Band 5

Practitioner. SFIA level 3. Job evaluation points 326 to 395.

Knowledge: Professional or technical knowledge, typically from a degree or equivalent experience.
Autonomy: Works to broad objectives within professional standards; plans own work.
Scope: Own professional work within a team or product.
Leadership: May guide and check the work of support staff and apprentices.
Accountability: Quality of own professional work.
Civil Service grades: EO, HEO

Role levels in Band 5

Governance officer Governance and risk manager · Corporate services
PMO analyst Project support officer · Corporate services
Senior communications officer Communications officer · Corporate services
Senior executive assistant Executive assistant · Corporate services
Junior security operations analyst Security operations analyst · Cyber security
Associate data analyst Data analyst · Data
Associate data scientist Data scientist · Data
Senior clinical coder Clinical coder · Data
Finance team leader Finance officer · Finance
Payroll team leader Payroll officer · Finance
Trainee financial accountant Financial accountant · Finance
Trainee management accountant Management accountant · Finance
Digital talent partner Recruitment officer · Human resources
HR adviser Human resources officer · Human resources
Learning and development officer Learning and development specialist · Human resources
Health records manager Health records officer · Information governance
Senior information governance officer Information governance officer · Information governance
Application operations engineer Application operations engineer · IT operations
Change and release analyst Change and release manager · IT operations
End user computing engineer End user computing engineer · IT operations
Incident manager Incident manager · IT operations
Problem analyst Problem manager · IT operations
Senior service desk analyst Service desk analyst · IT operations
Paralegal Legal assistant · Legal
Procurement officer Procurement officer · Procurement and commercial
Assistant project manager Project manager · Product and delivery
Associate delivery manager Delivery manager · Product and delivery
Digital portfolio analyst Digital portfolio manager · Product and delivery
Junior business analyst Business analyst · Product and delivery
Quality assurance test analyst Quality assurance test analyst · Quality assurance testing
Junior DevOps engineer DevOps engineer · Software development
Junior frontend developer Frontend developer · Software development
Junior integration engineer Integration engineer (health interoperability) · Software development
Junior software developer Software developer · Software development
Junior accessibility specialist Accessibility specialist · User-centred design
Junior content designer Content designer · User-centred design
Junior interaction designer Interaction designer · User-centred design
Junior service designer Service designer · User-centred design
Junior user researcher User researcher · User-centred design