QA Tester

1 month ago


West Midlands, United Kingdom Health and Safety Executive Full time

**Details**:
**Reference number**:

- 288630**Salary**:

- £32,802 - £36,625**Job grade**:

- Higher Executive Officer**Contract type**:

- Fixed Term**Length of employment**:

- 2 Year Fixed Term Contract -Possibility of permanency, Subject to programmes funding**Business area**:

- HSE - Information Technology & Facilities Division (ITF)**Type of role**:

- Information Technology**Working pattern**:

- Flexible working, Full-time, Part-time**Number of jobs available**:

- 2Contents

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About the job

**Benefits**:
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Location
- East Midlands (England), East of England, North East England, North West England, Scotland, South East England, South West England, Wales, West Midlands (England), Yorkshire and the HumberAbout the job

**Job summary**:
Technology, data, and digital services underpins everything that HSE does. We are a knowledge organisation, with a wealth of experience in keeping people safe. It is the responsibility of the Information Technology Services (ITS) Division to ensure that everyone in the organisation can access our data and information, to share it and to use it to make effective decisions. We support over 3000 colleagues working in a hybrid style at home and in 26 offices across Great Britain. Our services keep inspectors functioning effectively and efficiently on industrial sites nationwide, from oil platforms in the North Sea to our deepest mines and quarries.

We strive to constantly improve the technologies and services supporting the organisation. Our end user computing devices are leading edge, and we are making significant progress in delivering new cloud-based services. Our service management and information management services are very highly regarded within the organisation and pride themselves on excellent customer service. Our commercial team has built strong relationships with suppliers and our project management team is embedded in our corporate change programme, transforming the older legacy systems that have underpinned the organisation for a long time.

We are a learning team, and everyone is encouraged to undertake training, development and courses that will keep them and the team current and excited by new opportunities. The team works well because everyone’s contributions and ideas are listened to and valued, and we can only grow and improve if there is an enthusiasm to explore our disciplines and try new ways of working.

**Job description**:
To support the QA test manager with testing of Digital and Technology Services, including all infrastructures and components, during the delivery of Major Change Programmes and Continuous Improvement pipelines. You will work within programmes structured to deliver both Waterfall and Agile methodologies, ensuring that user functional and non-functional requirements are delivered completely and appropriately. You will prioritise and report defects, to allow Programme Management to determine the progress of development and to manage the risks associated with delivery. This role will engage with users, supporting their needs and ensuring that a high-quality customer-focused service is delivered.

**Key Responsibilities**
- Support on the definition, management and execution of Test Strategies, Test Approaches and Test Methodologies to be used by HSE, encompassing Data, Unit, Integration, System, Acceptance, User, Performance, Security and Compatibility.
- Manage the delivery of all testing, including writing test plans, test cases and test scripts to ensure the quality delivery requirements.
- Support QA team with Management Information (MI and reporting) of the quality of the Digital and Technology Services within Major Change Programmes, Change Projects and Continuous Improvement projects.
- Manage the identification, recording, analysis and prioritisation of all Defects and coordinate the re-testing of all Defects within Major Change Programmes, Change Projects and Continuous Improvement projects.
- Develop and maintain testing documentation and procedures
- Support the Change Lifecycle, testing changes for Digital and Technology Services.

There will be occasional requirement for some out of hours work dependent on business needs.

**Person specification**:
**Essential**:

- Proven experience of testing Digital and Technology Services
- Experience of using modern Test Tools, Test Management Tools and Test Automation

**Desirable**:

- Experience of test methodologies
- Experience of Microsoft Power Platform, Azure DevOps, Microsoft 365, Microsoft Dynamics 365
- ITIL Version 4 Foundation and Intermediate Certificates
- Effective methods of communication
- Excellent knowledge of Microsoft Office

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

- Changing and Improving
- Making Effective Decisions
- Managing a Quality Service
- Delivering at Pace

**Benefits**:

- Learning and development tailored to your role.
- An environment with flexible working optio


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