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Test Lead

Durham University - Computing and Information Services

Location: Durham
Salary: £36,333 to £43,155
Hours: Full Time
Contract Type: Permanent
Placed On: 22nd March 2023
Closes: 5th April 2023
Job Ref: 22002041

The University

At Durham University we are proud of our people. A globally outstanding centre of educational excellence, a collegiate community of extraordinary people, a unique and historic setting – Durham is a university like no other. We believe that inspiring our people to do outstanding things at Durham enables Durham people to do outstanding things professionally and personally.
Across the University we have a huge variety of roles and career opportunities, which together make us a large and successful community, which is a key hub of activity within our region and nationally. We would be thrilled if you would consider joining our thriving University. Further information about the University can be found

The Role and Department

The Test Lead supports the Senior Test Manager in implementing the IT Test Management framework and is part of the IT Service Management team, which underpins the delivery of customer focused services supported by efficient processes. The role will lead and coordinate testing teams and provide direction, advice and guidance for the development and testing of IT systems and applications. Specifically, the post holder will:

  • Support the development of test plans for a number of key applications.
  • Manually create and execute test scripts that test new functionality.
  • Standardise all test plans from across the institution and organise them within the University’s DevOps management system.
  • Work collaboratively with individuals responsible for each IT service to ensure that new services and changes to existing services are adequately tested, and meet requirements

The Computing and Information Services (CIS) has an annual operational budget in excess of £12m, multi-million pound programmes of change within year, and approximately 185 staff. The Senior Leadership Team report directly to the Chief Information Officer (CIO) with the following portfolios: Strategy and Change; Operations; Information Systems, and Cyber Security. CIS work with departments across the university to provide academic, teaching and administrative services that underpin the day-to-day activities of the whole organisation. Details of the Digital Strategy and ongoing work can be found at Digital Strategy - Durham Univ! ersity

CIS is a friendly, but demanding department, where much is expected and can be achieved by competent, self-motivated individuals who are demonstrable in their team work ability. The department works in a hybrid capacity depending on the job role and individual personal requirements.

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