Job Description
Grade UE08: £50,253 –£ 61,759 per annum
ISG / Applications / People and Money Service
Full-time: 35 hours per week
Open-ended (permanent)
What We Can Offer You
- A competitive salary of £50,253 –£ 61,759 per annum
- A chance to contribute to an exciting programme of change and make a clear impact on the experience of all staff using our HR and Finance processes.
- Generous annual leave allowance of 40 days per year (inclusive of festive closure days)
- Highly competitive defined-benefit pension scheme with a substantial employer contribution
- A range of flexible working options to help prioritise work/life balance
- A day of paid leave annually for your chosen volunteering activity
- Access to excellent online learning and a Staff Scholarship fund
- Varied staff discounts, family-friendly initiatives , support for staff wellbeing and more
Use our reward calculator to find out the total value of the pay and benefits for this role.
What The Job Involves
- The People & Money Test Lead owns the testing of People & Money functionality. They are responsible for ensuring all testing deliverables are completed to the highest standard and delivered on time
- The People & Money Test Lead is responsible for test quality & test advocacy, resource planning & management, and resolution of issues that impede the testing effort and final delivery. The post holder will assume overall responsibility for strategy, planning, execution, reporting, defect management, and test support
- The People & Money Test Lead develops test plans and manages the planning and coordination of test execution by business users as part of regression testing and testing of new functionality, coaching business users in good test practice and facilitating their successful execution of the test plan.
- The People & Money Test Lead owns the relationship with any testing as a service (TaaS) relationship established with external partners. Planning testing, monitoring progress, facilitating discussions between the University and the supplier on this topic and holding suppliers to account.
A Bit About You
- Significant, demonstrable testing experience with Oracle or similar ERP systems and particularly in Finance & HR processes.
- Strong people management skills including experience of leading test teams.
- Experience of all test phases: functional, non-functional, system, integration and user acceptance testing
- Communication skills are critical for this the role – colleagues should be able to communicate with a range of stakeholders: both inside the University and in external organisations; with technical colleagues and colleagues in business teams; and with colleagues at all levels of the University.
- Experience of test and defect management tools including TestRail and JIRA.
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Application Procedure
We welcome informal enquiries about the role – to find out more please email Martyn Peggie (Head of People & Money Service) –
[email protected]To apply, upload a CV and cover letter
The University is committed to equality, diversity and inclusion. If you have the right skills for the job, we want to hear from you. We encourage applications from the right candidates regardless of age, gender identity, disability, sexual orientation, religion, belief or race.
Championing equality, diversity and inclusion
The University of Edinburgh holds a Silver Athena SWAN award in recognition of our commitment to advance gender equality in higher education. We are members of the Race Equality Charter and we are also Stonewall Scotland Diversity Champions, actively promoting LGBT equality.
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On this occasion the University will not consider applicants requiring sponsorship for this role. International workers will therefore only be able to take up this role if they can demonstrate an alternative right to work in the UK.
Key dates to note
The closing date for applications is
6 October 2025.
Unless stated otherwise the closing time for applications is 11:59pm GMT. If you are applying outside the UK the closing time on our adverts automatically adjusts to your browsers local time zone.
Interviews will be held in October 2025.
About Us
As a world-leading research-intensive University, we are here to address tomorrow’s greatest challenges. Between now and 2030 we will do that with a values-led approach to teaching, research and innovation, and through the strength of our relationships, both locally and globally.
About The Team
The Applications Directorate develops, implements and supports IT to meet the complex and demanding needs of the University’s staff and students. The directorate works with a wide range of colleagues in research, teaching and support groups to turn their requirements into effective solutions and this includes work such as developing web applications and integrated workflows for complex business processes. It is also involved in the procurement and implementation of package solutions.
Please visit our website for further information on the Applications Directorate.