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Position: Applications Manager
Level: Level 2 position reporting to GM Information Systems
Purpose:
Provides a variety of professional and technical support activities including analysis, designs, procurement, implementations, documentation, and maintenance of various application systems including specific departmental and business-wide support and enterprise systems; implements the organisation’s business support systems and applications.
Major Tasks:
• Maintain a leadership role in conducting needs analysis assessments with ETL users from all departments to determine applications requirements
• Communicate with user departments and personnel to facilitate discussion and study of the use of applications and enhancement of business and decision support systems and enterprise planning systems.
• Develop and maintain appropriate documentation including necessary updates on ETL's applications
• Drive the implementation of a telecommunications data warehouse for ETL and ensure continued support and maintenance
• Ensure compliance with company policies and audit requirements for the applications within ETL environment
• Participate in and support team activities in a constructive, open and positive manner. Chair meetings and/or committees; prepare agendas, coordinate project activities, prepare accurate and timely reports
• Supervise assigned staff in training, planning, assigning, directing and evaluating work
• Assist in the development of ETL-wide standards for software development, purchases, data storage or presentation, analysis and design standards.
• Demonstrate a software plan that meets the needs of the telecommunications industry demands.
• Provide leadership and guidance to coach, motivate, and lead Applications
• Monitoring individual employees’ performance and relaying this to upper management.
• Develop a compelling technical vision for the applications team
• Ensure that appropriate training is made available for employees
• Ensuring that product designs are well document and communicated.
• Provide sound decision making for software engineering and product development, sensitive to the constraints and needs of the business
• Monitor technology trends such as emerging standards for new technology opportunities
• Engage in hands-on, in-depth analysis, review and design of the software, including technical review and analysis of source code.
• Actively participate in business processes re-engineering and ensuring systems are developed to support business processes.
Qualifications &Experience
• BSC. Computer Science or Information Systems or equivalent
• MBA or related field advantageous
• Minimum 4 years experience in systems software, analysis, design and programming.
• Knowledge of principles and techniques of analysis, design and development and implementation of best practices of complex computer and communications systems.
• Fundamental programming logic and technical expertise in the implementation of Oracle/SQL server/client projects
Personal Attributes
• Results Orientation
• Adaptability and openness
• Good communication skills
• Innovative and Creative
• Team Player
• Ability to take accountability and responsibility
• Change management and project management skills
Performance Contract
Successful candidate shall sign an annual performance delivery contract, the results thereof shall form the basis of the continued existence of substantive contract.
Interested applicants should submit their consolidated curriculum vitae not exceeding a maximum of five pages to Human Resources Operations Manager, Econet Telecom Lesotho, P.O. Box 1037, Maseru 100 or email to humanresources@etl.co.ls on or before 12th September, 2014.
Candidates who have not been contacted by 15th September, 2014, should consider their applications not successful
Position: Applications Manager
Level: Level 2 position reporting to GM Information Systems
Purpose:
Provides a variety of professional and technical support activities including analysis, designs, procurement, implementations, documentation, and maintenance of various application systems including specific departmental and business-wide support and enterprise systems; implements the organisation’s business support systems and applications.
Major Tasks:
• Maintain a leadership role in conducting needs analysis assessments with ETL users from all departments to determine applications requirements
• Communicate with user departments and personnel to facilitate discussion and study of the use of applications and enhancement of business and decision support systems and enterprise planning systems.
• Develop and maintain appropriate documentation including necessary updates on ETL's applications
• Drive the implementation of a telecommunications data warehouse for ETL and ensure continued support and maintenance
• Ensure compliance with company policies and audit requirements for the applications within ETL environment
• Participate in and support team activities in a constructive, open and positive manner. Chair meetings and/or committees; prepare agendas, coordinate project activities, prepare accurate and timely reports
• Supervise assigned staff in training, planning, assigning, directing and evaluating work
• Assist in the development of ETL-wide standards for software development, purchases, data storage or presentation, analysis and design standards.
• Demonstrate a software plan that meets the needs of the telecommunications industry demands.
• Provide leadership and guidance to coach, motivate, and lead Applications
• Monitoring individual employees’ performance and relaying this to upper management.
• Develop a compelling technical vision for the applications team
• Ensure that appropriate training is made available for employees
• Ensuring that product designs are well document and communicated.
• Provide sound decision making for software engineering and product development, sensitive to the constraints and needs of the business
• Monitor technology trends such as emerging standards for new technology opportunities
• Engage in hands-on, in-depth analysis, review and design of the software, including technical review and analysis of source code.
• Actively participate in business processes re-engineering and ensuring systems are developed to support business processes.
Qualifications &Experience
• BSC. Computer Science or Information Systems or equivalent
• MBA or related field advantageous
• Minimum 4 years experience in systems software, analysis, design and programming.
• Knowledge of principles and techniques of analysis, design and development and implementation of best practices of complex computer and communications systems.
• Fundamental programming logic and technical expertise in the implementation of Oracle/SQL server/client projects
Personal Attributes
• Results Orientation
• Adaptability and openness
• Good communication skills
• Innovative and Creative
• Team Player
• Ability to take accountability and responsibility
• Change management and project management skills
Performance Contract
Successful candidate shall sign an annual performance delivery contract, the results thereof shall form the basis of the continued existence of substantive contract.
Interested applicants should submit their consolidated curriculum vitae not exceeding a maximum of five pages to Human Resources Operations Manager, Econet Telecom Lesotho, P.O. Box 1037, Maseru 100 or email to humanresources@etl.co.ls on or before 12th September, 2014.
Candidates who have not been contacted by 15th September, 2014, should consider their applications not successful
