Heritage is for everybody, and we are here for heritage.
Heritage lives in places and people, memories and stories, artefacts and traditions. It can connect us all to the past, and to each other. It can make us happier, strengthen every community, and help shape society for the better. Everybody should be able to enjoy the benefits it brings.
That's why, as a charity, we care for over a million objects and hundreds of historic sites in every part of England, from international icons to local treasures. And it's why we open them up, share their stories and find new ways for everybody to enjoy, learn, play and create.
We are looking for an Automation Test Analyst to join our team. You'll be on a permanent, full time basis, working 36 hours per week.
The Benefits
- Salary from £45,022 , depending on skills, and experience
- 25 days' holiday plus bank holidays, pro rata, rising to 28 days after 3 years
- Matched pension contributions up to 10%
- Flexible hours
- The opportunity to progress your career within the heritage sector
- Apprenticeship opportunities
- Subscriptions to professional bodies
- Free access to all English Heritage sites for you and up to six friends and family members
- 25% discount in our shops and cafes
- Enhanced maternity, paternity or shared parental leave
- Options to buy additional leave
- An inclusive working atmosphere everybody is supported from all backgrounds, religions and with different needs
- Opportunities to go to some of our great live music and history events
This is a great opportunity for an for an Automation Test Analyst professional to join the English Heritage Technology Services (IT) team. Our vision and aim is to ensure our organisation is able to drive forward its corporate strategy by becoming a trusted partner for all technology needs, delivering end to end solutions that add tangible value and benefit to our internal customers and ultimately improve engagement with our visitors and members to enhance their overall experience of English Heritage.
As an Automation Test Analyst, you will build automation frameworks in C# using Playwright, convert requirements into automation test scripts, execute scripts, and report on the results.
You will provide authoritative input into test and defect prioritisation, ensuring decisions balance business impact, risk and delivery constraints. Coordinate complex defect triage activities across internal teams and external suppliers, ensuring timely and high-quality resolution
To be considered as an Automation Test Analyst you'll need:
- Proven experience testing complex programmes/projects across multiple systems and integrations, including clear evidence of structured planning and delivery.
- Hands-on experience designing, implementing and maintaining automated tests (for example smoke/regression suites) using appropriate tools and frameworks (e.g., Playwright, Selenium or Cypress).
- Strong experience testing APIs and integrations (e.g., using Postman or similar), including validating data flows end-to-end and diagnosing issues across system boundaries.
- Experience working with CI/CD pipelines and build/release processes, including running automated tests within pipelines and interpreting results to support release decisions.
- Extensive past knowledge in managing test environments and test data (including use of test accounts, data setup, and coordinating dependencies) to enable reliable and repeatable test execution.
- Experience using test management and defect tracking tools (e.g., Azure DevOps), including maintaining traceability and providing clear, evidence-based test reporting.
First Stage Interviews will be held in the week commencing 13th July on MS Teams, with face-to-face interviews in Swindon for the second stage.
If you would like to talk to us e.g. about workplace adjustments or working patterns, please contact Phil Howley, Test Manager, on
[email protected] No agencies please.
Find out more about us and what we do: https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/about/ You can also meet some of our people and hear about why they enjoy working with us: https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/about/our-people/careers-with-us/
Everybody's welcome at English Heritage
Forget the stereotypes. It takes thousands of people from every background to care for England's heritage and open it up for everybody to enjoy. We're looking for every type of person with every kind of skill and experience, and we're committed to making sure that English Heritage is an equitable, diverse and inclusive place to work. You can connect with others through our EDI networks as a member or ally. These include Ethnic Diversity, Faith & Belief, Social Equity, LGBTQ+, Neurodivergence, Age, Disability and Gender Health and Wellbeing.
We take wellbeing seriously. We are committed to ensuring everyone feels safe at work and can carry out their role. To support this, we have a network of Mental Health First aiders, regular information and awareness events, unlimited access to an Employee Assistance Programme and work with our people to implement reasonable adjustments.
