Total 6 Senior Executive level Quality Assurance / Control job vacancies in Leeds

 Pay up to £43,347 plus 28.97% employer pension contributions, hybrid home working, flexible hours, and great work life balance. 

DWP. Digital with Purpose. 

We're looking for a Senior QA Tester to join our DWP Digital community to test and assure innovations to applications and services that allow millions of users to access essential benefits.

DWP is UK's largest department, every year we pay over £120 billion to 18million DWP customers. 

DWP services cover everything from helping children & families right through to supporting relatives of lost loved ones. 

We help people find jobs, support people financially when they are unable to work due to health conditions and make ensure everybody has the money they need to live during their retirement years. 

The scale of what we do is outstanding, and our purpose is unique. We'd love you to join us. 

What skills, knowledge and experience will you need to show us in your application? 

• Providing testing leadership and guidance determine the most appropriate strategies to deliver quality solutions in a SaaS environment*
• Effectively managing your own workload proactively and supporting others, leading delivery of testing to high quality and value
• Developing and maintain reusable test collateral such as test cases and data etc
• Acting as an escalation point for defects or issues preventing delivery of Testing activities and facilitating their resolution
• Driving collaboration by aligning teams and activities and highlighting the key dependencies, impacts, risks and priorities around user experience or technical needs
• Leading reviews of test practices and provide guidance on improvements and lessons learned to your team and community.

You and your role 

You will be part of our Tech Services Communication and Collaboration Team on items such as Sensitivity Labels and Cross-Government Collaboration projects that DWP is leading on.

You'll give technical and strategic leadership to multiple Testers across our product teams.

That means overseeing the products they deliver, support and test, and includes environment maintenance, upgrades, and availability, tooling support and defect triage.

Our QA Testers are at the centre of innovation at DWP. When we try something new, you and your team tell us if it works, spot defects and resolve issues. You'll make sure our products work for millions of people who need them.

Details. Wages. Perks. 

Location: You'll join us in your choice of one our brilliant digital hubs in Leeds, Manchester or Newcastle-upon-Tyne. 

Hybrid Working: We have all the tools and tech we need to enable our people to work flexibly. We work a hybrid model with a mix of home working and sometime in the office. 

Pay: In return for your skills, we offer competitive pay of up to £43,347 p.a. 

Pension: You'll be eligible for a brilliant civil service pension with employer contributions worth 28.97% (Worth up to £12,500/year). 

Holidays: You'll get a generous leave package starting at 26 days, rising to 31 days over time, plus all the usual bank holidays, and the option to take extra days off on flexi leave. 

We also have a broad benefits package built around your work-life balance which includes: 

• Flexible working, flexi hours and flexi days 

• Hybrid working: some time in a hub with the team, some time at home 

• Family-friendly policies 

• Time off volunteering and charitable giving 

• Bring your authentic self to work with 'I Can Be Me in DWP' 

• Discounts and savings on shopping, fun days out and more 

• Interest-free loans to buy a bike or a season ticket 

• Sports and social activities 

• Working in an award-winning environment and culture 

• Professional development, coaching, mentoring and career progression opportunities. 

Click 'Apply' for more information and to start an application on Civil Service Jobs. 

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Job Title: Audit and Assurance Senior

Location: Leeds

Salary: £38,000 - £46,000, depending on experience

Your new company:

A leading provider of accountancy, tax, and business advisory services, dedicated to empowering organisations to achieve their goals. With a strong focus on building lasting client relationships, they offer tailored solutions that combine industry expertise and innovative strategies. If you're seeking a dynamic environment where your contributions can truly make an impact, this is the ideal place for you.

Your new role:

We have an exciting opportunity for a new position as Audit & Assurance Senior with one of our reputable clients. You will manage an extensive and broad portfolio of clients. Taking both ownership of a small individual portfolio, as well as working alongside Client Service Directors and Managers, you will be in a client facing role, establishing strong relationships with a significant number of business owners across the region. You will play an integral part within the existing team in delivering high services to the client base.

Key Requirements:

• ACA / ACCA qualified
• Full UK Driving Licence
• Comfortable working in a fast paced environment
• Able to prioritise workloads under strict deadlines
• A team player and willing to assist colleagues where possible
• Able to use initiative and have great organisation and problem solving skills

Key benefits include:

• Salary Sacrifice Employer Contribution Pension Scheme
• 26 days Annual Leave, plus Bank Holidays
• Hybrid working options
• Paid professional membership fees
• Ongoing access to online training courses and materials
• Subsidised social events throughout the year
• Paid flu jabs and eye tests
• Annual leave purchase scheme, option to purchase extra holiday

Brook Street NMR is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.

We are recruiting for 2 vacancies - One to cover the North East & North West Region and one to cover the South East & South West Regions. Please confirm in your preference in your personal statement.

Transforming our estate for the future

Estates are at the centre of the government’s plans for transforming the NHS. The NHS Long Term Plan outlines the need to ‘accelerate the redesign of patient care to future-proof the NHS for the decade ahead.’

We have big ambitions, such as becoming the world’s first net zero carbon national health system by 2040, setting global standards for healthcare providers, building 40 new state-of-the-art hospitals, and channelling significant additional investment into the wider acute, community and primary care to accelerate community-based care for patients.

The NHS Estate covers 25 million m² of hospital estate including acute, community and mental health care settings. With 1.4 million NHS staff working across 17,000 buildings, including 1,140 hospitals and 7,500 primary care sites, our c100k staff are responsible for maintaining and running all estate and facilities services across all of these sites.

With £4 billion of operational capital funding and annual expenditure of £10 billion across estates and facilities management, there’s scope to make real change across our estate.

The National Estates Capital and Transactions team provides expert support in respect of assurance of estates business cases (capital & subsidiary), PFI, ProCure 23 construction framework, capital input into capital strategies and spending review along with supporting the estates team in respect of broader activities where expert capital, assurance or transactions support is required. We are a busy team with a diverse portfolio of work, having assured cases with a capital value over £3 billion in 2023/24. Reporting to the National Estates Capital and Transactions Lead this post is one of a team of four assuring capital and other estate transaction business cases requiring national approval and acting as estates keyholder for business cases covering all aspects of estates and associated elements of business cases working closely with DHSC commercial team, regional estates colleagues and other national keyholders.

As part of the team you will also support development of national guidance in respect of business case assurance such as leading on the review of estates elements of the business case checklist or other standard documentation.

Qualified in a relevant discipline with experience of working in a senior project appraisal or transaction role and have estates related experience.

You’ll have communication skills to build trusted relationships with colleagues. You will be able to translate technical information into clear concise reporting, documentation, and advice.

The National Estates and Facilities Team - The purpose of our team is to provide a clean, safe, and sustainable estate and patient environment across the NHS. The team of c120 people is made up of a diverse mix of skills and expertise but we have a common purpose - to provide the best possible services and outcomes for our patients. We work across all aspects of estates and facilities functions from national policies and workforce strategy to regional and local delivery through local healthcare systems.

People are central to what we do – both in terms of our patient-led care but just as importantly, our brilliant team. We are committed to building a diverse, inclusive, and compassionate workforce supporting everyone to reach their full potential.

This means we care about your professional development and training as well as your personal health and wellbeing. You’ll be joining a supportive and friendly team where you can truly be yourself. You’ll also have access to fantastic benefits such as our pension scheme, great annual leave entitlement and flexible working opportunities to give you the work/life balance that suits your lifestyle and caring responsibilities. If you are passionate about estates and facilities and want to make a tangible difference to people’s lives, join us on this exciting journey.

Colleagues with a contractual office base are expected to spend, on average, at least 40% of their time working in-person.

For an informal discussion please contactJoanne.Dolby@nhs.net

We particularly welcome applications from under-represented groups, especially disabled, female, and Black, Asian, and Minority Ethnic (BAME) candidates, who are currently under-represented at this level within our workforce.

We are happy to consider secondment and fixed term appointments as well as substantive appointments.

Application Form Supporting Statement Guidelines

Please respond to the following questions in the Supporting Statement section in the job application form:

What values, behaviours, leadership, and mentoring expertise will you bring to our team and how will this help us in achieving our goals?

How have you worked collaboratively with other technical and non-technical experts to provide consolidated advice and drive best practice?

When have you worked as part of a team working collaboratively to deliver standardised advice and support to a range of stakeholders

What is your specialist technical area applicable to this role and what expertise do you have in distilling highly technical information to provide advice to senior leaders ?

What experience do you have in developing guidance and supporting capability across wider stakeholders?

How does this role fit with your career so far and your long-term career aspirations?

What sets you apart from the other candidates?

Please also confirm your relevant qualification and associated registration number.

If you like what you have read and think you have the skills and experience, we needthendon'tdelay,applytoday!Wegetlotsofapplicationsforourrolesandso we sometimeshave toclose our posts early.Don'tmiss out!




This advert closes on Monday 16 Sep 2024

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For an informal discussion please contact Joanne.Dolby@nhs.net We particularly welcome applications from under-represented groups, especially disabled, female, and Black, Asian, and Minority Ethnic (BAME) candidates, who are currently under-represented at this level within our workforce. We are happy to consider secondment and fixed term appointments as well as substantive appointments. Application Form Supporting Statement Guidelines Please respond to the following questions in the Supporting Statement section in the job application form: What values, behaviours, leadership, and mentoring expertise will you bring to our team and how will this help us in achieving our goals? How have you worked collaboratively with other technical and non-technical experts to provide consolidated advice and drive best practice? When have you worked as part of a team working collaboratively to deliver standardised advice and support to a range of stakeholders What is your specialist technical area applicable to this role and what expertise do you have in distilling highly technical information to provide advice to senior leaders ? What experience do you have in developing guidance and supporting capability across wider stakeholders? How does this role fit with your career so far and your long-term career aspirations? What sets you apart from the other candidates? Please also confirm your relevant qualification and associated registration number. If you like what you have read and think you have the skills and experience, we need then don't delay, apply today! We get lots of applications for our roles and so we sometimes have to close our posts early. Don't miss out!

Key responsibilities include the following: Contribute to the development and implementation of the organisational plan to ensure regular and formal quality assurance of NHS screening programmes. Undertake service review/audit using national tools; make recommendations for service improvements and reporting outcomes from Quality Assurance (QA) processes. Monitor progress of visits and other QA interventions Manage the implementation of the QA cycle from self-assessment and pre-visit preparation, including the overall management of any visit programme Oversee the review and analyse self-assessment and key evidence submissions to develop consistent and appropriate briefs for sessional experts / professional and clinical advisors and any visiting review teams Undertake in depth analysis, interpretation and production of complex and multiple reports Ensure that reports are prepared on time and to an agreed standard and format following review visits. Advise national portfolio lead and national QA manager on matters relating to the specified programme/programme cluster, ensuring that where visits are undertaken, review teams provide accurate, appropriate feedback to commissioners, provider executive and programme teams on the findings of the review visit; highlighting any issues / concerns raised during the intervention Support the identification and sharing of best practice in screening quality assurance to support service improvement and improve outcomes for service users These responsibilities are only an outline of the tasks, responsibilities and outcomes required of the role. You will carry out any other duties as may reasonably be required by the directorate. You can find further details about the job, organisational structure, recruitment profile, expected outcomes and benefits information in the attached Job Description and other supporting documents. If you like what you have read and think you have the skills and experience, we need then don't delay, apply today! We get lots of applications for our roles and so we sometimes have to close our posts early. Don't miss out!

Quality Test Engineer x10+ (Mid to Senior Grade)

Lloyds Banking Group

Leeds, Halifax, Chester or Manchester: Hybrid working pattern, 2 days per week in your chosen office location & rest from home

Salary & Benefits: £62,874 to £76,846 base salary depending on location and experience.

Additional Package: Annual personal bonus, 15% employer pension contribution (when you put in 6%), flexible benefits system, private medical insurance, 30 days holiday plus bank holidays.

Visas: We're unable to support visa applications for these roles at this time.

Why Lloyds Banking Group;

Like the modern Britain we serve, we're evolving. Investing billions in our people, data and tech to transform the way we meet the ever-changing needs of our 26 million customers. We're growing with purpose. Join us on our journey and you will too.

Where does the role sit?

We're the central hiring team at Lloyds Banking Group and we run the recruitment for roles that are always needed and in high demand across the group.

We are always hiring for good quality engineers!

You'll be taken through a centralised application, technical testing, and interviewing process, then if successful offered one of our available roles depending on your chosen location.

We currently have over 50 Quality Engineering positions available across a range of divisions and locations in the UK.

What exactly does a Quality Test Engineer do at Lloyds?

Depending on your level of seniority you'll either take accountability or support running and leading testing across our monthly release cycle, assuring the quality of delivery into these releases. You'll also manage the raising of defects and backlog items for addressing defects within the current sprint or for prioritisation for future sprints.

We've got a wide range of roles, some of which are working within a team of quality engineers while other roles may be stand alone as part of the quality engineering community.

We operate in an Agile software engineering environment using modern DevOps methods, continuous improvement & modern software stacks.

Example of Specific Activities:

• Automating testing where appropriate, updating and streamlining the test automation framework & coding standards.

• Use your experience of modern software development toolsets and demonstrate the ability to stretch into DevOps, Continuous Integration and Delivery pipelines.

• Supporting Quality Engineering and Assurance work ensuring the highest quality of shippable products and quality artifacts.

• Develop yourselves with industry standards, methods and tooling used across our engineering teams and introduce new concepts, approaches and tooling.

What do we need to see from your application?

We're keen to see diverse and varied applications, however as this is a technology role in a niche industry area we'll need to see the following as a minimum to be considered for interview;

• Essential to have a deep understanding of Frameworks and have developed as least one automation framework using libraries in either Selenium or Playwright.

• Intermediate competency competent in JavaScript/typescript

• Competent using Windows Command Line (CLI)

• Experienced with Source control (GitHub Enterprise preferred)

• Experienced with build tools such as Maven and Node Package Manager (NPM)

• Experience of modern Agile software engineering practices

• Good communication & interpersonal skills plus ability to work in a team.

If you have the above, please apply.

Desirable (but not essential!) things we're interested in include;

• knowledge in other languages: C#, Java, python, VBS.

• Containerisation experience e.g. docker and how this can be used in a test automation context.

• Desirable to have CI/CD experience e.g. Jenkins.

About working for us

Our focus is to ensure we're inclusive every day, building an organisation that reflects modern society and celebrates diversity in all its forms. We want our people to feel that they belong and can be their best, regardless of background, identity or culture.

We offer excellent training, certification, career opportunities and a relaxed working environment. We're a lovely bunch of people.

We're growing and will continue to do so for years to come so you'll have good career development opportunities.

We promote equal opportunities, and welcome applications from employees from a diverse range of backgrounds. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform crucial job functions.

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