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The Corporate Systems team require an experienced Change Manager to Design and Deliver the Business Change processes and Communications for the Planning Inspectorate transition to Unity Shared Services ensuring effective change and adoption in line with organisation requirements. We are looking for an experienced business Change Manager to design and implement the Inspectorate’s change process ensuring that all Inspectorate SAP Employee Central changes are fully impact assessed and prioritised. Work with the SRO and Lead Delivery Manager to provide assurance against programme plans, verifying that milestones are aligned, and the Transformation Programme Plan takes into account time required to formally manage change. You will provide professional process and technical advice around change management to impacted business areas. The Planning Inspectorate has a long and proud history in ensuring a fair planning system for England. The work we do has a significant impact on people’s lives, the communities where they live and the economy. We want our colleagues to be able to work more flexibly and more collaboratively, exploring new and innovative ways to improve the way we provide services. For further information on the Planning Inspectorate, please visit our careers page at

Job description As a Technical and Solution Architect within the Automation Garage you will work on the Government Digital Services, Robotic Process Automation, Hyper-automation, External Facing web services and Power Platform. As a Technical Architect, you will: Collaborate with architects across the enterprise to assess change impacts, ensure coherent delivery, and provide support for designing new business solutions. Design solutions aligned with MoD design and security policies, gaining approvals through the DBS Technical Design Authority governance forum. Ensure new business capabilities integrate cleanly with existing services, considering service, applications, data, and technology layers, while ensuring compliance with policies and strategies. Support governance, processes, and tooling development to monitor and manage new business design, delivery, and usage across the DBS enterprise. Engage with MOD, industry, and government leaders and experts to implement best architecture practices and meet business needs. Ensure architectures comply with DBS technical principles and contribute to achieving the DBS Digital, Data, and Technology Strategy aims. Identify and implement upgrade and patching requirements for applications and systems, ensuring relevant service monitoring is in place. Oversee incident investigation and analysis to resolve issues, improve services, and identify deeper problems needing resolution. Support proofs of concept for new technologies and services, and advocate for Automation Garage offerings to expand its customer base. Fulfil the role of technical architect at GDS assessments, demonstrating compliance with the GDS Service Standard to senior stakeholders. Solve complex technical problems across internal and external platforms, ensuring technical assurance aligns with Government Technology Strategy, GDS Design Manual, and MOD standards. Advise on test strategies, including Pen Testing, Performance Testing, and Accessibility Audits, and manage migration activities for controlled go-live. Look for opportunities to collaborate, reuse components, and communicate effectively with technical and non-technical stakeholders.

As the Lead Technical Architect (Data) , you will be responsible for defining Business and Analytics platform landscape for the future state. This will involve modelling and architecting data we use working alongside the Principal Enterprise Architect (Data). This role is responsible for transforming complex business structures, processes and activities into technical solutions with data models at their heart. A key focus will be to build our cloud data estate and transform data across all business functions into usable views with practical data models. Working closely with the data leadership team, you will contribute to defining data architecture standards and establishing best practices for data management. You will be responsible for ensuring principles and policies regarding PII data are closely adhered to. Companies House offers a flexible and welcoming culture that promotes a healthy work life balance as well as a proactive approach to wellbeing that allows us to be our best at work. We recognise that people are the key to our success so offer a fantastic benefits package including flexible working with no core hours, 30 days annual leave, 8 bank holidays and 1 privilege day as well as enrolment into the Civil Service Pension scheme with a contribution rate averaging 28%. Please note - Companies House cannot offer Visa sponsorship to candidates through this campaign. Additionally, Security Clearance is an essential requirement (minimum residency criteria is in the UK for at least 3 of the last 5 years). Please see 'Things you need to know' section below for more information. Job description This is a key role in a growing, high performing team within an organisation that truly values its staff. The team is responsible for curating and improving the data that underpins our systems and services, while supporting and encouraging one another to create the most effective designs with a focus on delivering value. Team working is highly valued along with a willingness to challenge established thinking and ways of working. This is an opportunity to advance your knowledge and understanding in a high-profile role which has an impact across the organisation, developing systems that are used nationally and at high volume. We're currently fulfilling around 14 million search requests per day with users including the general public, businesses, the police and other government organisations. In this role you will work with the wider Digital and Data Directorate, and business stakeholders to develop systems that address business priorities and guide the development teams in creating robust, secure solutions. You will have excellent technical skills, be a great communicator, proven data architecture design experience and a background in identifying data requirements for complex business processes. We’re looking for those with Data Architect whose responsibilities will include: Driving the implementation of standards, processes, and governance controls to support the end-to-end data lifecycle within the analytics environment. Ownership and creation of data models that conform to existing and future standards and conventions. Collaborating and coordinating with multiple departments, stakeholders, partners, and external vendors. Data modelling – define the conceptual, logical and physical models for structures that will underpin operational and analytical systems. Guide project teams through the development process, ensuring that data is used effectively and created to a high standard. Develop comprehensive mappings between logical and physical data structures to support various applications Utilising agile ways of working, you will help Companies House to identify and realise value from MVP delivery. Contribute to implementing our Data Strategies and promoting Data and Governance practices and influence the adoption of data standards. Contributing to the development of Data Catalogues and Master Data Management (MDM) initiatives. Defining and governing data architecture standards and best practices. This is an exciting opportunity in digital services, designing and delivering quality services to our users. By helping us to shape our services, you’ll have the opportunity to be at the forefront of digital transformation in government.

Guide daily IT operations that empower thousands of users In this senior role, you’ll lead a team of end-user computing engineers, managing their day-to-day work while staying hands-on with technical issues yourself. You’ll make sure incidents are resolved quickly, coordinating tasks and advising customers on progress and workarounds to keep their services running smoothly. You’ll also identify and investigate recurring problems, working with infrastructure teams, software developers and incident managers to find long-term solutions. From building and configuring managed devices to improving user experience through well-planned change requests, you’ll be central to delivering reliable services. But that’s not all – you’ll coach and develop your team, mentor junior staff, and ensure all technical documentation is clear and up to date. Confident working with people at all levels, you’ll manage relationships with internal teams and customers, always focused on delivering high-quality support. And with your commitment to staying up to date with the latest technologies, you’ll help your team grow and keep our services future-ready. Apply your technical skills / to support vital government operations You’ll be someone who thrives in fast-paced, high-pressure environments, bringing substantial experience in IT roles within secure settings. With a Level 3 qualification in Information Communication Technology or Computer Science – or equivalent relevant experience – you’ll have practitioner-level knowledge of the hardware, software, and systems you support. Your Microsoft Associate certification will back up your expertise, and you’ll be confident working across a range of operating systems and technologies. As someone who’s led teams before, you’ll be organised, calm under pressure, and focused on delivering the best outcomes for users. If you also bring knowledge of traditional and mobile networking technologies, certificate-based authentication, or experience working in an ITIL environment, that would be a bonus. Most importantly, you’ll combine your strong analytical skills with a proactive approach to problem-solving, always ready to support your team and keep services running smoothly. Discover the support you need to grow your career further But we’re always looking to improve – just like you. That’s why when you join us, expect to receive a competitive salary, generous holiday entitlement and a Civil Service Pension. Along with this, you’ll also have access to training and other development opportunities to help grow your career with us. Our offices have an on-site gym, nursery, café, and restaurant, and we offer interest-free loans on season tickets and bikes to help you get there. It's a great set of benefits made to support all you do, and all you need. Every single colleague must be security cleared before joining us. If you’re successful in your application, we’ll ask you to undergo our vetting process to achieve Developed Vetting (DV) clearance. You can find out more about vetting at To find out more about our benefits and our organisation, please visit Closing date: xxxxx It takes a diverse team to protect a diverse world The vital work we do takes an incredible community of colleagues, with different skills, backgrounds, cultures and identities. We support every individual, so that you always know you’re welcome and valued. It’s what makes us a Disability Confident employer. And why we’re recognised as a ‘Carer Confident’ workplace. And it’s how you know you’re joining an inspiring, inclusive organisation.

The BITS team is part of IT Services and the Digital and Technology directorate and is widely recognised across Companies House as a team who delivers a great service. They are responsible for the day-to-day support and administration of ServiceNow, our cloud-based telephony solution, end user devices and the Microsoft 365 application suite including Dynamics, Sharepoint, Power Platform Intune, Defender and EntraID. They are involved in several highly visible initiatives including driving automation across the business through the use of AI, contributing significantly to an organisation wide Identity and Access management programme and being part of major case management implementation using Microsoft Dynamics. Companies House offers a flexible and welcoming culture that promotes a healthy work life balance as well as a proactive approach to wellbeing that allows us to be our best at work. We recognise that people are the key to our success so offer a fantastic benefits package including flexible working with no core hours, 30 days annual leave, 8 bank holidays and 1 privilege day as well as enrolment into the Civil Service Pension scheme with a contribution rate averaging 28%. Job description As a Principal Specialist Infrastructure Engineer , you will: collaborate with other teams and people from across the organisation to optimise processes with a focus on using Artificial Intelligence and automation wherever possible; manage the support and maintenance for our M365 Dynamics case management system, SharePoint (including corporate and communication sites), Purview, OneDrive, M365 application suite support, Teams, EntraID, Intune, Defender and our cloud-based telephony and call recording solution; support IT Services to achieve its public availability target which is currently 99.5%, through the prevention of disruption arising from BITS incidents; manage the Tech Bar that provides onsite support for our internal colleagues in Crown Way, as well as arrange regular visits to our regional offices in Edinburgh and Belfast to provide a similar service; manage the support and maintenance of our ServiceNow platform. This will include making enhancements to drive IT Service and Operational Management solutions, and leading continuous improvements through process automation; manage the device team that supplies the hardware used by our internal colleagues, enabling them to work safely and securely from wherever they are allowed to. This will include Windows end user devices, Macbooks, Iphones, home working and office-based peripherals such as screens, printers, keyboards and mice; have the opportunity to be the Duty Manager for the on-call rota. This is currently a voluntary option.

Help us build and run the technology that safeguards millions Join us in shaping and maintaining the critical technology that protects millions of people every day. We’re hiring Lead Application Operations Engineers to oversee vital business applications—ensuring they run reliably, securely, and adapt to changing needs. Your expertise will help deliver smooth user experiences across complex services. With three distinct roles available, you're welcome to apply for one, two, or all three, provided you meet the individual criteria for each position.

You will be responsible for working collaboratively as part of a multidisciplinary team, focussed on delivering high quality code in line with project goals and delivery cycles. As well as this you will be setting the standards for technical excellence within a team of Developers and fostering an environment where team members are supported and can come to you for guidance and feedback. As a senior member of the team, you will provide technical direction within the team to identify the best technology, solutions and industry standard Agile methodologies and embed and enhance practices such as Test- Driven Development (TDD), continuous integration, continuous delivery, and DevOps. You will also keep up to date with the latest technologies and trends, whilst delivering working software early and often, learning new languages and frameworks and picking the right solutions. Our Tools We use high-performance developer machines, AI coding assistance, and JetBrains WebStorm IDE. This combination, alongside a collaborative working culture, allows us to be very effective and deliver excellent results for the business. Our Tech Stack We rely on: NodeJS for our digital transformation work. HTML/CSS/JavaScript for both digital transformation and other services. Azure for our infrastructure and deployment. Azure SQL for data storage. Docker and Azure App Services to host our digital transformation services. Design System for our web interfaces. Drupal for CMS capabilities We’re happy to help you learn the specifics of our tech stack once you are part of our team. Check out GitHub () for a closer look at the technology we use. A typical week in this role will consist of a blend of responsibilities, including: Performing code review. Providing mentoring and coaching to other team members. Prioritising work in line with deliverables and project goals. Writing code. Writing unit tests. Offering technical advice on software architecture and technology choices. Providing guidance to technical and non-technical stakeholders. Identifying and fixing faults. Providing technical assurance.

A software developer designs, runs and improves software that meets user needs. In this role, you will: Be responsible for writing clean, secure code following a test-driven approach Create code that is open by default and easy for others to reuse In this role, you will be responsible for writing clean, secure code following a test-driven approach. You will create code that is open by default and easy for others to reuse. You will be able to integrate APIs such as and and develop services in line with the Government Digital Service Standard. You will test and document code releases and support the team at GDS Service Assessments. As a Senior Software Developer, you will: Technical Designs, codes, tests, corrects, and documents user interfaces using the right standards and tools. Work with Typescript​, Node.JS​, Kubernetes (KubeMQ)​, Next JS​, React​, and Event-Driven Architecture Supports implementation of new systems or upgrades for Automation Garage solutions Finds ways to improve system robustness, resilience, and stability Maintains and supports open Gitlab repositories - deploying and managing code changes, as well as other DevOps tasks. Manage Amazon Web Service storage, domain naming services and DynamoDB Develops good practice, ways of working Collaborate with others (service manager, technical architects, design team) to understand and review software requirements. Keeps the service and project managers informed of the status of development / service support. Innovates and improve the way processes are delivered to the business, assessing, and championing the adoption of new technologies to meet the organisations automation requirements Develops knowledge and keeps up to date with latest vendor offerings across multiple technologies including RPA, Chatbot, Power Platforms, Cognitive, Cloud and Intelligent Automation Grows the digital community, activity encourage collaboration. Stakeholder Management Build strong relationships with outside technical teams to ensure implementation success Seen by the Business and team as the Public Facing Services expert Builds productive relationships internally and externally