Solution Developer Job at Save the Children

Working with members of the global IT team, the role holder will be responsible for building, implementing and supporting Business Intelligence (BI) solutions within the organisation.

This role will partner with business stakeholders in order to understand their analytic requirements, and implement and maintain BI solutions to meet these needs, utilising best practices. The role requires experience in adapting existing solutions as well as creating new solutions.

Over 60 countries with a staff complement in excess of 17,000 of which at least 50% are considered users of IT systems.

Roles for the Solution Developer Job

• Provide the organisation with accurate and timely BI solutions based on requirements gathered through business partnering activities
• Maintain and support existing BI solutions
• Proactively source new and innovative solutions that provide clear business value and construct ‘proof of concepts’ to demonstrate the new solutions
• Proactively identify any technical project risks/issues related to BI
• Estimate and deliver BI project tasks to agreed prioritisation and timeframes
• Support the IT Service Delivery team with the BI reporting environment
• Assist management in designing, agreeing, implementing and managing changes to the BI environment
• Maintain accurate technical documentation

Solution Developer Job Requirements

• Computing degree – BSc, BIT or equivalent qualification with minimum 3 years’ experience
• Experience of working with SQL Server databases, including creating & modifying T-SQL scripts, stored procedures, functions, triggers, writing ad-hoc queries and dynamic SQL
• Experience of working closely with non-technical staff, demonstrating an ability to translate and negotiate non-technical requirements into a detailed technical specification
• Good interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills with a proven ability to explain complex technical ideas and problems clearly to non-experts
• Self-motivated, enthusiastic, and strong problem solving skills
• Cultural awareness and experience of delivering solutions internationally
• Keen to learn new technologies, especially in BI

How to Apply
To apply for this position send your CV and cover letter to kenya.jobapplications@savethechildren.org indicating the Position Title on the subject line, deadline is on 12th May 2017 COB.

The system allows CV & Cover letter as One(1) document. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis.