Total 6 Quality Assurance / Control job vacancies in Stafford, ST16 2LP

• You will develop policies, ensure accreditation, manage security incidents, and facilitate the use of CAP information.
• You will develop CAP usage strategies, mentor and train personnel, integrate technology and cybersecurity measures, and engage with senior leadership.
• You will provide technical advice, analyze data, and identify intelligence gaps.
• You will maintain interagency relationships and represent NCIS at national and international meetings.

Starting at $139,395 Per Year (GS 14)

Are you looking for a development opportunity in the Council in the Traffic & Network Management Team? Are you devoted to continuous improvement, working in a team with a varied range of roles and responsibilities across many Highways-related disciplines?

This permanent position is well suited to enthusiastic, diligent and proactive individuals who are looking to work in a thriving and supportive working environment.

Based within the Traffic & Network Management Team you will be inspecting activities on the Staffordshire highways network including parking permits, street works permit activity, highways licences and temporary/permanent traffic regulation orders with the aim of assessing suitability and minimising disruption and congestion, keeping traffic moving, ensuring safety and compliance on the network and providing a vital service to the residents of Staffordshire.

Main Responsibilities

You will:

• be working closely with the Officers, Administrators and Coordination Managers and using your knowledge and skills to assess the impact of applications.
• use your judgement to provide advice and apply amendments, controls or restrictions to work carried out in order to achieve the goals of the Traffic Management Act 2004 and the New Roads & Streetworks Act 1991 (NRSWA).
• be interpreting and implementing the NRSWA Code of Practice for Inspections and the Specification for the Reinstatement of Openings in the Highway (SROH).
• reporting into the Traffic & Network Inspections Managers, you will maintain precise and accurate records of inspection activities.
• liaise with various internal and external companies, authorities and stakeholders.
• look to achieve resolutions to defective work and apparatus on the highway whilst maintaining departmental goals.

The Ideal Candidate

You will:

• Have excellent inter-personal and customer service skills.
• Be a highly motivated, self-starter with a drive to succeed, demonstrating a positive ‘Can do’ attitude.
• Be able to deal with a range of issues and conflicting demands whilst adhering to relevant legislation and delivering to tight deadlines and keeping calm under pressure.

What you’ll have:

• Hold or be willing to train to acquire required accreditation – LANTRA 12D (M7) Supervisor as a minimum
• Demonstrable experience as NRSWA - Supervisor
• Previous experience in traffic and network management
• Experience of dealing with permits, licences and road works on the public highway
• Ability to interrogate data and make recommendations
• Full UK driving licence

Interviews will be held: Week commencing 18 November 2024.

For an informal discussion about the role, please contact Andrew Madigan on 07580 801965 andrew.madigan@staffordshire.gov.uk or Joe Lee on 07817 571424 joseph.lee@staffordshire.gov.uk

“We’re happy to talk flexible working”

Our Recruitment Process: We anonymise applications during shortlisting to ensure only relevant information is considered. Please complete your application fully, especially the supporting statement, to highlight what you’ll bring to the role.

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.

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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.

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Are you looking for role that is both challenging and rewarding? Do you have an eye for detail and like making informed decisions?

We have an exciting opportunity to be a part of the store management team. As a Stock Control Supervisor you will identify causes that affect on shelf availability and by working with your peers put measures in place to ensure our valued customers can purchase the products that they need when they need them. You will also have a large role to play in maximising the profitability of the store by understanding and then taking action on issues that cause stock loss.

Managing the store\\'s product promotions is another key part to the role and you will be responsible for pricing accuracy so having a structured way of working is key to helping the store achieve legal compliance.

If you feel that you have what it takes and wish to take that next step on your career path then please apply.

Ensure that the team comply with legal standards and company procedures at all times.

You will be responsible for stocking the product range that our customers require and make sure they are available on shelf with the correct prices. You will be the Champion of product availability.

Taking action on causes that lead to stock loss and working with the store team come up with solutions that will improve profitability.

To be successful in this role your skills and experience will include:

Passionate about providing exceptional customer service

Accurate and analytical, ensuring accurate records are maintained

Flexible, adaptable and enjoys working with, as well as managing a team

An excellent communicator and have some experience in supervising or managing a team.

Practical experience in the retail trade

Experience of Sales Based Ordering would be advantageous

Manufacturing Quality Inspector

£18.70ph

Stafford

Days

Contract Role

Summary:

GI Pro are working with a leading equipment supplier for the energy sector based in Stafford and are recruiting for a Manufacturing Quality Inspector to work on a full-time contract

The shifts are working a day shift giving a 37-hour paid week

Offering hourly rates of pay of £18.70 per hour, with overtime rates paid at an enhanced rate.

This is a full-time position

Job Description

• Coordinating with the production teams to conduct final inspection activities, conduct sample inspection activities throughout production to verify compliance to standards and perform production auditing, to manage reported defects to product or process through NCR process and to support Continuous Improvement for the department.
• Using dial callipers, rulers, tape measures, protractors, micrometers, gauges, etc. to perform final quality inspection and to perform Incoming inspection.
• Utilize manual or automated measurement and testing equipment to assure quality of products.
• Perform visual & dimensional inspections and set area management of the parts.
• Ensure quality of parts meet specification requirements.
• Prevent non-conforming parts from proceeding to the next workstation.
• Collect data, feedback on the quality of parts inspected to the Manufacturing Engineers and Quality Engineers
• Identify and document non-conforming parts.
• Inspect all raw materials and purchased parts to determine conformance to requirements.
• Work with team members to find creative solutions to address complex problems.
• Investigate defects and coordinate with Engineering and supplier quality engineers to manage rework/scrap/investigation as necessary.
• Perform and support internal quality audits.

Candidate Qualities needed

• Experience in using manual and automated measurement and test equipment for dimensional inspection activities.
• Experience in a manufacturing environment essential.

Apply:

If you feel that you have the skills and experience for this role, please click Apply. Keith Childs @ Gi Group will process your application

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JOB DETAILS JOB TITLE: Information Assurance Officer BAND: 5 HOURS: 37.5 hours per week DEPARTMENT: Information Governance LOCATION: Trust HQ Stafford with some home working REPORTS TO: Information Governance and Security Manager ACCOUNTABLE TO: Head of Information Governance and Records Management RESPONSIBLE FOR: N/A WORKING RELATIONSHIPS INTERNAL: Head of Information Governance and Records Management, Deputy Director of Quality and Clinical Performance, Chief Digital Information Officer, Head of Service Development, Head of Application Development, SSHIS. EXTERNAL: ICS Cyber Security and Information Governance or Digital roles as well as digital suppliers. In addition to all Trust personnel, you will be expected to maintain professional working relationships with partner organisations and other external agencies as required. JOB PURPOSE The post holder will support the Trust in delivering the Cyber Strategy by collating information and supporting key roles to ensure that the Trust Board and Senior Information Risk Owner are assured that the strategy is being delivered. The role will be placed within the Information Governance and Records Management Service with a strong link to the Digital Team within the Trust via regular meetings and work reviews relevant to supplier assurance and population of central digital and IG systems with the Service Development Team KEY RESPONSIBILITIES Main duties and responsibilities 1. Ensure that phishing tests are scheduled on a bi-monthly basis. 2. Ensure that phishing test results are reviewed, compiling reports for senior management. 3. Ensure that the Trusts Cyber Security Action Cards are reviewed every three months and updated as required for sign-off by senior management. This will include ensuring that meetings are arranged, and items of concern are added to an agenda. The post holder will also compile the agenda as directed by the Head of Information Governance and Records Management and other key stakeholders. 4. On a monthly basis support in the review the vulnerability reports via logging tickets to receive a report on SMT and then raising any areas of risk with the MPFT Digital Service Development Team if it relates to a third party supplier or raise any HIS related matters with the Head of IG and Records Management. 5. Ensure that internal application vulnerability testing takes place via liaising with the Head of Application Development and managing a calendar of testing, providing the results via a report to the Information Governance Steering Group. 6. Ensure all application requests are logged on SMT for the security team to review any security issues. 7. Maintain a list of approved applications, making it available to all staff. This will include listing any not approved alongside the rationale. 8. Supporting the coordination of work on SMT relating to applications between Information Governance, MPFT Digital and SSHIS. 9. Review all digital suppliers on a monthly basis to ensure their security accreditation (such as ISO27001 and Cyber Essentials Plus) is up to date, contacting account managers where there is a document which has expired and updating MPFT Digital Service Development with their responses. 10. Compile a report of any suppliers without security accreditation, producing a report for the Information Governance Assurance Group. 11. Act as a liaison point between staff within Information Governance and MPFT Digital, attending meetings for both areas to ensure workstreams with cross over receive consistent advice and that timescales are known to both teams. 12. Schedule annual desktop cyber security exercises with the support of the SSHIS IG Lead or EPRR team. This will include ensuring invites go out, an agenda is created and actions are taken on the day. 13. Support in the completion of audits by third parties on compliance with current business practices and policies. This will ensure making information available on the day and acting as a point of contact for the auditor when required. 14. Support on collating and returning information related to Digital Freedom of Information (FOI) requests. 15. Attend face to face Cyber Security Training when run by the central Digital Training Team, offering advice where required and collating any questions and issues for reporting back to senior management. 16. To review monthly the number of staff using their own devices. 17. Attend project meetings monitoring the Trusts Cyber Essentials Plus Accreditation taking away actions relevant to role. 18. Collate information as directed by the Information Governance and Security Manager relating to the Data Security and Protection Toolkit. 19. Support in the collation and dissemination of Cyber Policy changes (in collaboration with SSHIS and MPFT Digital) across the Trust working with the Digital Communications Team and Trust Communications Team where necessary. 20. When directed to request and receive reports related to Role Based Access Codes (RBAC). 21. Attend weekly Change Advisory Board meetings providing input and updates on any applications assessed by members of the Information Governance Team. 22. Ensure risks relevant to the role are reported to the Information Governance Steering Group via liaising with the Digital Service Development Team to gather reports. 23. Support in arranging the annual board cyber security training, liaising with providers and senior managers as necessary. 24. Plan dates for annual testing of key electronic systems and report on any issues highlighted as part of the testing to the Information Governance Steering Group. 25. Ensure all Information Governance Policies are up to date by identifying when they are due to expire. 26. Annually ensure a list of users with enhanced permissions is reviewed and kept up to date alongside SSHIS. 27. Maintain the Trust Information Asset Register ensuring it is updated and asset owners are aware of their responsibilities. 28. In collaboration with MPFT Digital, support the scheduling of back up testing and high availability testing of key Trust systems. Systems and equipment 29. Advanced use of Microsoft Outlook. 30. Advanced use of MS Excel. 31. Extensive use of PC and associated software, especially Microsoft office packages e.g. Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Visio. 32. Use of manual and electronic systems to prioritise own work load and that of other administrative staff. 33. Ensuring adherence to Health and Safety legislation at all times. 34. Provide a full range of office tasks as appropriate to the role. Decisions and judgements 35. Act as lead for all security requests received within the department, providing advice and guidance to other administrative staff and colleagues or escalating to SSHIS for further support. 36. Responsible for ensuring SMT tickets directed to Information Governance receive a response go to the correct department for further support. 37. To actively plan testing. 38. To identify issues and escalate as required. 39. To participate in own appropriate training courses/updates in accordance with Trust mandatory requirements and/or individual Personal Development Plans. 40. Work on own initiative with minimal supervision to prioritise and deliver own work Communication and relationships 41. Attend team meetings within the Information Governance Team and wider Service. 42. Attend meetings within the Service Development function as required. 43. Maintain regular communication with others within the Digital and SSHIS Teams. 44. Experience in communicating complex information and concepts at an appropriate level in a clear way. 45. Develop and maintain well-functioning working relationships with account managers from external suppliers. Physical demands of the job 46. Advanced keyboard skills, or alternate method of computer input. 47. There is a frequent requirement for sitting in a restricted position for a substantial proportion of the working time either, for example at a computer desk or in meetings. 48. Occasional lifting and handling requirements. 49. The post holder will need to be able to meet the travel requirements to fulfil the duties of the role. Most challenging/difficult parts of the job 50. Frequent periods of concentration are required when planning and organising work. 51. Working in an extremely busy environment, with constant interruptions by way of phone calls, messages, emails, meetings and urgencies, working to meet deadlines with complete accuracy and managing own and others workload accordingly.