Total 13 Quality Assurance / Control job vacancies in Slough, SL2 2DH

Windsor Forest College Group is looking for a Compliance and Quality Assistant to join the Structural Technologies team at Slough & Langley College on a full-time term-time only basis. Compliance and Quality Assistant Working 37 hours per week, for 37 weeks per year (43.31 paid weeks), the role of the Compliance and Quality Assistant is to support the efficient running of the Structural Technologies department. The main responsibilities of the role include providing administrative support to the team, ensuring compliance and audit readiness, managing internal audits, overseeing exam entries and MIS submissions, and maintaining data integrity. They will also collaborate with the Assistant Principal and Curriculum Teams to support the delivery of compliant curriculum programs. In terms of quality assurance, the Compliance and Quality Assistant is responsible for carrying out internal verification activities to meet the awarding body and company standards. They also support assessors by identifying areas for improvement and ensuring that national standards of assessment are maintained. They develop resources to support candidates and assessors promoting success. They will also have responsibility for administering the student absence line, organizing trips and visits, producing monitoring reports, managing information, assisting with timetabling and rooming allocation, and supporting exam entries. They may assist with events, maintain department budgets, and support the delivery of college open days and other events. About Us
The Windsor Forest Colleges Group (TWFCG) is a leading education provider in the South-East. Our staff work across 4 main campuses at Langley, Windsor, Strodes-Egham and Berkshire College of Agriculture-Maidenhead. Our teams place the learner at the heart of all we do and in our state-of-the-art learning environments we are proud to deliver education and training to a diverse group of students and businesses each year. This role offers a full time, term-time position to be based at Slough & Langley College Our staff benefit from: - Career progression opportunities for ambitious staff - Access to a wide range of subsidised leisure courses - Access to excellent defined benefit pension schemes - Free on-site parking at all sites - Cycle to Work Scheme - Family friendly policies to support Work Life Balance - On-site Coffee Shop & Cafeteria - Various health & wellbeing benefits including discounted gym memberships, confidential staff counselling and discounted hair and beauty treatments at The Salon at Langley College Please be advised that the vacancy will close on Friday 8th November 2024*. Interviews will be held on a rolling basis. Barred List check along with other legally required checks which are an essential part of the safeguarding process.

Windsor Forest College Group is looking for a Compliance and Quality Assistanttojoin the Structural Technologies team at Slough & Langley College on a full-time term-time only basis.

Compliance and Quality Assistant

Working 37 hours per week, for 37 weeks per year (43.31 paid weeks), the role of the Compliance and Quality Assistant is to support the efficient running of the Structural Technologies department.

The main responsibilities of the role include providing administrative support to the team, ensuring compliance and audit readiness, managing internal audits, overseeing exam entries and MIS submissions, and maintaining data integrity.

They will also collaborate with the Assistant Principal and Curriculum Teams to support the delivery of compliant curriculum programs.

In terms of quality assurance, the Compliance and Quality Assistant is responsible for carrying out internal verification activities to meet the awarding body and company standards. They also support assessors by identifying areas for improvement and ensuring that national standards of assessment are maintained. They develop resources to support candidates and assessors promoting success.

They will also have responsibility for administering the student absence line, organizing trips and visits, producing monitoring reports, managing information, assisting with timetabling and rooming allocation, and supporting exam entries. They may assist with events, maintain department budgets, and support the delivery of college open days and other events.

For further details on this role please refer to the attached job description/person specification.

About Us

The Windsor Forest Colleges Group (TWFCG) is a leading education provider in the South-East. Our staff work across 4 main campuses at Langley, Windsor, Strodes-Egham and Berkshire College of Agriculture-Maidenhead. Our teams place the learner at the heart of all we do and in our state-of-the-art learning environments we are proud to deliver education and training to a diverse group of students and businesses each year.

This role offers a full time, term-time position to be based at Slough & Langley College

Our staff benefit from:

- Career progression opportunities for ambitious staff

- Access to a wide range of subsidised leisure courses

- Access to excellent defined benefit pension schemes

- Free on-site parking at all sites

- Cycle to Work Scheme

- Family friendly policies to support Work Life Balance

- On-site Coffee Shop & Cafeteria

- Various health & wellbeing benefits including discounted gym memberships, confidential staff counselling and discounted hair and beauty treatments at The Salon at Langley College

Please be advised that the vacancy will close on Friday 8th November 2024*.

Interviews will be held on a rolling basis.

To apply please visit our careers page and complete the online application form.

Please ensure you pay particular attention to the supporting statement of the online application form making sure to include details of how you meet each of the essential criteria listed on the person specification.

*Applications will be shortlisted on a rolling basis, and we reserve the right to interview and appoint before this closing date. We therefore encourage you to apply at the earliest opportunity to avoid disappointment.

The College is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all its staff to share this commitment. Successful applicants will be required to undergo an enhanced DBS and Barred List check along with other legally required checks which are an essential part of the safeguarding process.

Project Manager
Remote
Permanent - 37.5 hrs per week

We are specialists in technology - providing a comprehensive suite of talent and training services helping individuals and companies to be winners in the digital revolution. Over 290,000 people learned with us last year!

We deliver services to over 5,000 corporate clients, representing a significant portion of the FTSE 250. We have leading practices in agile, cyber security, cloud and DevOps - as well as many other technology specialisms.

We specialise in the people side of technology transformation - our training programmes help businesses to upskill or reskill their existing employees and our talent services are used to identify, recruit and skill-up diverse technology talent - we deliver 70% of the UK's cloud training and are a Microsoft Gold delivery partner.

Your Role:
This purpose of this hands on, highly operational, client focused role is to work alongside the Senior Project Manager to scope, plan and manage the successful delivery of large and complex face to face, virtual and digital learning and engagement programmes

Working on behalf of one of QA's key clients you will be responsible for ensuring that your programme achieves its objectives within agreed timescales and budget whilst ensuring that quality measures are continually adhered to.

Responsibilities:

• Manage operational risk within sensible parameters of QA Project and QA Business needs.
• Working alongside the Senior Project Manager you will be responsible for the successful delivery of large complex learning and engagement programmes in line with the plan and budget.
• Work closely with client Stakeholders and Solution Architect to scope the objectives, deliverables, timelines, dependencies, assumptions, risks and quality acceptance criteria.
• Support programme specific resourcing through clear role(s) definition, recruitment and quality assurance.

Skills & Qualification:

• Project Management experience is essential due to the scale and complexity of the programmes
• Fully familiar with project life cycle and methodologies and hold a Prince 2 Practitioner or similar industry recognised qualification
• Experience of complex scheduling
• Experience of resource management
• Experience of effectively managing or mitigating against risk
• Excellent document writing skills
• Stakeholder management at a senior level
• Our salaries are competitive and will be discussed as part of the selection process. What's in it for me?

On top of this, receive QA's outstanding benefits package:

• 27 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• 3 dedicated study days
• Access to 1500+ courses (worth up to £3K each!)
• Medicash - cashback for dentist/physio etc.
• Free virtual GP appointments
• 2 charity/volunteer days
• £500 referral scheme
• A superb Gymflex scheme (ask us about this!)
• Our own BenefitsHub to receive loads of discounts

Down time
Taking time for ourselves is so important these days which is why we dedicate some of our benefits to support your health & wellbeing. These include: 27 days holiday each year, holiday buying scheme, Medicash plan, Gympass, Cycle to Work scheme, Employee Assistance Programme, and 2 days per year charity leave.

How we'll help with finance matters
In addition to pension, group income protection and life assurance, QA are offering you an annual pay review, access to our employee discounts benefit hub with hundreds of deals and savings on goods and experiences, season ticket loan, tech scheme and an employee referral scheme.

Personal growth
Learning and opportunity is at the core of what we do - and that applies to you too!

You'll have the unique opportunity to develop your skills on our QA authored courses in the latest tech (you'll get 3 training days/year to do this). You can also delve deep into our world-class digital learning content from Circus Street and Cloud Academy on a variety of tech and business topics. Or perhaps you'd like to enrol on a Degree or Masters programme to enhance your skill set or learn new things.


Our people

We are an equal opportunity employer, focused on promoting a welcoming and inclusive environment. We embrace diversity, welcome applications from all candidates and aim to support the career growth of everyone. This means no matter what your gender, age, ethnicity, beliefs, or sexual preference, or if you are disabled or a carer, we welcome you and the alternative perspectives you bring to our diverse family. We're proud of the progress we've achieved over the last few years to build an inclusive culture and celebrate our diversity - our rankings on The Inclusive Top 50 UK Employers List are a testament to this.

We are proud to be a Disability Confident employer. All applicants with a disability who fulfil the role criteria will be progressed to the next stage of the process. Please let us know what reasonable adjustment, if any, you require.

If this is what you're looking for, here are the next steps:

Hit the apply button and register on our QA website to fill out our quick and easy application form. If you'd like to hear more about the role you can email me: - happy to help!

Windsor Forest College Group is looking for a Commercial Services and Compliance Assistant to join the Langley team on a full-time basis.
Commercial Services and Compliance Assistant
The job purpose of this role is to provide support in the day-to-day administration and compliance functions of the Commercial short-course Training department. This includes assisting in the development of full-cost short courses for the Green Skills Academy and supporting the development of short courses in other industry sectors.
The main responsibilities of the post include:
Handling inquiries through various channels and providing excellent customer service by ensuring accurate and timely responses.
Acting as a liaison with other College departments and providing relevant information to teams such as Admissions, Finance, MIS, IT, and Reprographics.
Maintaining accurate records of scheduled short courses, including attendee numbers, in the approved scheduling spreadsheet.
Supporting the smooth operation of courses on-site and maintaining the Commercial office facilities, including efficient filing systems.
Creating, preparing, and reviewing short course training materials and assessment paperwork, and suggesting improvements where necessary.
Additionally, the post involves ensuring compliance of course training materials with Awarding Organizations' guidelines, ordering course materials, monitoring attendance, preparing feedback forms, and managing pre-payment timelines. The role also includes collating and verifying assessment paperwork, supporting the preparation of data returns and reports related to funded grants, maintaining accurate records/documentation for GDPR compliance, preparing monthly reports on various aspects, updating the College Groups' CRM system, assisting the Head of Commercial with new training programs, and fulfilling the role of department Champion for Ofsted requirements and documentation. Professional development training may be required, and the post may involve other duties, tasks, and projects as necessary.
For further details on this role please refer to the attached job description/person specification.
About Us
The Windsor Forest Colleges Group (TWFCG) is a leading education provider in the South-East. Our staff work across 4 main campuses at Langley, Windsor, Strodes-Egham and Berkshire College of Agriculture-Maidenhead. Our teams place the learner at the heart of all we do and in our state-of-the-art learning environments we are proud to deliver education and training to a diverse group of students and businesses each year.
This role offers a full-time position to be based at Langley
Our staff benefit from:
Support roles enjoy 30 days annual leave plus bank holidays
Career progression opportunities for ambitious staff
Access to a wide range of subsidised leisure courses
Access to excellent defined benefit pension schemes
Free on-site parking at all sites
Cycle to Work Scheme
Family friendly policies to support Work Life Balance
On-site Coffee Shop & Cafeteria
Various health & wellbeing benefits including discounted gym memberships, confidential staff counselling and discounted hair and beauty treatments at The Salon at Langley College
Please be advised that the vacancy will close on Friday 4th October 2024.
Interviews will be held on a rolling basis.
To apply please visit our careers page and complete the online application form.
Please ensure you pay particular attention to the supporting statement of the online application form making sure to include details of how you meet each of the essential criteria listed on the person specification.
*Applications will be shortlisted on a rolling basis, and we reserve the right to interview and appoint before this closing date. We therefore encourage you to apply at the earliest opportunity to avoid disappointment.

Do you want to make a difference to the lives of children and young people with special educational needs and/or disabilities? If so, this role could be for you!

As part of our commitment to SEND improvement we are seeking 4 passionate, motivated individuals to join our team of Quality Assurance Managers within the SEND Assessment and Planning Service.

The roles are fixed term until 31 August 2025 and are working across double district teams. Travel to other areas other than your usual base for meetings and/or training will also be required.

Main Responsibilities

You'll ensure that:

• we produce good quality plans, deliver consistency across all districts,
• support co-production and promote collaborative working for all EHC Plans for Staffordshire’s children and young people.
• support the SEND Family Practitioner Leads to develop and sustain productive working relationships with internal and external stakeholders in the education, health and care needs assessment and review process.
• ensure that education, health and care plans comply with legal, regulatory, ethical and social requirements in addition to the policies, standards and procedures of the Authority.

The Ideal Candidate

This is a fast-paced role in which you will be required to manage your own caseload independently and as part of a team. The ability to reflect on practice and improve as a result is paramount.

For more information about the role please contact: Nadine Young (SEND Operational Lead) nadine.young@staffordshire.gov.uk

About Staffordshire County Council

We are no ordinary county council:

Our Values:

The core of who we are as an organisation. Just like we all have personal values that shape our thoughts and behaviour, organisational values drive how we think and act collectively.

Our values were created and shaped by colleague feedback and national best practice and they sit at the heart of People Strategy:

We have a real sense of community spirit that brings our people together. This feeling of belonging means we are all connected to what we do and take pride in the difference we make every day for Staffordshire people. We are ambitious and our sights are set firmly on a better future.

We look forward and race ahead - that goes for your career too.

Our benefits:

We recognise that it is our employees that are central to everything we do. We aim to create a supportive working environment where employees can achieve their full potential and achieve a healthy work-life balance.

In addition to your salary, as a member of staff, you will have access to Our rewards and benefits - Careers at Staffordshire

Our recruitment process:

As an Authority we are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people/vulnerable adults and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

Staffordshire County Council is an equal opportunities organisation and Disability Confident employer. We encourage applications from all background and communities

As part of our commitment as a Disability Confident employer, a Gold Award Armed Forces employer and our commitment to supporting care leavers - we offer a guaranteed interview as long as your application meets the minimum criteria for the post.

As you’ll know safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our children and young people/vulnerable adults is important to us and that’s why this position is subject to a criminal record check from the Disclosure and Barring Service. If applicable you should disclose details of unspent and unfiltered spent reprimands, formal warnings, cautions and convictions in your application form.

Proud member of the Disability Confident employer scheme

People Services Team Leader

Location : Slough - (Hybrid 2 - 3 days in the office)

Contract : Full-time, Permanent, 37.5 hours

Competitive salary plus benefits


We are looking for someone that will bring a great energy and motivation into People team, a self-starter that wants to progress within a fast-growing and dynamic environment!

As a team leader you will lead, manage and develop a team responsible for providing services related to employee centric activity.

Lead the team through a period of change, evolving the service to enable the People Team to deliver a high quality customer focused transactional service to the business. Deliver a culture of process improvement, a tight focus on data integrity and an excellent service to managers and employees.

Key Responsibilities
Provide a comprehensive HR administrative and first line advisory service for all employees in the business.
Be responsible for the employee lifecycle documentation in line with policy and guidelines.
Manage the administration of voluntary and contractual benefits.
Manage the outcome from business audits ensuring the People outcomes are reviewed and implemented.
Proactively manage all ways of customer contact with the team.
Manage caseload, prioritise and allocate tasks in the team.
Proactively coach, develop and manage the performance of the team in 121 and team meetings.


Experience/ Skills
Previous experience within a shared service environment either as a team leader or are highly experience in transactional HR
Excellent People administrative skills and ability to problem solve.
Track record of working in a customer focused environment where the emphasis is on continuous improvement
Strong practical knowledge of generalist HR policies and processes.
Have excellent people skills and be able to work to SLA's, manage and prioritise a number of tasks at any one time.

About Us
At QA, we believe the future belongs to organisations that are able to learn, master and apply new skills at pace and scale. As the largest tech training company in the UK and the fastest-growing in the US, we partner with 96% of the FTSE and most of the Fortune 500. We have served over 4,000 customers and 1+ million learners since 1985.

QA is headquartered in London and New York. Learn more at QA.com

Down time
Taking time for ourselves is so important these days which is why we dedicate some of our benefits to support your health & wellbeing. These include: 27 days holiday each year, holiday buying scheme, Medicash plan, Gympass, Cycle to Work scheme, Employee Assistance Programme, and 2 days per year charity leave.



Our people
We are an equal opportunity employer, focused on promoting a welcoming and inclusive environment. We embrace diversity, welcome applications from all candidates and aim to support the career growth of everyone. This means no matter what your gender, age, ethnicity, beliefs, or sexual preference, or if you are disabled or a carer, we welcome you and the alternative perspectives you bring to our diverse family. We're proud of the progress we've achieved over the last few years to build an inclusive culture and celebrate our diversity - our rankings on The Inclusive Top 50 UK Employers List are a testament to this.


We are proud to be a Disability Confident employer. All applicants with a disability who fulfil the role criteria will be progressed to the next stage of the process. Please let us know what reasonable adjustment, if any, you require.


If this is what you're looking for, here are the next steps:

Hit the apply button and register on our QA website to fill out our quick and easy application form. If you'd like to hear more about the role you can find me on LinkedIn - Giselle Rodrigues or email me: - happy to help!

#LifeatQA #QA #theresnoplacelikeqa #LI-GR1 #LI-hybrid #hiring

Job Opportunity: Quality Assurance Specialist

Location: Slough (Hybrid - 2-3 days in the office)
Rate: £22.50 per hour
Duration: 12 months

Are you a seasoned Quality Assurance professional with a passion for maintaining high standards in manufacturing? Join our team as a Manufacturing Quality Assurance Specialist and play a pivotal role in supporting our chocolate manufacturing team in a laboratory environment, ensuring the quality of our products, processes, and packaging.

Key Responsibilities:

• Quality Assurance: Ensure compliance with organizational QA standards, international standards, and government regulations. Establish and utilize quantitative measurements to assess and improve quality.
• Manufacturing Quality: Define and specify activities, processes, and standards to meet quality requirements for manufactured materials, components, and products.
• System Management: Build and maintain systems to ensure timely delivery of quality products.
• Auditing and Monitoring: Audit and monitor manufacturing processes to ensure they meet defined internal and regulatory standards.
• Issue Resolution: Report and troubleshoot manufacturing process deviations and defects in finished goods.
• Documentation: Conduct process quality audits and maintain inspection records.

Ideal Candidate:

• Proficiency: Full proficiency gained through job-related training/education and considerable work experience.
• Mentorship: Likely to act as a mentor for colleagues with less experience.
• Problem Solving: Takes a broad perspective to problems and identifies new, less obvious solutions based on practice and precedents.
• Experience: Familiarity with systems such as Nexus, Relay, or Radar is highly desirable.
• Laboratory Experience: Experience working in a laboratory setting, particularly within a chocolate manufacturing environment, is a plus.

Why Join Us?

• Impactful Work: Contribute to the quality assurance of products that drive value and growth while ensuring consumer safety.
• Collaborative Environment: Work within a well-established team in a dynamic, hybrid working setup.
• Professional Development: Gain exposure to cutting-edge quality assurance practices and systems.
• Supportive Team: Be part of a team dedicated to innovation and excellence in chocolate manufacturing.

Take the next step in your career and join us in delivering excellence in manufacturing quality assurance. Apply now to become a key part of our dedicated team in Slough!

Randstad CPE values diversity and promotes equality. No terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate against any of the protected characteristics that fall under the Equality Act 2010. We encourage and welcome applications from all sections of society and are more than happy to discuss reasonable adjustments and/or additional arrangements as required to support your application.

Candidates must be eligible to live and work in the UK.

For the purposes of the Conduct Regulations 2003, when advertising permanent vacancies we are acting as an Employment Agency, and when advertising temporary/contract vacancies we are acting as an Employment Business.

A leading manufacturing firm in North Oxford are looking for an Aviation Safety and Quality Manager who will be responsible for the efficient and effective management of Aviation Safety and Quality Departments across the organisation.

The role requires occasional travel within the UK and worldwide locations and security clearance.

Main responsibilities

The Aviation Safety and Quality Manager is responsible for management of the Company's Aviation Safety and Quality Department including:

• Liaising with the UK CAA, BCAR, EASA, FAA and Military Regulators.
• Overseeing the Design, Production, Maintenance, Training and CAMO Approvals (21J,21G, 145, 147 and Part CAMO, BCAR and Military equivalents).
• Managing the Quality Management System (ISO 9001, EN9100, 9110, 9120 and AQAP 2110, ISO 14001, ISO 45001).
• To develop, deliver and maintain a risk-based audit program to cover all regulatory requirements in the required period, carried out as planned and on time, to show full compliance with the regulations.
• To ensure non-conformities and non-compliances are addressed in a timely manner by the relevant departments and the verifying of corrective actions.
• To ensure that the assessment of sub-contractor and contracting companies is conducted and acted upon.
• To ensure that the assessment of all suppliers is conducted and acted upon.
• To ensure the notifying the Accountable Manager of any discrepancies, regulatory changes, quality escapes, notifiable findings that affect is communicated in a timely manner.
• To ensure the records of training and experience of maintenance, pilots and design employees are maintained and the issuing and control of authorisations is carried out correctly.
• To ensure the amending and monitoring of the Quality Manual, expositions, handbooks and procedures is carried out and meets the required level of compliance with the appropriate regulations.
• To control and maintain the Company document control system.
• To ensure that audits carried out by customers and NAA regulators prove a high level of compliance and findings are addressed within the prescribed time requirements.
• The Quality Manager is responsible for a team of Quality Auditors who are delegated responsibilities and are competent and appropriately authorised.

Knowledge and Skills

Essential

• It is a requirement for the role that all applicants must have a considerable amount of experience within the aviation industry - specifically in aircraft Design, Production and Maintenance.
• Extensive experience as Form 4 holder Quality Manager, previously accepted by UK CAA.
• Good knowledge of Civil and Military Aviation, Design, Production & Maintenance, with a greater than standard knowledge of the regulations, and in addition the ISO 9100 suite.
• Attention to detail with an investigative and enquiring mind-set.
• Lead Auditor trained and a comprehensive track record in successful delivery.
• Knowledge of budget and financial planning.
• Proven track record of managing a team.

Desirable

• The ability to change approach and the ability to offer alternative solutions and a general sense of optimism.

Education, Qualifications or Training

Essential

• Educated to GCSE level in English, Maths, Science and/or a recognised engineering Qualification (HNC etc.).
• Qualifications in Aviation Safety and Quality (Quality Diploma or similar).
• Formal civil and military regulatory training (UKCAA/ EASA 145, Part CAMO, Part 21J & 21G, Part 147, Aviation Safety (SMS)and military equivalents).
• Maintenance error investigative techniques.
• Full UK driving licence.

Desirable

• Formal People Management Qualification
• Computer skills courses (Google Suite, Envision, SAP, etc.)

About you

• A proven leader within quality with a track record of developing and implementing successful strategic quality improvement initiatives.
• Can communicate sensitively over difficult issues.
• Negotiating skills.
• Ability to influence decision making process across all levels while being solution-focused.
• Have the ability to developing constructive and cooperative working relationships with others and maintaining them over time.

• Due to the nature of this position, you will require DBS Security Clearance and be eligible for SC clearance
• Applicants must meet any/all requirements of Export Compliance Regulations

They offer a competitive salary plus excellent benefits. The working hours are Monday - Friday 8.30am - 5.00pm, possible hybrid working so you need to live in Oxfordshire and drive.

Benefits offered:

• Private Medical Insurance (Bupa) - single cover for employees paid by the company
• 25 days holiday rising to 29
• Pension: Company contributes 6%, employee 4% basic
• Share Incentive at company discretion.
• Success Share, Discretionary Group bonus scheme (conditions apply)
• Bikes to Work (up to £3,000) (employee purchase scheme)
• Technology (employee purchase scheme)
• Mydrive (employee car purchase scheme)
• Den-Plan (employee purchase scheme)
• Health-care Cash Scheme
• Personal Accident Insurance (employee purchase scheme)
• Health Assessments
• Travel Insurance
• Financial/Legal Advice (eg, Will-writing; Lasting Power of Attorney)

Role: Apprentice People Services
Location: Slough - Hybrid ( 2-3 days a week)

About QA:
QA is the UK's leading provider of tech and digital skills, including funded workplace learning programmes and apprentices. We're currently on an exciting growth trajectory and are looking to welcome an Apprentice into our internal recruitment team. We offer hybrid working (1/2 days in office) so when you're not in the office, you can work from home.
We play a key role in tackling the UK's alarming nationwide shortage of digital skills head-on, and partner with most FTSE 250 companies to help provide innovative solutions for these much-needed training shortages. We're talking some of the largest global brands!

About the Position:
Are you someone who's looking to get started in a brand-new career, or wants to take a shift in their current one? If you're looking for an exciting opportunity in an office environment with a progressive Team and Company, where you can really develop new skills and start a rewarding career this may be the perfect role for you!
You'll be joining QA as an Administrator Apprentice for our People services Team, providing support with various admin tasks that are vital for our efficiency and continued success. Also working as part of our wider HR team, you'll play a key role in the continued growth of QA.

Key Responsibilities:
Support the PS team with the initiation and progress of background checks including employment references, Right to Work checks, criminal disclosure and BPSS checks.
Support with required disclosure check renewals and new checks as identified by the PS team leader or the business.
Check the background check portal on a daily basis, updating relevant systems and informing employee and line manager when clearance has been received.
Initiate any risk assessment following unclear checks, escalating to PS Team Leader for sign-off.
Maintain Sostenuto (SOS) call management system, ensuring that all calls and queries are logged, responded to where necessary and the appropriate audit trails are available

About You:
You'll need a positive attitude towards getting the job done, while working to support the people services team, a desire to learn and provide an excellent service.
Excellent attention to detail.
Computer literate and proficient with Microsoft Office; Outlook, Teams, Excel, Word, etc.
Great written and spoken communication skills.


As an Apprentice at QA, you'll gain on-the-job experience, earn a salary, and receive all your training at no cost to you - completely debt-free! We're offering you Level 3 Apprenticeship along with our strong benefits package; 27 days holiday plus ability to purchase 5 more days, 3 days a year fully paid training, 2 days a year paid charity volunteering, Medicash (healthcare moneyback scheme)



How we'll help with finance matters
In addition to pension, group income protection and life assurance, QA are offering you an annual pay review, access to our employee discounts benefit hub with hundreds of deals and savings on goods and experiences, season ticket loan, tech scheme and an employee referral scheme.


Personal growth
Learning and opportunity is at the core of what we do - and that applies to you too!
You'll have the unique opportunity to develop your skills on our QA authored courses in the latest tech (you'll get 3 training days/year to do this). You can also delve deep into our world-class digital learning content from Circus Street and Cloud Academy on a variety of tech and business topics. Or perhaps you'd like to enrol on a Degree or Masters programme to enhance your skillset or learn new things.


Our people
We are an equal opportunity employer, focused on promoting a welcoming and inclusive environment. We embrace diversity, welcome applications from all candidates and aim to support the career growth of everyone. This means no matter what your gender, age, ethnicity, beliefs, or sexual preference, or if you are disabled or a carer, we welcome you and the alternative perspectives you bring to our diverse family. We're proud of the progress we've achieved over the last few years to build an inclusive culture and celebrate our diversity - our rankings on The Inclusive Top 50 UK Employers List are a testament to this.


We are proud to be a Disability Confident employer. All applicants with a disability who fulfil the role criteria will be progressed to the next stage of the process. Please let us know what reasonable adjustment, if any, you require.


If this is what you're looking for, here are the next steps:

Hit the apply button and register on our QA website to fill out our quick and easy application form. If you'd like to hear more about the role you can find me on LinkedIn - Giselle Rodrigues or email me: - happy to help!

#LifeatQA #QA #theresnoplacelikeqa #LI-GR1 #LI-hybrid #hiring

Proud member of the Disability Confident employer scheme

Human Resources Compliance Officer
Location: Slough (Hybrid 2- 3 days a week in the office)

Competitive Salary

You'll be the face of the People team to our customers. You'll be responsible for supporting people through the moments that matter during the employee life cycle. You'll be their first point of contact and you'll provide a high quality and customer focused service whilst always trying to make things better.

As the People Services Compliance Officer, you will support with all compliance matters relating to right to work, immigration, disclosure and BPSS checks and Ofsted requirements.

Key Responsibilities:
Support your manager with all compliance obligations throughout the PS administration process.
Work closely with your manager to ensure the business remains compliant within its legal requirement for Ofsted, disclosure and BPSS checks, right to work and immigration and all related administration processes are adhered to with the support of regular reporting and monitoring.
Work closely and proactively with the PS team to ensure appropriate RTW checks have been carried out correctly for sponsored workers and others with an immigration status before they start work/extend contract/switch to another visa category.
Lead on the visa application process for staff, including issuing certificates of Sponsorship (CoS), ensuring the manager and applicant are kept up to date with progress.

Verify Employer Checking Service (ECS) checks and ensure Positive Verification Notice expiry dates are inputted on the HR system, escalating any Negative Verification Notices for appropriate action.

Continued monitoring of;
Right to Work, Immigration & UK legislation compliance. Verify accurate input of nationality, passport details, Right to Work permission, and visa expiry dates on HR System.
Future visa expiries, proactively tracking, following up and actioning where necessary, escalating where required.
BPSS compliance for employees with access to government data both inside and outside of the UK.
Correct disclosure levels

Experience required:
Proven experience of working within a varied and fast paced People team environment.
Working knowledge and understanding of immigration legislation, UKVI Points Based System, Sponsorship and Right to Work rules, with a willingness to learn and develop.
Ability to follow and ensure compliance with processes.
Ability to work independently and use initiative to develop methods for tracking and monitoring compliance.
Experience of delivering high quality customer service.
Experience of Microsoft office suite with intermediate MS Excel.
CIPD level 3, equivalent HR Qualification or experience
Down time
Taking time for ourselves is so important these days which is why we dedicate some of our benefits to support your health & wellbeing. These include: 27 days holiday each year, holiday buying scheme, Medicash plan, Gympass, Cycle to Work scheme, Employee Assistance Programme, and 2 days per year charity leave.


How we'll help with finance matters
In addition to pension, group income protection and life assurance, QA are offering you an annual pay review, access to our employee discounts benefit hub with hundreds of deals and savings on goods and experiences, season ticket loan, tech scheme and an employee referral scheme.


Personal growth
Learning and opportunity is at the core of what we do - and that applies to you too!
You'll have the unique opportunity to develop your skills on our QA authored courses in the latest tech (you'll get 3 training days/year to do this). You can also delve deep into our world-class digital learning content from Circus Street and Cloud Academy on a variety of tech and business topics. Or perhaps you'd like to enrol on a Degree or Masters programme to enhance your skillset or learn new things.


Our people
We are an equal opportunity employer, focused on promoting a welcoming and inclusive environment. We embrace diversity, welcome applications from all candidates and aim to support the career growth of everyone. This means no matter what your gender, age, ethnicity, beliefs, or sexual preference, or if you are disabled or a carer, we welcome you and the alternative perspectives you bring to our diverse family. We're proud of the progress we've achieved over the last few years to build an inclusive culture and celebrate our diversity - our rankings on The Inclusive Top 50 UK Employers List are a testament to this.

We are proud to be a Disability Confident employer. All applicants with a disability who fulfil the role criteria will be progressed to the next stage of the process. Please let us know what reasonable adjustment, if any, you require.


If this is what you're looking for, here are the next steps:

Hit the apply button and register on our QA website to fill out our quick and easy application form. If you'd like to hear more about the role you can find me on LinkedIn - Giselle Rodrigues or email me: - happy to help!

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Role: Operations and Resourcing Specialist
Location: Slough (hybrid)

FIXED TERM CONTRACT - 12 months

Your primary focus is to support with the recruitment and daily operations of Freelance trainers used within the business.

Job Role:
Support the Freelance & Engagement manager with the completion of the recruitment process from pre-screen to on-boarding and vetting, and ensuring all information is recorded accurately

• Deliver excellent levels of customer service which results in positive feedback from both internal and external stakeholders
• Assist with creating/writing job adverts and post on relevant/available media channels to increase/drive candidate attraction
• Assist with data analysis and reporting in areas such as freelance quality & evaluations and freelance spend using PowerBI and internal reporting systems

About you:
Ideally has experience within a recruitment role, dealing with internal or external stakeholders by email, telephone and face to face
Communication and building relationships with a variety of stakeholders of all levels both internal and external
Ideally has a knowledge of the recruitment cycle from taking initial role brief, candidate attraction and screening to candidate management/placement
Understanding of what 'good' customer service is


Equal Opportunities:
At QA, our mission is to help everyone find their place in the world. This means we continually celebrate the diverse community different individuals cultivate. As an equal opportunity employer, we stay true to our mission by ensuring that our place can be anyone's place

At QA, we're 100% committed to breaking down barriers, eliminating discrimination and ensuring equal opportunities so that diversity can flourish here. As a market leader in digital education, it's our duty to drive diversity & inclusion not only for ourselves, but also the wider industry, the clients we serve and the communities in which we work.


On top of the salary you'll receive QA's outstanding benefits package:

• 27 days annual leave plus bank holidays with the option to buy/sell up to 5 days per year
• 3 dedicated study days with access to 1500+ courses (worth up to £3K each!)
• Medicash - cashback for dentist/physio etc.
• Free virtual GP appointments
• 2 charity or volunteer days
• Generous referral scheme
• A superb Gymflex scheme (ask us about this!)
• Our Benefits Hub with loads of high street discounts + more

At QA, we celebrate difference. We have a relaxed dress code and a friendly vibe with a lot of wonderful social and digital groups (from photography to gardening and everything in between). We team you up with a buddy to help get you acquainted with your new colleagues when you start.

We welcome applications from any and every background and we are proud to be a Disability Confident employer. All applicants with a Disability who fulfil the role criteria will be progressed to the next stage of the process. Please let us know what reasonable adjustment, if any, do you require. To apply, click and fill in our easy to fill application form with your CV. Want a chat before you apply? Find me on LinkedIn - Tim Heaney or email me: - happy to help!

A little more about QA:

QA is one of the largest learning services organisations in the UK, developing skills and capabilities for everyone from apprentices to business leaders.

Headquartered in London, but with a nationwide network of state-of-the-art training centres, QA Group is comprised of four fast-growing divisions- Learning, Apprenticeships, Consulting and Higher Education- all of which deliver innovative and cutting edge skills solutions to UK organisations.

Apply now - here's how! Simply hit the APPLY Here button.

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Promatrix Solutions is looking for Quality Assurance and Testing Engineer with an excellent technical understanding of this domain and at several years of experience. You’re able to test large scale software systems and microservices with minimal and changing requirements. You’re a motivated, self-starter who can power through ambiguity and work independently to achieve results. You’re a collaborative team player who rolls up their sleeves, responds quickly and decisively, is flexible and open to change, and is able to productively work with the team to achieve company objectives.

Ref: PSPVTLTD/IT03/08012024

Skills required:
- Degree in Computer Science or relevant field
- 2+ Years of experience in Software testing(Manual/Automation)
- Able to produce effective documentation to communicate anything from an idea to a strategy
- Capable of defining and implementing testing processes and procedures
- Good stakeholder management
- Understand strategies including:
o Agile, Lean UX Methodology and Test Driven Development
o Systems testing (service integration,infrastructure)
o API testing
o Manual testing
o Platform testing
o Application monitoring
o User Testing
o A/B Testing
- Hands on Experience in Automation testing using Python/Selenium/Behave.
Desirable skills:
- Experience working with repository / versioning tools (e.g. Git, BitBucket)
- Experience with Javascript and shell scripting(Bash or otherwise)
- Experience working with monitoring tools (e.g.Nagios, Splunk or Zabbix, kibana)
- Experience working with command line interfaces(e.g. Terminal, Putty)
- Exposure of working with public cloud services(e.g. AWS, Heroku)
- Issue & project management tools (e.g. Jira,Trello)
Common Character Traits:
- Able to work collaboratively within different teams
- Possess sound judgement
- Passionate about delivering excellence
- Self-starting and able to self-manage
- Empowered to take initiatives

Contract: MOT Tester, Technician, Mechanic
Min 8 hours a day work (overtime available)
Pay from £18- £26 p/h
Roles inside and Outside IR35
Payment via PAYE, sole trader, or limited company
What we require from you
Skills and experience to carry out all aspects of MOT testing, covering both cars and light commercials
5 years' workshop experience in a similar role
City and Guilds / NVQ level 3 minimum
Have a full UK driving license and vehicle
Job Types: Full-time, Part-time, Temporary contract, Temp to perm, Freelance
Part-time hours: 40 per week Monday to Friday

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