge with, as well as mentoring team members. (Essential)
• A methodical and organised approach to their work, including effective prioritisation and strong communication skills, both written and verbal. (Essential)
• Experience in the following would be beneficial: , HTML/CSS , JSON/XMLAML , Customisation of PCF’s in JavaScript. (Desirable)

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £46,954, Office for Standards in Education, Children's Services and Skills contributes £13,602 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.

Full details of the benefits available can be found in our Ofsted Offer brochure.

Ofsted is devoted to equality, diversity and inclusion. Within our Ofsted Strategy 2023-2027 we have stated that we will improve the representation of under-represented groups across the organisation and publish our progress on this annually. We are always looking to expand on our diverse workforce by recruiting candidates from varied backgrounds and differing experiences. We are proud to be a Disability Confident – Leader, we continually engage with our 5 staff networks for protected characteristics, and highlight the work of our Equalities, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) Group. We ensure all candidates are treated with fair and open competition, with all appointments being made on merit and we use our Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) to provide assurance to all candidates of this.

Things you need to know

Selection process details

This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours, Experience and Technical skills.

Application and Shortlisting

The selection panel will assess your personal statement to (in no more than 1000 words) outline how you meet the key essential skills and experience required for the role as set out in the job advert and the job description, section 3.

You will also be asked to provide information within the “Employer/Activity History” section of the application form. This information is equivalent to the information you would provide on a CV setting out your career history (this may be used in the sifting process).

Interview

Candidates who pass the benchmark at the shortlisting stage will be invited to an interview at where they will be assessed against a mixture of the Civil Service behaviours and the experience skills set out in section 3 of the job specification.

Interviews will be held during week commencing Monday 10 November 2025 remotely via Microsoft Teams

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.

Security

Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check.People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) 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 (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