Test Manager

Location: We operate a flexible hybrid working model across the UK, with colleagues linked to one of our contractual locations in Newport or Titchfield (Fareham) and working between office and remote throughout the week. As part of the hybrid working arrangement there is a 40% minimum office attendance requirement.

Salary: £56,020 - £66,043

Working Patterns: All our vacancies are offered as a flexible option of Full time, Part time, Flexible working, Job Share

Closing Date: Apply before 11:55pm on Tuesday 22nd April 2025

Have you got extensive testing expertise? Can you work with an eye on the bigger picture? Looking for a key role where you can really make a difference?

We're looking for someone to join our busy Quality Assurance and Testing team as a Test Manager, helping to ensure our projects and programmes are meeting user needs and are of the required quality for us to rely on.

You'll be defining the best test approach for each project you work on, aligning with our overall QAT strategy, and will use your communication skills to keep all stakeholders committed to the agreed test approach.

This role will take great advantage of your functional & non-functional testing expertise, as well as your ability to execute test analysis. Your strong breadth of technical knowledge and ability to view the bigger picture will enable you to pick the best testing approaches and ensure you are able to create strategic insights that can inform our decision making going forwards.

You will need to hold the ISTQB Software Testing Foundations Certification for this role.

For a full job description and details of the skills & experience we are looking for, please click the APPLY button to see our full advert on Civil Service Jobs.

In return we offer you:

✔Hybrid working and flexi-time so you can work around your life, not the other way around!

✔A market leading pension scheme - our employer contribution rate is around 29%

✔ A choice of working patterns *for every role* full-time, part-time, job-share.

✔Maternity, adoption or shared parental leave of 26 weeks full pay (subject to qualifying criteria)

✔Opportunities to learn new technology & skills on the job, utilising blocked out Protected Learning Time in your weekly schedule and taking advantage of the support of our Communities of Practice

✔Employee Assistance Programmes

✔Diversity Network Groups

✔Mental Health Allies

✔Civil Service Sports and Social club

✔Generous holiday allowance – 25 days annual leave, rising to 30 days after 5 years service in addition to 9 public holidays

For more information about this role, a full application pack, and to apply, please hit APPLY to be taken to Civil Service Jobs.