Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency
Apply before 11:55 pm on Monday 4th May 2026
📍 Location: Bristol, Swansea, Leeds, Nottingham, Newcastle, Oldham, Birmingham or Yeading (This role is suitable for hybrid working)
💷 Salary: £35,663 – (Candidates based in Yeading will receive the London Weighting allowance of £4,000)
A Civil Service Pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%
🕘️ Contract Type: Permanent – Flexible working, Full-time, Job share, Part-time
🏆️ Available Positions: 1
The central responsibility of this role is to deliver effective and reliable testing across DVSA digital services, supporting the delivery of high-quality, user-focused outcomes within Agile teams.
Working within a delivery-focused Agile environment, and in collaboration with multidisciplinary teams, you will contribute to the design and implementation of testing processes for a range of DVSA digital services. You will be responsible for delivering structured, cost-effective test activities to support the successful delivery of major initiatives.
You will apply established testing methodologies, primarily testing techniques, to ensure services meet defined business needs and operate in accordance with government and industry quality standards. You will work closely with development teams to identify and capture test cases, support test environment readiness, and design and execute test plans across DVSA digital projects and products.
Top Responsibilities
* Contribute to test planning, estimation and traceability activities within Agile sprint teams, using appropriate tools to ensure effective and efficient test execution.
* Collaborate with developers, product owners and wider scrum teams to develop a strong understanding of requirements, risks and testing objectives.
* Design and implement structured test processes, including the creation and execution of test plans, test conditions and test scenarios that meet business requirements, user needs and quality standards.
* Support testing by leveraging testing tools to execute test scenarios, review results, and gain insights, collaborating with colleagues responsible for building the frameworks
* Execute functional, integration, system and revalidation testing activities, ensuring testing remains relevant to business needs and product risk.
* Proactively prevent defects by working closely with development teams to build a shared understanding of requirements and acceptance criteria.
* Troubleshoot issues to support root cause identification and resolution, documenting, tracking and escalating defects as appropriate.
* Work effectively within fast-paced digital delivery environments, maintaining focus on quality, risk and user outcomes.
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.
* 24-hour Employee Assistance Programme providing free confidential help and advice for staff.
About You
To be successful in this role you will need to have the following experience:
* Understanding and experience of testing within a software delivery team.
* Familiarity with test tools and frameworks and the ability to apply them to design effective test scenarios and maximise the value of testing activities
* Ability to quickly research and learn new tools and testing techniques to support quality assurance activities.
How to Apply
👉 Read the full description and apply at CS Jobs using the link provided.
This vacancy closes at 23:55 on Monday 4th May 2026
Salary description
£35663.00 - £35663.00 per year