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Job Description
Key Responsibilities for the Senior Project Manager will entail the following:

• Lead and manage large-scale projects from initiation through completion, ensuring alignment with organisational goals and strategic objectives.
• Develop detailed project plans, including timeliness, resource allocation, and risk management strategies.
• Coordinate and collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure effective communication and project execution.
• Monitor project progress, identify potential issues, and implement corrective actions as needed to keep projects on track.
• Manage project budgets, ensuring efficient use of resources and adherence to financial constraints.
• Communicate project status, risks, and outcomes to stakeholders, providing regular updates and reports.
• Foster a collaborative team environment, providing guidance, support, and mentorship to project team members.
• Stay current with industry trends, best practices, and emerging technologies to apply innovative solutions to project management challenges.
• Be willing to travel beyond Johannesburg

The Successful Applicant
The ideal candidate for the Senior Project Manager role must meet the following requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Project Management, Business Administration, Engineering, or a related field (Master's degree preferred).
• 7+ years of experience in project management, with a proven track record of managing complex projects successfully.
• Certification in project management (e.g., PMP, PRINCE2) is highly desirable.
• Strong project management skills, with experience using project management software (e.g., MS Project, Jira).
• Excellent leadership, communication, and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, interdisciplinary environment.
• Strong problem-solving skills and a proactive approach to managing project risks.
• Come from the IT sector and have knowledge and background around agriculture.

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Job Description

• The successful candidate will be responsible for the business insights of the overall bank and transforming raw data into actionable business insights that drive strategic decision making and business growth. Candidates with strong analytic expertise, business acumen, and technical proficiency, particularly in Python and SQL, the specialist will extract and analyse large data sets to identify trends, patterns, and opportunities will be considered. Business Insight and Analytics Specialist will be required to collaborate with various departments, so to develop clear and impactful reports and dashboards, apply advanced statistical and machine learning techniques to enhance business forecasting and planning. This role is integral to fostering a data-driven culture within the organisation and continuously improving analytical processes and methodologies.

Responsibilities:

• Data Analysis
• Utilise Python and SQL to extract, clean, and analyse large datasets from various sources to derive actionable insights.
• Business Insight Generation
• Translate data findings into meaningful business insights and recommendations, identifying trends, patterns, and opportunities for improvement.
• Reporting and Visualisation
• Develop dashboards and reports to present insights in a clear and concise manner to stakeholders at all levels of the organisation.
• Collaboration
• Work closely with cross-functional teams including but not limited to
• Marketing, Sales, Finance, and Product Development to understand business needs and deliver insights that support strategic decision-making.
• Predictive Modelling
• Apply statistical and machine learning techniques to build predictive models that enhance business forecasting and planning.
• Continuous Improvement
• Stay updated with the latest trends and advancements in data analytics, continuously seeking opportunities to improve processes and methodologies.
• Communication
• Effectively communicate complex technical concepts and findings to non-technical stakeholders, fostering a data-driven culture within the organisation.

The Successful Applicant
Experience & Skills Required:

• 3 solid years of experience in data analysis, preferably in a business intelligence or analytics role.
• Technologies must have
• Python and SQL for data manipulation and analysis.
• Experience with data visualisation tools such as Tableau or similar is a plus
• Power-BI
• SASS
• Snowflake
• Strong stakeholder engagement.
• Have managed an entire department or organisation data.
• Strong business acumen with the ability to understand and translate business needs into data-driven solutions.
• Solid understanding of statistical concepts and experience with predictive modelling techniques.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills with the ability to effectively convey complex ideas to diverse audiences.
• Strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail.
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic environment and manage multiple projects simultaneously.

Qualification/s Required:

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, Statistics, Economics, Business or related field or Master's degree preferred.

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Job Description
Purpose of the Role

• Candidates will be responsible for delivering well-engineered, tested and deployed application systems that are used by the business as well as supporting these systems while in production. Other functions of the role will require the developer to get involved in the; designing, developing, testing, installing, and deploying the required software applications. Some of the business solutions utilise a variety of software technologies and may include new code construction, modifications to existing modules, configuration and/or package implementation.

Key Responsibilities:

• Contribute to the technical design, development, implementation and support of application systems for various areas in the business.
• Demonstrate understanding of Project management and/or software development methodologies, including Microsoft Solutions Framework (MSF), Agile, Scrum and Xtreme Programming (XP), as well as the fundamentals of analysis, requirements specification, architecture, design, coding, and testing of systems.
• Appreciate and demonstrate understanding of the impact of coding activity on the environment.
• Demonstrate a strong working understanding of installed systems and technology environments, with the ability to troubleshoot and resolve many problems on existing system(s) supported as well as the ability to learn and apply new and emerging concepts very quickly:
• Microsoft SQL Server 2014 or later
• Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS)
• Microsoft Visual Studio 2013 or later
• K2 Blackpearl 4.7 or 5.0 (preferential)
• Microsoft SharePoint 2013 or later (preferential)
• Microsoft CRM 2016 / Dynamics 365 (preferential)
• Microsoft Team Foundation Services (TFS) (preferential)
• M-Files 2015 (advantageous)
• Microsoft Azure (advantageous)
• Secure coding (advantageous)
• Demonstrate familiarity and strong working knowledge of the relevant programming languages, tools and frameworks for the desired application areas:
• .NET C#, CSS3, HTML5, JavaScript, Bootstrap 3.0 or 4.0, JQuery and Ajax, Microsoft MVC 4.5 and later, ASPX, ASMX, WCF and REST services, SQL databases, tables, security, stored procedures, functions and views

Key Output accountability's

The developer must:

• Write documentation that translates business requirements into technical solutions as well as maintain records to document program development and revisions.
• Perform coding and/or configuration to meet documented needs, utilising standard procedures and techniques.
• Contribute to the development of test plans and ensure that expected application performance levels are achieved.
• Write documentation that describes installation and operating procedures.
• Contribute to technology design, working within an established framework.
• Contribute to the development of project plans, identify key milestones, and raise critical project issues such as resource needs and contingencies.
• Provide input into development estimation.
• Assist with technical support and assist with effective problem resolution for customer inquiries and resolve production issues.

The Successful Applicant
Skills and Requirements:

• 3+ years of systems development experience and relevant tertiary IT qualification or related fields or equivalent qualification through experience:
• Degree, diploma or equivalent / BSc Computer Science and Information Systems / BSc/BEng Software Engineering/ BCom Informatics / NDip IT / BTech IT
• Or Microsoft Certified Solutions Developer (MCSD) in one or more of the following:
• App Builder, Microsoft SharePoint 2013, Microsoft CRM 2016 / Dynamics 365

The following knowledge and experience are preferential:

• Insurance or financial services business knowledge.
• Working knowledge, administration and software development experience in
• K2 Blackpearl 4.7 or 5.0, Microsoft SharePoint 2013 or later, Microsoft CRM 2016 / Dynamics 365
• The following knowledge and experience are advantageous:
• Working knowledge and software development experience in:
• NodeJS, AngularJS, Knockout, PHP, M-Files
• Web security knowledge
• Microsoft Azure development experience