Senior Test Analyst
| Posting date: | 25 June 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £35,000 per year, pro rata |
| Additional salary information: | Pro rata, plus generous benefits |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 08 July 2025 |
| Location: | UK |
| Remote working: | Hybrid - work remotely up to 2 days per week |
| Company: | Historic England |
| Job type: | Contract |
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Summary
Summary
We are the public body that looks after England’s historic environment. We champion historic places, helping people understand, value and care for them.
Historic England have a fantastic opportunity for you to join us as our Senior Test Analyst (Maternity Cover until 31st March 2026).
The location of this role is National where we offer hybrid working, you will be based in one of our following offices and from home - Newcastle, York, Manchester, Birmingham, Swindon, Bristol, Portsmouth (Fort Cumberland) and Cambridge.
We offer a wide benefits package including a competitive pension scheme starting at 28.97% employer contributions, a generous 28 days holiday, corporate discounts, free entry into English Heritage sites across the country and development opportunities to ensure you achieve your goals.
To view our full range of benefits please follow the link here.
What you will be doing
As our Senior Test Analyst, you will ensure the quality, functionality, and reliability of the Historic England website by leading comprehensive testing efforts throughout the development lifecycle. You will design and execute test strategies, identify defects, and ensure the website meets business requirements and user expectations. By leveraging your expertise in testing tools, methodologies, and automation, you will help minimise risks, reduce bugs in production, and improve the user experience. In essence, you will play a key role in maintaining the integrity and performance of the website before it goes live.
Who we are looking for
ISTQB® certified Test Foundation or equivalent
Experience of working in an Agile Scrum team
Experience in testing Content Management Systems
Knowledge of accessibility testing
Familiarity with automated testing frameworks
Please note your application will be scored and assessed against the above criteria.
We are an equal opportunity employer which values diversity and inclusion. If you have a disability or neurodiversity, we would be happy to discuss reasonable adjustments to the job with you. Having just won the Gold Award from MIND, we also recognise the importance of a healthy work-life balance.
We are an inclusive employer and believe that flexible working options are for everyone. We want to make sure our working arrangements don’t prevent anyone from joining us because of their personal circumstances. We also want to provide you with the best balance in your home and work life that we can.
We are open to considering options including job sharing, part-time working, compressed hours working and different working locations, including hybrid working. Please visit our jobs pages or contact us to find out more.
Why work for Historic England
We are committed to promoting equality of opportunity for everyone. Diversity helps us to perform better and attract more people to support our work. We welcome and encourage job applications from people of all backgrounds.
We particularly encourage applications from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic candidates and candidates with disabilities as they are underrepresented within Historic England at this level.
Historic England want all of our candidates to shine in the recruitment process. Please tell us what we can do to make sure you can show us your very best self. You can contact us by email at recruitmentTeam@Historicengland.org.uk if you have any recruitment queries.
At Historic England we use a hiring system called Applied. Applied is a behavioural science-backed recruitment platform that reduces bias, improves quality of hire and increases diversity. We do not use CV application for the majority of our hiring processes. You will answer a selection of questions that allow our hiring teams to test your skills and suitability for the role.
To ensure a fair and inclusive recruitment process for everyone the use of AI or automated tools is not permitted.
Provisional interview dates: End of July 2025
Please follow the link for a full copy of the Job Description –
https://cms.historicengland.org.uk/media/qxkckklk/zw-senior-test-analyst-jd-jun-2025.odt
We are the public body that looks after England’s historic environment. We champion historic places, helping people understand, value and care for them.
Historic England have a fantastic opportunity for you to join us as our Senior Test Analyst (Maternity Cover until 31st March 2026).
The location of this role is National where we offer hybrid working, you will be based in one of our following offices and from home - Newcastle, York, Manchester, Birmingham, Swindon, Bristol, Portsmouth (Fort Cumberland) and Cambridge.
We offer a wide benefits package including a competitive pension scheme starting at 28.97% employer contributions, a generous 28 days holiday, corporate discounts, free entry into English Heritage sites across the country and development opportunities to ensure you achieve your goals.
To view our full range of benefits please follow the link here.
What you will be doing
As our Senior Test Analyst, you will ensure the quality, functionality, and reliability of the Historic England website by leading comprehensive testing efforts throughout the development lifecycle. You will design and execute test strategies, identify defects, and ensure the website meets business requirements and user expectations. By leveraging your expertise in testing tools, methodologies, and automation, you will help minimise risks, reduce bugs in production, and improve the user experience. In essence, you will play a key role in maintaining the integrity and performance of the website before it goes live.
Who we are looking for
ISTQB® certified Test Foundation or equivalent
Experience of working in an Agile Scrum team
Experience in testing Content Management Systems
Knowledge of accessibility testing
Familiarity with automated testing frameworks
Please note your application will be scored and assessed against the above criteria.
We are an equal opportunity employer which values diversity and inclusion. If you have a disability or neurodiversity, we would be happy to discuss reasonable adjustments to the job with you. Having just won the Gold Award from MIND, we also recognise the importance of a healthy work-life balance.
We are an inclusive employer and believe that flexible working options are for everyone. We want to make sure our working arrangements don’t prevent anyone from joining us because of their personal circumstances. We also want to provide you with the best balance in your home and work life that we can.
We are open to considering options including job sharing, part-time working, compressed hours working and different working locations, including hybrid working. Please visit our jobs pages or contact us to find out more.
Why work for Historic England
We are committed to promoting equality of opportunity for everyone. Diversity helps us to perform better and attract more people to support our work. We welcome and encourage job applications from people of all backgrounds.
We particularly encourage applications from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic candidates and candidates with disabilities as they are underrepresented within Historic England at this level.
Historic England want all of our candidates to shine in the recruitment process. Please tell us what we can do to make sure you can show us your very best self. You can contact us by email at recruitmentTeam@Historicengland.org.uk if you have any recruitment queries.
At Historic England we use a hiring system called Applied. Applied is a behavioural science-backed recruitment platform that reduces bias, improves quality of hire and increases diversity. We do not use CV application for the majority of our hiring processes. You will answer a selection of questions that allow our hiring teams to test your skills and suitability for the role.
To ensure a fair and inclusive recruitment process for everyone the use of AI or automated tools is not permitted.
Provisional interview dates: End of July 2025
Please follow the link for a full copy of the Job Description –
https://cms.historicengland.org.uk/media/qxkckklk/zw-senior-test-analyst-jd-jun-2025.odt
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