Senior IT Test Professional

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Senior IT Test Professional

• Join an award-winning company - including "Which?" Insurance Brand of the Year 2024 and Gallup's Exceptional Place to Work 2023
• Opportunity to join our Guidewire Centre of Excellence
• Hybrid role with 80% homeworking and 20% in Stratford-upon-Avon

About the role

We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced Senior IT Test Professional to join our NFU Mutual Guidewire ClaimCenter team.

Joining a well-established team within our Guidewire Centre of Excellence, this role encompasses several distinct types of testing including functional and non-functional testing for our ClaimCenter application. Working with both internal NFU Mutual resources and third-party software providers, you'll evaluate, undertake and document software testing across the ClaimCenter application. To ensure the team continues to develop, you'll coach and mentor team members and colleagues on their technical skills.

About you

You're a Senior Test Professional with meaningful, relevant, and demonstrable experience of IT software testing. You'll have a good understanding of non-functional testing. You'll play an important role in coaching and mentoring Testers within the team, guiding them on best practice and new technology. You'll be an excellent written and verbal communicator with the ability to liaise with a variety of stakeholders.

To join our team, you'll have:

• A strong understanding of ClaimCenter, DataHub and Contact Manager.
• Experience of automated testing tools (essential) - Selenium/Cucumber would be advantageous.
• ClaimCenter testing experience (essential)
• ClaimCenter Guidewire Certification (desirable)
• Experience from a Financial services, insurance, investments, banking and/or pensions environment. (desirable)

ITIL awareness and good mentoring, development or supervisory experience is desirable. An International Software Testing Qualification Board (ISTQB BCS) Foundation Certificate in Software Testing or other relevant qualifications/certifications would also be advantageous.

At NFU Mutual, we support an inclusive workplace and value all the differences that make us unique. We celebrate the creativity and innovation that comes from diverse perspectives and experiences and share a common vision of doing the right thing for our customers and employees.

We recognise that some candidates may experience barriers during the recruitment process. So, we encourage candidates to discuss any adjustments or accommodations they need to be the best they can be throughout our recruitment process.

We're proud to be a Disability Confident Employer, a Race at Work and Women in Finance Charter signatory and welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, regardless of age, ethnicity, disability, neurodiversity, gender, religion, marital status, sexual orientation, or socioeconomic background.

Benefits and Rewards

When you join our team, you can expect a supportive culture and an attractive range of rewards and benefits including:

• £48,000 - £58,000 annual salary (depending on experience)
• Annual bonus (up to 17.5% of salary)
• Contributory pension scheme, up to 20%, including your 8% contribution
• 25 days annual leave + bank holidays + buy/sell/save holiday trading scheme
• A Family Friendly policy that helps you balance your work and family responsibilities
• Access to savings at High Street brands, travel and supermarkets
• £20 contribution to a monthly gym membership - subject to T&Cs
• Health and wellbeing plan - cashback for dentist, opticians, physio and more
• Access to voluntary benefits, including health assessments, private medical insurance and dental insurance
• Employee Volunteering - volunteer in the community for one day each year
• Unlimited access to Refer a Friend £500 bonus scheme
• Life Assurance cover of 4 x salary
• Employee discounts of 15% on a range of NFU Mutual insurance policies.

Working at NFU Mutual

We're one of the UK's leading general insurance and financial services companies. For over 110 years we've put our customers at the heart of everything we do. Our people are just as important to us. We pride ourselves on being "a great place to work" and we're one of only 60 companies across the globe to receive a Gallup Exceptional Workplace 2024 award, and one of only 2 companies to receive the award for the ninth consecutive year. We were also named in the LinkedIn Top 25 Companies List 2021, the Glassdoor Best Places to Work UK List 2023 and 2024, and were recognised as a certified UK Top Employer by the Top Employers Institute in 2023 and 2024.

We offer a supportive culture where we empower and inspire our people to perform, offer them opportunities to grow, and recognise and reward their contribution. Our people are proud to work for a company that respects them and their communities, and they trust us to be financially sustainable, so we are successful now and in the future.