Senior QA Tester (Maternity Cover)

Country: India Organization: Christian Aid Closing date: 8 Nov 2026 Senior QA Tester (Maternity Cover) 6-month Fixed Term Contract. Full Time. Working hours may need to be aligned to UK working hours time zone The start date for this role will be January 2027 Location: New Delhi, India Salary: INR 17,70,337 per year (pro rata) If we receive a high volume of applications, we reserve the right to close the advert before the scheduled closing date. Therefore, we encourage interested applicants to apply at their earliest convenience. About us Christian Aid exists to create a world where everyone can live a full life, free from poverty. We are a global movement of people, churches and local organisations who passionately champion dignity, equality and justice worldwide. We are the changemakers, the peacemakers, the mighty of heart. We’re committed to building a diverse and inclusive workplace, and recognise the value this brings in forming strong, creative and high performing teams. We welcome applications from all sections of the community, and from those with experience from outside of the voluntary sector. And no, you don’t have to be Christian to work here – we encourage people of all faiths and none to apply. We just ask that everyone lives out our values of dignity, equality, justice and love. We value a good work-life balance, so we’re open to part-time and flexible working. We also offer hybrid working for our office-based colleagues. About the role Reporting in to the Digital Product Owner, the Senior QA Tester will take ownership of Quality Assurance (QA) within Christian Aid’s core Digital Team, ensuring the delivery of high-quality, reliable, and user-friendly websites that are consistent and coherent. This strategic role will embed agile testing practices, streamline QA processes, and foster a culture of continuous learning and improvement within the Digital Team and the CRM Team, with an equal division of time between the two teams based in different divisions. Some of the main responsibilities of the Senior QA Tester will include: • Identify, manage and mitigate risks related to both digital and CRM projects ensuring high quality work that is impactful. • Collaborate with the Digital Product Owner and CRM Technical Lead to verify that all designs and technical outputs meet quality standards and align with project goals and wider organisational values and goals. • Collaborate with the Digital Optimisation Analyst and CRM Technical Lead to ensure all test results are properly tracked, analysed, and shared to support continuous learning, feedback and optimisation. • Design, write and execute visual regression and behaviour-driven testing for every code release, identifying and reporting any issues to the development teams to support a culture of continuous learning and improvement. • Report and track defects: Log defects, provide clear information for developers to fix them, and retest to verify the issues are resolved. • Manage continuous improvement and optimise testing processes to enhance efficiency, effectiveness, consistency and coherency. • Utilise relevant analytics tools to measure feature performance against expected outcomes and provide actionable feedback to guide future development. • Create and execute manual scripts/scenarios, implementing a consistent standard across all CRM developments supporting with quality and consistency. • Manage 3rd party conformance with QAT & UAT standards by proactively raising identified issues and putting forward suggested improvements supporting with a culture of continuous learning and improvement. • Provide daily progress reports through stand-ups and parking lot meetings building relationships based on trust and openness. About you Who we are looking for Essential: • Higher education or equivalent experience obtained in a relevant subject area. • Substantial experience working with content management systems (CMS), particularly Drupal. • Developed ability in application of usability, accessibility and security standards. • Understanding of cross browser limitations and work arounds. • Understanding of optimisation techniques (both in file weight and perceived/actual rendering speed) and performance measurement. • Developed ability to interpret complex communications briefs from others. • Highly developed communication and collaboration skills and ability to work in an Agile team environment. • Highly developed interpersonal, negotiation and influencing skills. • Experience of Dynamics 365 CRM CE. • Experience with Cypress / Percy / PlatformSH / SEMRush • Competency in test automation, test-driven development (TDD), and exploratory testing, along with a general understanding of development principles, programming languages • Experience of working with developers to unit test key use case scenarios Further information At Christian Aid we strive to be an inclusive and diverse employer and recognise the value that this brings in helping to build strong, creative and high performing teams. We are actively encouraging racialised minorities, LGBTQ+, people with disabilities, returning parents or carers who are re-entering work after a career break, people with caring responsibilities, people from low socioeconomic backgrounds, women, and older workers to apply. This is because these groups are under-represented within our teams, especially at senior level, and we recognise and value the contributions members of these groups make to strong, creative and high performing teams. We have a strong Christian ethos and we encourage applications from all faiths. Applicants will be expected to demonstrate an understanding of and sympathy with Christian Aid’s faith identity. All successful candidates will require a DBS/police check appropriate to the role and location and a Counter Terrorism Sanction check as part of your clearance for commencing your role with us. We also participate in the Inter Agency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme. In line with this Scheme, we will request information as part of the referencing process from job applicants’ previous employers about any findings of sexual exploitation, sexual abuse and/or sexual harassment during employment, or incidents under investigation when the applicant left employment. By submitting an application, the job applicant confirms their understanding of these recruitment procedures. This role requires applicants to have the right to live and work in the country where this position is based and undertake the role that you have been offered. If you are successful and we make you an offer for the role, we will be required to conduct a right to work check on your immigration status in the UK. We will contact you regarding the documentation you will need to provide to evidence this. How to apply To apply for this vacancy, please go to the Christian Aid careers page through this LINK.