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Service Validation and Testing Manager
Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service —Birmingham
- £50,920 - £53,980 a year
- Full-time
- Presentation skills
- IT
- Leadership
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- Microsoft Excel
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- Communication skills
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Senior Network Engineer - Technology CSC - Counter Terrorism Policing HQ
Metropolitan Police —Birmingham
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- Full-time
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- Full-time
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NTT Ltd —Birmingham
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Service Validation and Testing Manager

Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service -
Birmingham

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Job details

Permanent | Full-time
£50,920 - £53,980 a year
3 days ago

Benefits

Cycle to work scheme
Company pension

Qualifications

ISTQB Certification
Presentation skills
IT
Business requirements
Leadership

Full job description

Details

Reference number

471087

Salary

£46,750 - £53,980

National: £46,750 - £49,810. London: £50,920 - £53,980. The Civil Service pay remit and Acas pay policy will apply. The post holder may also be eligible for a DDaT Allowance of up to £4,000 per annum based on experience and qualifications.

A Civil Service Pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%

GBP

Job grade

Senior Executive Officer

Grade 8

Contract type

Permanent

Business area

ACAS - Digital Data and Technology

Type of role

Digital

Working pattern

Flexible working, Full-time, Job share, Part-time, Compressed hours

Number of jobs available

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Location

Birmingham, Bristol, Cardiff, Fleet or Nottingham Acas Office with an element of working from home. (Due to workforce restrictions, London will only be available to existing employees of Acas who are currently based in our London office. These employees should select 'Any' as a location preference and confirm they are London based as a further location preference).

Please be aware that this role can only be worked in Great Britain and not overseas. You will be asked to express a location preference during the application process. Informal hybrid arrangements are available and the balance between home and workplace working is to be agreed with the line manager to achieve the right balance between collaboration, in-person engagement and flexibility.

About the job

Job summary

At Acas, we help make working life better for everyone.

We are looking for a Service Validation and Testing Manager to join our Digital, Data and Technology directorate at an exciting time, as we establish a new Service Validation and Testing Team.

This is a great opportunity to shape how testing is done across Acas, build a new team, and make a real difference to the quality and reliability of the digital services people rely on.

You will have the space to develop and improve our testing approach, support colleagues to build good practice, and help ensure our services are robust, accessible and ready for users.

You will be joining a friendly, collaborative and supportive working environment where people are encouraged to learn, share ideas and grow their careers. We value different perspectives and are committed to creating an inclusive workplace where everyone can thrive.

If you are passionate about quality, enjoy working with others, and are looking to develop your test leadership experience, we want to hear from you.

The Service Validation and Testing Team is a new team being established in the Technical projects team at Acas.

The Service Validation and Testing Manager will lead Acas's service validation and testing capability within DDaT. The role will establish and continuously improve a proportionate, risk-based testing approach for new and changed digital and technology services.

The post holder will line manage two Grade 9 Service Validation and Testing Analysts and build consistent testing practice across DDaT.

The role will work with delivery teams and service transition to provide clear evidence on quality, risk and release readiness.

The role will help Acas deliver robust and reliable digital services by strengthening test planning, defect management, reporting, quality gates and post-implementation learning.

Job description

The main accountabilities of this role are as follows

Strategy and standards

Define and maintain Acas's service validation and testing approach, standards, templates and reporting.
Establish risk-based test planning across new and changed services, including appropriate functional, integration, regression, performance and user acceptance testing.
Define quality metrics and use test evidence, defect trends and post-implementation findings to improve delivery practice.

Delivery and assurance

Oversee test planning and execution for priority releases, projects and service changes.
Ensure acceptance criteria, test coverage, test data, environments and release-readiness evidence are clear and proportionate.
Identify, communicate and escalate quality risks, defects and unresolved issues in a timely way.
Work with delivery, development, architecture, service transition and business teams to embed testing earlier in the lifecycle.

Leadership and capability

Line manage and mentor two Grade 9 Service Validation and Testing Analysts.
Coach colleagues in good testing practice and support consistent ways of working across DDaT.
Champion pragmatic improvements in automation, CI/CD quality gates and performance testing.

Continuous improvement

Support post-implementation reviews and translate lessons learned into improved testing standards.
Keep the testing approach aligned with changing technologies, services and user needs.
Identify opportunities to improve test tooling, reporting, automation and knowledge-sharing.

Who we are

Acas exists to make working life better for everyone in Britain. We are the experts in workplace matters, were impartial, so were not on anyones side. That means were working for everyone to help prevent, manage and resolve workplace issues.

Acas helps employers and employees by providing information, advice, training, conciliation and other services that prevent, manage or resolve workplace problems.

Acas: Britains Workplace Experts

Acas has been recognised for its Diversity and Inclusion in the workplace from the Employers Network for Equality and Inclusion awards; it is a Disability Confident Leader, a Pay Gap award winner, and an Overall winner for public sector organisations. Acas is committed to providing services and developing policies which embrace diversity, promote equality of opportunity and eliminate unlawful discrimination.

Person specification

Experience

Essential Criteria:

Evidence of influencing technical and non-technical stakeholders, including explaining quality risks and release-readiness evidence in plain language (Lead criterion).
Leadership and capability building: evidence of managing, mentoring or coaching testers, analysts or colleagues and improving team practice.
Delivery and stakeholder management: evidence of successfully coordinating testing across several delivery teams, managing risks and communicating findings.
Experience translating business requirements, acceptance criteria and user needs into proportionate test coverage.

Technical

Essential Criteria:

Test strategy and risk-based assurance: evidence of defining and applying risk-based test strategies for digital or technology services, including deciding appropriate test depth, coverage, sequencing and release-readiness evidence (Lead criterion).
Defect management: evidence of using test evidence, defect trends, quality metrics and reporting to inform delivery decisions, escalate risks and improve testing practice.
Modern testing practice: evidence of using programming, scripting or low code automation to support testing and CI/CD quality gates.

Desirable Criteria - (the following will be assessed only in the event of tie-breaker scenarios)

Technical

Experience with Microsoft Dynamics, CRM/case management platforms, cloud services, performance testing.

Qualifications/Memberships

Membership or chartership of a relevant professional body (for example BCS) or a testing qualification (for example ISTQB Foundation or equivalent experience) is desirable, not essential.

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £46,750, Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service contributes £13,543 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides .

Were big believers in rewarding people for the amazing work they do, take a look at some of the fantastic benefits we offer:

Learning and Development;
Health and wellbeing;
Pension scheme;
Cycle to work scheme;
Interest free season ticket loans;
Volunteering opportunities.

Could you ask for any more?

Youll have access to a Lifestyle website, where youll be able to grab savings over a wide range of products from holidays to your weekly shop.

To find out more please check out - Working for Acas

Things you need to know

Artificial intelligence

Artificial intelligence can be a useful tool to support your application, however, all examples and statements provided must be truthful, factually accurate and taken directly from your own experience. Where plagiarism has been identified (presenting the ideas and experiences of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own) applications may be withdrawn and internal candidates may be subject to disciplinary action. Please see our candidate guidance for more information on appropriate and inappropriate use.

Selection process details

How to apply

Please click on the 'Apply now' button.

As part of the application process, you will be asked to complete:

An evidence-based Personal Statement and CV reflecting the essential Experience and Technical requirements as listed in the Person Specification section of this advert. Your Personal Statement should be no longer than 1,250 words. It should avoid generalised assertions, instead including specific examples of achievements, explaining the degree of challenge, what you did, how you did it and the outcomes.
Your CV should be no more than the equivalent of two sides of A4.
A separate 250-word Statement reflecting the desirable criteria. Desirable criteria will only be assessed in the event of a tie-breaker scenario at sift or interview.

Should a large number of applications be received, an initial sift may be conducted using the Lead Criteria:

Evidence of influencing technical and non-technical stakeholders, including explaining quality risks and release-readiness evidence in plain language, and
Test strategy and risk-based assurance: evidence of defining and applying risk-based test strategies for digital or technology services, including deciding appropriate test depth, coverage, sequencing and release-readiness evidence.

Candidates who pass the initial sift may be progressed to a full sift of all the above requirements or progressed straight to assessment/interview.

If a large number of applications meet the minimum standard an interview wait list may be created for this position. This means that if you have met the minimum requirements at sift you may be placed at a Hold status for up to 12 months and if we are able to invite you to an interview we will be in touch.

Interview Details

If you have successfully passed sift at the application stage, you will be invited to an interview which will take place via Microsoft Teams, and which is likely to take place from the week commencing 24 August 2026.

It will be a Technical and Experience based interview, and it will also include a Test on the lead Technical Criteria:

Test strategy and risk-based assurance: evidence of defining and applying risk-based test strategies for digital or technology services, including deciding appropriate test depth, coverage, sequencing and release-readiness evidence.

The following Technical Essential criteria will also be assessed at interview -

Defect management: evidence of using test evidence, defect trends, quality metrics and reporting to inform delivery decisions, escalate risks and improve testing practice.
Modern testing practice: evidence of using programming, scripting or low code automation to support testing and CI/CD quality gates.

The following Essential Experience criteria will be assessed at Interview

Evidence of influencing technical and non-technical stakeholders, including explaining quality risks and release-readiness evidence in plain language.
Leadership and capability building: evidence of managing, mentoring or coaching testers, analysts or colleagues and improving team practice.
Delivery and stakeholder management: evidence of successfully coordinating testing across several delivery teams, managing risks and communicating findings.
Experience translating business requirements, acceptance criteria and user needs into proportionate test coverage.

A reserve list will be created for this position; this means that if you have passed the interview, but we cannot immediately offer you this position, you will be placed on a reserve list for 12 months and may be considered for similar positions during that time.

Reasonable Adjustments

As a Disability Confident Leader, Acas is committed to creating an inclusive recruitment process. If you have a disability and feel that any part of the recruitment process puts you at a disadvantage, we will work with you to make Reasonable Adjustments that support your needs. If you require any changes to help you apply:

Please contact the Acas Recruitment Team via [email protected] as soon as possible before the closing date to discuss your needs.
Please complete the Assistance Required section on the Additional Requirements page of your application form to let us know about any adjustments or support you may need during the recruitment process. For example, this might include accessibility arrangements for entering a building or interview room, communication support, modifications to assessment methods, etc.
You can find out more about the Disability Confident Scheme and Reasonable Adjustments by clicking these links.

Want to learn more about Civil Service recruitment? You can find out more on Civil Service Careers, including information on Success Profiles, writing a Personal Statement, acceptable use of Artificial Intelligence, and what to expect at Interview.

For applicants requiring an eVisa to work in the UK

Please be advised that Acas does not hold a UKVI Sponsorship Licence so cannot consider sponsoring a visa applicant or issuing a Certificate of Sponsorship.

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)
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

Working for the Civil Service

The Civil Service Code 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 .

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.

Diversity and Inclusion

The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see the Civil Service People Plan and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy .

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