Ready to keep quality at the heart of projects with impact?

Do you want to make a real impact by ensuring quality in services? Are you ready to grow your skills in a supportive, knowledge-sharing community where you can achieve your potential?

We’re a growing tech consultancy that creates user-centred solutions with purpose for our clients in government, healthcare and purpose-driven businesses. As a Quality Assurance consultant, you’ll ensure that quality assurance is considered from the start through testing, questioning and improving. You’ll apply your adaptability and communication skills across a variety of projects, working with a vibrant QA community that champions learning and knowledge sharing.

The role

You’ll work on public and private sector projects. You may be the sole software quality engineer on a project or work in a team.

Leading by example and promoting the Opencast approach, you’ll work in an agile environment across all testing types. You’ll collaborate with team members, clients and users to maintain quality and follow best practice. You’ll adapt to different tools and technologies, advising on the best and mentoring junior colleagues.

Applicants must either currently hold active Security Clearance (SC) or meet the eligibility criteria to obtain it.

Eligibility requires UK citizenship, continuous residence in the UK for the past five years, and no single absence from the UK exceeding 28 consecutive days.

Essential experience

To succeed in this role, you must have experience working as the sole software test engineer on a team.

In your CV and at interview, you’ll need to show experience of:

• writing, running and debugging functional automation tests on an integrated development environment (IDE) for front-end and API testing and frameworks like Cucumber BDD or Junit

• Recent hands on experience with Java and Selenium.

• presenting work to stakeholders

• managing defects and tasks through to resolution

• creating user stories and technical tasks from high-level requirements

• version control tools like git and peer review processes

• creating test plans and reports

• participating in E2E and UAT.

You’ll need a good understanding of:

• your working area and applying this to your role

• concepts and benefits of non-functional testing

• continuous integration tools like Jenkins, GitLab CI or CircleCI

• basic principles of programming paradigms, such as object-orientated and procedural programming

As well as QA skills, there are essential core skills you’ll need to be a great consultant.

In the interview, we will assess how you have:

• organised your workload to ensure you’re completing tasks efficiently to ensure quality is unaffected

• strong attention to detail

• a methodical approach to resolving complex problems

• respectfully challenged decisions or solutions

• communicated with technical and non-technical people

• been proactive and taken the initiative in seeking solutions to mitigate risk

• raised risks and issues through the correct tools.

Other helpful experience

Some areas of experience are not essential but relevant to the role:

• UK government service standards

• agile methodology.

If you don’t have experience, we can coach you if you join us.

Salary

Consultant salary range: £44,001 – £52,000 per annum

What we offer

A competitive package including a 7% employer pension contribution, share options and a discretionary bonus. You’ll also benefit from flexible working hours (aligned to client commitments), 25 days’ holiday, and access to 3 annual “life happens” days to support unexpected situations. We also offer wellbeing support, ongoing professional development, volunteering opportunities and the chance to be part of a genuinely supportive team.

Where you’ll work

This role requires regular on-site attendance across our HQ, hub offices, client sites and home. Applicants must be able to commute to offices and client sites as part of their normal working arrangements, as travel is essential to fulfilling the responsibilities of the role.

We include you

We welcome candidates from all identities, attributes, ways of thinking and backgrounds to thrive in a career at Opencast. Our aim is for the diversity of our people to be reflected in the solutions we deliver, to help create a fairer society for all.

Interview

Interviews will be conducted via Microsoft Teams. We’re happy to make adjustments to support your needs.

Want to know more?

Visit our website or email careers@opencastsoftware.com

We are not working with recruitment agencies on this vacancy. If you are interested in this position, please apply directly with Opencast.

Ready to grow your architectural expertise in a supportive team? Do you want to work alongside expert architects and grow your skills in a supportive, collaborative environment? Are you ready to take on projects to open new opportunities? If so, Opencast could be the place for you. We’re a growing tech consultancy that creates user-centred solutions with purpose for our clients in government, healthcare and purpose-driven businesses. As a Technical Architect you'll contribute to software development projects, ensuring that the applications are efficient, performant and user-friendly. You’ll broaden your experience while connecting with experts across the practice, gaining and sharing insights, and benefitting from opportunities to grow your career. The role You’ll use your experience of defining and implementing software architectures using patterns and best-practice approaches to define detailed designs that form part of large enterprise-scale applications to meet our clients’ business outcomes. You’ll collaborate with colleagues and take your solutions through architecture governance and generally contribute to the evolution of the assurance processes. You’ll use your expertise to confidently lead and guide delivery teams to bring your design to life. Requirements As attendance at these sites is a routine part of the role’s working pattern and involves frequent local travel, travel expenses are not covered. Due to the nature of this role, applicants must either currently hold active Security Check (SC) Clearance or be eligible to obtain it. Eligibility typically requires UK citizenship and continuous residence in the UK for the past five years, with no single absence exceeding 28 consecutive days. As a result, we are unable to progress applications from candidates who do not meet these requirements. Essential experience You don’t need to have had the job title of technical architect before – but we will want you to demonstrate experience of technical architecture. In your CV and at interview, we’ll ask you to show how you: • develop and implement technical designs for modern enterprise-scale applications, utilising or defining effective patterns and technologies • show ownership of designs and their evolution and transition into service • have an excellent working knowledge of software development, programming languages, modelling languages and methodologies and know how to apply them • identify and adhere to architecture quality attributes and/or non-functional requirements • evaluate and introduce innovative new patterns, approaches and technologies into project teams • can break down architectures into implemented components, utilising effective patterns and technologies that deliver business outcomes and address stakeholder needs As well as technical architecture skills, there are essential core skills you’ll need to be a great consultant. If selected for interview, we’ll ask you to show that you: • build strong relationships with both business and technical stakeholders to provide technical direction and build consensus for your technical designs • take a methodical and considered approach to solving problems • take a collaborative and consultative approach to leading and guiding teams • coach and mentor fellow team members • keep up to date with new and emerging technology trends and their practical application At the interview, we’ll ask you to describe how you approach architecture, deliver business outcomes and engage stakeholders. If you’re successful in your first interview, we’ll ask you back to develop and present a proposal from a case study and problem statement. Desirable experience Some areas of experience are not essential but relevant to the role: • Experience with architecture frameworks (e.g. TOGAF, Zachman, Open Agile Architecture) • Experience of delivering digital services and the GDS toolkit for the UK Government would be useful for many of our projects. It will be valuable (and essential for some contractor roles) if you are familiar with these activities and concepts: o the Service Manual o Agile delivery phases and o Service Assessments • A solid understanding of the benefit of user-centred design and understanding accessibility standards • Good understanding of DevOps and in-life service management If you have this experience, please show it on your CV and we can talk about it in the interview. If you don’t have this experience please do still apply, as we can coach you in these areas if you join us. Salary Senior consultant salary range: £70,001-£80,000 per annum What we offer A competitive package including a 7% employer pension contribution, share options and a discretionary bonus. You’ll also benefit from flexible working hours (aligned to client commitments), 25 days’ holiday, and access to 3 annual “life happens” days to support unexpected situations. We also offer wellbeing support, ongoing professional development, volunteering opportunities and the chance to be part of a genuinely supportive team. Where you’ll work This role requires regular on-site attendance across our HQ, hub offices, client sites and home. Applicants must be able to commute to offices and client sites as part of their normal working arrangements, as travel is essential to fulfilling the responsibilities of the role. We include you We welcome candidates from all identities, attributes, ways of thinking and backgrounds to thrive in a career at Opencast. Our aim is for the diversity of our people to be reflected in the solutions we deliver, to help create a fairer society for all. Interview Interviews will be conducted via Microsoft Teams. We’re happy to make adjustments to support your needs. Want to know more? Visit our website or email careers@opencastsoftware.com

Ready to grow your architectural expertise in a supportive team? Do you want to work alongside expert architects and grow your skills in a supportive, collaborative environment? Are you ready to take on projects to open new opportunities? If so, Opencast could be the place for you. We’re a growing tech consultancy that creates user-centred solutions with purpose for our clients in government, healthcare and purpose-driven businesses. As a Solution Architect, you’ll design strong but adaptable foundations for the people who use them – enabling robust, scalable and sustainable solutions. You’ll broaden your experience while connecting with experts across the practice, gaining and sharing insights, and benefitting from opportunities to grow your career. The role You’ll take end-to-end ownership of solutions for our clients, and align them to business outcomes, technology strategy, commercial/financial constraints, and architecture governance. You’ll create solutions blueprints with views that express business, data, application, and technology, to address stakeholder needs. You’ll effectively communicate the solution through governance boards, stakeholder groups, and delivery teams to bring the solution to life and assure effective delivery. Ensure that work is carried out in accordance with Opencast's quality, environmental, and information security policies and procedures, as well as applicable customer policies, standards, and procedures while working on client. Requirements Due to the nature of this role, applicants must either currently hold active Security Check (SC) Clearance or be eligible to obtain it. Eligibility typically requires UK citizenship and continuous residence in the UK for the past five years, with no single absence exceeding 28 consecutive days. As a result, we are unable to progress applications from candidates who do not meet these requirements. Essential experience We’ll want you to demonstrate experience of solutions architecture. You don’t need to have had the job title of solutions architect before. In your CV and interview, please show how you have: • built strong relationships with senior stakeholders to understand their views. • a strong foundation in software development, design, and delivery roles. • enabled and assured a delivery team’s implementation of your solutions architectures effectively. • worked with development life-cycle methodologies such as Agile software development, Scrum, and DevOps. • a good working knowledge of architecture frameworks and modelling languages. As well as solution architecture skills, there are essential core skills you’ll need to be a great consultant. In the interview, please show how you: • demonstrated the significant, tangible business benefits of the proposals you initiate for clients • take a methodical and considered approach to solving problems • take a collaborative and consultative approach to leading and guiding teams • keep up to date with new and emerging technology trends and their practical application In the interview, we’ll ask you to describe how you approach architecture, deliver business outcomes, and engage stakeholders. If you’re successful in the first interview, we’ll ask you back to present a proposal from a case study and problem statement. Desirable experience Some areas of experience are not essential but relevant to the role: • Experienced with Architecture Frameworks (e.g. TOGAF, Zachman, Open Agile Architecture) If you have this experience, please show it on your CV and we can talk about it in the interview. If you don’t have this experience please do still apply, as we can coach you in these areas if you join us. Salary Senior consultant salary range: £70,000 - £80,000 per annum What we offer A competitive package including a 7% employer pension contribution, share options and a discretionary bonus. You’ll also benefit from flexible working hours (aligned to client commitments), 25 days’ holiday, and access to 3 annual “life happens” days to support unexpected situations. We also offer wellbeing support, ongoing professional development, volunteering opportunities and the chance to be part of a genuinely supportive team. Where you’ll work This role requires regular on-site attendance across our HQ, hub offices, client sites and home. Applicants must be able to commute to offices and client sites as part of their normal working arrangements, as travel is essential to fulfilling the responsibilities of the role. We include you We welcome candidates from all identities, attributes, ways of thinking and backgrounds to thrive in a career at Opencast. Our aim is for the diversity of our people to be reflected in the solutions we deliver, to help create a fairer society for all. Interview Interviews will be conducted via Microsoft Teams. We’re happy to make adjustments to support your needs. Want to know more? Visit our website or email careers@opencastsoftware.com

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Ready to design products and services that make a difference?

Do you want to create products that make a meaningful impact? Are you ready to lead strategy and delivery on projects that reach large audiences?

If so, Opencast could be the place for you. We’re a growing tech consultancy that creates user-centred solutions with purpose for our clients in government, healthcare and purpose-driven businesses. As a Product Manager, you’ll lead product strategy and delivery, balancing user needs and business goals across sectors, to create services that are used by millions of UK citizens.

The role

You’ll work on complex business challenges to help deliver solutions that deliver our clients’ goals. You will develop an understanding of those goals to define products and their priority features.

You’ll design, support and lead discovery and ideation workshops with clients and internal teams to devise innovative and impactful solutions. You’ll be responsible for managing relationships with stakeholders and development teams.

You’ll ensure that work is carried out in accordance with Opencast’s quality, environmental, and information security policies and procedures, as well as applicable customer policies, standards, and procedures while working on client.

Applicants must be based within a 40-mile radius of Newcastle, Manchester or Leeds, as the role requires close collaboration with our teams and regular travel.

Applicants must either currently hold active Security Clearance (SC) or meet the eligibility criteria to obtain it.

Eligibility requires UK citizenship, continuous residence in the UK for the past five years, and no single absence from the UK exceeding 28 consecutive days.

Essential experience

To succeed as a senior consultant product manager, you will need to demonstrate a breadth and depth of experience working in product management roles, on complex projects, across the full product lifecycle in different sectors.

You will have in-depth knowledge of software development, with experience in agile and user-centred design.

In your CV and the interview, you should show how you have:

• led cross-functional, agile teams to deliver successful products

• developed product visions, minimum viable products and roadmaps, understanding business problems and contexts

• communicated objectives, plans and progress to a range of stakeholders

• used boundary objects to synthesise many different perspectives

• facilitated conversations to align large groups of diverse stakeholders

• cultivated high performing, constructive and trusting team environments

As well as product management skills, there are other essential skills you’ll need to be an effective senior consultant.

In your CV, please show how you have:

• methodically solved complex problems across a range of contexts and environments

• taken the lead on projects, setting tasks and objectives to get the best out of others

• adapted ways of working to suit the specific needs of projects

• supported the development of others through coaching and/or mentoring

Desirable experience

There are some areas of experience which are not essential but are relevant to this role.

If you don’t have this experience please do still apply, as we can coach you in these areas when you join us:

• The Service Standard (UK Government)

• active contribution in wider product community events and workshops

• demonstrated experience or knowledge in business analysis and/or agile delivery management

In the interview we’ll ask you to that demonstrates this experience. We’ll also ask you questions based around these topics.

Salary

Senior consultant salary range: £59,001 - £80,000

What our offer includes

A competitive pension, health cash plan, share options and discretionary bonus.

Flexible hours and 25 days’ holiday.

People to support you every step of the way.

Where you’ll work

Your working time at Opencast will be split between multiple locations, including from our HQ and hub locations, client site or home. Travel is part of life at Opencast, and takes in account requirements of your work, our clients and your team.

We include you

We welcome candidates from all identities, attributes, ways of thinking and backgrounds to thrive in a career at Opencast. Our aim is for the diversity of our people to be reflected in the solutions we deliver, to help create a fairer society for all.

Interview

Job interviews are on Microsoft Teams. We’ll make any adjustments to help you.

Check out this brand new role! Ready to design products and services that make a difference? Do you want to create products that make a meaningful impact? Are you ready to lead strategy and delivery on projects that reach large audiences? If so, Opencast could be the place for you. We’re a growing tech consultancy that creates user-centred solutions with purpose for our clients in government, healthcare and purpose-driven businesses. As a Product Manager, you’ll lead product strategy and delivery, balancing user needs and business goals across sectors, to create services that are used by millions of UK citizens. The role You'll work on complex business challenges to help deliver solutions that deliver our clients' goals. You will develop an understanding of those goals to define products and their priority features. You’ll design, support and lead discovery and ideation workshops with clients and internal teams to devise innovative and impactful solutions. You’ll be responsible for managing relationships with stakeholders and development teams. You'll ensure that work is carried out in accordance with Opencast's quality, environmental, and information security policies and procedures, as well as applicable customer policies, standards and procedures while working on client. Applicants must be based within a 40-mile radius of Newcastle, Manchester or Leeds, as the role requires close collaboration with our teams and regular travel. Applicants must either currently hold active Security Clearance (SC) or meet the eligibility criteria to obtain it. Eligibility requires UK citizenship, continuous residence in the UK for the past five years, and no single absence from the UK exceeding 28 consecutive days. Essential experience To succeed as a senior consultant product manager, you will need to demonstrate a breadth and depth of experience working in product management roles, on complex projects, across the full product lifecycle in different sectors. You will have in-depth knowledge of software development, with experience in agile and user-centred design. In your CV and the interview, you should show how you have: • Led cross-functional, agile teams to deliver successful products • Developed product visions, minimum viable products and roadmaps, understanding business problems and contexts • Communicated objectives, plans and progress to a range of stakeholders • Used boundary objects to synthesise many different perspectives • Facilitated conversations to align large groups of diverse stakeholders • Cultivated high performing, constructive and trusting team environments As well as product management skills, there are other essential skills you’ll need to be an effective senior consultant. In your CV, please show how you have: • Methodically solved complex problems across a range of contexts and environments • Taken the lead on projects, setting tasks and objectives to get the best out of others • Adapted ways of working to suit the specific needs of projects • Supported the development of others through coaching and/or mentoring • Demonstrable experience working in UK central government, delivering services to GDS / UK Service Standard guidelines Desirable experience There are some areas of experience which are not essential but are relevant to this role. • Active contribution in wider product community events and workshops • Demonstrated experience or knowledge in business analysis and/or agile delivery management In the interview we’ll ask you to that demonstrates this experience. We’ll also ask you questions based around these topics. Where you’ll work Your working time at Opencast will be split between multiple locations, including from our HQ and hub locations, client site or home. Travel is part of life at Opencast, and takes in account requirements of your work, our clients and your team. We include you We welcome candidates from all identities, attributes, ways of thinking and backgrounds to thrive in a career at Opencast. Our aim is for the diversity of our people to be reflected in the solutions we deliver, to help create a fairer society for all. Interview Job interviews are on Microsoft Teams. We’ll make any adjustments to help you.

Check out this brand new role!

Want to lead and deliver change that matters?

Are you looking to turn big ideas into big results? Do you want to be a part of a supportive Agile community to help you grow in your career?

If so, Opencast could be the place for you. We’re a growing tech consultancy that creates user-centred solutions with purpose for our clients in government, healthcare and purpose-driven businesses. As an Agile Delivery Manager, you’ll tackle challenges and guide teams, adding structure, assurance and energy to complex projects that make a difference to millions of people in the UK.

The role

You’ll collaborate with the product manager and team to lead the delivery of services and products that deliver our clients’ strategic outcomes. You’ll facilitate people’s work in roles spanning design, development, and research, playing a key leadership role in multidisciplinary agile teams.

You’ll lead the team in agreeing delivery milestones to deliver on behalf of our clients. You’ll create a safe working environment so our agile teams deliver with autonomy in often complex client stakeholder groups and governance structures.

You’ll ensure that work is carried out in accordance with Opencast’s quality, environmental, and information security policies and procedures, as well as applicable customer policies, standards, and procedures while working on client.

Applicants must be based within a 40-mile radius of Newcastle, Manchester or Leeds, as the role requires close collaboration with our teams and regular travel.

Applicants must either currently hold active Security Clearance (SC) or meet the eligibility criteria to obtain it.

Eligibility requires UK citizenship, continuous residence in the UK for the past five years, and no single absence from the UK exceeding 28 consecutive days.

Essential experience

You’re comfortable working on complex or multiple projects. You define and deliver the work without much direction.

In your CV and the interview, please show how you have:

• Distributed work and set milestones for others to achieve

• Simplified complex problems into smaller, manageable deliverables for your team

• Created a team charter, agreed ways of working and collaboratively iterated throughout the project

• Organised your team and its ceremonies, encouraged team engagement and self-organisation

• Connected team and stakeholder perspectives when making decisions

• Influenced your team to achieve greater outcomes and remain focused on the project’s vision

• Selected communication tools appropriate for stakeholder and team dynamics

• Created and facilitated workshops

• Fostered transparency and alignment through building trust

There are other essential skills you’ll need to be a great senior consultant. At interview, please show how you:

• Are proactive, and can work autonomously

• Challenge appropriately and resolve conflict

• Help others to successfully work through challenges

• Support and develop teams, and build impactful relationships

• Contribute to communities and client teams beyond project work

Desirable experience

There are some other desirable areas of experience for this role. If you don’t have this experience please do still apply, as we can coach you in these areas. These are:

• The Service Standard (UK Government)

• Use of remote collaboration and visualisation tools

• Calculating metrics and using outcomes to effectively manage the team

• Demonstrated experience or knowledge in business analysis and/or product management

If you have experience in these areas, please show it on your CV and talk about it at interview.

Salary

Senior consultant salary range: £59,001 - £71,000

What our offer includes

• A competitive pension, health cash plan, share options and discretionary bonus.
• Flexible hours and 25 days’ holiday.
• People to support you every step of the way.

Where you’ll work

Your working time at Opencast will be split between multiple locations, including from our HQ and hub locations, client site or home. Travel across the UK is part of life at Opencast. This varies in frequency, and takes into account requirements of your work, our clients and your team.

We include you

We welcome candidates from all identities, attributes, ways of thinking and backgrounds to thrive in a career at Opencast. Our aim is for the diversity of our people to be reflected in the solutions we deliver, to help create a fairer society for all.

Interview

Job interviews are on Microsoft Teams. We’ll make any adjustments to help you.