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Quality Assurance Analyst 1/2 (QAA)

Closing date for applications: 12/03/2020
OVERVIEW OF ROLE
Specialist role
 Quality assurance analyst
Summary of the work
 Software Application Tester / Engineer required to provide full quality assurance activities for College of Policing applications
Latest start date
 06/04/2020
Expected contract length
 9 months
Location
 London
Organisation the work is for
 College of Policing
Maximum day rate
 £375
ABOUT THE WORK
Early market engagement
 -
Who the specialist will work with
 You'll be working with: The College of Policing (CoP) Digital Services team Test Managers Designers Developers CoP Project Managers CoP Users
What the specialist will work on
 The Sofware Tester will: Write test cases and scripts for software iterations and releases Facilitate UAT, record, analyse and feedback results Conduct functional and regression testing on software iterations and releases Support Mock Runs by capturing issues and testing reported faults Document tests, acceptance criteria and sign off Escalate and assess risks to the business This will be requried for College Learn MVP, Assessment Information Management Solution (AIMS) and Day One Assessment (the College's police recruit assessment centre)
WORK SETUP
Address where the work will take place
 CoP London site, currently: 1-7 Old Queen Street, Westminster, London SW1H 9HP A move to offices in Vauxhall is anticipated Spring/Summer 2020
Working arrangements
 Onsite 3 days per week, working from home/other College sites rest of the time
Security clearance
 Vetting required: NPPV2, CTC (SC -desirable). Happy to put successful candidate through vetting process. Will have access to OFFICIAL - SENSITIVE police information, systems, assets and will be working at Old Queens Street/ Vauxhall with unescorted access to the building.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Additional terms and conditions
 Standard DOS contract
EVALUATION CRITERIA
How many specialists to evaluate
 4
Cultural fit criteria
 Strong team working experience with the ability to think and problem solve independently Strong understanding and experience of Agile methodology and working practices, participating as an active member of an agile team Excellent written and communication skills Ability to work under pressure Strong collaboration skills with the ability to share information among team members Must apply and promote the College of Policing Code of Ethics and Integrity principles
Assessment methods
Evaluation weighting
 Technical competence 60% Cultural fit 20% Price 20%
EXPERIENCE
Essential skills and experience
  • Extensive understanding and experience of writing and executing functional and non-functional tests for web applications
  • Extensive experience generating test cases/scripts directly from UX/UI design specifications and style guides
  • Extensive experience testing responsively designed web applications across a wide variety of devices (mobile, tablet, desktop), platforms (iOS, Android, Windows etc.) and browsers (IE, Edge, Chrome, Firefox etc.)
  • Extensive experience testing against W3C's Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1 AA standard for accessibility compliance
  • Experience testing responsive web applications built using the Bootstrap 3/4 framework
  • Working knowledge of using and maintaining test plans and test suites within Microsoft Team Foundation Server/Azure DevOps Server
  • Experience testing using a wide variety of tools/techniques, including the use of automated testing
  • Understanding of Continuous Deployment (CD) processes
Nice-to-have skills and experience
  • Experience using Katalon Studio and Selenium for automated testing
  • Understanding and awareness of coding practices and languages, including HTML5 semantics
  • Experience testing online learning platforms and content
  • Understanding of SCORM 1.2 object model and tracking API
  • Experience manipulating data and writing queries with Microsoft SQL Server
EXPRESS INTEREST
Closing date for applications: 12/03/2020

Quality Assurance Analyst 1/2 (QAA)

Closing date for applications: 12/03/2020


Specialist role:

Quality assurance analyst

Location:

London

Organisation:

College of Policing

Maximum day rate:

£375
FULL DETAILS / EXPRESS INTEREST HERE
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