**Application closing date**: Monday, 19 May 2025 - 11:59pm, Canberra time
**Estimated start date**: Tuesday, 01 July 2025
**Location of work**: ACT
**Working arrangements**:Applicants will be expected to perform the role in Canberra working from the AEC's Canberra Office**.**Hybrid working arrangements (i.e. a combination of onsite attendance at an AEC office and remote working) will be considered at the discretion of the hiring manager.
**Length of contract**: Until 30 June 2026
**Contract extensions**: 2x 12 months
**Security clearance**: Must be able to obtain Negative Vetting Level 1
**Rates**: $60 - $80 per hour (inc. super)
Within the Australian Electoral Commission (AEC), the Funding and Disclosure Reform Program was established to enable the AEC to implement and administer legislative amendments to the Commonwealth Funding and Disclosure Scheme (the Scheme) as set out in Part XX of the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918 (Electoral Act) to increase transparency and accountability in Australia's electoral system. The Program is made up of three branches - the Program Management Office Branch, the Regulatory Enablement Branch, and the Technology Delivery Branch - that will work together to uplift the AEC's regulatory capability by designing, building and implementing new processes, resourcing, tools, systems and technology to successfully administer the Scheme.
The AEC is seeking five Test Analysts determine and then carry out testing activities to validate the design and behaviour of systems and services.
Key duties and responsibilities:
This role will be responsible for, but not limited to:
- Working within multiple development teams to understand the scope of product releases and work with the team to develop acceptance criteria based on business objectives, functional requirements, and service level requirements.
- Development of test plans, test scenarios and/or test scripts for a specific release
- Undertake testing activities including functional, integration and regression testing for each release cycle.
- Report and track the resolution of issues as they are found in testing.
- Assist with issue triaging
- Develop test reports
**Essential Criteria**
- Experience in test process including preparation, test case design, test execution, defect tracking and reporting. - Strong understanding of testing methodologies ( E.g Agile) - Ability to understand business requirements and translate them into test scenarios - Basic knowledge of SQL for data validation
- Communication skills to be part of a positive team culture with a demonstrated ability to build and maintain effective working relationships.
- Ability to engage and collaborate internally with other key IT areas, project teams, business areas, and external service providers.
- Ability to work independently and be a self-motivated individual.
- Strong conceptual, analytical, and interpretive skills with high level of attention to details.
**Desirable Criteria**
- Tertiary qualifications or industry recognised certification in Information Management, Computer Science, or a relevant discipline.
- 2- 5 years' experience in testing or quality assurance.
- Experience in DevOPs and Selenium.
**HOW TO APPLY**
Please provide an updated CV (a maximum of 3 pages) to reflect your suitablility to the role based on the job description. You will also need to complete a response to the Essential and Desirable criteria above in a summary no more than 5000 characters in total.