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Ref no:
411588
Published:
04/02/2025
Closes:
24/02/2025
Location:
91 Haymarket Terrace, EH12 5HD
Salary:
£31,310 - £0 per year
Contract Type:
Permanent
Position Type:
Full Time
Hours:
35 hours per week
Work From Home:
Hybrid

Are you a Test Engineer ready to make a real impact in a dynamic and collaborative team? If you're passionate about testing and keen to take on a variety of responsibilities, keep reading!

Join us and play a vital role in testing and ensuring the readiness of our systems at SLAB. As part of an Agile team, you'll work alongside developers, product managers, and product owners to help deliver high-quality, user-focused solutions.

About us

The Scottish Legal Aid Board (SLAB) was established in 1987 to manage legal aid in Scotland. We are a non-departmental public body responsible to the Scottish Government. Our main purpose is to manage and continuously improve publicly funded legal assistance and to advise Scottish Ministers on its strategic development for the benefit of society.

If you wish to learn more about us and our direct services, please visit the website.

Why work for us

We are an ethical organisation carrying out rewarding work that can have a considerable impact on clients’ lives.

We seek high calibre people and in return, we set out to provide good training and development with rewarding working conditions. We aim to be an ‘employer of choice’. Should you come to work with us, you’ll discover that no matter what your job or level of responsibilities, you are treated as an individual, with fairness, dignity and respect. Our stable and secure reward package includes:

· a competitive salary with potential for pay progression

· generous holiday entitlement of 34 days per year (inclusive of public and privilege holidays), increasing after five years of continuous service

· a defined benefit pension scheme with a 6% employee contribution

· flexible and hybrid working arrangements

· comprehensive access to learning and development opportunities, and wellbeing support

· job security in a stable environment for long term career progression

· support from colleagues within a rewarding, positive work culture

· opportunities for learning and development while making a difference with challenging tasks for ultimate job satisfaction

· cycle to work scheme.

For more on working with us and our benefits, visit www.slab.org.uk/recruitment/working-for-us.

About the role

We are seeking a Test Engineer to join our Agile team at SLAB. You’ll be responsible for the testing and system readiness of our platforms, ensuring they meet the highest standards before release. You’ll work closely with the Product Manager, developers, and product owner(s) to contribute to Agile meetings, providing valuable insights throughout the development lifecycle.

The role aligns to the Government Digital and Data Profession Capability Framework but offers a unique opportunity to work in a small, flexible department where you'll take on a variety of tasks. Beyond testing, you'll play a key role in training internal and external stakeholders, as well as creating training materials for SLAB's website. You’ll also manage the Video Conferencing registration and set-up process, ensuring solicitors are prepared to use the service for client communications.

This is an exciting opportunity to be part of a diverse, hands-on team that values flexibility and continuous learning.

If you are applying for a full time position on a part time basis (less than 35 hours per week), please give details of the number of hours and pattern of part time work you would be interested in. Further details are supplied in the ‘General Information for Applicants’ document.

We are an equal opportunities employer, dedicated to being fair, inclusive and a place where all belong.

We welcome and encourage applications from diverse backgrounds, including groups currently underrepresented in our workforce. These include people from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds, disabled people, and LGBTQI+ people.

We will ensure that disclosure of disability status will not negatively impact anyone’s application. We are committed to guaranteeing an interview to every applicant who indicates they have a disability, in terms of the Equality Act 2010, that meets the minimum criteria for the role.

For more details about this role and a full list of essential criteria and required competencies, please see the ‘Job Description / Person Specification’ document available on the vacancy page of our recruitment portal.

Apply

Completed applications should be returned by Monday, 24 February 2025 via SLAB’s recruitment portal.