DWP - DWP Place - DWP Digital
DWP - DWP Place QA Tester 2
4 Incomplete applications
4 SME, 0 large
17 Completed applications
15 SME, 2 large
Important dates
- Published
- Tuesday 25 January 2022
- Deadline for asking questions
- Thursday 27 January 2022 at 11:59pm GMT
- Closing date for applications
- Tuesday 1 February 2022 at 11:59pm GMT
Overview
- Specialist role
- Quality assurance analyst
- Off-payroll (IR35) determination
- Supply of resource: the off-payroll rules will apply to any workers engaged through a qualifying intermediary, such as their own limited company
- Summary of the work
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The specialist will need to be a experienced (working level) Tester.
Day to day planning, scheduling, and coordination of UAT testing. Embedding in existing Test team and project teams, and undertaking Knowledge Transfer.
Upholding DWP values and working within Government Digital Standards. - Latest start date
- Monday 28 February 2022
- Expected contract length
- 6 months with an optional extension period of up to 2 months
- Location
- North West England
- Organisation the work is for
- DWP - DWP Place - DWP Digital
- Maximum day rate
- Up to £450 ex VAT per day. Standard 8 hour working day, includes expenses to base location agreed with DWP . This role is Inside IR35
About the work
- Early market engagement
- Who the specialist will work with
- The specialist will work with the existing DWP Augmented Teams, this will consist of DWP Digital staff and other 3rd party suppliers engaged in Service Now development work
- What the specialist will work on
- The specialist will be a experienced QA & UAT tester, able to deal with planning, scheduling, and coordinating tests with end users.
Work setup
- Address where the work will take place
- Primarily at the DWP Digital Corporate Hub2- St Peters Square, Manchester - although there may be a requirement to work from other DWP locations in the North West.
- Working arrangements
- Specialist will work 5 working days per work remotely until further notice. The specialist will be required to be online between the hours of 8:00AM - 17:00PM Monday to Friday
- Security clearance
- All suppliers must BPSS cleared and On-Shore
Additional information
- Additional terms and conditions
- https://www.gov.uk/guidance/terms-and-conditions-of-digital-marketplace-frameworks
Skills and experience
Buyers will use the essential and nice-to-have skills and experience to help them evaluate suppliers’ technical competence.
- Essential skills and experience
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- Technical Skills: Test Analysis (DDaT) Testing (DDaT) Methods & Tools (DDaT)
- ISTQB or equivalent experience
- Demonstrable experience of working in a enterprise scale organisation
- Experience planning and scheduling tests based discussion with stakeholders.
- Good experience of undertaking knowledge transfer to existing teams
- Demonstrable experience of working in a large scale orgnisation.
- Nice-to-have skills and experience
- Experience of writing test approaches.
How suppliers will be evaluated
All suppliers will be asked to provide a work history.
- How many specialists to evaluate
- 3
- Cultural fit criteria
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- Work well as the lead of a team and keep the team motivated to perform well
- Transfer knowledge gained through the team and be willing to share experiences across the wider department.
- Be transparent and collaborative when making decisions
- Is accountable and takes responsibility for their work
- Can work with colleagues with little or no technical knowledge
- Additional assessment methods
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- Reference
- Interview
- Evaluation weighting
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Technical competence
70%Cultural fit
5%Price
25%
Questions asked by suppliers
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1. Questions 3 and 6 seem to be asking the same thing – will the same answer for each question be acceptable or are DWP expecting two different answers to these questions?
“Demonstrable experience of working in a enterprise scale organisation”
“Demonstrable experience of working in a large scale orgnisation.” - Yes