Testing and Assurance Specialist
Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency
Apply before 11:55 pm on Wednesday 3rd December 2025
📍 Location: Bristol, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Nottingham, Swansea (Hybrid)
💷 Salary: £44,241 - £48,085 - A Civil Service Pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%
🕒 Contract Type: Permanent – Flexible working, Full-time, Job share, Part-time
The Testing and Assurance Specialist plays a critical role in ensuring the quality, reliability, and user focus of DVSA’s digital services. Working within the User Services Testing and Assurance Team, the postholder will provide both strategic oversight and hands-on delivery of UAT across a diverse range of devices, applications, and operating systems.
As the subject matter expert for testing and assurance, the postholder will embed best practice and standards across DVSA’s digital estate. They will ensure testing activities are effectively planned and executed in alignment with DVSA’s change programmes, avoiding scheduling conflicts and supporting seamless integration with wider transformation initiatives.
This role is central to driving continuous improvement, ensuring testing processes are robust, repeatable, and responsive to evolving user needs and emerging technologies. The successful candidate will work collaboratively with internal teams, delivery partners, and cross-government colleagues to ensure DVSA’s testing and assurance practices align with industry-leading standards and government-wide methodologies.
By providing expert guidance, assurance oversight, and strategic input, the Testing and Assurance Specialist will help DVSA deliver high-quality, accessible, and secure digital services that meet user needs and comply with relevant policies and regulations.
Top Responsibilities
* Being responsible for ensuring User Services Testing and Assurance team carry out testing activities against the required standards and processes.
* Overseeing the writing, or providing specialist assistance to stakeholders, of test scripts and user stories.
* Ensuring that there is an effective plan to schedule testing in conjunction with the pipeline thereby ensuring that no conflict of timings or resource occurs across DVSA.
* Engaging with key stakeholders to ensure that planning for testing is supported at all times and by all stakeholders.
* Undertaking sign off of all end test reports to confirm that appropriate processes and procedures have been undertaken.
Benefits
Being part of our brilliant Civil Service means you will have access to a wide range of fantastic benefits:
* Employer pension contribution of 28.97% of your salary. Read more about Civil Service Pensions here
* 25 days annual leave, increasing by 1 day each year of service (up to a maximum of 30 days annual leave).
* 8 Bank Holidays plus an additional Privilege Day to mark the King’s birthday.
* Access to the staff discount portal.
* Excellent career development opportunities and the potential to undertake professional qualifications relevant to your role paid for by the department, such as CIPD, Prince2, apprenticeships, etc.
* Joining a diverse and inclusive workforce with a range of staff communities to support all our colleagues.
* 24-hour Employee Assistance Programme providing free confidential help and advice for staff.
* Flexible working options where we encourage a great work-life balance.
About you
To be successful in this role you will need to have the following experience:
* Background in testing and assurance.
* Experience of risk management.
* Proven experience in leading UAT and assurance activities within complex digital environments.
* Experience of test planning, execution, defect management, and reporting across multiple platforms and operating systems.
* Experience of Stakeholder management with the ability to influence and engage stakeholders at all levels, including technical teams, product owners, and senior leadership.
* Experience with test automation tools, performance testing, and accessibility assurance.
* Excellent communication and documentation skills, with the ability to translate technical findings into actionable insights.
* Proven experience in leading and managing large-scale testing teams, overseeing multiple staff members.
Essential qualifications/certifications:
* Certified Agile Tester
* If you do not already hold the following qualifications or certifications, you must be willing to work towards them once in post.
* SFIA Testing level 5
* ISTQB foundation
* ITIL V4 Service Transition Intermediate
How to Apply
👉 Read the full job description and apply at the CS Jobs website using the link provided
This vacancy closes at 23:55 on Wednesday 3rd December 2025