Test Manager

Take a look at Supervisor – INTERNAL APPLICATIONS ONLY!

The College of Oxford is a stimulating work setting, which enjoys a global fame as a world-class centre of excellence. Our analysis performs a key function in tackling many international challenges, from lowering our carbon emissions to growing vaccines throughout a pandemic.

Now we have an thrilling alternative for a Take a look at Supervisor to hitch the Testing Crew in IT Providers. The Testing Crew is a part of the Programme and Undertaking Supply Group positioned in central Oxford. This function provides the chance for hybrid working.

IT Providers is a key division that ensures that the College has sturdy, dependable and high-performing IT amenities it requires to assist the distinctive wants of these engaged in instructing, studying, analysis and administration. We worth and recognise our personal and the contribution of others, creating an awesome tradition to work in and a spot the place all of us really feel we belong.

One sentence abstract of job

This function requires an distinctive one that has in depth expertise managing the supply of practical and non-functional testing.

What We Provide

As an employer, we genuinely care about our workers’ wellbeing and that is mirrored within the vary of advantages that we provide together with:

• A superb contributory pension scheme
• 38 days annual go away
• A complete vary of childcare providers
• Household go away schemes
• Cycle mortgage scheme
• Discounted bus journey and Season Ticket journey loans
• Membership to quite a lot of social and sports activities golf equipment

This function additionally provides the chance for hybrid working

Concerning the Position

Reporting to the Head of Testing, The Take a look at Supervisor has a key pivotal function throughout the Testing Observe and is chargeable for the administration and supply of each practical and non-functional Testing. The function will work alongside plenty of Portfolios, Programmes and Tasks supporting the supply of a giant Capital Plan and Digital Transformation Programme. The Take a look at Supervisor can be totally conversant with the intricacies of Testing and can perceive easy methods to leverage worth for cash within the providers they supply. Specifically they may have a wonderful understanding and expertise of deploying a risk-based method to Testing and are assured in articulating the advantages of early check verification and validation actions.

About You

• A excessive degree of normal schooling to diploma degree or equal {qualifications} or expertise. ISEB / ISTQB {qualifications} in software program testing, ideally to Take a look at Supervisor Superior / Practitioner degree.
• Expertise of Managing Testing throughout quite a lot of programmes and/or tasks inside a big, advanced group.
• Data and expertise of estimating the Testing effort utilizing strategies resembling a piece breakdown constructions and three-point estimation.
• Expertise of all phases of Testing, e.g. System Testing, Integration Testing, Operational Acceptance Testing, Usability Testing, Efficiency Testing and Safety Testing.
• Expertise of practical and non-functional Take a look at evaluation.
• A radical understanding of easy methods to plan and profit from Static Testing, resembling Casual Opinions, walkthroughs, Technical Opinions and Inspections.
• Experience and expertise within the utilisation of varied Testing instruments to assist each practical and non-functional Testing, resembling ALM, Jira, Visible Studio, UFT, Selenium and NeoLoad.
• Thorough understanding of a Threat based mostly method to Testing.
• Sturdy management expertise and expertise of Managing and motivating a crew.
• The power to speak successfully with each technical and non-technical colleagues in any respect ranges in each verbal and written communications.
• Sturdy negotiating expertise and the flexibility to affect suppliers, technical specialists and enterprise system customers.
• Experience working in varied software program supply fashions, resembling Waterfall, Iterative and Agile.
• The power to plan and handle assets to fulfill agreed deadlines.

Utility Course of

You’ll be required to add a masking letter/supporting assertion and your CV 

The time limit for purposes is 12 midday on Monday 08 April – We plan to conduct interviews week commencing 15 April.