IT Tester

Working within the IT Training & Quality Team following a hybrid Agile Scrum/Waterfall methodology.

Adhere to the project lifecycle standards, ensuring that all activities align with organisational policies and objectives.

Provide demonstrations to users and wider business and invite them to User Acceptance Testing (UAT).

Identify risks and issues early to ensure they are resolved efficiently at all stages in the development lifecycle.

Ensure that all identified bugs are meticulously documented, to facilitate quick and accurate resolution.

Foster strong, open communication with the IT DevOps team, maintaining a collaborative relationship.

Share expertise with colleagues to enhance the team’s overall performance.

Stay up to date with industry trends and emerging technologies, making recommendations for new ways of working.

Advocate for system enhancements and usability improvements, aiming to optimise the overall end-user experience.

Proficient in manual software testing and actively interested in enhancement and improvement of processes.

Broad system analysis experience.

Keen to develop IT analysis and testing skills demonstrating excellence with Microsoft and other key technologies.

Demonstrate combined expertise and understanding in a variety of application and development frameworks.

Learn to demonstrate and apply knowledge of Agile Scrum and related methodologies.

Prove and understand the importance of the user experience and user journey when testing.

Proactively keep abreast of industry developments, skills and technologies and share information, ideas and best practice.

Keen ownership, analytical, problem solving skills.

Strong planning and prioritisation skills.

Capable of reasoning and thinking through problems and be able to independently and jointly develop desired solutions.

Collaborative working style.

Company pension

Private dental insurance

Private medical insurance, * Salary – up to £32,000

Bonus scheme – on target bonus -7.5%

Pension scheme – contribute up to 5% of your salary and Openwork will match you and put in an extra 5%

Critical illness cover

Income protection – 1x salary

Death in service – 4x salary

25 days holiday + bank holidays, with the opportunity to buy up to an additional 10 days

A range of other flexible benefits to include private medical insurance, dental insurance and much more.