Expression of Interest Promotion Pathway Process:
1.Review the role
Read the job description below to confirm that you are applying for the correct role. If it is the right role for you, download the Expression of Interest application form using the link at the bottom of the job description.
2.Complete the application form
Complete all four parts of the Expression of Interest (EOI) form. You will be asked to:
- explain why you are interested in the promotion opportunity
- reflect on your suitability for the role
- provide examples of how your skills and experience meet the role requirements
- consider your readiness to transition into the role
- identify any areas for further development
- assess your current capability against the key capability areas of the role
3.Submit your application
Once you have completed the form, upload your EOI application form where you would normally upload a CV. Please check that you have completed all sections before submitting your application.
4.Attend a panel interview
Your EOI application will be assessed, and you will be invited to attend a panel interview as part of the promotion pathway process.
5.Receive the outcome
Once the assessment process is complete, your People Manager will meet with you to discuss the outcome of your application and provide feedback.
Note: We’re building How to Guides for every step of the process. You’ll find these on the HR Hub, under the Expression of Interest (EOI) section.
Job Description – Senior Consultant Level 1
Date: August 2025
Position: Senior Consultant Level 1
Reports to: Principal Consultant
Direct Reports: Nil
Purpose
The Senior Consultant (Level 1) is responsible for delivering professional testing services and solutions, operating at a lead level while adhering to best practices as well as engaging hands-on level when required. You have worked across multiple industries, and application technologies, enhancing process effectiveness and efficiency, and providing added value wherever possible.
Collaboration is a key aspect of the role to work closely with both client and TTC teams.
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Key Duties (Functional)
- Review functional and non-functional requirements and specifications.
- Actively promote testing best practice methods and processes.
- Assist with technical test strategies, plans, and approaches.
- Provide hands-on test planning, functional test execution, and test reporting.
- Contribute to estimates for the amount of time required for testing activities.
- Plan, schedule, and monitor test team deliverables within the assigned project domain.
- Perform peer reviews of team deliverables regularly.
- Meet and at times exceed deliverable expectations set out in client SoW.
- Maintain excellent relationships with key customer stakeholders and manage their expectations.
- Work collaboratively with technical staff and other internal colleagues to meet customer needs.
- Produce or contribute towards accurate and concise test reports, easily consumed by business stakeholders (if required) and provide true transparency.
Key Duties (Technical)
- Promote tools to increase functional and non-functional testing efficiency, including test automation, test data generation, performance testing, and service virtualisation.
- Actively promote best practice in coding standards and processes.
- Provide hands-on technical support and consulting for the wider test team.
- Assist with technical test strategies, plans, and approaches.
- Review functional and non-functional requirements and specifications.
- Provide estimates on the amount of time required for testing activities.
- Plan, schedule, and monitor test team deliverables within assigned project domain.
- Perform technical reviews of test deliverables on a regular basis.
- Meet and at times exceed deliverable expectations set out in client SoW.
- Maintain excellent relationships with key customer stakeholders and manage their expectations.
- Produce accurate and concise test reports that business stakeholders can easily consume and provide true transparency.
- Work with technical staff and other internal colleagues to meet customer needs.
Operational Management
- Ensure accurate and weekly timesheet recording for themselves and their team members.
- Provide upstream reporting to TTC Line Management and Account Managers (GMs) covering test progress and team member pastoral concerns/issues.
- Identify opportunities for test process improvement opportunities within a client site.
- Provide continuous improvement and strategic solutions to clients.
- Provide reporting/feedback to TTC which may result in expansion of the TTC brand.
- Contribute to improving TTC internal processes and capability by providing mentorship, feedback, learnings and being a key contributor to team discussions.
Teamwork
- Share knowledge with both client and TTC teams.
- Contribute to a fun and motivated team culture.
- Conduct ongoing reviews of the work of team members.
- Work with TTC Senior Management to share and implement continuous improvements.
- Lead and contribute to team effectiveness by offering value-added suggestions at meetings, providing learning feedback/comments and support to others that aim to improve team performance and staff motivation.
- If required, provide input into performance reviews of TTC delivery staff.
- Contribute to manuals, procedures, and other relevant documentation.
Skills and Knowledge
- Operate comfortably between traditional and agile project methodologies
- Lead and provide mentoring for both TTC and client teams.
- Understand the importance of applying efficient test practices to improve delivery of software testing, e.g. test automation, shift-left, risk-based.
- Perform consistently as an effective team player.
- Demonstrate a dynamic, self-motivated, and proactive approach and attitude
- Demonstrate strong interpersonal skills.
- Possess a strong understanding of all aspects of the SDLC & ISTQB test standards and terminology.
- Demonstrate and build sound technical knowledge and understanding of: relational databases, web services, message queues, stubbing, virtual services, etc.
- Possess a basic understanding of technically diverse application architectures.
Role-Related Experience
- Exposure to more than one industry domain and various application landscapes, e.g. ERP, CRM, Web Apps.
- Excellent analytical skills e.g. Must be able to identify areas of project risk within an application and feed into test strategy.
- Conceptual understanding of aspects of an automation test methodology.
- Experience with a variety of platforms, e.g. SaaS, On-Premise, custom-built applications.
- 7+ years in software testing.
- Proven experience with executing and completing assigned work within allotted time.
- Demonstrated ability to facilitate open discussion and constructive debate.
- Experience in conducting demonstrations for audiences of varying technical prowess.
- Experience and / or understanding with a variety of manual and automation testing tools
- e.g. Selenium, SOAPUI, Tosca Test Suite, Playwright, Azure DevOps, etc.
Qualifications
- ISTQB Certified qualifications.
- Relevant Academic qualifications.
- Relevant industry qualifications.
Personal Attributes
- Excellent written, verbal and interpersonal skills.
- Strong decision-making and problem-solving skills from both a business and system perspective.
- Ability to communicate ideas to both technical and non-technical audiences.
- Highly self-motivated, disciplined and directed.
- Ability to effectively prioritise and execute tasks in a high-pressure environment.
- Experience working in a team-oriented, collaborative environment, including distributed teams.
- Ability to mentor and lead junior team members.
- Ability to diffuse conflict in a manner that allows all voices to be heard and a common understanding to be reached.
Work Conditions
- Occasional evening and weekend work to meet deadlines.
- Participation in training sessions, presentations, and meetings.
- Travel may be required for the role.
Take the next step in your career
If you feel ready to explore this promotion opportunity, complete the EOI application form. Be open and honest in your self-assessment. This process is designed to help you recognise your strengths, understand your readiness for the role and identify areas where further development may be helpful.
SEE BELOW: Click [View Position Description] to download the EOI application form.
