Job Overview
UAT Consultant UN Women (Home-Based with NYC Travel)
Are you a seasoned UAT Consultant for UN Women, ready to passionately ensure high-quality software solutions? If so, UN Women actively seeks a dedicated professional like you. Specifically, you will lead the User Acceptance Testing (UAT) phase for our critical results management systems. Indeed, this unique opportunity allows you to contribute to an organization committed to global gender equality and women’s empowerment. Furthermore, you’ll collaborate with a team focused on innovative strategic planning and effective results-based management.
This part-time, home-based consultancy offers considerable flexibility. However, it expects one visit to our HQ in New York. Therefore, if you have a strong UAT or Quality Assurance background, coupled with excellent communication skills, and a genuine commitment to impact, we strongly encourage your application for this UAT Consultant position.
Your Impact as a UAT Consultant at UN Women:
As a UAT Consultant, you’ll play a pivotal role. Consequently, you will translate business needs into robust testing strategies. To clarify, you’ll develop comprehensive UAT plans. Moreover, you’ll also create detailed test cases, execute tests, and meticulously document results. Ultimately, your expertise in identifying and tracking defects will be crucial. This ensures our systems are user-ready and align with requirements before going live. UN Women truly values this crucial UAT Consultant role.
Remote User Acceptance Tester Consultant
Key Responsibilities for a UAT Consultant:
- First and foremost, translate complex business requirements into clear, testable acceptance criteria.
- Following that, develop and implement comprehensive UAT test plans, scopes, and strategies.
- In addition, create and review detailed UAT test cases and scripts. Be sure they reflect real-world scenarios.
- Subsequently, execute UAT test cases. Then, meticulously document results and manage defect tracking efficiently.
- Finally, compile and present comprehensive UAT summary reports to management.
Essential Qualifications for a UAT Consultant:
- A Master’s degree (or a Bachelor’s degree with two additional years of qualifying experience) is required. Fields include Computer Science, Information Systems, Business Administration, Software Engineering, or a related area.
- You need a minimum of 5 years of relevant experience in UAT, Software Quality Assurance, or System Analysis.
- Crucially, proven experience in writing and executing UAT test cases/scenarios is essential. You also need experience documenting the UAT process (at least two separate assignments for each).
- Furthermore, a strong understanding of the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) and Testing Life Cycle (STLC) is crucial.
- Excellent analytical, organizational, and communication skills are highly valued.
- Additionally, familiarity with Results-Based Management (RBM) and gender issues in international development is a strong asset.
- Of course, fluency in English is required.
Initial Contract Duration:
- 6 Months
Apply here: https://www.impactpool.org/jobs/1159646
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs):
Q1: What is the nature and duration of this consultancy? A1: UN Women offers this Individual Consultancy position on a part-time basis for an initial contract duration of 6 months.
Q2: Is this a fully remote position, or is travel required? A2: This is primarily a home-based consultancy, offering flexibility for remote work. However, you should expect one visit to the UN Women Headquarters in New York during the contract period.
Q3: What kind of systems will I be focusing on for User Acceptance Testing? A3: As a UAT Consultant, you will primarily focus on UN Women’s results management systems, which support strategic planning, results-based monitoring and reporting processes, and data aggregation/analysis.
Q4: Is prior experience with the UN system or international organizations necessary? A4: Relevant working experience with the UN or international organizations, or regulated industries with strong compliance/testing standards, is desirable but not strictly required. We welcome applications from qualified candidates with diverse backgrounds.
Q5: What is the application deadline and process? A5: The application deadline is June 24, 2025, 05:59 AM CAT. Please ensure you fully complete all sections of the application form, including education and employment history. You can apply via the “Apply Now” link provided in the original job posting.
Apply here: https://www.impactpool.org/jobs/1159646