# Test Analyst Placement - 12 months - Leicester

**Company**: NEXT
**Location**: Leicester, Leicestershire
**Work arrangement**: onsite
**Experience**: entry
**Job type**: temporary
**Salary**: £26,053
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Technology

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## Description

Technology drives what we do at NEXT, and as a Tech Placement, you will be a vital part of our evolution. This role is designed to help you learn and grow by giving you hands-on experience and real responsibilities.

As a Placement Test Analyst based at our Leicester Head Office, you will join our rapidly growing technology team to play a crucial role in driving our business forward. You will make a real difference in a fast-moving retail environment by ensuring our technology meets the highest quality standards. Working closely with agile teams and key business users, you will be supported in an encouraging, fast-paced environment where you will learn about manual and automated testing strategies to build a great career.

**Responsibilities**

- Assisting in the production of test plans and the evolution of test strategies across our platforms.

- Interpreting functional specifications for new features and exploring edge cases to diagnose potential issues.

- Proactively liaising with the agile team and business users during testing phases.

- Providing timely updates, generating status reports, and alerting the team to any potential problems.

**Requirements**

- Current study towards a STEM degree (on track for a 2:1 or higher) or a STEM Master's degree that includes a 12-month placement, ideally with relevant studies in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a similar field.

- An exceptional eye for detail and a systematic, logical approach to solving complex problems.

- Natural curiosity and a strong desire to understand how systems work, and how they might break.

- Clear and professional communication skills, allowing you to articulate findings to both technical and non-technical team members.

- A self-motivated, ambitious attitude with an eagerness to learn and build strong, collaborative working relationships.

**Benefits**

- 25% off most NEXT, MADE*, Lipsy*, Gap* and Victoria's Secret* products (*when purchased through NEXT)

- Company performance based bonus

- Sharesave scheme

- On-site Nursery available; OFSTED outstanding in all areas

- 10% off most partner brands & up to 15% off Branded Beauty

- Early VIP access to sale stock

- Access to fantastic discounts at our Staff Shops

- Restaurants with great food at amazing prices

- Access a digital GP and other free health and wellbeing services

- Free on-site parking

- Financial Wellbeing - Save, track and enhance your financial wellbeing

- Apprenticeship - Grow and develop on the job whilst gaining a qualification

- Direct to Work - Discount online and instore, collect your items the next day for free from your place of work or local store

- Support Networks - Access to Network Groups to empower and celebrate each other

- Wellhub - Discounted flexible monthly gym memberships, with apps, PT sessions and more

## Skills

### Required
- STEM degree
- Computer Science
- Information Technology
- testing strategies
- manual testing
- automated testing

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