Total 25 Quality Assurance / Control job vacancies in Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH1 3EG

Your new company and role

Hays' client is an exciting fintech organisation based in Edinburgh. The team is currently looking for an experienced performance tester to join their established team and contribute to the further development of existing services.
The role consists of the following responsibilities:

• Drive performance testing
• Design and executing tests to validate the response time, throughput, and scalability of a system under varying load conditions.
• Help update and evolve performance test frameworks, guidelines, and standards for consistent practice
• Monitoring, analysing and reporting performance test results
• Support and mentoring test team
• Working to Agile methodologies

What you'll need to succeed

Technical Skill Requirements
Essential:

• Strong performance testing grounding with experience developing and implementing performance test strategies
• Experience in performance, load and stress testing
• Hands-on experience with load testing tools such as Loadrunner, Performance Center, Gatling, & JMeter.
• Adept in Agile delivery methods
• Experience testing REST and SOAP APIs
• Experience working with cloud-based infrastructure and technologies, preferably AWS
• Able to understand the business requirements and to identify test scenarios to demonstrate these have been achieved.

Desirable:

• Experience of using Loadrunner Cloud is advantageous.
• Experience with open-source tools in addition to Loadrunner would also be advantageous.

Business / People Skills

• Good oral and written communication skills, including facilitation and presentation / demonstration skills are essential
• Capable of working in a small team environment, as well as having the drive to work on an individual basis are essential skills
  
  What you'll get in return

This role offers a great package, combined with excellent training opportunities and scope for future development. The salary on offer will be competitive and, on top of this, there is a generous benefits package which includes:

• Excellent holiday entitlement
• Annual performance related bonus
• Excellent pension
• Private medical insurance
• A flexible benefits package, e.g. additional holidays, bicycle leasing scheme, sports club membership, travel passes, etc.

What you need to do now

If you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or call us now.If this job isn't quite right for you, but you are looking for a new position, please contact us for a confidential discussion on your career.

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RPS is looking for a Principal Consultant within the Air Quality & Noise Team, which is a part of our wider UK Environment & Infrastructure Division. Ideally, the role will be Brighton based but other locations will be considered.

Our projects are all around you. We define, design and manage projects that create shared value to a complex, urbanising and resource-scarce world. Our people are our success. We need people who share our passion on solving the problems that matter. Here you’ll find work that is challenging and rewarding, and you’ll be supported every step of the way.

You will have the opportunity to work on an exciting and diverse workload, delivering high quality support for private and public-sector clients across the UK including exciting infrastructure and renewable energy projects.

What you’ll be doing
You will be providing consultancy advice on a wide range of technically demanding projects for clients in the property, waste, minerals, renewables and energy sectors. Our work includes desk and site-based air quality, dust, odour impact assessments for planning applications, Environmental Impact Assessments and Environmental Permit applications. You will also be preparing quotes to secure new business.

You will support Directors in implementing the business plan and contribute to marketing activities. You will have leadership skills by helping to train and mentor our graduates and consultants.

Who we’re looking for
You’ll already have solid experience working in air quality at Principal Consultant level or you’ll be an ambitious Senior Consultant ready to step up to the next level. You’ll have a collaborative and consultative approach, be good at developing relationships and be confident and decisive. Ideally, you'll have been educated to degree level or equivalent within a relevant subject (e.g. physics, chemistry, mathematics, environmental science, geography) and be a full Member of the Institute of Air Quality Management.

You’ll be highly knowledgeable across all the main environmental air quality areas: atmospheric dispersion modelling (such as ADMS Roads, ADMS 5 and/or AERMOD), air quality/dust monitoring and always up to date with current methods, legislation, guidance and standards. You’ll have significant experience in assessing the air quality impacts on human health and ecology. We’re also interested in candidates with experience of assessments for carbon capture and storage technologies using amines.

We'll need you to be numerically proficient, IT literate and have excellent analytical and problem-solving skills. You will have substantial experience of analysing data using spreadsheets and GIS mapping tools.


Good financial and project management skills are essential, as are great influencing and communication skills that enable you to build, maintain and consolidate strong working relationships with colleagues, clients and external bodies. You will demonstrate the potential to appear and speak at committees, informal hearings, and examinations in public.

There will be some travel – a full, clean UK driving licence will be required

What’s in it for you
Our employees are rewarded with competitive salaries, opportunities to invest and many other benefits including: 25 days holiday + bank holidays, option to purchase up to 5 extra days per year, company pension scheme, Group Disability Scheme, Share Incentive Scheme, Life Assurance, Cycle to Work Scheme, Health Screening, Employee Assistance Programme, Dental Cover, Gadget Insurance, Professional Memberships and access to BenefitHub offering discounts, cash back offer and rewards.

A personal development plan and a transparent career pathway puts you in the driving seat of your career and you’ll be supported as far as you want to go.

We encourage and value different ideas, perspectives, and styles of thinking. We need a mix of experiences and skills to develop the most innovative ideas. We respect one another and recognise the potential and contribution of everyone. You’ll be joining a diverse community and a company that puts its people first and prioritises their wellbeing.

We understand the need to work flexibly, with agile offices and hybrid working offered as standard, we’re happy to talk about flexible working. This is a workplace that works for you.

A career here is far from ordinary. Here you’re not a number, you’re part of the solution.

What happens next?
The Talent Acquisition Team will be in touch to let you know the outcome of your application. If your application is progressed, you’ll have a conversation with one of our recruiters followed by a two-stage interview process with the Air Quality Team.

If this opportunity suits your career journey, we’d love to hear from you. All applications will be considered, and we will try our best to respond to you within seven working days. #LI-RA1

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Join us as a Quality Manager, Security

• We’ll look to you to provide direction and leadership on all quality matters across the platform or domain including adoption and compliance with the bank's standards and policies
• This is an opportunity to act as a key contributor in making sure that work packages transition seamlessly from development into live environments
• Hone your knowledge of quality best practices and collaboration and stakeholder management skills

What you'll do

In this key role, you’ll be making sure that only well designed and built work packages get through quality testing. You’ll aim to get it right first time for our customers through innovative service and solutions, using automation as an accelerator and working closely with stakeholders in an Agile and collaborative environment. We’ll also look to you to produce comprehensive and robust quality strategies and detailed quality test plans, enabling the continual flow of work packages across the domain, platform value stream or programme.

Additionally, you’ll be:

• Taking accountability for all aspects of quality across both run and change and business as usual activity within the assigned platform or domain
• Overseeing the output quality from all testing phases owned and making sure it meets the requirements of each quality test strategy
• Making sure defects are detected and prioritised, based on impact, and resolved at the earliest possible moment and before the last responsible moment
• Undertaking end-to-end test management including planning, risk, issue, dependency management, lessons learnt and governance
• Reviewing all key collateral relating to delivery and making sure it is of sufficient quality and with no gaps or duplication

The skills you'll need

We’re looking for someone with strong knowledge and understanding of quality standards, quality best practices, and our risk and controls framework. You’ll also need high levels of knowledge and demonstrable application of modern testing and quality practices and techniques used with Agile methodologies.

Additionally, we’ll be looking for:

• Practical experience of quality strategy and planning, testing design and execution
• Experience in functional and non-functional testing such as system, system integration, user, load, volume, stress, security, accessibility, compatibility, penetration and back-out
• The ability to relate everyday work to the strategic vision of the feature, platform, domain and enterprise teams, with a strong focus on business outcomes
• The ability to communicate complex technical concepts clearly to peers and management
• Good collaboration and stakeholder management skills
• Experience in information security domain
• Familiarity with No Code or low code testing, Test Driven Development, Behaviour Driven Development and DevSecOps

TSB Bank Plc
Job Title: Assistant Manager, Operational Risk Assurance
Function: Enterprise Assurance
Location: Hybrid working/flexible across our key sites
Salary: Competitive plus excellent benefits
Closing Date: 8 May 2024

At TSB we’re all here to give money confidence to our customers and communities. Wherever you work in TSB you can make a real difference to your career, our business, and the wider community.
Within our Enterprise Assurance function we provide management with first line assurance in operational risk areas including Technology, Operational Resilience and Change. Some of our key activities are providing assurance through a schedule of control testing, reviewing attestations prepared by management and performing Third Party Assurance activities.

How you'll make a difference
The Operational Risk Assurance, Assistant Manager role is responsible for performing control testing in operational areas and supporting Managers in the performance of assurance activities and project work as required. The key stakeholders are Risk and Control Owners and other SMEs across CIO and other key areas of the Bank. You will make a difference in your role by providing assurance to management that risk management activities are fully understood, within risk appetite, appropriately controlled and reported on.

What you'll bring

- Attention to detail and a focus on delivery to meet the agreed assurance plan to time and quality standards
- Being able to communicate effectively, both verbal and written, with an ability to influence, collaborate and make informed decisions.
- Use own initiative to identify and escalate areas of improvement, taking an active part in the solution.
- Works collaboratively to deliver the best outcomes for TSB Bank, showing commitment to shared goals.
- Supports a culture that values, recognises and generates high performance
- Experience in risk management, audit or control testing in one of the following areas Technology, Cyber, Third Party Management, Change or Data.


What we offer in return

- Hybrid and flexible working arrangements to support a healthy worklife balance
- An attractive reward and myTSB benefits package, giving you more of what matters to you
- A diverse, energising, and collaborative working environment
- A career that's enriching and full of opportunity


So if this sounds up your street, contact Alan Ogilvie to learn more. Come join our team, we make things happen!
Remember to visit the Careers Confidence Portal for tips on applying for roles within TSB.
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Job Description

Place

Housing Service - Quality Control Officer - Fixed term until 4/10/2024
Waverley Court

Salary: £30,751 - £36,312
Hours: 36 per week

We have an exciting opportunity for four Quality Control Officers to be part of a new Post Inspection team within Housing Services conducting inspections of repairs carried out in our Council Homes.

Housing Services is a large multi skilled service responsible for the planning and delivery of capital, maintenance and repair works to over 20,000 Council homes across the city. It is essential that the repairs carried out in our homes are high quality, make sure we are providing safe and comfortable homes for our tenants and help to drive up tenant satisfaction with our service. This new role will ensure repairs, maintenance and capital works carried out by in house operatives or by external contractors is of a high standard.

This is a diverse role where you will be out on site and responsible for carrying out post work inspections, quality assurance sampling and checks, follow up on any incomplete work and ensure corrective action is undertaken. The inspection team will be responsible for providing information to Team Leaders and Managers to enable the service to drive performance and improve the quality of repairs.

A trade background is essential for this role.

If you feel you have the relevant qualifications, skills and experience, are well organised and have excellent communications and customer service skills, we would welcome your application.

This post can be offered as an internal secondment but please make sure you have your manager’s approval before applying for the post.

We're committed to creating a workplace culture where all our people feel valued, included and able to be their best at work, and we recognise the benefits that a diverse workforce with different values, beliefs, experience, and backgrounds brings to us as an organisation.

As part of our goal to improve our organisational culture and create a great place to work together for the people of Edinburgh, we want to make sure that we’re bringing the best people into our roles, not just in their skills and experience but also in their approach to work.

To help achieve this, we’re changing the way we interview and assess candidates by moving from a competency-based interview approach to a behavioural and technical (skills for the job) based approach. This new way of interviewing will allow us to assess how you think and how you would bring Our Behaviours of Respect, Integrity and Flexibility into your ways of working.

Our salary range typically reflects the initial starting salary and annually increases until it reaches the top of the range.

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Job Description

Children, Education and Justice Services

Quality Assurance Officer
Waverley Court

Salary: £42,717- £50,550 per year
Hours: 36 per week

We are seeking a dynamic and innovative Quality Assurance Officer to support the development of good quality social work service in the City of Edinburgh Council as well as the Edinburgh Health and Social Care Partnership.

As part of the Quality Assurance Team, you will join colleagues who collectively work with and across all areas of social work service delivery – children, adults and justice – including support to the public protection committees of Edinburgh.

The successful candidate will also be required to promote and develop partnership working with services and teams in the promotion of effective self-evaluation as well as service improvement.

The successful candidate will be educated to degree level or equivalent in a relevant subject area and appropriate registration with a professional body, as well as holding substantial experience (5+ years) in a social work setting.

Should you wish to have an informal conversation, please contact Keith Dyer, Quality Assurance and Compliance Manager on – 0131 529 6566.

Please see attached job description and person specification.

This post is regulated work with children and/or protected adults under the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act 2007. The preferred candidate will be required to join the PVG Scheme or undergo a PVG Scheme update check. Where an individual has spent a continuous period of 3 months or more out with the UK in the last 5 years, an Overseas Criminal Record Check will be required. You will be required to provide this check. An unconditional offer of employment and commencement in the post will be subject to the outcome of both these pre-employment checks being deemed satisfactory.

As part of our goal to improve our organisational culture and create a great place to work together for the people of Edinburgh, we want to make sure that we’re bringing the best people into our roles, not just in their skills and experience but also in their approach to work.

To help achieve this, we’re changing the way we interview and assess candidates by moving from a competency-based interview approach to a behavioural and technical (skills for the job) based approach. This new way of interviewing will allow us to assess how you think and how you would bring Our Behaviours of Respect, Integrity and Flexibility into your ways of working.

We're committed to creating a workplace culture where all our people feel valued, included and able to be their best at work, and we recognise the benefits that a diverse workforce with different values, beliefs, experience, and backgrounds brings to us as an organisation.

Our salary range typically reflects the initial starting salary and annually increases until it reaches the top of the range.

Follow us on Twitter at @edincounciljobs

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Job Description

Children, Education and Justice Services

Quality Improvement Education Officer - Early Years and Primary
Waverley Court

Salary: £70,116 - £78,237 per year
Hours: 36 per week

To provide strategic leadership and contribute to raising standards and achievement in attainment, inclusion and equality in line with local and national priorities.

Work with the Head of Education and Quality Improvement Manager to provide professional and management advice to Early Years and Primary settings and be accountable for the management, co-ordination and development of the service in the locality.

Ensure that the settings meet statutory obligations and required service standards to maximise the potential of children and their families ensuring that the Council satisfies HMIE criteria on performance monitoring and continuous improvement and other statutory obligations.

Contribute to the achievement of the overall aims and objectives of the department and implementation of national policy priorities through effective leadership, consultation and communication.

Salaries will be in accordance with the Scheme of Salaries and Conditions of Service for Teaching Staff in School Education.

This post is regulated work with children and/or protected adults under the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act 2007. The preferred candidate will be required to join the PVG Scheme or undergo a PVG Scheme update check. Where an individual has spent a continuous period of 3 months or more out with the UK in the last 5 years, an Overseas Criminal Record Check will be required. You will be required to provide this check. An unconditional offer of employment and commencement in the post will be subject to the outcome of both these pre-employment checks being deemed satisfactory.

As part of our goal to improve our organisational culture and create a great place to work together for the people of Edinburgh, we want to make sure that we’re bringing the best people into our roles, not just in their skills and experience but also in their approach to work.

To help achieve this, we’re changing the way we interview and assess candidates by moving from a competency-based interview approach to a behavioural and technical (skills for the job) based approach. This new way of interviewing will allow us to assess how you think and how you would bring Our Behaviours of Respect, Integrity and Flexibility into your ways of working.

Our salary range typically reflects the initial starting salary and annually increases until it reaches the top of the range.

Follow us on Twitter at @edincounciljobs

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Who are Diligenta?

Diligenta's vision is to be acknowledged as Best in-class Platform based Life and Pensions Administration Service provider. Customer service is at the heart of everything we do and our aim is to transform our clients' operations. A business that has been described as 'home' by existing employees, we drive a culture that is founded on positive change and development.

The Opportunity

Due to recent growth, we are currently looking for several Senior Internal Auditors to join our function. In this role, you will be responsible for contributing to the development of the risk-based internal audit plan and delivering a portfolio of audits.

You'll be:

• Identifying and assessing the risks to Diligenta's successful delivery of strategic objectives and recommending relevant audit responses
• Delivering audit assignments that provide an insightful assessment of the effectiveness of the controls in operation
• Ensuring audits are delivered in line with agreed timescales and budgets
• Ensuring Conduct Risk and TCF principles are considered in all audit activities
• Supporting and mentoring junior team members and deputising for audit leadership team when required
• Ensuring communication networks are in place and effective working relationships with key internal and external stakeholders are established

You should apply if you:

• Have previous exposure to Customer Service Operations, HR, or Compliance
• Are a certified Internal Auditor or a qualified accountant
• Have a sound understanding of IIA Professional Practices Framework
• Are well-versed with corporate governance, risk management and internal control
• Possess a Financial Services background and a strong understanding of the FCA regulations

The Perks

• 25 days holidays + 8 bank holidays
• Discretionary annual bonus
• Company pension scheme membership
• Gain professional accreditation on completion at no extra cost through our bespoke 24/7 professionally accredited online learning and development tools
• Access to our Confidential Helpline is available to be used by you and your family
• Develop your career through a wider global organisation of the TCS family

Who Are Diligenta?

Diligenta's vision is to be acknowledged as Best in-class Platform based Life and Pensions Administration Service provider. Customer service is at the heart of everything we do and our aim is to transform our clients' operations. A business that has been described as 'home' by existing employees, we drive a culture that is founded on positive change and development.

The Opportunity

Due to recent successful client wins we are investing in our Compliance offering which will include expansion of the Monitoring and Oversight / Guidance functions. We have a number of vacancies for Compliance Specialists to be based in either Basingstoke, Edinburgh, Liverpool, Peterborough, Reading, Stirling.

In this role, you will play a key part in ensuring that Diligenta provide their customers with services that are compliant with FCA rules, requirement, and principles. You will be responsible for providing advice and guidance to business areas to ensure Diligenta continues to operate compliantly.

Anyone looking for an opportunity where they can engage with some of the largest Life and pensions service providers in the UK should apply today!

You'll be:

• Responsible for monitoring Diligenta client's exposure to regulatory risk
• Assisting the Compliance Manager by producing regular and ad-hoc regulatory reports as required, and with developing and promoting a compliance culture
• Continued oversight of Diligenta regulatory policies, processes, training, and internal controls to ensure the Diligenta utility model remains fit for purpose
• Build and maintain good relationships with all stakeholders, internal and external, to promote trust and a collaborative approach across teams/firms
• Ensure Retail Conduct Risk outcomes are fully considered and appropriately addressed.

You should apply if you:

• Good knowledge of FCA rules and regulations and a thorough knowledge of regulatory development and consultative process
• Sound understanding of regulatory structure and process, regulations, and their underlying principles
• A credible influencer of management
• Ability to propose and implement compliance solutions with the required level of personal impact
• Ability to recognise compliance implications of business initiatives
• Able to build and maintain strong relationships with business partners
• Able to review management information, to highlight trends and concerns and make appropriate challenge

The Perks:

• 25 days holidays + 8 bank holidays
• Discretionary annual bonus
• Company pension scheme membership
• Gain professional accreditation on completion at no extra cost through our bespoke 24/7 professionally accredited online learning and development tools
• Access to our Confidential Helpline is available to be used by you and your family
• Develop your career through a wider global organisation of the TCS family

Join us as a Compliance Assurance Manager

• Take on a critical role at NatWest Boxed, where you’ll work with our clients to minimise regulatory and operational risk
• You’ll collaborate, manage and be point of escalation for the client assurance framework
• It’s an opportunity to build your career in a forward-thinking environment, putting your specialist knowledge to good use

What you'll do

In this key role, you’ll be supporting, developing and embedding the client compliance assurance framework for the business, independently overseeing and challenging effective risk and controls management within agreed risk appetites. We’ll look to you to identify findings and process framework improvements, all the while working with the business and clients to agree action plans. Throughout the course of your work, you’ll be building and maintaining relationships with internal stakeholders and clients, allowing you to expand your network and exposure.

You’ll also be:

• Leading on the regulatory compliance assurance framework for NW Boxed clients
• Producing, analysing and distributing comprehensive and accurate management information to appropriate governance forums
• Carrying out assurance reviews, identifying and documenting findings, process/system improvements, effectiveness of the business controls and agree action plans to remediate
• Building and maintaining relationships with internal stakeholders, key business partners and clients
• Providing regulatory compliance and conduct insight, oversight and challenge to clients
• Providing guidance and support to clients in line with policies and risk standards

The skills you'll need

For this role, it’s crucial that you have the ability to identify and mitigate risk, with experience of negotiating and resolving conflict. You’ll need an awareness of relevant regulatory requirements and the ability to share your specialist knowledge with others to aid their understanding and decision making.

We’ll also look for:

• Experience of assurance testing and independent oversight of processes
• Proven ability to build fit for purpose solutions for internal and external clients
• In depth knowledge relevant regulatory compliance requirements and compliance assurance frameworks
• Experience of regulatory or operational risk identification and implementing mitigating practises
• Excellent written and spoken communication skills and the ability to adapt to a variety of target audience