Software Quality Assurance Officer Job Vacancy at One Acre Fund in Bungoma Kenya March 2015
Organization Description: One Acre Fund is an NGO in Kenya, Rwanda, Burundi, and Tanzania that is innovating a new way of helping farm families to achieve their full potential.
We are growing quickly. In six years, we have grown to serve over 135,000 farm families with more than 1400 full-time staff.
Job Description: One Acre Fund is a rapidly growing organization; we are seeking individuals to take up the position of Software Quality Assurance Officer.
Tech develops systems in Microsoft Access, SQL Server and C# and helps manage a wide variety of operations from the enrollment of clients, taking farm supply orders, tracking millions of payment transactions, providing software tools for assisting with the delivery of seed and fertilizer.
- Improve our current testing procedures to test for a wide variety of data and use cases
- Help supervise other QA Testers
- Develop manual test procedures for new Roster and Ops website features
- Perform scalability testing based on our client number projections
- Update testing procedures according to changing requirements and new features
- Coordinate testing, software releases, bug reporting and bug fixes with developers
- Work with end-users to identify usage bottlenecks and requirement gaps
- Perform field visits to verify that tools/reports produced by the system are effective in the field
- Candidates who fit the following criteria are strongly encouraged to apply:
- Computer skills – Excel, internet, troubleshooting basic problems
- Diagnostic abilities – can identify the cause/root of problems
- Desire for quality, and an attention to detail
- Critical thinking skills
- Ability to work with little direct supervision
- Strong written and oral communication skills; able to discuss complex technical subjects
- An ability to take the point of view of the user
- Solid programming skills – preferable, not required
- Knowledge Roster and the operations website – preferable, not required
One Acre Fund Kenya is an equal opportunity employer; both women and men of integrity are invited to apply.
Only short listed candidates will be contacted.
To Apply
Deadline for resume submissions is on the 11th April 2015 at 5pm.