ROLE PURPOSE:
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.
KEY AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY:
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 product owners in designing, agreeing, implementing and managing changes to the BI environment
Maintain accurate technical documentation
Communicate data and insights
SKILLS AND BEHAVIOURS (SCI Values in Practice)
Accountability:
holds self-accountable for making decisions, managing resources efficiently, achieving and role modelling Save the Children values
Holds team members and partners accountable to deliver on their responsibilities – giving them the freedom to deliver in the best way they see fit, providing the necessary development to improve performance and applying appropriate consequences when results are not achieved.
Ambition:
sets ambitious and challenging goals for themselves and their team, takes responsibility for their own personal development and encourages their team to do the same
widely shares their personal vision for Save the Children, engages and motivates others
Future orientated, thinks strategically and on a global scale.
Collaboration:
builds and maintains effective relationships, with their team, colleagues, members and external partners and supporters
values diversity, sees it as a source of competitive strength
Approachable, good listener, easy to talk to.
Creativity:
develops and encourages new and innovative solutions
Willing to take disciplined risks.
Integrity:
honest, encourages openness and transparency; demonstrates highest levels of integrity
QUALIFICATIONS
computing degree – BSc, BA or equivalent experience
EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS
Essential
Proven understanding of Data Modelling and Analytics
Advanced knowledge and experience working with relational and NOSQL databases as well as data warehousing.
Experience of working with Microsoft’s BI technology stack SSIS, SSRS, SSAS (tabular model), Power BI, Power Query, Excel.
Experience with Microsoft Azure Analytics tools and technologies such as Azure Synapse Analytics, Azure Data Bricks, HD Insight, Azure Data Factory, Azure Machine learning, Azure Stream Analytics, Azure Data Lake, Azure Analysis Services, Event Hubs, Azure Data Explorer, Azure Data Share, Azure Time Series Insights.
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 working in an agile project delivery environment.
Experience maintaining source control in Git or Azure DevOps
Strong experience with various Software Development Life cycles (SDLC) methodologies: Agile or Standard waterfall initiatives
Proven experience working with various Project Management practices and disciplines
Demonstrated strong interpersonal skills to augment a close working relationship with cross functional teams
A history of designing and implementing reporting solutions that are both functional and engaging
Meticulous attention to detail
Desirable:
Proficiency in DAX, MDX, Python/Scala/Spark SQL
Non-profit sector knowledge/experience
Cosmos DB
Machine Learning
Apply via :
kenya.savethechildren.net
