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Position: Software Quality Assurance Assistant at the United Nations Office for Project Services

Position summary

UNOPS is seeking the qualified appointment of Software Quality Assurance Assistant for the duration of 6 to 10 months. Basically, the incumbent will be responsible for testing software according to Quality Assurance mechanisms and identified standards. The QA assistant will assist in communication between the business stakeholders, business analysts, development teams and deployment team. In particular, the position holder will do the following duties alongside reporting to Quality Assurance Team Leader

• Write and execute test cases for given requirements/user stories in a timely manner with high quality.
• Do end-user testing based upon provided requirement specifications/user stories.
• Provide continuous feedback (both written and verbal) to development team members, business analysts, product owners and end-users in a clear and concise manner.
• Engage and organize testing in conjunction with the end-user community (as necessary).
• Quickly and easily learn to use applications of medium to high complexity and also pro-actively identify risks and possible improvements.
• Help verify data quality and do simpler root cause analysis.
• Accurately estimate work effort and keep commitments as well as test software using different techniques and employing appropriate approaches.
• Work together with development team members and business analysts to achieve the best possible result.
• Stay updated with guidelines, policy, documentation to better understand how to test.
• Furthermore, liaise with development team members to identify and reproduce bugs and errors identified by end-users.

Qualifications and experience 

• High School equivalent. However, University Degree, preferably in Computer Science, Data Analysis, Software Engineering or Information Technology is an advantage and can substitute for some of the required years of experience.
• Minimum 5 years of experience in the software industry working with software and web-based testing is required with secondary education. 1 year of experience in combination with a Bachelor’s degree.
• Exposure to the  Finance business domain is highly desirable.
• Knowledge of Finance applications as well as knowledge of test automation or SQL is desirable.
• Experience with varying levels of testing/project complexity and understanding of different software methodologies or frameworks such as Agile preferred.
• Experience in writing high-quality test cases, performing end-user testing, documenting and communicating test results preferred.
• Candidates are expected to have good problem-solving skills, understand of different types of tests and approaches to testing; quality awareness and building an environment of trust with developers and other focal points.