Capability Development Officer

Department for Science, Innovation and Technology; London; Hybrid; GBP 33,000 - 38,000; Full time

Job summary

The Department for Science, Innovation and Technology is seeking a Capability Development Officer who will be crucial in developing innovative solutions for online safety. This role involves analyzing risks in the online information environment and contributing to projects that improve the safety of citizens across the UK. Ideal candidates are analytical, creative thinkers with strong problem-solving skills and a commitment to continuous learning.

Benefits

Flexible working hours

Extensive learning opportunities

Competitive pension plan

Paid annual leave of at least 25 days

Access to employee discounts

Qualifications

• Must have experience using technical tools for operational or research purposes.
• Should demonstrate experience in a project delivery environment.
• Knowledge of GDPR is essential.

Responsibilities

• Support product manager in developing analytic tools.
• Conduct market research for new technologies.
• Manage updates across analysis and policy areas.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Creativity

Communication

Adaptability

Problem-solving

Tools

Excel

Python

Jira

PowerBI

Job description

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Job Summary

At DSIT we’re all about improving people’s lives by maximising the potential of science & technology.

We accelerate innovation, investment and productivity through world-class science, research and development.

We use technology for good by ensuring new and existing technologies are safely developed and deployed across the UK, with the benefits more widely shared.

We are driving forward a modern digital government which gives citizens a more satisfying experience and their time back.

We do all this to enable the Government’s 5 national missions: kickstarting economic growth, making Britain a clean energy superpower, taking back our streets, breaking down barriers to opportunity and building an NHS fit for the future.

Above all, we focus on improving people’s lives. Whether it’s researching new treatments for disease, developing better batteries, reducing burdens through better public services, keeping children safe online, and much more, outcomes for citizens are at the heart of what we do.

Our Inclusive Environment

We offer flexible working benefits, employee well-being support and a great pension. We are enormously proud to be a Disability Confident Leader employer. We support candidates with adjustments throughout our recruitment process. Information about disability confidence and just some examples of the adjustments that you can request can be found in the reasonable adjustment section below.

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 and the Civil Service D&I Strategy.

Find Out More

We regularly run events where you can find out more about the department and tips for the application and interview process. You can sign up for upcoming events here: https://forms.office.com/e/Jae3B4w7xm

You can also follow our LinkedIn Page: https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/dsitcareers/

Job Description

The Team

The Security and Online Harms (SOH) Directorate led on the development and passage of the Online Safety Act which introduces a range of measures to tackle online harms and make the UK the safest place to be online. The directorate is now working on the implementation of the new laws and engaging with countries and institutions around the world to promote a safter environment. Security and Online Harms also leads the domestic response to countering information threats where they relate to public safety or national security.

This work is led by the Information Threats and Security teams through a combination of analytical, operational, stakeholder, policy and legislative work. Our Information Threats Capability team works across government, industry and academia to understand the latest developments in research and technology, building technical capability to support our wider response. Our work enables improved cross-government understanding of the information environment and attempts to manipulate it.

The role

As the capability development officer, you will play a key role in pioneering innovative technical solutions to help us identify acute and chronic risks across the online information environment. SOH is a dynamic and inclusive place to work at the forefront of the most interesting, high-profile and challenging online safety topics of our time. We are looking for a critical and creative thinker who are eager to showcase their talents, adapt to challenges and learn new skills; there is no one-size-fits-all candidate profile and training and upskilling will be offered as part of this role.

The Team

The Security and Online Harms (SOH) Directorate led on the development and passage of the Online Safety Act which introduces a range of measures to tackle online harms and make the UK the safest place to be online. The directorate is now working on the implementation of the new laws and engaging with countries and institutions around the world to promote a safter environment. Security and Online Harms also leads the domestic response to countering information threats where they relate to public safety or national security.

This work is led by the Information Threats and Security teams through a combination of analytical, operational, stakeholder, policy and legislative work. Our Information Threats Capability team works across government, industry and academia to understand the latest developments in research and technology, building technical capability to support our wider response. Our work enables improved cross-government understanding of the information environment and attempts to manipulate it.

The role

As the capability development officer, you will play a key role in pioneering innovative technical solutions to help us identify acute and chronic risks across the online information environment. SOH is a dynamic and inclusive place to work at the forefront of the most interesting, high-profile and challenging online safety topics of our time. We are looking for a critical and creative thinker who are eager to showcase their talents, adapt to challenges and learn new skills; there is no one-size-fits-all candidate profile and training and upskilling will be offered as part of this role.

Person specification

Role

It is a great time to join the team in this role to help develop our technical capabilities by developing and testing cutting-edge tools and developing new techniques. You will have a background working with different analytic tools, and an interest in developing new solutions to counter online harms. We are looking for someone who is:

A creative and critical thinker: You will be comfortable analysing problems and experimenting with new ideas.

Curious: enjoys learning new things and upskilling in new tools and technologies.

A good communicator: able to convey and explain complex issues to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Adaptable: can prioritise competing workloads depending on the needs of the organisation.

Delivery focused: enjoys making things happen and able to work at pace as needed.

Responsibilities For This Role Would Include

• Support the Product Manager to continually review, test and develop our analytic tools.
• Conduct user and wider market research to identify new technologies and clearly communicate your findings with line managers and stakeholders.
• Manage and keep up to date our user needs across our analysis and policy business areas; identifying problems and recommending solutions.
• Support on the delivery of our data analysis tools and capabilities, identifying ways to improve our operational processes.
• Support the team’s research and development initiatives, taking ownership of a research area.
• Support and champion best practice in data protection and procurement practices.
  
  

Essential Criteria

• Demonstrable experience in upskilling in the use of a technical tool (e.g. Excel, Jira, Python, LLMs, PowerBI) for operational or research purposes.
• Practical experience working in a project delivery environment, delivering against milestones and responding to blockers.
• Strong problem-solving skills, including the ability to identify and draw on a range of evidence and supporting information to provide well-justified recommendations.
• Experience of delivering high quality work at pace, and clearly communicating outcomes, challenges, and recommendations.
• Working knowledge of GDPR.
  
  

Desirable Criteria

• Knowledge or interest in disinformation and / or open-source research.
• Familiarity or training with project management principles and business analysis methodologies.
  
  

Behaviours

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

• Changing and Improving
• Delivering at Pace
• Making Effective Decisions
• Communicating and Influencing
  
  

We only ask for evidence of these behaviours on your application form:

• Changing and Improving
  
  

Technical skills

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

• Business improvement process
  
  

Alongside your salary of £33,015, Department for Science, Innovation & Technology contributes £9,564 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.

The Department for Science, Innovation and Technology offers a competitive mix of benefits including:

• A culture of flexible working, such as job sharing, homeworking and compressed hours.
• Automatic enrolment into the Civil Service Pension Scheme, with an employer contribution of 28.97%.
• A minimum of 25 days of paid annual leave, increasing by 1 day per year up to a maximum of 30.
• An extensive range of learning & professional development opportunities, which all staff are actively encouraged to pursue.
• Access to a range of retail, travel and lifestyle employee discounts.
  
  

Office attendance

The Department operates a discretionary hybrid working policy, which provides for a combination of working hours from your place of work and from your home in the UK. The current expectation for staff is to attend the office or non-home-based location for 40-60% of the time over the accounting period.

Selection process details

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

As part of the application process, you will be asked to complete a CV, Personal Statement and a Behavioural Statement. Further details around what this will entail are listed on the application form.

Please use your Personal Statement (in no more than 500 words) to summarise how your skills and experience meet the essential and desirable criteria.

Applications will be sifted on Behavioural Statement, CV, and Personal Statement.

In the event of a large number of applicants, applications will be sifted on the Personal Statement.

Candidates who pass the initial sift may be progressed to a full sift, or progressed straight to assessment/interview.

The interview will consist of Behaviour and Technical questions.

https://ddat-capability-framework.service.gov.uk/role/business-analyst

Sift and interview dates

Sift and interview dates to be confirmed.

Further Information

Reasonable Adjustment

We are proud to be a disability confident leader and we welcome applications from disabled candidates and candidates with long-term conditions.

Information about the Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) and some examples of adjustments that we offer to disabled candidates and candidates with long-term health conditions during our recruitment process can be found in ourDSIT Candidate Guidance. ADSIT Plain Text Version of the guidance is also available.

We encourage candidates to discuss their adjustment needs by emailing the job contact which can be found under the contact point for applicants section.

If you are experiencing accessibility problems with any attachments on this advert, please contact the email address in the 'Contact point for applicants' section.

If successful and transferring from another Government Department a criminal record check may be carried out.

New entrants are expected to join on the minimum of the pay band.

A location based reserve list of successful candidates will be kept for 12 months. Should another role become available within that period you may be offered this position.

Please note terms and conditions are attached. Please take time to read the document to determine how these may affect you.

Any move to the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology from another employer will mean you can no longer access childcare vouchers. This includes moves between government departments. You may however be eligible for other government schemes, including Tax Free Childcare; for further information visit the Childcare Choices website.

DSIT does not normally offer full home working (i.e. working at home); but we do offer a variety of flexible working options (including occasionally working from home).

DSIT cannot offer Visa sponsorship to candidates through this campaign. DSIT holds a Visa sponsorship licence but this can only be used for certain roles and this campaign does not qualify.

In order to process applications without delay, we will be sending a Criminal Record Check to Disclosure and Barring Service /Disclosure Scotland on your behalf.

However, we recognise in exceptional circumstances some candidates will want to send their completed forms direct. If you will be doing this, please advise Government Recruitment Service of your intention by emailing [e-mail] stating the job reference number in the subject heading.

For further information on the Disclosure Scotland confidential checking service telephone: the Disclosure Scotland Helpline on 0870 609 6006 and ask to speak to the operations manager in confidence, or email [e-mail]

For further information on National Security Vetting please visit the Demystifying Vetting website.

Applicants who are successful at interview will be, as part of pre-employment screening, subject to a check on the Internal Fraud Database (IFD). This check will provide information about employees who have been dismissed for fraud or dishonesty offences. This check also applies to employees who resign or otherwise leave before being dismissed for fraud or dishonesty had their employment continued. Any applicant’s details held on the IFD will be refused employment.

A candidate is not eligible to apply for a role within the Civil Service if the application is made within a 5 year period following a dismissal for carrying out internal fraud against government.

Feedback

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

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

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.

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.

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.

The Civil Service also offers a Redeployment Interview Scheme to civil servants who are at risk of redundancy, and who meet the minimum requirements for the advertised vacancy.

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.

The Civil Service also offers a Redeployment Interview Scheme to civil servants who are at risk of redundancy, and who meet the minimum requirements for the advertised vacancy.

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).

This vacancy is part of the Great Place to Work for Veterans (opens in a new window) initiative.

The Civil Service welcomes applications from people who have recently left prison or have an unspent conviction. Read more about prison leaver recruitment (opens in new window).

Once this job has closed, the job advert will no longer be available. You may want to save a copy for your records.

Contact point for applicants

Job Contact

• Name : Kevin Xu
• Email : [e-mail]
  
  

Recruitment team

• Email : [e-mail]
  
  

Further information

Appointment to the Civil Service is governed by the Civil Service Commission’s Recruitment Principles. If you feel that your application has not been treated in accordance with the recruitment principles, and wish to make a complaint, then you should contact in the first instance [e-mail] . If you are not satisfied with the response that you receive, then you can contact the Civil Service Commission. For further information on bringing a complaint to the Civil Service Commission please visit their web pages: Click here to visit Civil Service Commission/Complaints.

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