Jobs - 91177- Roster for Individual Consultants

Roster for Individual Consultants - Software Testing and Quality Assurance - For Indian Nationals only

Localidad :

UNTIL, Gurugram, Haryana, India

Tipo de contrato :

Individual Contract

Fecha de comienzo del contrato :

Fecha límite de postulación :

21-Apr-20 (Medianoche Nueva York, Estados Unidos)

Nivel de puesto :

National Consultant

Duración del contrato inicial :

Idiomas requeridos :

Inglés

Duración esperada del puesto :

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Antecedentes

In adapting to the growing complexity of the 21st century, the United Nations need to respond dynamically to ensure it remains instrumental in supporting the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals and targets for the 2030 agenda. Technological innovation and the role of partnerships across sectors have become increasingly important to accelerate progress in addressing the problems that humanity face.

In close partnership with the Government of Haryana, India, the UN is establishing and operationalizing the United Nations Technology Innovation Lab (UNTIL) located in Hartron Multi Skill Development Centre at Gurugram, Haryana, India.

The priority focus of the UNTIL Haryana Lab will be establishing partnerships with UN Funds and Programmes as well as Governments, Academia, NGOs and Private Sector leveraging technology to address SDGs challenges in the areas of Good Health and Wellbeing, Quality Education, Gender Equality, and Sustainable Cities and Communities.

This position is located in UNTIL Haryana and will report to the lab manager.

Deberes y responsabilidades

Within delegated authority, and in close cooperation with the UNTIL Haryana Lab Manager, the full stack web developer will be responsible for the following duties:
Participate in the testing, debugging and implementation of new application systems releases, modules and functionalities.
Develops test cases and automate standard testing procedures using UN established standards for IT technologies, programming languages and tools.
Undertakes rigorous manual testing of applications software.
Ensures data security and integrity.
Documents testing and quality assurance processes and communicate the same to the team in clear manner.
Perform quality assurance issues prioritization and resolution facilitation.
Ensure traceability of test cases to requirements, working with the project to ensure all requirements are tested.
Works with developers to identify unit testing coverage and ensure any gaps are documented and addressed.
Performs work flow analysis and recommends quality improvements.
Analyse the collected error/defect data to better understand how errors are introduced and can be eliminated.
Collaborate and communicate with other developers and team members.
Perform other duties as assigned

Competencias

Professionalism: Excellent interpersonal and communication skills. Strong analytical, research, reporting and writing abilities. Strong organizational and process management competencies. Ability to rapidly analyse and integrate diverse information from varied sources. Ability to produce a variety of written media products in a clear, concise, journalistic style. Ability to deliver oral presentations to various audiences. Is motivated by professional rather than personal concerns. Ability to apply judgment in the context of assignments given, plan own work and manage conflicting priorities, and remains calm in stressful situations. Shows persistence when faced with difficult problems or challenges.

Accountability: Takes ownership of all responsibilities and honours commitments; delivers outputs for which one has responsibility within prescribed time, cost and quality standards; operates in compliance with organizational regulations and rules; supports subordinates, provides oversight and takes responsibility for delegated assignments; takes personal responsibility for his/her own shortcomings and those of the work unit, where applicable.
Teamwork: Works collaboratively with colleagues to achieve organizational goals; colicits input by genuinely valuing others’ ideas and expertise; is willing to learn from others; places team agenda before personal agenda; builds consensus for task purpose and direction with team members; supports and acts in accordance with final group decisions, even when such decisions may not entirely reflect own position; shares credit for team accomplishments and accepts joint responsibility for team shortcomings.

Habilidades y experiencia requeridas

Education: A first-level university degree in computer science, information systems, mathematics, statistics or related field. Two years of additional years of qualifying work experience may be accepted in lieu of the university degree.

Experience: A minimum of three years of progressively responsible experience in the software testing, software quality assurance, planning, implementation and maintenance of computer information systems or related area.

Language: For this position, fluency in English is required; Knowledge of Hindi, Gujrati, Marathi, Bengali, Punjabi language is an advantage.

Technical Evaluation Criteria:

Shortlisting would be done based on the following criteria.

Educational Qualification: 30 marks;
Relevant Experience: 40 marks;

Evaluation of Applicants:

Individual consultants will be evaluated based on the following methodologies:

Stage 1:- Establishing a Roster :

All applicants will be initially screened against the minimum requirements as specified above and those meeting the minimum requirements will be long listed.
Long-listed applicants will be evaluated through a Desk review and/or interview against the following criteria based on evident in the submitted application:

Educational Qualification: 30 marks;

A first-level university degree in computer science, information systems, mathematics, statistics or related field. Two years of additional years of qualifying work experience may be accepted in lieu of the university degree.

Relevant Experience: 40 marks;

A minimum of three years of progressively responsible experience in the software testing, software quality assurance, planning, implementation and maintenance of computer information systems or related area.

Only those candidates who obtain a total technical score of 49 and above will be included in the roster

Successful candidates will be included in UNDP / UNTIL Experts Roster for a period of 2 years, in one of the “bands” indicated above. However, the addition of an individual in the Roster does not guarantee a contract with UNDP.

Stage 2:- Evaluation and call off mechanism for specific assignment /Contracting/:

When a request for services arises, the roster manager shall contact the individuals included in the specific area of expertise with ToR, location and dates of the assignment seeking confirmation of availability, as well as other costs such as living allowance, travel cost, etc. The daily fee quoted by the individual during this application process shall remain as the ceiling fee and cannot be increased upwards for any offered individual assignment(s).

Consultants that confirmed their availability for Specific assignment will be evaluated in one of the two evaluation criteria that shall be clearly indicated in the respective assignment ToR

Lowest price and technically compliant offer:

When using this method, the award of a contract should be made to the individual consultant whose offer has been evaluated and determined as both:

Responsive/compliant/acceptable, and;
Offering the lowest price/cost

"Responsive/compliant/acceptable" can be defined as fully meeting the TOR provided.

Cumulative analysis:

When using this weighted scoring method, the award of the contract should be made to the individual consultant whose offer has been evaluated and determined as:

Responsive/compliant/acceptable, and
Having received the highest score out of a pre-determined set of weighted technical and financial criteria specific to the solicitation;
Only candidates obtaining the minimum point on the technical criteria specified on the assignment ToR would be considered for the Financial
The individual selected for the deployment will be contracted as an Individual Contractor to the UNDP;
The Contract and its terms and conditions are non-negotiable.

Applications should include:

A cover letter, clearly identifying the “Areas of Expertise” as mentioned in the background section above;
Updated P11 and Personal CV , indicating all past experience from similar projects, as well as the contact details (email and telephone number) of the Candidate and at least three (3) professional references;
Daily professional fee.

UNDP strives to have a workforce which reflects diversity and gender balance, and applies an equal opportunities approach. Qualified female candidates are strongly encouraged to apply. All selections are on merit.