People and Culture Test Lead

Overview

Interviews expected to be held 5th or 6th March 2026

This role is open to University of Leeds employees currently employed within the People and Culture Directorate only

This role will be based on the university campus with scope for it to be undertaken in a hybrid manner. We are also open to discussing flexible working arrangements.

Working on one of the University's transformational programmes, the Corporate Processes & Systems Programme is providing the opportunity for People & Culture to transform the way that we deliver our Services, through the implementation of new technology, process re-design and changes to how people interact with our Services.

You will join the People & Culture delivery team (which reports to the Director of People Programmes and Planning, through the People & Culture Directorate Business Lead) and have testing as your focus. We are at the point in the Programme where we are beginning to plan the User Experience Testing and Parallel Payroll Run activities, and have a significant amount of preparation work for a successful execution of these phases of the Programme.

You will have experience of using Microsoft Office and have a high level of stakeholder management experience. You must be confident in the use of SharePoint, Excel and PowerPoint and, ideally, experience of working on a project or Programme. You will be responsible for managing your own work against a project plan and providing project status updates and contribute to weekly status reports.

As we exit the design and build phases of the Programme and enter the testing phase, this is an exciting time to join the team!

• Focus on testing within the People & Culture delivery team; contribute to planning and execution of testing activities.
• Help plan User Experience Testing and Parallel Payroll Run activities and support preparation for these phases.
• Manage own work against a project plan and provide project status updates; contribute to weekly status reports.
• Collaborate with stakeholders and team members to ensure testing activities align with programme goals.

• Experience using Microsoft Office with a high level of stakeholder management.
• Confident in using SharePoint, Excel and PowerPoint.
• Ideally experience of working on a project or programme.

To explore the post further or for any queries you may have, please contact:

Carolyn Walker, Business Lead for the People & Culture Directorate, CPS Programme

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