Quality Assurance Officer at KENTRADE

Quality Assurance Officer– KTNA 7

Reports to : Manager Projects
Duty Station : Nairobi

Purpose for the Job
To assist in determining and establishing procedures and quality standards for all KenTrade projects and systems and to monitor the same against agreed targets and to ensure that all KenTrade projects and internal systems have been delivered as per standard quality in line with best practice.

Duties and responsibilities
1. Develop, document, and execute test cases/scripts based on system specifications
and user requirements.
2. Perform testing for functional and non-functional requirements.
3. Ensure software products meet established quality standards before deployment to
production environments.
4. Participate in quality assurance for software releases.
5. Coordinate requests for production migration after testing.
6. Identify, log, and prioritize identified bugs or system inconsistencies.
7. Collaborate with project managers, business analysts and system analysts to resolve
issues.
8. Collaborate with business analysts and users during User Acceptance Testing (UAT)
to validate business requirements and user satisfaction.
9. Document test outcomes, track bug fixes, and confirm resolutions.
10. Prepare reports on test outcomes and facilitate signoffs by relevant stakeholders.
11. Any other duties assigned by the supervisor related to the role.

Minimum Academic, Professional Qualifications and Experience
i. Bachelor’s’ Degree in Information Technology, Business, Commerce, Social Sciences
or related field from a recognized institution.
ii. Certification in Software Quality Assurance or Project Management.
iii. Three (3) years’ experience in Software testing or related fields.
iv. Meets the provision of chapter six of the constitution.

Apply

https://portal.kentrade.go.ke/careers

Deadline 9th September 2025