NHS Business Services Authority ICT Security Support Analyst – Student Placement

The closing date is 23 January 2024

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Job summary

Here at NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA), we have an exciting opportunity for a student to join us on a placement year as an ICT Security Support Analyst.

In support of NHSBSA operations, the IT function develops, supports and operates services. The security function helps ensure these digital services remain confidential.

Our team will help you realise your potential, sharing their wealth of skills and experience with you. You’ll gain from mentor support while in the workplace, providing you with all the guidance you willneed to build a successful career.

You could be part of it – earn and learn! It’s an exciting and challenging time here at the NHSBSA, as we help to shape and deliver efficient digitised products and services that enable front line services to deliver better healthcare, underpinned by great technology!

The placement is 13 months: 1st August 2024 to 1st September 2025. You must be currently enrolled in a course which allows for a placement and be in your penultimate year at the time of starting.

Apply here: Job Advert (jobs.nhs.uk)

Newcastle Building Society Software QA Student Placement

Apply here: Newcastle Building Society Careers | Software QA Student Placement (ciphr-irecruit.com)

Salary: £21,840

Location: Hybrid – (Cobalt Business Park / Home)

Application Deadline: 19 January 2024

About the Role:

As a Platinum Investors In People accredited organisation, colleague experience is at the heart of our approach. We believe our Society has a unique purpose and special culture and we are committed to being a great place to work where our colleagues are supported to realise their full potential. We have an exciting new opportunity to join us this September for 12 months within our Software Quality Assurance Team.

You will start your day with a Daily Scrum event and you will provide updates on the progress of tasks allocated to you, as the team works towards its goals. Most of our teams work within a Scrum Framework and work in Sprints (typically, time boxed to 2 weeks), as they work towards their Sprint Goal as part of an iterative software development process.

Key responsibilities:

• Contribute to the goals of your development team, with a focus on the delivery of good quality software

• Use automation and manual software testing techniques to assess the quality of software under test

• Contribute to functional and non-functional testing activities (such as digital accessibility, performance testing, security testing)

• There is a wide range of browsers and devices available today, you will use cloud-based Device Farms to complete cross-browser/cross device testing.

• Effective communication with your development team on progress of tickets assigned to you.

The role is a fantastic opportunity to develop your skills in test automation techniques, and other software testing methods, working within a multi-disciplinary development team. The role of a tester is to help ensure that the products we build meet the needs of our customers.

With the support of your manager and mentor, you will have objectives to work towards to make sure you are developing during your time with us. We really want to hear your ideas throughout your time with us, so you’ll have lots of opportunity to suggest new and innovative ways of working.

We go beyond the traditional placement route to offer you the opportunity to help you learn and experience things beyond your role that will support your career development through a team challenge project with our Early Talent community.

About You

You will need to have successfully completed the second year of your studies and intend to return to University to complete your final year at the end of your placement.  We are interested in all IT related degrees, and you should have a desire to work in business and financial services.

You will need to be able to demonstrate

• Confidence to communicate effectively via different methods of communication

• Strong attention to detail and organisation skills

• An ability to work both independently and within a team

• Willingness to commit to your own development

For full details please download the role profile.

About Us

We are a purpose led business, connecting our communities with a better financial future.

Newcastle Strategic Solutions is the UK’s leading savings management platform and one of the North East’s most established and successful FinTechs! We provide savings management and technology services for new challenger banks and established providers across the UK. Our work has earned us an enviable reputation in the market as the best at what we do.

How to apply?

All you need to do is submit your CV and Covering Letter via our online portal. Our approach to selection is through an assessment centre. We anticipate that this will take place on 15th February 2024.

What’s in it for you?

What do you get in return? As well as receiving a competitive annual salary based on above-market pay scales, our reward package includes:

• A 35-hour weekly contract

• 25 days holiday each year plus bank holidays (rising to 30 days with length of service)

• Bonus scheme

• Pension scheme

• Life assurance and income protection

• Access to a range of wellbeing benefits

• Cycle to Work scheme

• Above statutory family leave entitlement

• The option to buy extra holidays

• Two paid volunteering days each year

• A broad range of learning and development opportunities

• Hybrid working

As an inclusive employer and a member owned mutual, we aim to reflect the communities we serve in order to drive the right colleague, customer and business outcomes. We encourage applications from candidates from a variety of backgrounds and life experiences, providing the diversity of thought required to constructively challenge and drive innovation – We want you to be you!

Upon starting a new role with us, we will ensure you are equipped with the correct tools and technologies to enable you to do your best work within your hybrid arrangement.Role

Profile:  Job Profile document

Placement Year at Office for Students

Office for Students are currently recruiting under graduates for our student placement opportunities in our Data, Foresight and Analysis directorate, for an intake in 2024.

The details of the vacancy and the option to apply are here: Assistant Analysts (13 month student placement)

If you have any questions about the role or application process please contact Shannon Corbishley, Senior Personal Assistant shannon.corbishley@officeforstudents.org.uk, 0117 931 7346 or Becki Witts, Business Support Manager Rebecca.witts@officeforstudents.org.uk, 0117 931 7015. 

The closing date for application is 4 February 2024.

NCL Internship Opportunities for SAgE Students

NCL Internships

NCL Internships are open to all current Newcastle University students and provide a unique opportunity to gain valuable graduate level work experience alongside your course.

Opportunities are advertised throughout the year and you find all current vacancies on My Career by searching ‘NCL Internship’

The following NCL Internships are advertising on MyCareer right now:

NCL Internship – Engineering Intern – Boyd Technologies Ashington UK Ltd

Closing date: 30/10/2023

Duration: This internship will run for 100 hours undertaken flexibly around your course. You will attend business premises.

Bursary/wage: £1,250 Bursary

For more information and to apply, visit MyCareer (link). https://mycareer.ncl.ac.uk/leap/jobs.html?id=56032&service=Careers%20Service

The intern will be positioned within the Engineering team in the UK facility, supporting the development of thermal components, thermal tests, equipment development and production support. The intern will be receive broad experience working with different departments within Boyd to help realise the engineering projects.

NCL Internship – Web Developer – Sound Mind and Body

Closing date: 06/11/2023

Duration: This internship is for 50 hours, undertaken flexibly around your course, from our gym in Benton, Newcastle upon Tyne.

Bursary/wage: £625 Bursary

For more information and to apply, visit MyCareer (link). https://mycareer.ncl.ac.uk/leap/jobs.html?id=56104&service=Careers%20Service

We are looking for an intern to overhaul our website and internet presence. The website is outdated and needs some urgent attention from someone that is creative and passionate about what is possible. The successful candidate will research, design, and implement technical specifications for projects based on user requirements.

Employer Connect: Analytical Student Placements with the Government Operational Research Service

In this session employers from the Government Operational Research Service will outline what Operational Research is, how Operational Research fits into the civil service, the benefits to a GORS placement and hints/tips to the application process. There will be time following the presentation for Q&A with the presenter/s who will be Operational Researchers currently working in government.

  • Date: October 19, 2023
  • Time: 13:15-14:00
  • Where: L1.26, Kings Gate Building, Newcastle University

For more information click here.

Employer Connect: A Guide to Morrisons Graduate Schemes

Gain a unique insight into what makes a leading retail business run smoothly, from the people on the shop floors and those coordinating products throughout the UK, to the people making big decisions and those analysing data behind everything they do. Join Morrisons and find out how you can grow your career with their variety of Graduate Schemes. Learn more about each the application process and what’s involved. Take the opportunity to ask any burning questions you might have to get a true insight into who Morrisons are as an employer, and whether their schemes are the perfect fit for you.

  • Date: Tuesday 24th October
  • Time: 13:15-13:45
  • Where: L1.26, Kings Gate Building, Newcastle University

Link: https://mycareer.ncl.ac.uk/leap/event.html?id=7260&service=Careers%20Service

Employer Connect: Getting started with your UK job search with Student Circus – for international students

Student Circus is a job-readiness platform for international students, with pre-filtered job opportunities that fit their needs as well as aspirations. This event will focus on providing information around simplifying the job search for international students in the UK.

  • When: 13:00-15:00, October 23 2023
  • Where: This is an online event. 

For more information and the link to join the event please click here.

Get in touch with us

If you have any queries regarding careers and employment, big or small, no matter what stage you’re at, you can get advice by submitting your query via MyCareer. You can also find details of all the internships we’re currently advertising on MyCareer by clicking on Vacancies; Search Vacancies and then typing NCL Internship into the Quick Search box.

Please visit www.ncl.ac.uk/careers to explore all we offer!

With best wishes,

The NCL Internships Team

Kind Regards,

Jess Leech

Employer Liaison Assistant