Total 211 Quality Assurance / Control job vacancies in US - California - Thousand Oaks - Field/Remote

1. This position will support the Federal Government's response efforts to COVID-19. Conducts an information program to elicit support and involvement in fire prevention, detection, and suppression. Secures client interest through emphasis of pertinent fire prevention topics and developing messages from actual fire incidents.

2. Performs regular and periodic fire protection inspections for all areas of the installation where the potential severity and expectancy for fire is high and involves hazards that are difficult to recognize and, once identified, require advanced or innovative methods to reduce or eliminate them.

3. Inspects, tests, and corrects deficiencies on a variety of fire protection systems, many of which are complex or designed for a specific operation or hazardous condition, (e.g., carbon dioxide cascade systems, halon total flood systems, heat rise detection systems, and interlock systems).

4. Reviews engineering plans and specifications for new construction, alteration, and extension of existing structures.

5. Develops and maintains a variety of documentation such as fire prevention inspection schedules and facilities jackets on assigned facilities. Complies with health, safety, and environmental rules and procedures and performs work in a manner that enhances the safety of the work environment.

These positions work in Yosemite National Park performing lead traffic management duties in support of the park wide operations of the Division of Resource and Visitor Protection, law enforcement office. The purpose of the position is to provide guidance and leadership to traffic control aids in the mitigation and management of traffic congestion, facilitation of visitor traffic flow around emergency scenes, controlling parking, and providing information to visitors as necessary.

Duties:

• Serves as shift lead for up to 10 employees. Leads Traffic Control Aids in the monitoring of vehicular traffic levels against pedestrian traffic and leads the control on intersections with regards to safety and the smooth flow of vehicles.
• Personally observes and monitors parking lots, directs buses and motor homes to appropriate parking stalls, close parking lots when full. Reports information to supervisor.
• Drives government vehicles on park roads and or state federal highways including outlying areas of the park.
• Leads staff or personally provides traffic control in and around emergency scenes as directed by park law enforcement personnel.
• Reports to supervisor or law enforcement dispatchers any public use and or traffic violations or visitor use problems or emergencies via radio communications or in person.

These positions work in Yosemite National Park performing traffic management duties in support of the park wide operations of the Division of Resource and Visitor Protection, law enforcement office. The purpose of the position is to mitigate and manage traffic congestion, facilitate visitor traffic flow around emergency scenes, control parking and provide information to visitors as necessary.

Duties:

• Monitors vehicular traffic levels against pedestrian traffic and controls intersections with regards to safety and the smooth flow of vehicles. This includes vehicular and pedestrian direction and/or management on foot, bicycle or government vehicle in and around intersections and parking lots.
• Monitors parking lots, directs buses and motor homes to appropriate parking stalls, closes parking lots when full.
• Explains regulations to park visitors and provides information and advice on park activities and cultural, historical and/or natural resources identification and protection.
• Drives government vehicles on park roads and/or state and federal highways including outlying areas of the park. This activity includes supporting convoy operations of commercial vehicles, visitors and/or employees through construction areas or other hazardous conditions as directed.
• Provides traffic control in and around emergency scenes as directed by park law enforcement personnel. This may include helicopter landing areas, search and rescue operations, fire zones and park closures as assigned.
• Reports to supervisor or law enforcement dispatchers any public use and/or traffic violations or visitor use problems or emergencies via radio communications or in person.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

• You will evaluate cases relating to violations of laws, rules or regulations to check compliance with regulatory standards.
• You will lead investigative teams to evaluate allegations of fraud, waste, abuse and or mismanagement made against individuals.
• You will offer advice and guidance to senior and executive level management officials on the efficiency and effectiveness of operating programs.
• You will create written briefings to make recommendations for corrective action.

WHAT IS THE TS- TAXPAYER SERVICES DIVISION?
A description of the business units can be found at: https://www.jobs.irs.gov/about/who/business-divisions

Vacancies will be filled in the following specialty areas: TS - RICS-Return Integrity and Compliance Services; Return Preparer Support.

The following are the duties of this position at the full working level.

• Plans and conducts independent examinations and related investigations of a variety of individual and business taxpayers involving complex tax issues and accounting records and typical methods.
• Classifies and screens individual and business tax returns and allowance cases showing changes in tax liability and selects those which have the highest potential for audit.
• Classifies returns received as the result of transfers, special handling requirements, or collateral requests.
• Reviews collection and criminal investigation referrals for examination potential.
• Provides technical support and training as a coordinator of programs between compliance and other departments within the Internal Revenue Service.

• The nurse consultant applies expert clinical knowledge to guide patient safety/clinical risk management practices with the goal of enhancing health care delivery and decreasing the risk-of adverse events.
• Utilize statistical and epidemiological tools to assist staff in the analysis of data from adverse/sentinel events, close calls/near misses, or project findings.
• Serve as a facilitator and guides patient safety review teams in the identification of the causes of adverse events as well as identifying and implementing practical, measurable, and sustainable corrective actions.
• Participate in continuous readiness projects and conducts site visits to assess organizational processes for compliance with regulatory agency and accreditation standards requirements.
• The incumbent utilizes a combination of patient safety tools and evidence-based practices to improve measures of quality and patient safety.

• Serves as the Resident Agent in Charge (RAC) of the Mission Viejo Resident Agency.
• Ensures the timely performance of satisfactory quantity and quality of work, by reviewing, accepting, amending, or rejecting work products.
• Develops operational, budgetary, and personnel planning documents for the field office Special Agent in Charge and Assistant Special Agent in Charge, as required.
• Analyzes all preliminary criminal or final investigative reports to ensure compliance with investigative directives, standards, and guidelines.
• Serves as court witness and frequently testifies before grand juries, courts, or administrative hearings regarding the crime and evidentiary proofs ascertained through investigative efforts.

The Veteran Authorization Quality Review Specialist (AQRS) is an integral part of the DROC quality assurance program, and as is a key technical adviser to the Veterans Service Representatives (VSR) in the Seattle Regional Office.

• Performs individual quality reviews to determine the authorization quality level of individual VSRs for purposes of individual performance standards in accordance with an established monthly schedule.
• Conducts focused in-process reviews for cases to determine the accuracy of claims action taken. (Such reviews are for station-level feedback and improvement only, not used for individual performance standard purposes).
• Responsible for sharing authorization quality trend information with management on an ongoing basis and with the VSRs during training sessions.
• Reviews products or activities for quality of performance and enters the results into the on-line STAR checklists.
• Evaluates and identifies deficiencies of all elements of a claim from evidence development, income and dependency issues, to award processing and authorization. Provides an explanation of errors and includes comments where attention is warranted.
• Prepares STAR data reports and provides to personnel in the regional office who are authorized to request and receive such reports.
• Develops various quality assurance processes with emphasis on work procedures and techniques that address unique work conditions and practices.
• Ensures all program requirements imposed by Compensation Service and/or the Pension and Fiduciary Service and the Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims are met or implemented.

As a Supervisory Career Ready Program Specialist you will:

• Provide a central focus for an enterprise approach to employee development by integrating programs and processes into long-range business plans and talent management requirements.

• Develop and maintain a strategic plan for CRP that provides a central focus for and enterprise approach to employee development by integrating programs and processes into long-range business plans and talent management requirements
• Participates as a technical authority on and leads a team in employee development initiatives. Provides administrative and technical supervision necessary for accomplishing the work of the Career Ready Program Office.

• Collaborate and partner with internal and external stakeholders and serve as a technical expert.

This position is located at the Fort Yuma Service Unit, Winterhaven, California. The primary purpose of the position is to develop, implement and maintain a Compliance and Integrity program to prevent and detect violations and other misconduct, and to promote ethical conduct and a commitment to compliance with the law. The position provides support to health care management officials and/or coordinating health care operations. The incumbent reports to Deputy Quality Management Director.

• Coordinates and monitors activities of the Fort Yuma Service Unit's global healthcare compliance and integrity program. Provides guidance on incorporating compliance-related activities into the operations of the Service Unit.
• Assists with reviewing, updating, and formulating Service Unit policies and procedures regarding compliance-relate activities to ensure consistency among the various divisions. Is responsible for promoting extensive working relationships within and across the service unit lines and for planning, coordinating and implementing compliance functions.
• Assists with plans related to Quality Assurance (QA) and Risk Management (RM) programs. Performance of duties involves establishing criteria, assessing program effectiveness, investigating or analyzing a variety of conditions, problems, or questions, which affect a wide range of activities and stimulating responsive action toward the achievement of quality care.
• Conducts investigations of alleged violations of Healthcare law, standards of conduct, or any other system policies and procedures. Assists department supervisors to investigate problems, determine action, and prepare analysis and performance improvement plans.
• Collaborates with the compliance committee (or equivalent) to effectively incorporate the compliance program in the service unit committee organizational reporting structure. This requirement will also consist of appropriate information and reporting system so that the Service Unit Executive Committee may exercise timely and informed judgments concerning the Service Unit's compliance with the law.

Quality Assurance & Technical Specialist

(Focus on Pension Wise service)

c.£44,935 per annum

Homeworking

Permanent

This role offers 100% remote working so you can be based anywhere in the UK.

Both part time and full-time available (a minimum of 3 days a week)

As a Quality Assurance & Technical Specialist, your primary responsibility is to ensure that all pension guidance delivered meets established quality standards and is technically accurate. You’ll work closely with the Pensions Operations team, focusing on calls, webchat, and written enquiries to maintain high-quality service delivery. Additionally, you’ll collaborate with the Pensions Quality Assurance & Technical Manager and the Quality Assurance & Technical team.

As a Quality Assurance & Technical Specialist, you will be responsible:

Ensuring that all pension guidance delivered is technically accurate and that the customer experience standards are met.

The following are the main duties of the Quality Assurance & Technical Specialist role:

• Ensuring that services are technically accurate and meet an agreed set of customer service standards.
• Answer technical queries from our Pensions Guidance specialists about all and any aspects of pensions.
• Anticipating upcoming topics by picking up on new developments across the pensions industry.
• Update the technical accuracy of pensions guidance content and information products.
• Attend meetings and workshops etc., within the scope of the role.
• Contribute to the technical learning and development strategy and help to deliver the quality assurance plan, both of which deliver continuous improvement to the organisation.

You will need to demonstrate the following skills and experience.

• A deep and wide knowledge of pensions’ law and practice across a broad range of pension arrangements, occupational, personal, and state pension
• An understanding and appreciation of wider retirement issues and non-pension assets, including state benefits.
• Must be good at dealing with members of the public, translating complex ideas and topics clearly.
• A commitment to on-going personal and professional development; we may require you to undertake training within the scope of the role.
• A successful track record of producing clear, technical communications.
• FPMI, APMI or CII qualifications or equivalent in related areas (Desirable).

At the heart of the Money and Pensions Service are our values – caring, connecting and transforming, which are the foundation of our success. They permeate every area of our work and define all our business relationships and the way we work with each other. We’re not only looking for the best people to come and work for us, but we need people who align themselves to our values: -

• Caring
  We care about our colleagues and people whose lives we are here to transform.
• Connecting
  We will transform lives through our ability to make positive connections.
• Transforming
  We are committed to transforming lives and make a positive societal impact.

About MaPS

At MaPS, we help people – particularly those most in need – to improve their financial wellbeing and build a better, more confident future. Working collaboratively across the UK, we make sure customers can access high-quality money and pensions guidance and debt advice throughout their lives, however and whenever they need it.

About our people

We aim to attract and retain the absolute best talent, so we can achieve our objectives and continue to make a difference to millions of people’s lives. We are keen to encourage applications from individuals across the whole community with the skills, knowledge, and behaviours for the job, and who show a strong commitment to MaPS’ objectives, values, and vision. It is important to us that we continue our ambition to be a genuinely diverse and inclusive organisation, so that we reflect the people we are here to help.

Our inclusive working environment

By fostering our values, we are immensely proud of the inclusive working environment that we have created. The diversity of our people is a strength that we embrace and wish to build upon, so we are committed to attracting people of all backgrounds.

We work hard to ensure that we have a progressive approach to inclusion, equity and belonging. We really do want our colleagues to “bring their whole selves to work.”

By way of brief example, we have an enviable ethnic diversity mix, inter faith network, equal gender balance with a zero mean gender pay gap and thriving colleague and ally networks, including LGBTQ+, neurodiversity, women’s health, men's health, ethnicity, and diversity.

What Money and Pensions Service can offer you?

• Generous Annual Leave – 30 days plus Bank Holidays
• Pension scheme – contributions matched 2 to 1 (up to 10% of your salary)
• Subsidised eye test & flu jabs
• Life assurance scheme
• Give as you earn scheme.
• Employee assistance programme (EAP)
• PAM Assist and PAM Life scheme (Wellbeing)
• Enhanced family and sick pay
• Paid volunteering (2 days a year)
• Recognition Scheme
• Discounts portal to numerous retailers

You will be joining our team of pension specialists providing the above services to the public between the times of
8.00am to 8.00pm Monday to Friday although the requirement on the Quality Assurance & Technical team is to work between 9.00am to 5.00pm.
As a flexible employer we are open to discuss what work patterns are mutually beneficial to meet our needs.

If you’re already a MaPS employee, and as part of our Talent Strategy, we’re committed to strengthening opportunities for our people to learn, grow, progress, and thrive. For many of you, this may be preparing and applying for your next role with us, and we're passionate about ensuring you feel supported throughout your internal recruitment experience. Please get in touch if you want to know more about some of the ways in which we could support you by emailing recruitment@maps.org.uk

Job Reference: MaPS00716

Close Date: 21st November 2024

You will be joining our team of pension specialists providing the above services to the public between the times of
8.00am to 8.00pm Monday to Friday although the requirement on the Quality Assurance & Technical team is to work between 9.00am to 5.00pm.
As a flexible employer we are open to discuss what work patterns are mutually beneficial to meet our needs.

If you’re already a MaPS employee, and as part of our Talent Strategy, we’re committed to strengthening opportunities for our people to learn, grow, progress, and thrive. For many of you, this may be preparing and applying for your next role with us, and we're passionate about ensuring you feel supported throughout your internal recruitment experience. Please get in touch if you want to know more about some of the ways in which we could support you by emailing recruitment@maps.org.uk

Job Reference: MaPS00716

Close Date: 21st November 2024

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• You will plan, organize, and direct the activities of assigned Industrial Quality Department Branch to ensure that assigned personnel complies with legal and regulatory requirements and meets customer needs.
• You will conduct quality audits and investigations, analyzing the results and developing recommendations for corrections and improvements.
• You will ensure that verification of essential quality requirements is accomplished, deficiencies are properly documented, and corrective action is taken to prevent recurrence.
• You will plan and schedule work in a manner that motes a smooth flow, even distribution and adjust short-term priorities to meet schedules.
• You will establish manpower requirements and negotiate with Integrated Product Team (IPT) Leads to ensure adequate Quality Assurance (QA) support.
• You will identify requirements and initiate requests for additional resources including personnel, overtime, equipment, supplies, and space to ensure success in meeting goals and objectives.
• You will evaluate performance of subordinates, give instructions, provide advice, and counsel to subordinates on performance, technical, and administrative matters.
• You will hear and resolve complaints at the lowest level, referring grievances and serious complaints not resolved to higher level supervision.
• You will provide continuing assistance to all areas to resolve product/process quality issues, to implement process improvements, and to identify and resolve safety related issues/violations.

• Serves as a team leader for a quality assurance team, assigning work, providing feedback, checking progress, arranging training for team members, and providing input to supervisor.
• Reviews contracts to identify specification requirements needed from contractors.
• Communicates with contractors to ensure contractual compliance of contractor processes.
• Assesses contractor/subcontractor/vendor quality assurance controls; then adjusts product audits.
• Creates risk management program to mitigate the Governments risk by analyzing data/contractual requirements, preparing surveillance plans, and addressing specific customer/Organizational requirements.
• Evaluates supplier quality systems using data validation, post-award first article meetings, and suppliers test reports, then recommends dis/approval to contracting officers.
• Evaluates suppliers responses to quality issues and requests corrections.
• Retains relevant data, correspondence, audits, etc.