Jobs at Allan Gray Proprietary Limited

Overview
We are seeking dynamic individuals with critical thinking and a data orientated mind-set to join Retail IT. The role encompasses elements of business, systems, and data analysis within the context of a cross-functional software delivery team and in support of the overall business objectives and strategy.

The Environment
The problems you will be solving will challenge you, and the people you will be working with will support you while you GROW! Our environment encourages collaboration, and you will have access to Senior Analysts who will guide your development.
The environment can be complex with high profile projects underway, and we need Business Analysts with a technical mindset and a love for the innerworkings of the business and its complexities.

Job Responsibilities

• Analyse and solve business problems using technology
• Gather requirements and help formulate solutions in collaboration with business and the product owner using relevant frameworks
• Identify and prioritise the key items of work in collaboration with the product owner
• Analyse specific business problems and determine solutions
• Challenge current processes and thinking, and solve problems using first principles
• Push back and challenge business in a constructive manner
• Analyse integration and system requirements
• Understand impact and dependencies on other IT teams/systems
• Get buy-in from and communicate with stakeholders
• Formulate required specs, diagrams and documentation for business and technical integration requirements
• Work with the developers to ensure the understanding of the business and technical integration requirements
• Work with testers and business to ensure that test coverage is complete
• Create test scenarios
• Be the go-to for information on requirements and implementation on the floor
• Work with business stakeholders to provide any support for change management needed because of functionality release by the team
• Guide the thinking and direction for certain business problems
• Work and liaise with other IT teams to ensure that solutions are robust from an end-to-end integration perspective

Broader role within the area

• Support the overall wellbeing of our IT systems and help translate the knowledge gained by our team to knowledge that can be shared across the floor.
• Reduce legacy
• Improve efficiency
• Promote reuse of analysis and tech
• Improve team process
• Drive quality
• Drive knowledge share
• Be the liaison between business and IT.
• Help with UAT – creating test cases, facilitation, and managing and analysing change requests

Competencies

• Keen interest in technology, data, databases, UX and integration
• Some business/systems analysis experience, including evidence of projects which you ran with or contributed to
• Aptitude for basic technical skills/concepts
• Strong logical reasoning
• Ability to engage confidently with stakeholders at any level

Education

• Honours Degree in Information Systems with an aggregate of 70% or higher

Closing Date

• 9th September

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Job Description
The main purpose of this role is to perform a variety of administrative tasks

Responsibilities
As an Assistant, you will be responsible for:

Service Desk Operation:

• Receive requests and incidents
• Check which Facilities team the request or incident needs to be assigned to
• Reassign and sub-task if more than one team is required to action the request or incident
• Print out requests or incidents for the Maintenance team and place in their in-tray
• Check during the day if Facilities groups (teams) are accepting assigned requests and incidents and advise them if they are not doing so timeously
• Manage internal disputes for requests and incidents not attended to
• Email weekly reminders to teams to close requests and incidents

The general administration and stock keeping of all the Allan Gray rented apartments in Cape Town, including, but not limited to:

• Maintaining a cleaning and laundry schedule
• Ensuring the apartment storeroom is kept need and tidy and stocked in readiness for all turnovers and emergencies
• Checking apartments after each clean performed by an external service provider
• When required, to meet with the Landlord's maintenance team to oversee any maintenance work

Functions:

• Co-ordinate the provision of function services within the office to ensure that the client/visitor experience is effortless, comfortable and appropriate; function services include, but is not limited to:
• Venue provision and preparation
• Parking
• Security and cleaning

General administrative assistance:

• Maintain all the Facilities department filing
• Place all orders for all staff flowers and gift requests
• Process all requests for Facilities staff transport
• On occasion process requests for transport for other departments
• Maintain the Facilities staff addresses and contact details
• Maintain the Facilities department library
• Process the approvals for access to the recovery site

Additional duties:

• The incumbent will be asked to perform additional duties on occasion

Requirements

• Computer literate;
• Customer focused;
• Good organisational skills;
• Precise;
• Ability to prioritise tasks;
• Good interpersonal relations and communication skills;
• Ability to use initiative and work in a team;
• Take ownership of tasks;
• Integrity;
• Accountability;
• Ability to keep and meet deadlines.

Education

• Grade 12 qualification

Closing Date

• 15 September 2023

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Job Summary

Graduating and looking for the perfect company in which to kickstart your career in IT? Look no further than Allan Gray’s Graduate Recruitment Program. A full-time opportunity, but with the benefit of additional mentoring geared specifically for graduates. A platform which will provide the perfect foundation to becoming a tech superstar.  

We understand that transitioning from the classroom to the working space can be a daunting one.  We cultivate a learning culture with dedicated mentors who have a keen interest in your growth and development.  With them you will be introduced to our world-class technological platforms, collaborative think tanks and needed skills and tools to survive and thrive in a competitive marketplace. 

With the support of these mentors, you will join one of our Cape Town based development teams full-time where you can then utilise those recently acquired skills to help us in building software and technology that solves a variety of business functions and can deliver value to our clients. 

Job Responsibilities

• Working within a team of fellow developers to create and maintain software that solves complex business problems for Allan Gray and its clients.  
• Along the way you will get to work on Allan Gray’s tech stack within an Agile environment and learn a host of industry best practices that will ensure your career is started on the best possible foundation. 

Skills and Competencies

• A passion for software development, whether it be design, coding or testing. 
• An enquiring mind and problem-solving abilities. 
• A client-focused attitude. 
• Ability to work in a team of highly skilled individuals while delivering on your own personalised goals. 

Requirements

• Currently completing a Bachelor’s in Computer Science or Post Graduate Degree with Information Systems major. 
• Must have an aggregate of 70% and higher.
• Must be willing to live and work in Cape Town 
• Must be eligible to work in South Africa 
• Must be available to work full-time in 2024

Closing Date

• 9 September