Business Systems Specialist
Business Systems Specialist
Information Technology
Corporate Services Division
Salary negotiable
Based at Head Office
Minimum Qualifications:
- Grade 12
- 3-year Degree/Diploma in Computer Science, Business Information Systems and Systems
Development or similar qualification.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Honours Degree in Information Technology or a Higher Diploma in Information Technology
and certified Microsoft Qualifications
- A recognisable 1-year certificate in Project Management
Minimum Experience:
- 5 years’ experience in business system analysis, database and system design and
interpreting business needs
- 3 years management / supervisory experience
- 5 years’ programming experience specialising in C#, VB.NET, ASP.Net, etc.
- 3 years’ experience in developing systems in an ERP environment
- 3 years’ experience in SQL Reporting Services and other reporting tools
- 3 years’ Project Management experience
KEY OUTPUTS
Reporting to the Senior Manager: ICT, the appointee will:
- Analyse business needs by identifying opportunities to enhance organisational efficiency
through ICT applications by ensuring that it is aligned to strategy
- Develop and maintain a five-year systems and application plan incorporating all major
Amatola Water ICT applications
- Perform project management on application implementations and development, including
the monitoring of critical paths, reallocation of resources to achieve project objectives
- Conduct a needs analysis, where appropriate, to verify requirements for new and existing systems
- Run an appropriate JAD sessions, proto-type and other methods of analysis to confirm user
needs
- Monitor user support on the organisation’s ERP software and all other major software
- Set, agree and monitor performance of staff, check that it is aligned with planned targets
- Allocate work according to expertise and developmental needs
- Develop, review and keep up to date the relevant policies and procedures
- Ensure that policies and procedures are implemented correctly
- Oversee and management of new and existing user profiles with regard to access of related
systems.
- Control standards and procedures of ERP and related systems
Other Requirements:
- Computer literacy
- Valid unendorsed driver’s license
- Good communication skills
- Good motivational skills
- Problem solving skills
- Critical thinking skills
If you have not heard from us within 60 days after the closing date, you may regard your application as unsuccessful. These appointments will be finalized in accordance with Amatola Water’s Employment Equity Plan. Preference will be given to suitably qualified persons from designated groups, specifically women and people with disabilities. Amatola Water reserves the right not to make appointments. Lobbying of members of the Board and/or the Executive/ Management and Supervisors to treat any application, at any level, more favourably than any other for the same vacancy, will disqualify a candidate from selection. Applicants to submit a detailed CV, certified copies of academic certificates and ID copy to the Human Resources Manager, Amatola Water, Private Bag X3, Vincent, 5217 or fax (043)7073701 or e-mail recruitment@amatolawater.co.za. Closing Date: 05 June 2020
