Test Lead- Office for Standards in Education, Children's Services and Skills-SEO
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Test Lead
Office for Standards in Education, Children's Services and Skills
Apply before 11:55 pm on Sunday 28th July 2024
Details
Reference number
361898
Salary
£42,471 - £42,895
£42,471 per annum. Rising to £42,895 per annum on successful completion of probation.
A Civil Service Pension with an average employer contribution of 27%
Job grade
Senior Executive Officer
B1 APT
Contract type
Permanent
Business area
Digital and Operations
Type of role
Analytical
Digital
Other
Working pattern
Full-time
Number of jobs available
1
Contents
Location
This role can be based at either one of these offices: 2 Rivergate, Bristol or 23 Stephenson Street, Birmingham or Piccadilly Gate, Manchester or Agora, Nottingham
About the job
Job summary
We are hiring a Test Lead to join our Digital Change team.
The post holder will be responsible for assuring the quality of the products we develop while working as part of an experienced agile team. The post holder will work on one or more projects, reporting to a senior delivery manager, and will be responsible for the co-ordination and execution of the required testing to ensure the systems Ofsted develops meet the agreed quality standards. The test lead will champion quality standards within Ofsted.
The post holder will work on Ofsted’s more complex digital products and may manage one or more test analysts. You will be responsible for determining test cases and planning and execution of tests across one or more projects. On complex digital products you will work closely with the product owner, developer(s) and test analysts to determine the scope of what is to be tested. You will also be responsible for identifying and document test scenarios and the relevant test data, have responsibility for managing test resource, ensuring quality standards are maintained and testing is performed in a consistent and transparent manner across projects.
This is a fantastic opportunity to further your experience in Ofsted’s well-established team. The post holder will work with high-achieving professionals at all levels, surrounded by a friendly and supportive team. They will have access to amazing benefits, such as flexible working hours, the Civil Service Pension Scheme, and 32.5 days annual leave + 8 bank holidays. We offer a hybrid working model, so you may also choose to spend a proportion of time working from home.
Job description
Please refer to this link for further information.
Person specification
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Qualifications
Software testing or training qualification or equivalent experience.
Behaviours
We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:
- Communicating and Influencing
- Changing and Improving
- Delivering at Pace
- Working Together
Technical skills
We'll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:
- Knowledge of testing tools, techniques and best practice, particularly those applicable to software development.
- Experience planning, executing and reporting on complex tests, in a digital environment, including managing test data.
- Experience of working on a fast-paced digital project, collaborating with a range of stakeholders with other specialist skills to achieve the best outcomes.
- Experience working as a test professional in an agile delivery team.
- The ability to work independently or leading a small team to meet tight deadlines.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills to simplify and explain complex messages to a range of stakeholders including senior management and suppliers.
We only ask for evidence of these technical skills on your application form:
- Knowledge of testing tools, techniques and best practice, particularly those applicable to software development.
- Experience planning, executing and reporting on complex tests, in a digital environment, including managing test data.
- Experience of working on a fast-paced digital project, collaborating with a range of stakeholders with other specialist skills to achieve the best outcomes.
Benefits
Alongside your salary of £42,471, Office for Standards in Education, Children's Services and Skills contributes £11,467 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.
Full details of the benefits available can be found in our Ofsted Offer brochure.
Ofsted is devoted to equality, diversity and inclusion. Within our Ofsted Strategy 2023-2027 we have stated that we will improve the representation of under-represented groups across the organisation and publish our progress on this annually. We are always looking to expand on our diverse workforce by recruiting candidates from varied backgrounds and differing experiences. We are proud to be a Disability Confident – Leader, we continually engage with our 5 staff networks for protected characteristics, and highlight the work of our Equalities, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) Group. We ensure all candidates are treated with fair and open competition, with all appointments being made on merit and we use our Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) to provide assurance to all candidates of this.
Things you need to know
Selection process details
This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours, Experience and Technical skills.
Application and Shortlisting:
The selection panel will assess your application based on your evidence you have provided against the essential criteria as set out in the person specification.
You will also be asked to provide information within the “Employer/Activity History” section of the application form. This information is equivalent to the information you would provide on a CV setting out your career history (this may be used in the sifting process).
Interview:
Candidates who pass the benchmark at the shortlisting stage will be invited to an interview where they will be assessed against a mixture of the Civil Service behaviours and the experience skills set out in section 3 of the job specification.
We will invite the most suitable candidates to attend a remote interview via Microsoft Teams during the week commencing Monday 12 August 2024.
Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.
Security
Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check.
People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.
Nationality requirements
This job is broadly open to the following groups:
- UK nationals
- nationals of the Republic of Ireland
- nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
- nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
- nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
- individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
- Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service
Further information on nationality requirements (opens in a new window)
Working for the Civil Service
The Civil Service Code (opens in a new window) sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.
We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles (opens in a new window).
The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.
The Civil Service also offers a Redeployment Interview Scheme to civil servants who are at risk of redundancy, and who meet the minimum requirements for the advertised vacancy.
