Job Description

Salary

The starting salary will be from 33,951 up to 35,608 on Grade E, depending on qualifications and experience.

Contractual hours

36.5

Package

Generous holiday allowances, flexible working, pension scheme and relocation package (if applicable).

Job category/type

IT and Digital

Date posted

09/09/2025

Job reference

P97058

IT Services

This full time post is available immediately on a permanent basis and offers the opportunity for hybrid working - some time on campus and some time from home.

The University of Exeter is developing a ten-year strategy where digital ways of working will be central to delivering our vision and goals. The digital transformation will impact profoundly on our workplace design, the skills we develop, the way our students learn, and the way we work and collaborate, and we want to ensure that this transformation has our staff and students at its heart. We are investing in digital technology and skills development to strengthen our education, research, and partnerships, and to meet the needs of our community.

IT Services is central to all of this, and we are looking for people to join us who want to be part of this major transformation and part of changing the way we work and the way our students learn.

Why our staff love working here

Flexible working opportunities 41 days annual leave(including bank holidays) Actively inclusive organisation ensuring equality and fairness for all Leading parental leave initiatives Multiple wellbeing and health initiatives for staff Sustainability and the environment being at the heart of what we do Beautiful campus environment when working from either Exeter or Penryn Inspiring research that really makes a difference to the world

The role

We are looking for a

Junior Test Analyst

to join our team in to work on the University's quality assurance capabilities for IT development and testing.

You will create and maintain manual and automated tests using tools and techniques that will enable increased reliability and repeatability of system development and testing.You will ensure the quality of delivered solutions by developing, writing and implementing manual and automated tests across all test/project phases. You will liaise with stakeholders across the business to develop a solid understanding of use cases, translating these into robust test cases. You will implement and maintain an automation environment that supports efficient, reliable testing and deployment processes that enable fast and robust IT development across the full range of IT applications. You will be responsible for implementing and managing tools and techniques for tests across a broad range of IT technologies and platforms. Implement a broad variety of complex technical, operational and problem solving activities for IT applications and services, and provide professional advice about your area of expertise to academic and professional services staff.

You

Experience of manual testing methodologies, including exploratory, regression, and functional testing. Experience in platform security, performance and API testing as well as strong software development skills. Experience with testing tools, including initial scripting, writing, maintaining automated test packs, and executing manual test cases. Have outstanding verbal and written communication skills and a proven ability to communicate across multi-functional and technical working teams to build ongoing relationships to ensure effective communications and exchange of information. Have an understanding of scripting/programming languages, web services or other appropriate technical skills such as: Git, Jenkins (and other build/deployment tools), Python, Playwright. Experience of testing, and the test pyramid is at the centre of your test strategies. A self-motivated engineer with an appetite to explore a complex architectural and business domain and build an industry leading test framework for it. Experience with manual testing, test automation tools and test management tools (e.g. Jira). Be flexible, adaptive, and proactive in your approach to seek continuous improvement of our services and technologies.

Please ensure you read the and Person Specification for full details of this role.

We will be reviewing applications as they come in, so please don't hesitate in applying, as we reserve the right to close this vacancy early

if we receive sufficient applications.

The University of Exeter

We are a member of the prestigious Russell Group of research-intensive universities and in the top 200 universities in the world (Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2024 and QS World University Ranking 2024). We combine world-class teaching with world-class research, achieving a Gold rating in the Teaching Excellence Framework Award 2023, underpinned by Gold ratings for Student Experience and Student Outcomes.

Our world-leading research impact has grown more than any other Russell Group university in recent years, and we are home to some of the world's most influential researchers, seeking to answer some of the most fundamental issues facing humankind today. More than 99 percent of our research is of international quality and 47 percent is world-leading (2021 Research Excellence Framework).

We encourage proactive engagement with industry, business and community partners to enhance the impact of research and education and improve the employability of our students. Read about our world leading research - Green Futures and how we are transforming education for a changing world. We are located in a beautiful part of the country and Exeter (a fast growing tech hub) is one of only a few UK cities to have been designated as a UNESCO Creative City

Our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Commitment

We are committed to ensuring reasonable adjustments are available for interviews and workplaces.

Whilst all applicants will be judged on merit alone, we particularly welcome applications from groups currently underrepresented within our working community.

With over 30,000 students and 7,000 staff from 150 different countries we offer a diverse and engaging environment where our diversity is celebrated and valued as a major strength. We are committed to creating an inclusive culture where all members of our community are supported to thrive; where diverse voices are heard through our engagement with evidence-based charter frameworks for gender (Athena SWAN and Project Juno for Physics), race equality (Race Equality Charter Mark), LGBTQ+ inclusion (Stonewall Diversity Champion) and as a Disability Confident employer.

We are proud signatories of the Armed Forces Covenant and welcome applications from service people.

Further information:

For further information, please contact Pete Robinson, p.g.robinson@exeter.ac.uk