Vacancy Information
This role is within a unit where Surrey Police and Sussex Police work in collaboration, whilst continuing to be two separate legal entities/employers with different terms and conditions.
Both Surrey Police staff and Sussex Police staff are employed in this unit on their own force terms and conditions.
Successful candidates may be appointed on the terms and conditions of employment of either Surrey Police or Sussex Police, depending on organisational requirements. A discussion will be held with the successful candidate to confirm the details of location, salary, allowance and hours.
Division / Department - See Advert
Status - Full Time
Contract Type - Secondment
Grade - Surrey Police Grade H / Sussex Police Grade 11
Salary Grade Range - Surrey Police £35,028 - £41,464 / Sussex Police £35,223 - £38,856
Politically Restricted -
Unsocial Hours Allowance -
Location - Guildford
The starting salary for this role will usually be at the bottom of the salary range and will be pro-rata if the working hours are less than full time.
The Role
This role is being introduced as part of the wider temporary Equip Interim Business Systems Team, to work within internal business units to design and refine comprehensive and adequate testing schedules. Furthermore, the role holder will facilitate the development, implementation and adherence of testing standards in partnership with internal and external stakeholders.
Key Responsibilities
The role holder will be required to undertake detailed planning, execution and reporting of all Test management activities related to the Equip ERP Service. They will be required to work with Force IT support teams and their 3rd party suppliers to ascertain the impact on aspects such as performance following any requested releases or changes. The successful applicant will also be responsible for the development of all of the tools required for testing and configuration management activities and communicate complex issues regarding test management to a variety of stakeholders, ensuring the Equip System meets industry standards.
Skills & Experience
Proven test management experience is required, including the coordinating of initiatives such as UAT’s and OAT’s. The role holder will also need to display excellent communication skills as they will be required to communicate complex testing issues and liaise with a range of stakeholders regarding IT Service Management. Therefore, a good level of general knowledge regarding IT Service Management is also essential.
Starting salary will be dependent on relevant skills and experience.
Contact Details
Damon Mccarthy- Equip Tri-Force Strategic Data & BI Reporting Lead
Head of Performance and Reporting
Damon.Mccarthy@surrey.pnn.police.uk
Additional Information
Following submission of your application you will receive a confirmation email with a copy of your application attached. Occasionally emails from this address can fall into spam/junk folders so please ensure this is checked regularly. You may wish to consider adding noreply@surreysussexpolice.as.recruitmail.com to your address/contact list to ensure you receive all communications.
Surrey Police and Sussex Police work together in collaboration for this role, however they remain two different employers, with differing pay scales, allowances and terms and conditions including hours of employment.
If you are an internal candidate and are conditionally offered the role your attendance record and any reasonable adjustments already in place will be discussed with yourself and your current line manager. If you are successful in your application, you may be required to resign and transfer your employment, taking on the Terms & Conditions and pay scales of the Lead Force (if this is not your existing Home Force).
This post is being advertised in parallel with Force redeployment processes. Any redeployees who are identified will be given preference. This may result in the post being withdrawn at any point during the recruitment process.
Surrey Police and Sussex Police Special Constables, Volunteers and Agency Staff (excluding self employed workers) covered under the Agency Worker Regulations (AWR) are eligible to apply for internal advertised posts.
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We are only as good as our people. It's really important that our officers and staff can be themselves in the workplace and we know that as an organisation we'll grow from the variety of thinking, approach and skills that diversity brings; all of which help us deliver a better policing service. We strive to ensure how we deliver our services, provide information and how we recruit is open and accessible to all.
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