AMS PSR

On behalf of UKRI we are looking for a Test Analyst (Inside IR35) for a 6 month contract. Remote working with occasional travel to Swindon. 

UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) is the national funding agency investing in science and research in the UK.

UKRI invests £8 billion of taxpayers’ money each year into research and innovation and the people who make it happen. They work across a huge range of fields – from biodiversity conservation to quantum computing, and from space telescopes to innovative health care. They give everyone the opportunity to contribute and to benefit, bringing together people and organisations nationally and globally to create, develop and deploy new ideas and technologies.

As a Test Analyst your main responsibilities will be to:

• Analyse software requirements and specifications to create detailed test cases and test plans.
• Develop test scripts for functional, regression, integration, and performance testing.
• Execute manual and automated tests on various software applications.
• Record and track test results, ensuring accuracy and completeness.
• Identify, document, and report software defects, inconsistencies, and performance issues.
• Prepare detailed test reports summarizing test results, defects, and coverage.

Essential:

• Demonstratable experience of working in testing related roles.
• Experience with a variety of different testing approaches (manual, automated etc.)
• Experience of Test Planning and Design.
• Jira experience.

Desirable:

• Public Sector experience.
• Experience of Performance and Accessibility Testing.

Please be aware that this role can only be worked within the UK and not Overseas.

Disability Confident 

As a member of the Disability Confident Scheme, UKRI guarantees to interview all candidates who have a disability and who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of candidates who have a disability who meet all the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group. This scheme encourages candidates with a disability and/or neurodivergence to apply. In exceptional circumstances, we may also need to apply the desirable criteria in our shortlisting process which may include holding active security clearance.

In applying for this role, you acknowledge the following "this role falls in scope of the Off Payroll Working in the Public Sector legislation. Any rates of payment quoted will reflect the gross rate per day for the assignment and will be subject to appropriate taxes and statutory costs. As such the payment to the intermediary and your income resulting from this contract will be different".