QA Tester

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

- 290074**Salary**:

- £34,173 - £34,971**Job grade**:

- Higher Executive Officer**Contract type**:

- Permanent**Business area**:

- DWP - Digital**Type of role**:

- Digital
- Information Technology**Working pattern**:

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

- 2Contents

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- This role will be based in either Leeds, Manchester or Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Please find further information on the Corporate hub locations here.About the job

**Job summary**:
**Can you analyse, plan and test changes to systems, products and services to help build in quality and prevent failure?**

**If so, this could be the job for you**

Technology Services provide the foundations upon which digital services for DWP are developed and operate. Our purpose is to deliver secure, effective and cost-efficient digital infrastructure services and to run live IT operations that support DWP business objectives.

As a QA Tester in the team, you will be involved with the assurance of a number of different Microsoft Office Products across a number of digital projects in DWP Digital. You will help provide confidence that the solution is of high quality and contribute to the department's aims and delivery of its digital strategy.

**Job description**:
The QA Tester will work as part of a Testing Team across a number of digital Products to identify and subsequently define the required tests, monitor the test coverage and evaluate the overall quality experienced.

This role also involves analysing, designing and generating tests and test data. You will be evaluating the outcome of the testing including coverage and management of defects. The key tasks are:

- Review requirements and specifications, asking questions to gain understanding and to ensure we build the right solution
- Design test cases and test scripts, mapping back to pre-determined criteria, recording and reporting outcomes and issues
- Execute tests and formally record success/failure raising and managing defects for issues encountered
- Identify, create maintain test data where required to support tests
- Use the agreed assurance, testing frameworks, tools such as agile, waterfall, Zephyr, TestComplete etc
- Automate appropriate regression tests with desktop software Automation tools
- Identify ways to optimise the current test process
- Conduct automated and manual accessibility testing to WCAG standards
- Attend and contribute to Test Community meetings and events sharing knowledge and experience.

**Person specification**:
The essential criteria are outlined below and in the selection process details:

- Able to review requirements, specifications and produce tracable test scripts.
- Able to identify issues and risks associated with work whilst being able to analyse and report test activities and results.
- Identify test data requirements and create data sets.
- Assist in the investigation and resolution of defects and issues.
- Conduct regression testing using desktop-based automation tooling with some exposure to creation of simple Automation script using tools such as TestComplete etc.
- Able to design and execute non-functional test cases (i.e. Accessibility Testing) with support and guidance.

**Benefits**:

- An employer pension contribution of up to 27% For further information please click here.
- Annual leave rising up to 30 days, (based on your working pattern).
- Family friendly flexible working arrangements, such as hybrid working, job sharing, term-time working, flexi-time and compressed hours.
- Learning and development tailored to your role this could include industry recognised qualifications, coaching and mentoring.
- An inclusive and diverse environment with opportunities to join staff networks including: Women’s Network, National Race Network, National Disability Network (THRIVE) and many more.

This job role may be suitable for hybrid working, which is where an employee works part of the week in their DWP office and part of the week from home. This is a voluntary, non-contractual arrangement and your office will be your contractual place of work. The number of days that anyone will be able to work at home will be determined primarily by business need but personal circumstances and other relevant circumstances will also be taken into account. If you are successful, any opportunities for hybrid working, including whether a hybrid working arrangement is suitable for you, will be discussed with you prior to you taking up your post.**Salary Information**

Salary for this role is from £34,173 (Band min) to £34,971 (Band max).

Existing Civil Servants who secure a new role on lateral transfer should maintain their current salary.

Existing Civil Servants who gain promotion may move to the bottom of the next grade pay scale or 10% increase in salary whichever would be the greater.

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