Job title: Senior System Tester
Contract: Permanent
Reference: SP316
Based in: Kings Hill, Kent (Some travel to London as required)
Department: IT
Hours: 35 hours per week
Salary: Up to £40,000

About the team:
At CAF we run a truly enterprise grade IT operation. We have created an amazing and talented team that we’re really proud of and we need brilliant people who can inspire and deliver change even when the going gets tough.

As an organisation we face some really big challenges but we like to rise to the challenge and believe in continually improving what we do and how we do it. We believe as a team everyone’s voice is important and together we are stronger than our individual parts, so we invest in our culture and our people.

We empower our people to ensure that their role, the roles they interact with and the department as a whole is as efficient and effective as possible.

What you’ll be doing:

The Senior System Tester will provide confidence in the delivery of software developed within the IT Team by identifying, developing, reviewing, executing and evaluating tests within the framework of project test plans. As a senior member of the team, you will also be responsible providing leadership and contributing to our continuous process improvement programme.

Ideally you’ll have:

Proven ability to manage yourself, to complete tasks to a given deadline, and to be adaptable to a fast changing environment
Proven experience of Test Case Development and Design throughout the software delivery lifecycle
Proven experience of working on multiple projects across multiple project methodologies and across multiple applications
Proven in the use of industry standard software and methodologies and a desire for continuous improvement
You will be a self starter and delivery focussed
You will have strong verbal, written and visual communication skills

What you’ll get in return:

You’ll have the opportunity to work very closely with the business at all levels, and to directly improve what your teams do and the way that they work, so this is a great opportunity to help shape our organisation’s future.

This role sits within the IT Department, which is around 80 strong and covers all the enterprise disciplines of IT, meaning there is a genuine opportunity to influence direction and strategy across the team.

There are lots of training opportunities and you’ll have the opportunity to really develop your technical and leadership skills.

On top of this we give 24 days holiday, flexible work hours, a fantastic pension, vibrant social club and health care options.

About us

We’re a charity, a bank and champion for better giving, and for over 90 years we’ve been helping donors, companies and charities make a bigger impact. We exist to make giving go further, so together we can transform more lives and communities around the world. We are CAF and we make giving count.

CAF is a Disability Confident Employer. We guarantee to interview disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the role. Please advise us if you consider yourself to have a disability.

For further information about this exciting opportunity or to apply please send your CV and a supporting statement explaining why you would be the best candidate for this position to humanresources@cafonline.org quoting reference number SP316. If this method of applying is not possible, then please contact a member of the HR team either by the email address above or by calling us on 03000 123 566 to discuss how we can support you to apply.

Applicants must be eligible to work in the UK.

Closing date for receiving applications is 23 July 2020.