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Head of Software Development
HM Land Registry —Plymouth
- £80,300 - £100,600 a year
- Part-time
- Hybrid work
- Presentation skills
- Travel
- Leadership
- Annual leave
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Certus Technology Associates —Exeter
- £28,000 - £50,000 a year
- Full-time
IT Cloud & Infrastructure Engineer
University of Exeter —Exeter
- From £33,951 a year
- Hybrid work
- Maintenance
- Annual leave
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Software Engineer
Ashfords LLP —Exeter
- Full-time
10d
Business Development Manager - Insurance Software
Acturis —Exeter
- Full-time
- Remote
- CRM software
- Databases
- Business development
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Software Developer - Automation, AI and Systems Implementation
fiftyminds —Exeter
- £25,000 - £26,000 a year
- Full-time
- Azure
- In-person
- AI
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Part-Time Experienced Embedded Software & IoT Engineer
Encortec Ltd. —Pennsylvania
- £350 - £600 a day
- Temporary
- Hybrid work
- Software troubleshooting
- No experience needed
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- Presentation skills
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Head of Software Development

HM Land Registry -
Plymouth

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Job details

Permanent | Part-time | Full-time
£80,300 - £100,600 a year

Benefits

Annual leave
Company pension

Qualifications

Presentation skills
Continuous integration
Multidisciplinary collaboration
Leadership

Full job description

Details

Reference number

466962

Salary

£80,300 - £100,600

This salary includes the Government Digital and Data Profession Pay Framework. For more information please view the attached candidate pack.

A Civil Service Pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%

GBP

Job grade

Grade 6

Contract type

Permanent

Business area

HMLR - Transformation and Technology

Type of role

Business Management and Improvement
Digital
Information Technology
Senior leadership

Working pattern

Full-time, Job share, Part-time

Number of jobs available

Location
About the job
Benefits
Things you need to know
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Location

Plymouth, South West England, PL6 5WS

About the job

Job summary

We are seeking a strategic and experienced Head of Software Development to lead and shape the software development practice at HM Land Registry. This is a senior leadership role accountable for ensuring the delivery of high-quality, secure and maintainable software that supports critical services underpinning the property market in England and Wales.

You will lead a large, complex engineering community, driving excellence in delivery, strengthening capability, and ensuring the right tools, standards and approaches are in place to enable teams to succeed. This role also plays a vital part in supporting systems that form part of the UKs critical national infrastructure.

Job description

As Head of Software Development, you will provide clear, inclusive and visible leadership across the engineering community, setting the direction for how software is designed, built and delivered at HM Land Registry. You will be responsible for the effectiveness of the software development practice, including managing risk, dependencies and capacity, while ensuring alignment with organisational priorities and government standards.

Working collaboratively across disciplines, you will help create an environment where teams can thrive, innovate and continuously improve. You will champion modern engineering practices, support career development and internal mobility, and represent HM Land Registry within the wider Government Digital and Data profession.

Main Duties

Lead the Software Development practice, setting standards, principles and ways of working that support the delivery of high-quality, secure and maintainable software.
Define and maintain guidance on team structures, tools, technologies and engineering practices, ensuring alignment with organisational strategy and policy.
Act as a visible and credible leader, building a cohesive, inclusive and high-performing engineering culture across the organisation.
Work collaboratively with other disciplines to enable effective cross-functional delivery and maintain alignment across professional practices.
Build and maintain relationships with the Government Digital and Data profession, promoting HM Land Registry and sharing best practice.
Improve the effectiveness of the software development practice through the use of performance metrics, continuous improvement and the management of reusable engineering assets such as components, libraries and services.
Take ownership of high-level risks, dependencies and capability gaps, using your technical expertise to guide complex delivery and support modern engineering practices.
Lead workforce planning, recruitment and capability development, ensuring the organisation has the skills and capacity required now and in the future.
Shape career pathways, support professional development and enable internal mobility across the engineering community.
Ensure effective use of permanent and contingent resource, including contractors where appropriate.
Identify, test and champion emerging technologies to support innovation and continuous improvement across the organisation.

Key Role Benefits

HM Land Registry offers a supportive and inclusive working environment, with a strong focus on wellbeing, development and flexible working.

You will benefit from:

A competitive Civil Service salary and pension scheme
Generous annual leave allowance and public holidays
Flexible and hybrid working options to support work-life balance
Access to learning and development opportunities, including professional accreditation and leadership development
The opportunity to work on systems and services that support the UKs critical national infrastructure
A collaborative and values-driven culture where your contribution makes a meaningful impact

Additional Requirements

Occasional travel to other HM Land Registry offices, wider government locations or external partners, including overnight stays where necessary.
Occasional planned out-of-hours working to support IT changes and maintenance activities.
This role does not currently involve a permanent on-call rota; however, there may be short periods of on-call working linked to specific operational requirements.

Person specification

To be successful in this role, you will be required to demonstrate the following criteria throughout the recruitment process.

Essential Experience:

Significant experience leading software development at scale, including full lifecycle delivery across complex systems and services.
Strong technical expertise in modern software engineering practice, including programming, systems design, development standards and continuous integration.
Experience of senior development or engineering management and leadership at departmental or organisational level.
Demonstrable ability to manage risk, dependencies, capacity and capability within a complex delivery environment.
Proven ability to build high-performing teams, shape career development and foster a collaborative engineering culture.
Ability to influence at senior level, work effectively across organisational boundaries and align software delivery with strategic goals and policy.
Good understanding of information security, service support, systems integration and development process optimisation.

For further information please see the attached job description.

Behaviours

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

Seeing the Big Picture
Making Effective Decisions
Leadership
Communicating and Influencing
Developing Self and Others

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £80,300, HM Land Registry contributes £23,262 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides .

#WeAreHMLR

At HM Land Registry our vision is a world leading property market as part of a thriving economy and a sustainable future. We are unique in terms of the economic and social impacts of our work, our ability to make a positive difference to the lives of our customers, our sense of mission, and our great people. They are the foundation of all we have achieved and all we aspire to in the future. We want our people to feel proud to work for HM Land Registry and able to fulfil their full potential.

We have a strong and positive culture, a commitment to inclusivity, an emphasis on continuous learning and development, and flexible ways of working. We offer competitive pay and annual leave, attractive pension options and a wide range of other benefits.

We have integrity we value honesty, trust and doing the right thing in the right way.
We drive innovation we are forward-thinking, embrace change and are continually improving our processes.
We are professional we value and grow our knowledge and professional expertise.
We give assurance we guarantee our services and provide confidence to the property market.

https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/land-registry/about/recruitment#what-hm-land-registry-can-offer-you

Things you need to know

Artificial intelligence

Artificial intelligence can be a useful tool to support your application, however, all examples and statements provided must be truthful, factually accurate and taken directly from your own experience. Where plagiarism has been identified (presenting the ideas and experiences of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own) applications may be withdrawn and internal candidates may be subject to disciplinary action. Please see our candidate guidance for more information on appropriate and inappropriate use.

Selection process details

This vacancy is using Success Profiles , and will assess your Behaviours and Experience.

Please attach an anonymised CV when prompted and complete the personal statement section (up to a maximum of 1000 words), outlining how you meet the following Essential Criteria.

Significant experience leading software development at scale, including full lifecycle delivery across complex systems and services.
Strong technical expertise in modern software engineering practice, including programming, systems design, development standards and continuous integration.
Experience of senior development or engineering management and leadership at departmental or organisational level.

Please review your application form before clicking submit once you have submitted, you will not be able to amend your application. Ensure your application form is received by the closing date for receipt of applications this is 11:55pm on the advertised date.

The sift will take place shortly after the closing date. If successful at the shortlisting stage, you will be invited to attend a blended interview, which we anticipate will be held on week commencing 7 September 2026. You will be asked to deliver a short presentation as part of the interview. Full details will be provided to those successful at sift to support your preparation.

The interview will assess the experience and behaviours listed in the attached job description.

Candidates may refer to notes within their interview, but they should be used as a prompt only.

HMLR is accredited to the Disability Confidence Scheme, which denotes organisations which have a positive attitude towards disabled people. Disabled applicants who meet the minimum essential criteria at the shortlisting stage are guaranteed an invitation to interview.

If any candidate requires the panel to consider a reasonable adjustment or there is anything else they would like the panel to take into consideration they are asked to notify us of this at application stage where possible or during the process as soon as it becomes a requirement.

The Civil Service values honesty and integrity and expects all candidates to share these values. Please ensure all examples provided throughout the recruitment process are representative of your own experience. Any instances of plagiarism or other forms of cheating (including the improper use of artificial intelligence) will be investigated and, if proven, the application will be withdrawn.

Please note that we will only offer sponsorship for a skilled worker visa where a role is in a certain business critical category. This role does not meet that category, and we will not sponsor a skilled worker visa. You must ensure you have the appropriate right to work in the UK before applying.

HMLR expect everyone to spend at least 60% of their working time in the office.

You can find more information on how we use your personal data on our website

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

Security

Successful candidates must undergo a basic (or equivalent) criminal record check.

Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is security check .

See our vetting charter .

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)
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

Working for the Civil Service

The Civil Service Code 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 .

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 and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy .

Apply and further information

This vacancy is part of the Great Place to Work for Veterans 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 : Alistair Hayter
Email : [email protected]

Recruitment team

Email : [email protected]

Further information

If you feel your application has not been treated in accordance to the Recruitment Principles and you wish to make a complaint, please email [email protected] in the first instance. If you are not satisfied with the response you receive from HM Land Registry then you may take your complaint to the Civil Service Commission: http://civilservicecommission.independent.gov.uk/making-complaint/

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