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
- Develop, document, and execute test cases/scripts based on system specifications and user requirements.
- Perform testing for functional and non-functional requirements.
- Ensure software products meet established quality standards before deployment to production environments.
- Participate in quality assurance for software releases.
- Coordinate requests for production migration after testing.
- Identify, log, and prioritize identified bugs or system inconsistencies.
- Collaborate with project managers, business analysts and system analysts to resolve issues.
- Collaborate with business analysts and users during User Acceptance Testing (UAT) to validate business requirements and user satisfaction.
- Document test outcomes, track bug fixes, and confirm resolutions.
- Prepare reports on test outcomes and facilitate signoffs by relevant stakeholders.
- Any other duties assigned by the supervisor related to the role.
Minimum Academic, Professional Qualifications and Experience
- Bachelor’s’ Degree in Information Technology, Business, Commerce, Social Sciences or related field from a recognized institution.
- Certification in Software Quality Assurance or Project Management.
- Three (3) years’ experience in Software testing or related fields.
- Meets the provision of chapter six of the constitution
A. Qualified and interested candidates are requested to submit their application letter, curriculum vitae (that contains details of qualifications, work experience, email and telephone contacts including names, telephone and email contacts of three (3) referees who must be familiar with the candidates’ previous work experience) and copies of all certificates & relevant testimonials.
Successful candidates shall be required to obtain and submit valid copies of the
following documents before an offer is made.
- Certificate of Good Conduct from the Directorate of Criminal investigations (CID)
- Clearance Certificate from the Higher Education Loans Board (HELB)
- Tax Compliance Certificate from Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA)
- Clearance form from the Ethics & Anti-corruption Authority (EACC)
- Clearance certificate from a recognized Credit Reference Bureau (CRB)
Visit: https://portal.kentrade.go.ke/careers
From there, you will be directed to the e-recruitment portal where you can:
Create a user account
Create your profile – Edit your profile if you already have an account.
The information on the profile is split into tabs that the user must fill out before submitting a job application which includes the following:
- Biodata - General information about the applicant
- Academic qualifications – attach certificates
- Professional qualifications – attach certificates
- Employment history – Record of previous employers
- Referees
- Attach aapplication letter, CV
- Input current and expected salary
- Submit application
- Click My Applications to check or confirm if your application has been successfully submitted.
All applications must be received not later than Tuesday September 09, 2025
Interested and qualified? Go to
Kenya Trade Network Agency (KenTrade) on forms.office.com to apply
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