Test and Environments Manager Ref 21016
School/department: ITS
Hours: Full time. Requests for flexible working options will be considered (subject to business need).
Location: Brighton, United Kingdom
Contract: Permanent
Reference: 21016
Salary: starting at £44,414 to £52,841 per annum, pro rata if part time current salary scales can be found here
Placed on: 07 July 2023
Closing date: 24 July 2023. Applications must be received by midnight of the closing date.
Expected Interview date: To be confirmed
Expected start date: November 2023
Job description
Led by an award-winning Chief Digital Transformation Officer and inspirational leadership team, we are now embarking on an ambitious programme of transformational change.
This digital transition will be an ever-developing programme supported by senior stakeholders. Whilst we are already a highly successful organisation and business, the University will be a very different world in years to come and aspires to achieve levels of performance and digital delivery as yet unseen in the sector. All of this is underpinned by major construction and estate renewal, an exciting programme of work to add thousands of accommodation spaces, and a network replacement project to install the latest digital infrastructure as part of the journey towards a fully data-enabled organisation.
We are moving to agile ways of working and need to take the organisation on the same journey; to be sector leading and to deliver a model of digital delivery fit for the coming years. As this programme gains momentum, we need to unpick our challenges and legacy systems and move towards meeting our potential.
As the Testing & Environments Manager you will oversee the successful implementation of new and changed business and academic systems, by ensuring that they meet customer requirements, and are tested to ensure they are functionally fit for purpose, and quality assured.
You will also have lead responsibility for the testing of all externally provided and in-house developed business and academic systems. As well as hands on testing activities, you will also assume responsibility for developing our testing strategy, ensuring that testing is appropriately funded, planned, resourced, and that appropriate development and test environments are well provided for and maintained. The University is keen to move into Automation Testing and this role will lead the way. You will also have direct responsibility for the line management of staff within the Testing team.
To be successful in this role you will be able to demonstrate a career within a testing environment which includes not only established hands on testing skills, but experience in implementing and managing test strategies and plans, together with line management of a small team.
You should be able to demonstrate hands on experience of test automation from major automation solutions. Knowledge and/or expertise in DB interrogation including Oracle and or MS SQL would be a benefit as would an understanding of the higher education sector and knowledge of IT systems and processes that support the student lifecycle and beyond.
As well as offering the opportunity to be part of a transformation that will see us set the benchmark for a model of digital delivery in the HE sector, the University offers a employer proposition including a positive approach to flexible working, significant investment in staff wellbeing and development, a generous pension scheme and annual leave allowance, and access to campus facilities.
Please contact Michelle Richardson on michelle.richardson@sussex.ac.uk for informal enquiries.
The University of Sussex values the diversity of its staff and students and we welcome applicants from all backgrounds.
You can find out more about our values and our EDI Strategy, Inclusive Sussex, on our webpages.
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How to apply
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