Junior Developer at Rentokil Initial South Africa

Job description

The role will be primarily focused toward development and support of Google (incl. mobile) based business applications and tools. Contribute to the design, planning and delivery of these solutions, including, but not exclusively, data and business requirement gathering, management of project priority lists and plans. This role will involve the knowledge transfer to the individual businesses and development of tools, with full support of the local South Africa Google Services and UK teams. The position also requires the production and presentation of monthly reports on project status and developments.

This role will specifically work with business and IT teams, to identify opportunities, develop specification and deliver cost effective solutions, including support documentation and training material. This may include carrying out 1-1 and group training sessions yourself.

The position may require travel, but full use of virtual technology such as Google Hangouts and other collaboration tools is expected to be the default to deliver low cost deployment.

Coaching and Mentorship will be provided.

Key Outputs

• Deployment of Google (or other) based suite of tools and philosophy to improve and to engage through two way communication including all levels of the organisation
• The transfer of the knowledge will drive productivity and effectiveness for, frontline colleagues and management, administration and back office functions.
• Assist businesses to prioritise projects, maximise ROI and speed of delivery.
• Report on a regular basis formally on progress
• Maintain ongoing project plans for review at any time

Skills and Compentencies

• Attention to Detail
• Problem Solver
• Positive attitude
• Self motivated
• Strong self-management skills
• Innovative
• Quick and adaptable learner, grasp new ideas, concepts and material High-Level multimedia user
• Tenacious
• Engaging
• Pro-active
• Displays sense of humour
• Deadline driven

Experience and Qualifications

• 2 years+ coding experience - Javascript, HTML5 & CSS3
• Knowledge of various frameworks - jQuery, Angular
• Basic database design and admin - MySQL
• Strong Communication Skills
• Project delivery experience
• Good Presentation Skills
• High-Level Google Apps User
• Documentation - Procedures, Work Instructions and User Guides
• Advanced Microsoft OfficeGoogle Apps, specifically ExcelGoogle Sheets functions and charts
• Ability to work unsupervised
• Knowledge and understanding of Google Apps Script, Google API’s, Google Cloud Platform, Google App Engine
• Graphic Design experience
• Google Apps Administration
• Scrum Agile framework