Job Title: Deputy Head – Academic & Professional Programs
Industry: Education / Training Institution
Location: Nairobi
Salary: Competitive Based on Experience
Our client is a leading training
institution providing high quality professional and academic training with
emphasis on knowledge development and application of emerging socio-economic
solutions.
They seek to hire a result -oriented
and experienced Deputy Head – Academic & Professional Programs / Lecturer,
whose main role will be programs implementation and coordination as well as
lecturing.
Key
Responsibilities
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Assisting and deputizing the
Principal in the overall administration and implementation of the College’s
academic & professional training programs.
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Handling the implementation and
coordination of the learning institution’s training programs by preparing
training schedules, calendar of annual events, examination schedules as well as
administration of both internal and external exams.
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Developing new training programs in
consultation with the Principal.
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Coordinating the activities of the
regional training centers.
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In charge of the faculty –
recruitment, induction, training, supervision and evaluation of faculty staff.
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Supervising HODs & Administration
staff in the department.
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Ensuring that the environment is
conducive for learning – premises, lecture rooms, training materials, learning
resources, etc.
Skills
& Qualifications
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Master’s Degree in Business
Administration/Project Management or a related field of study.
·
1st Degree should preferably be in
Education, if not, should have a Diploma in Education from either KTTC or KNEC.
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Professional Qualifications in
Education Management or a Post graduate Diploma in HRM/Management will be an
advantage.
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At least 3 years’ experience in a
similar position.
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Excellent leadership and motivational
skills
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Good communication and interpersonal
skills
·
Good administrative and
organizational skills
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Computer Literate
Role title: Quality Analyst – Functional Testing Engineer
Role
Description: Reporting to the QA- Functional
Testing Lead,the position holder will execute Software functional testing and
ensure solutions delivered to the customers meet the desired user
specifications; ensuring all bugs are identified and resolved before product launch
leading to zero revenue losses and customer impact.
He / he is responsible for executing
the test strategy; plan, monitor and control the testing activities related to
User Acceptance testing, with an emphasis on validating solution / product
readiness for production.
Role
purpose:
·
Accountable for end to end user
acceptance testing, end to end reporting & analysis on test progress,
testing process and tracking of bugs to resolutions and stakeholder management,
ensuring product testing is executed within the planned timelines
·
Adopt creativity to achieve higher
levels of competency and efficiency through adoption of fit for future
technologies.
·
Responsible for end to end management
of large test teams and ensuring the testers execute within planned timelines
and scope for the projects
·
Accountable for implementation and
management of fully functional test environments for all IT systems ensuring
stability of all test environments including subsequent upgrades and
modernizations on these environments
·
Accountable for administration and
maintaining tools for test management (ALM); ensuring proper use of all test
tools
·
Define suitable metrics for measuring
test progress and evaluation of the quality of the testing process and products
·
Accountable for setting up quality
gates and ensuring that a product is comprehensively checked and passed through
all the gates before acceptance testing
·
Accountability in test data
management including building of tools to manage the test resources and build a
process around the management of test resources
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Accountable for validation of quality
of all releases and fully accountable for product readiness to production
·
Undertake programs to increase the
quality of delivery and ensure zero major defects escape into production
Role
Requirement and experience
·
Bachelor of Science Computer Science,
Computer Engineering or Software Development or related subject
·
2 years + experience in software
testing in a busy IT environment
·
Strong understanding of the software
Testing Life cycle (STLC)
·
Experience in managing large test
teams
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Ability to effectively manage
competing resources and priorities
·
Knowledge of Acceptance Test Driven
Development
·
Experience in functional testing and
use of test management tools (Micro-Focus ALM)
·
Experience in test design techniques
(black box and white box)
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Experience with report generation and
analysis of testing results
·
Strong risk identification and
mitigation planning skills
·
ISTQB Certification is a plus
Role title: Quality Analyst – Test Automation Engineer
Role
Description: Reporting to the Manager –
Testing Automation,the position holder will lead the implementation and
execution of software automation strategy and frameworks and ensure
efficiencies are realized in the software testing lifecycle (reduce software
testing time by 50%) shortening the software development cycles and hence
reducing time to market for products.
He / she is responsible for executing
test automation program specifically on System integration testing, functional
and regression testing, with an emphasis on using open source tools for
automation, and subsequent integration to continuous integration tools
Role
purpose:
·
Implement software automation
frameworks
·
Drive transformations in testing
through automation to achieve higher levels of efficiency and reduce software
testing by 50%
·
Lead programs to increase the quality
of delivery and ensure zero major defects escape into production ensuring zero
impact on customers on launch of products
·
Accountable for setting up and
maintaining tools for test automation
·
Responsible for stability of all test
environments including proper controls implemented
·
Responsible for designing, running
and reporting on automated test suites (Unit tests, SITs, Functional and
Regression Testing – including all APIs) and tracking all bugs to resolution
·
Contribute to continuous integration
and continuous deployment – test automation test suites integration to the
CI/CD pipeline
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Responsible for integration of test
execution tools to test management tools and project management tools (ALM,
JIRA etc)
·
Define suitable metrics for measuring
automated test progress and evaluation of the quality of the testing process
and products
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Run automated test suites, analyze
reports and share this with all stakeholders
·
Identify all software bugs and work
with the developers and other stakeholders to close all the defects within
stipulated timelines
Role
Requirement and experience
·
Bachelor of Science Computer Science,
Computer Engineering or Software Development or related subject
·
2 years + experience in software
design, development or Testing Automation in a busy IT environment
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Experience in test automation using
open source tools – Katalon Studio, Selenium, Appium
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Excellent software development skills
coupled with programming experience in Python, Perl, Shell and Java, groovy etc
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Hands-on QA experience with proven
analytical and testing skills – Experience developing test strategies, test
plans, test scenarios and test cases
·
Knowledge of automated testing
frameworks
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Experience of Test driven Development
approaches
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Experience in Unix/Linux Operating
System
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Strong risk identification and
mitigation planning skills
·
Motivated self-starter, with a high
capacity for rapid learning and meticulous attention to detail
·
Experience with CICD automation tools
such as Jenkins
·
ISTQB Certification is a plus
Role title: Quality Analyst – Non-Functional Testing Engineer
Role
Description: Reporting to the Manager –
Non-Functional Testing, the position holder will execute the strategy and
frameworks in Software non-functional testing and ensure solutions delivered to
the customers meet the required standards for quality.
He/ she is responsible for ensuring
that products delivered to production are stable and security-proof.
Role
purpose:
·
Test planning, design, execution of
non-functional testing (performance, load, stress, security, usability
testing), result analysis and reporting.
·
Adopt creativity to achieve higher
levels of competency and efficiency through adoption of fit for future
technologies.
·
Execute non functional testing within
the planned schedules to ensure ontime delivery of products
·
Responsible for planning, monitoring
and implementing controls in non fuctional testing activities
·
Define suitable metrics for measuring
nonfunctional test progress and evaluation of the quality of the testing
process and products
·
Responsible for implementation and
management of fully functional test environments ensuring stability of all test
environments including subsequent upgrades and modernizations on these
environments
·
Accountable maintenance of tools for
non-functional testing (load and performance, security, usability etc)
·
E2E Accountability for GDR testing
and ensuring working BCP plans are in place for all solutions
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Lead programs to measure, analyze,
monitor, manage, and optimize performance and scalability of our current
applications and systems.
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Responsible for reviewing, reporting
and making data driven decisions around performance issues or bottlenecks.
·
Review uncovered application
bottlenecks and facilitate resolution with development, Infrastructure, DBA and
security teams to ensure no defects in regards to quality attributes escape to
production.
Role
Requirement and experience
·
Bachelor of Science Computer Science,
Computer Engineering or Software Development or related subject
·
2 years + experience in software
design, development or non-functional testing in a busy IT environment
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Experience in at least one
programming language
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Experience in use of performance and
other non-functional testing automated tools – Load runner, J-meter, HP fortify
etc
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Hands-on QA experience with proven
analytical and testing skills – Experience in developing test strategies, test
plans, test scenarios and test cases
·
Knowledge of automated testing
frameworks
·
Experience with metric gathering,
report generation and analysis of testing results
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Ability to show creativity and
initiative to improve product test coverage and effectiveness
·
Strong risk identification and
mitigation planning skills
·
Motivated self-starter, with a high
capacity for rapid learning and meticulous attention to detail
·
ISTQB Certification is a plus
If you feel that you are up to the
challenge and possess the necessary qualification and experience, please send
your resume with your cell phone contact indicating your experience and why you
are the most suitable candidate for the role, clearly quoting the job title and
job reference to the address below:
info@techsavanna.technology
