Testing Analyst

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Company Selling Points

✔ Make a positive difference to lives of their residents

✔ Make a big impact on their technical stack, saving the charity significant funds

✔ Work with an excellent Senior Programme Manager

✔ Strong pipeline of technology projects in the pipeline, over the next 3 years

Company Overview

• One of the UK’s leading not-for-profit care providers, providing the best possible care to those who live with us - some of the most vulnerable people in society.
• They provide care over 60 locations across the UK. Their offering to includes specialised dementia, intermediate, respite, day care and expert nursing. Approx. 5,000 staff members.

Project Overview

• Example projects include electronic care records, new payroll, HR systems, financial management asset management including property compliance and capital asset facilities management etc.
• These capabilities are planned for 2022/23 with other digital projects to be delivered in the next few years.

Job Description

• Testing business process improvements as part of transformation strategy including the testing of the “End to End” business capabilities
• Manage IT, Business, Data, Functional and Non-Functional process change testing
• Create the Test Strategy, Approach and Execution Plan for the Projects
• Draft and review testing strategies, approaches and test execution plans for all business and IT related projects
• Work closely with the Business Analyst, ensuring requirements are understood and planned to be tested efficiently
• Input into the Requirement Traceability Matrix
• Design, build and maintain End to End testing processes
• Ensure testing standards and user requirements are met to maximise the benefit of Products, Applications, Operating Model, Processes
• Work with multiple teams / stakeholders to ensure the timely delivery of projects
• Undertake all forms of testing including System, Regression, System Integration, User Acceptance, Stress, Performance, Operational Acceptance, Disaster Recovery, Usability and Functional / Non-Functional testing etc.
• Plan all test stages of the project life cycle, obtaining appropriate levels of sign-off
• Lead User Acceptance Testing; day to day co-ordination of User testing
• Define and implement Dashboards, Reporting, Metrics and KPIs for test execution
• Defect management; manage test defect resolutions with 3rd party and internals
• Test automation, design and build of Scripts, maintenance and training of test users
• Support and input into Problem Management, to design and implement defect workarounds where required
• In cooperation with the ITSM team implement and embed continuous integration systems and environments
• Review 3rd Party Test Plans to ensure effectiveness and coverage of external testing
• Ensure testing is delivered to specified requirements and meets agreed time, cost, quality and compliance objectives
• Hands-on testing against agreed test plans, recording testing progress and defects
• Report progress at agreed intervals to project stakeholders
• Risk identification, documentation, impact assessment, including action mitigation
• Attend meetings/conferences, within business operating hours as and when required by the Company

Skills and Experience

• Agile / Waterfall change experience
• Good communication and written skills
• Ideally ISEB / ISTQB certified
• User documentation, training documents and user acceptance plans
• Extensive knowledge of the full Software Development Lifecycle
• Continuous testing delivery
• Ability to estimate testing activities accurately
• Knowledge and ability to work to standards such as Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL)
• Cloud-based technologies such as SaaS
• Care related applications including ColdHarbour a distinct advantage
• Test automation tooling, products, such as HPE Unified Functional Testing, IBM Rational Functional Tester, Selenium, TestComplete
• Clean UK driving license and access to a car

Location: Oxford or Lincoln

Flexible working: Minimum two office days at Oxford or Lincoln locations, however there will be flexibility shown. Open to travelling to attend meetings as and when required.

Salary: £35,000 - £45,000, depending on experience

Start: March 2023

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