QA Tester

Job Introduction

** Remote/home working allowed **

Our people are everything to us. The way they deliver exceptional experiences every day for our customers, for their colleagues. The way they own what they do. Their 'Why's it like that?' curiosity. How they always think of others and work together to get things done. For us, for you, make do will never do. Good enough? Not even close. Come and do the best work of your life alongside lovely colleagues. Come to Saga. 

And right now, we are looking for Quality Assurance Testers on a Fixed Term Contract for up to 6 & 12 months at an exciting time in Saga’s history. As a Group, Saga is taking to the seas in our brand new, luxury cruise ships, leading the market with innovative insurance and financial products. The role is based in the Claims team working to develop the 1Insurer application. You will be responsible for estimating, designing, and executing test plans to ensure the team has effectively delivered the requirements for our customers and end users, both internal and external. While most of the testing is performed manually there is an increasing amount of automation in the testing process using the chosen automation software.

And in return, you can look forward to all the responsibility and involvement of an integral role, providing you with a rewarding and fast-paced career with an excellent benefits package.  

If you like the sound of the above, then we want to hear from you!

Role Responsibility

As a QA Tester your top 5 responsibilities will be:    

• Constant communication with Scrum Coordinator, test, and development teams to develop a strong understanding of the changes, testing objectives, and progress. 

• Contribute to sprint planning sessions and challenge acceptance criteria specifications where appropriate. 

• Generate and maintain scripts to perform automated testing cycles that fulfil business requirements. 

• Identify known defects and include scenarios in test scripts to reduce risk of these. 

• Document, track and escalate defects in development packages as appropriate. 

The Ideal Candidate

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Must be flexible, independent and self-motivated
• Able to work autonomously and within a team environment
• Develop and maintain good professional working relationships
• Confident in estimating effort needed for tasks
• Excellent product and business knowledge
• Ability to work to demanding schedules and deadlines
• Ability to learn new systems and processes
• A technical background or experience of scripting skills/test automation tools would be an advantage but not essential (Katalon)
• Knowledge of version control would be an advantage but not essential (SourceTree/Git)
• Proactive in early development of test scripts, working alongside ongoing development
• Ability to investigate defects to provide further detail to developers
• Experience in a claims-based environment would be an advantage.
• Technical knowledge in scripting/coding will be an advantage
• Ability to work in a methodical manner
• Keen attention to detail
• Able to multi task
• Driven by quality
• Demonstrates that the customer is central to test scenarios and suggest improvements around this
• Interest in agile testing
• Passionate about delivering change
• Approachable

Our values are:

• Precision Pace - Always owning and making things happen
• Empathy – Always aware of others
• Curiosity – Always asking why
• Collaboration – Always one team, the Saga team!

Package Description

The standard benefits when you join Saga include: 

• Remote working available where possible

• The choice to buy a further 5 days annual leave per year 

• Free private medical insurance after 1 years' service 

• Workplace Pension 

• AXA Be Supported 

• A range of reductions and offers from leading retailers, travel groups and entertainment companies

About the Company

Having spent our first 30 years focused on travel, Saga launched Saga Magazine and developed home and motor insurance and financial services in the 1980s. Private medical and pet insurance followed in the 1990s, along with the launch of our own cruise ship operation. The strength of the Saga brand provides the Group with the ability to develop in-house or partner with suppliers to offer our customers and members highly differentiated, competitively priced products which meet their evolving needs.

Saga exists to help our customers and members lead the life they want to lead. To succeed in this, we know that the most important thing to do is to listen to our customers and members. At the heart of our business model is our drive to know more about our customers’ wants and needs so we are best placed to serve them.

Applying this approach over the past 70 years has enabled us to become the UK's specialist provider of products and services to people aged over 50 in the UK. The Saga brand has become one of the most recognised and trusted brands amongst UK consumers in this demographic and is recognised for its high quality products and exceptional standards of service. These include cruises and holidays, insurance, personal finance and the Saga Magazine.

When you join Saga you will see that we are committed to treating all employees fairly and to offering equal opportunities in all aspects of employment and advancement.

We value diversity not just because it is the right thing to do, but because diverse teams perform better. Creating a culture in which everyone feels welcome and offering equal opportunities in all aspects of employment and advancement is incredibly important to us. Fair consideration is given to applications from all applicants, including those with disabilities and those over who are over 50 as we are champions of age inclusivity.

We are an official Disability Confident Committed employer and ensure that our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible and we will make reasonable adjustments as required.

We are a member of the 30% Club and partner with Women Ahead which offers us a fantastic opportunity to take part in a leading, global, cross-company, leadership mentoring scheme to champion female talent.

We are a signatory of the Armed Services Covenant and have received a Silver Award from the Employer Recognition Scheme. 

To all recruitment agencies: Saga does not accept agency CVs unless specifically engaged on the role by the HR Recruitment Team. Please do not forward CVs to our recruiters, employees or any other company location. Saga is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited CVs.

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