Job Title: iSOFT Graduate Process Improvement and Quality Specialist

  • Salary: £Comp
  • Location: Oxfordshire
  • Date posted: 22/07/2011
  • Date expires: 23/07/2011
  • Degree Subject: Any
  • Degree Grade: 2:1
  • UCAS Points: A
  • Position Type: Full-Time
  • Experience: Not required
  • Job Category: Management, IT
  • Vacancy Reference: JW17232ISOFTPROCESS

Job Purpose

Based in Warrington or Banbury, the purpose of this role is to develop skills in the analysis of operational business processes, identification of process improvements, and to promote the efficiencies realised by process control, standardised reporting and auditing mechanisms.

Main Job Responsibilities

Weighting:
35% - Reviewing policy, process, procedure and related documentation to ensure they have been produced to the appropriate standard for publication to the organisation's Quality Management System, and meet the needs of the business. At the same time developing an operational understanding of the processes in place within the company.

10% - Supporting the project work completed by more senior Process Improvement and Quality Specialists to learn process analysis and improvement methods and develop project management techniques.

35% - Administrating the Update Request and Document Renewals processes, and the Awareness Training programme to develop (internal) customer contact skills, learn about the importance of KPIs, and contribute to the achievement of Quality Management team objectives.

10% - Supporting the UKI audit programme and continual improvement processes to learn about international standards and how to encourage compliance with them, using tools such as internal audits and corrective and preventive action management.

10% - Producing monthly performance reports and newsletters to ensure both the team and the rest of the organisation are appropriately aware of the work completed by the Quality Management team, and to develop strong communication skills.

Job Requirements
Occasional travel required. Owning a car and having a driving licence would be desirable.

Qualifications and Experience
Critical: Educated to degree level or equivalent
Desired: Educated in a relevant subject such as Quality Management, Business, IT etc. Proof reading, editing or technical writing, Customer facing work (face to face, telephone or electronic), IT Sector.

Role Specific Skills and Knowledge
Critical:
- MS Office

Desirable:
- Documenting business processes
- Project management experience (defining objectives, project planning, progress reporting etc.)
- Understanding of international standards (ISO9001, ISO27001, etc.) and best practice methodologies (PRINCE2, ITIL, etc.)
- MS Visio
- MS Project
- MS SharePoint

Competencies
Critical:
- Keen eye and good attention to detail
- Strong English writing skills
- Confident and competent communicator
- Highly motivated and self-managed
- Ability to work systematically through activities

Cultural Match
iSOFT values the following - trustworthiness, creativity, tenacity, unity, integrity, ownership, ambition, commitment and passion. These personality traits in our employees are highly desirable.

This job is now closed. Register now to hear when it becomes live again

Interested In Making Money Referring Friends To Us?


Here at the Graduate Recruitment Bureau you can search for some of the best graduate jobs in the UK and many abroad too. Our unique graduate career matchmaking service will ensure that you are finding out about the best opportunities which includes the hidden job market, where you can uncover graduate schemes that are not normally advertised to the public. Use our graduate job search to find jobs by industry and by region or a combination of the two. When you find a role that you are interested in, please make sure that first you have created a free account and uploaded a CV, and then click apply. Your application will be sent to one of our specialist consultants dealing with the role who will then be in touch via email or phone within 4 weeks of the closing date.

Make sure you get your search for graduate jobs off to a great start by using our job advice section. There you will find CV templates, cover letter templates, past interview questions, psychometric testing, guides on networking and much more. 

Recent Popular Sectors