Test Lead

Summary
We have a fantastic opportunity for a Test Lead to join the Digital Team within IT at the Trust. We’re looking for someone with strong technical test leadership experience to step into a Test Lead role to design, build and enhance robust, resilient test approaches for our public-facing websites, among them nationaltrust.org.uk, our Online Shop and our Holidays sites.

Our public-facing sites are built upon the Bloomreach platform primarily, using a REACT codebase, and integrations with other in-house applications that handle our Membership and Donation Services, as well as systems that support our retail services. Together, our systems and sites support engagement with our Members and Supporters which is core to what we do as an organisation. 

What it's like to work here

IT is a busy department and technology plays a key part in enabling the Trust to deliver on its strategic objectives. We want to stay ahead of the curve so that we can continue to meet the needs of our staff, properties, members and visitors. Working collaboratively with people across all areas of the organisation, we focus on delivering the Trust’s priority information services at pace. 

Your contractual location will be our head office in Swindon and there will be an expectation for you to attend the office. However, there is flexibility on where you are based at other times. You will be required to work at a National Trust location for 40-60% of your working week. This will be discussed in more detail at interview. 

What you'll be doing

You’ll be working within a mature Agile team, providing technical testing leadership as well as manual and automated hands-on testing expertise for ongoing projects, to ensure that all new enhancements, maintenance and bug fixes meet the needs of our organisation. The role is varied, with stimulating challenges and lots of opportunity to learn and to contribute your expertise. 

As a strong team player and technical leader, you’ll form close relationships with colleagues, stakeholders and third-party team members. You’ll adopt the ‘shift testing left’ principle and will collaborate with the Delivery Managers and Product Owners to assess quality criteria and risk, plan appropriate testing approaches and coverage, and ensure that the testing pipeline is accurately sized and resourced accordingly. 

You’ll apply your subject matter expertise to designing and delivering resilient test coverage (manual and automated) that provides fast feedback, using modern testing best practices to support the delivery team to achieve regular, high-quality releases. 

You’ll also take an active role in the wider Test community, joining the Testing Community of Practice. You will bring your industry knowledge and hands-on expertise to help shape and advance the implementation of technical testing across IT projects, through active collaboration with peers and colleagues.