Quality Assurance - Senior Consultant

About the Position

Ready to keep quality at the heart of projects with impact? Do you want to make a real impact by ensuring quality in services? Are you ready to grow your skills in a supportive, knowledge-sharing community where you can achieve your potential?

We’re a growing tech consultancy that creates user-centred solutions with purpose for our clients in government, healthcare, and purpose-driven businesses. As a Quality Assurance consultant, you’ll ensure that quality assurance is considered from the start through testing, questioning, and improving. You’ll apply your adaptability and communication skills across a variety of projects, working with a vibrant QA community that champions learning and knowledge sharing.

The Role

You'll work on public and private sector projects. You’ll likely be working as a lead software quality engineer on internal and client-facing projects, contributing to the leadership of teams.

Leading by example and promoting the Opencast approach, you’ll support colleagues to develop knowledge and work through challenges in all testing types. You’ll decide the best thing for your team to be working on. You'll collaborate with team members, clients, and users to ensure that high quality is maintained and best practices are followed throughout the project. You'll adapt to different tools and technologies, advising on the best ones to use.

You'll ensure that work is carried out in accordance with Opencast's quality, environmental, and information security policies and procedures, as well as applicable customer policies, standards, and procedures while working on client.

Responsibilities

• Work on public and private sector projects
• Act as a lead software quality engineer on internal and client-facing projects
• Support colleagues to develop knowledge and work through challenges in all testing types
• Collaborate with team members, clients, and users to ensure high quality and best practices
• Adapt to different tools and technologies, advising on the best ones to use
• Ensure compliance with Opencast's quality, environmental, and information security policies

Requirements

• Weekly on-site work and regular travel to client locations across the UK
• Active Security Check (SC) clearance or eligibility and willingness to undergo the clearance process
• Experience working as a lead software tester on multiple complex projects
• Good understanding of functional and non-functional automation testing using tools like Playwright
• Experience in mentoring and coaching team members
• Ability to create test documentation
• Skills in resolving complex issues and presenting findings to stakeholders
• Ability to create tasks from high-level requirements
• Experience in leading and facilitating meetings, including test planning, defect triage, stand-ups, and retrospectives
• Experience acting as a senior point of contact for stakeholders

Technical Skills

• Experience with functional and non-functional automation testing using tools like Playwright
• Experience in mentoring and coaching team members, supporting their development and progression within QA
• Ability to create test documentation
• Skills in resolving complex issues and presenting findings to stakeholders
• Ability to create tasks from high-level requirements
• Experience in leading and facilitating meetings, including test planning, defect triage, stand-ups, and retrospectives
• Experience acting as a senior point of contact for stakeholders

We Offer

• Competitive salary range of £56,001-£60,000
• A 7% employer pension contribution, share options, and a discretionary bonus
• Flexible working hours aligned to client commitments
• 25 days’ holiday plus 3 annual “life happens” days
• Wellbeing support, ongoing professional development, and volunteering opportunities
• The chance to be part of a genuinely supportive team

About the Company

We welcome candidates from all identities, attributes, ways of thinking, and backgrounds to thrive in a career at Opencast. Our aim is for the diversity of our people to be reflected in the solutions we deliver, to help create a fairer society for all.

Interview

Interviews will be conducted via Microsoft Teams. We’re happy to make adjustments to support your needs.

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