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This range is provided by Energy Saving Trust. Your actual pay will be based on your skills and experience — talk with your recruiter to learn more.

Base pay range

Salary: up to £55,000 per annum (depending on experience) Part-time or job share salary calculated pro rata.

Hours: Available part-time (minimum 16 hours), in a job share or Full-time (see 'Flexible working')

Location: Flexible within the UK. Home-based, blended or fully office based (from our offices in Belfast, Cardiff, Edinburgh or London).

Closing Date: 24 August 2025

Ref: VC 1393

We are seeking a strategic and experienced quality assurance leader to define and drive the overall testing and QA strategy across multiple products and teams.

Who we are

Energy Saving Trust is a leading and trusted organisation, dedicated to promoting energy efficiency, low carbon transport and sustainable energy use. We aim to address the climate emergency and deliver the wider benefits of clean energy as we transition to net zero.

At Energy Saving Trust we don’t just offer jobs – we offer careers. For our people, being part of the effort to address the climate emergency makes working for us truly meaningful and rewarding.

Here are some of the benefits we offer:

• 25 days of annual leave plus bank holidays, with additional leave earned through length of service

• Three extra days off over the Christmas period as a gesture of goodwill

• A competitive pension scheme with generous employer contributions

• Flexibility in our ways of working – work from home, in the office, or a mix of both, depending on your role

• Two paid volunteering days per year – a chance to give back to the causes that matter most to you

Please see our careers page for the full list of benefits we have to offer and why Energy Saving Trust is a great place to work.

The team

The digital delivery team is crucial to our operations, bridging the gap between user needs and technological solutions. Part of the marketing, digital, and technology centre of excellence, we ensure our products are both innovative and user-centric. This dynamic team plays a pivotal role within Energy Saving Trust, working closely with our product teams to understand both business and user requirements. They transform these insights into innovative features that empower our users to become more energy efficient.

In this role, you'll be at the forefront of establishing our quality assurance strategy. Your efforts will imbed and enforce quality governance frameworks, standards and best practice.

Our team thrives on collaboration and support. We value the unique skills and contributions of each team member, promoting an environment where creativity and teamwork are paramount. Here, your ideas are not just heard, they are celebrated and implemented.

The role

This role will establish and enforce robust quality governance frameworks, standards, and best practices, while collaborating closely with senior stakeholders across Product, Design, Engineering, Data & Analytics, and Delivery to ensure alignment with business goals. You’ll work hands-on with developers, product managers, and other stakeholders to resolve issues and enhance product quality, overseeing a range of testing activities including functional, regression, performance, automation, and usability testing. You’ll monitor and report on quality metrics, risk assessments, and release readiness to governance boards, and develop automated test scripts using industry-standard frameworks. Ensuring compliance with regulatory and security standards, analysing test results, and staying current with emerging tools and technologies will be key to success. We also value individuals who are committed to supporting our journey toward becoming a more diverse, inclusive, equitable, and sustainable organisation.

What you’ll do

• Contribute to faster issue resolution and better software quality by manually testing at least one feature or deliverable, identifying and reporting any defects

• Provide strong defect root cause analysis by analysing and documenting test failures, speeding up bug fixes and helping developers identify underlying issues

• Develop and launch an automation initiative targeting an agreed set of manual test cases in high-priority areas. Measure progress by tracking the number of automated tests added monthly

• Build strong Energy Saving Trust QA capability by mentoring team members and colleagues to improve overall testing capability across the organisation. Promote knowledge sharing and long-term consistency

What you’ll bring

• Extensive experience in software testing or quality assurance, including leading QA efforts across complex digital products or platforms

• Experience with automation testing tools and frameworks

• Deep understanding of software development life cycle (SDLC), agile methodologies and modern QA practices

• Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills, with the ability to influence cross-functional teams and present quality insights to senior Digital leadership

To apply visit our recruitment portal via the apply button.

Applications close 23.59, 24 August 2025. Interviews are intended to be held week commencing 22 September 2025.

To avoid disappointment, you are advised to submit your application as soon as possible as we reserve the right to close the vacancy early if a high volume of applications are received. This is to ensure that we can manage application levels whilst maintaining a positive candidate experience. Unfortunately, once a vacancy has closed, we are unable to consider further applications.

Reasonable adjustments: We are a Disability Confident Committed employer. We want to ensure that our recruitment process is inclusive of and accessible for, everyone.

If you think you may need additional support or reasonable adjustments made to any part of the recruitment process, please get in touch.

Flexible working: We offer a range of flexible working arrangements, including working from home, compressed or part-time hours, job shares and other arrangements. There is no need to justify your preferred working pattern and we encourage our people to work in whichever way helps them to perform at their best.

We will be happy to discuss this and our blended working model at the interview stage with you.

Please note, that we are unable to provide visa sponsorship for this post. To apply for this post, you must be able to demonstrate your eligibility to work in the UK.

Diversity and inclusion

Energy Saving Trust is committed to creating a diverse, inclusive and equitable workplace where everyone can be themselves, with support to be their best.

We strongly encourage applicants from a wide range of backgrounds and with different identities and experiences to apply for roles with Energy Saving Trust.

We are a Disability Confident Committed employer and we ringfence a minimum number of interview slots for candidates who apply via the Disability Confident scheme and meet the minimum criteria for a role.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Information Technology, Strategy/Planning, and Quality Assurance

• Industries

  Environmental Services and Services for Renewable Energy

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