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Do you want to work for a company whose purpose is to improve society by considering social outcomes, and to transform businesses, communities, and opportunities for its employees?

Mott MacDonald is going through an exciting period of transformation, improving our approach to people management through development of our People Systems landscape. To support this continuing development and deployment work we’re look for another test analyst to join our team.

Reporting to our people systems technical delivery lead, you will partner with all colleagues across our people system landscape, and our IT Team, to help support our busy test and release activities.

Your opportunity

As a core member of the technical delivery team this position will support us on testing and release of a number of key services and enhancements to existing capability with focus on delivering appropriate manual and automated test suites to a wide range of solutions within People Systems.

You’ll need to collaborate with other team members to define, develop, and execute tests to ensure the software is ‘fit for purpose’ as well as documenting test outcomes and supporting the technical delivery team by following the change governance process.

Become a conduit between technical delivery and the wider people systems team – helping to ensure a best-in-class test and release delivery strategy meets the accurate and seamless system deployments to our People teams and wider business.

As this is a global role, flexibility to support different time zones would be appreciated. Our agile working policy will help you manage these requirements and balance them with both in your day-to-day workload, and personal life.

This is a great time to be a part of a growing team and we welcome applications from people who want to join a global consultancy. We are committed to fostering a culture that empowers our people, promotes teamwork and embraces sustainability and we are an endorsed Work180 Employer who takes our role of contributing to better social outcomes seriously.

Essential professional qualifications and experience:

• Demonstrable experience of software testing and quality assurance, preferably with ERPs and/ or other HCM systems
• Ability to translate processes into use cases, scenarios, and test cases to ensure all key requirements/ Business processes are tested.
• Good writing skills for producing test cases.
• Strong communication skills to be able to report on testing progress and answer questions from vendor and business partners.
• Ability to work under pressure and to tight deadlines.

Desired professional qualifications and experience:

• Bachelor’s Degree or higher
• ISTQB Foundation in Software Testing or equivalent
• Demonstrable experience of all types of functional and non-functional testing
• Detailed understanding of end-to-end Testing Process / Methodologies
• Previously worked in a structured environment such as ITIL, Agile, Waterfall
• Previous experience of working with test and defect management tools like JIRA, TestRail etc

Essential competencies/skills:

• Excellent grasp of testing methodologies and process to minimise risk and assure quality prior to the process and/or system implementations.
• In-depth appreciation of testing standards and approaches, aligning with industry best practice.
• Experience in manual testing techniques.
• Ability to develop and maintain good working relationships at all levels with both internal and external parties.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong stakeholder management skills with the ability to question and challenge; put forward new ideas and gain buy-in through key working relationships.
• Ability to work under pressure and to tight deadlines

We are actively recruiting a diverse workforce that is reflective of the communities we serve. We recognise that differences in ability, skills and experience are a strength and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds

How to apply
To apply for this role, please complete our 15-minute application via our website. Our talent acquisition coordinators aim to provide feedback within 5 working days with the outcome of your application. More information about our application process can be found here. If you have any questions regarding your application or the role, please reach out to the dedicated recruiter listed who will be more than happy to help.

Did you know that Mott MacDonald is one of the world’s largest employee-owned businesses? This means that we are not accountable to external stakeholders and are in control of our own future. This creates a unique culture where decisions are made for the benefit of the staff/company over the long term.

We are proud to be a one of Glassdoor’s top 25 employers to work for in the UK in 2023, as well as being recognised by the Financial Times and market and consumer data company Statista as one of the UK's leading and highly recommended management consultants in: Construction & Infrastructure, Energy, Utilities & Environment, Public & Social Sector, Sustainability, and Travel, Transport & Logistics.

We offer some fantastic benefits including:

• Pension matched up to 7%
• Life insurance
• An annual professional institution subscription
• Continuous development opportunities – because we want you to thrive
• Agile/flexible working – because life isn’t 9-5
• Enhanced parental leave; shared parental leave policies – for parents and care givers
• Annual bonus scheme
• Flexible benefits that suit you, including ability to buy/sell annual leave entitlement, cycle to work & interest free season ticket loans
• Wellbeing support including access to an independent Employer Assistance Scheme, wellbeing champions and access to learning and support resources
• Access to our Advanced Employee Networks which support our LGBTQ+, gender, race and ethnicity, disability and parents/carers communities
• The opportunity to make a difference; learn more about our social outcomes