Job Title:  Testing and Quality Assurance Officer   

Organisation: National Social Security Fund (NSSF)

Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda

Reports to: Senior Manager IT Services

About Organisation:

National Social Security Fund (NSSF) is positioning itself as the Social Security Provider of Choice in Uganda. With our shared purpose of being the Social Security Provider of choice, providing exceptional customer service and better operations with a well-motivated and skilled workforce, we are looking to recruit persons with high integrity and dedication to work with us.

Job Summary: Develops test plans to test new and existing software, debug code, and improve the usability of software programs.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

• • Designing test plans, scenarios, scripts, and procedures.
  • Execute tests on source code.
  • Analyse test results and report to the development team.
  • Work with the development team to correct bugs and errors
  • Review and analyse system specifications
  • Collaborate with developers to develop effective strategies and test plans.
  • Execute test cases (manual or automated) and analyse results.
  • Evaluate product code according to specifications.
  • Create logs to document testing phases and defects.
  • Report bugs and errors to development teams.
  • Help troubleshoot issues.
  • Conduct post-release/ post-implementation testing.
  • Work with cross-functional teams to ensure quality throughout the software development lifecycle.
  • Automation of regression and functional tests with the CI/CD policies.

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

• A Bachelors degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Technology or related field.
• A professional qualification in ITIL or Software Testing or related certifications.

Work Experience:

• At least 3 years experience in Software Testing and Quality Assurance.

Key Competences:

• Commitment & Integrity
• Proactivity & Innovation
• Getting Work Done
• Relationship Building
• Communicating and Influencing
• Resilience & Resourcefulness
• Thinking and Problem Analysis Technical Competencies
• Research and investigation (Intermediate)
• Risk and control (Basic)
• Data collection and analysis (Intermediate)
• Problem solving tools and techniques (Intermediate)
• Computer aided auditing techniques (Intermediate)

Interested individuals should click here to fill out the application form, Click Here  also send copies of their application letter, curriculum vitae and academic qualifications, addressed to the Chief of People and Culture to recruitment@nssfug.org

NB: Please note that canvassing or lobbying will lead to automatic disqualification of the candidate. Women are encouraged to apply.