SENIOR QA TESTING SPECIALIST

Result of Service Contribute substantively to the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration’s digital hub by conducting operational and strategic quality assurance testing, while maintaining a high level of proficiency with Know Your Customer requirements.

Work Location Home Based

Expected duration Consultancy is for 1.5 months

Duties and Responsibilities UN Environment Programme (UNEP) is the leading global environmental authority that promotes the coherent implementation of the environmental dimension of sustainable development within the United Nations system and serves as an authoritative advocate for the global environment. Its mandate is to coordinate the development of environmental policy consensus by keeping the global environment under review and bringing emerging issues to the attention of governments and the international community for action.

Based on UN General Assembly resolution 73/284, UNEP co-leads the United Nations Decade on Ecosystem Restoration 2021-2030 together with the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). In the partnership with FAO, UNEP leads on the public advocacy and awareness raising aspects of the UN Decade.

The UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration is a global rallying cry to prevent, halt and reverse the degradation of nature by 2030. This aligns with the timeline cited by scientists as last opportunity to avert catastrophic climate change and biodiversity loss.

Designed as “New Power” movement, the UN Decade aims to connect those leading the charge to heal Earth – from governments to private sector representatives, investors, scientists, civil society, Indigenous People’s organizations, youth groups, educators, global thought leaders and many more.

Learn more about the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration here: - Website: decadeonrestoration.org - History: decadeonrestoration.org/about-un-decade - Partnership: decadeonrestoration.org/partners - Restoration Implementers: decadeonrestoration.org/implementers

This consultancy aims to support the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration's growing movement of Lead Agencies, Global Partners, Supporting Partners, Restoration Implementers, and affiliated entities and individuals through a digital hub. As part of this hub and to better link restoration efforts on the ground to a growing global movement of supporters, the UN Decade on Ecosystem restoration is currently developing a digital hub "marketplace." An early, Minimum-Viable-Product, allowing restorations partners and implementors to transact financially, exchange knowledge, and source human resources. Under the direct supervision of the Communications Manager for the UN Decade within the Communications Division and the hub's Product Owner, the consultant will perform several specialized QA tasks that contribute to the successful launch of this marketplace.

Tasks: - analyze requirements and prepare a query list; - develop functional and integration test plan and test scripts based on functional requirements and design specifications; - execute test cases to find system bugs like UI and usability issues; - conduct exploratory testing; - check consistency across devices, browsers, and operating systems; - provide inputs on high-level test scenarios, challenges, risks, test estimates

Qualifications/special skills Academic Qualifications: Master’s degree in Computer science, Computer Engineering, or related field is required. A Bachelor’s degree with combined of two years experience may be accepted in lieu of advanced degree . The consultant should also know agile and scrum terminology, practices, and principles and have certification in Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO) and/or and Project Management Professional (PMP) Experience: Minimum of five years experience in quality testing delivery and management, risk, controls. AML/KYC or related field is required. Deep understanding of software testing, its main concepts, and processes: the whole bug life cycle; different testing levels, methods, and types; test estimation techniques; is desirable. Language: English and French are the working languages of the UN Secretariat. For this assignment, fluency in written and spoken English is required.

No Fee THE UNITED NATIONS DOES NOT CHARGE A FEE AT ANY STAGE OF THE RECRUITMENT PROCESS (APPLICATION, INTERVIEW MEETING, PROCESSING, OR TRAINING). THE UNITED NATIONS DOES NOT CONCERN ITSELF WITH INFORMATION ON APPLICANTS’ BANK ACCOUNTS.