eHealth Africa designs and implements data-driven solutions and technologies to improve health systems for and with local communities. eHA’s technology works in low connectivity settings, and smartly uses data to drive decision-making by local governments and partner agencies to get optimum results.
We are recruiting to fill the vacant position below:
Job Title: Business Analyst
Location: Kano
Summary
- The Business Analyst is responsible for the requirements analysis and documentation, specification, development cycle and execution of a variety of software projects. S/he manages the sprint and release process and communicates all changes to relevant stakeholders.
Duties and Responsibilities
- Discovers, documents, and prioritizes client needs and requirements, translating them to specific software requirements
- Understands the technical designs as well as the specifications
- Effectively communicates with internal teams and external clients to deliver functional requirements such as GUI, screen and interface designs
- Provides expertise to identify and translate system requirements into software design documentation
- Works as a technical writer to ensure quality internal and external client-oriented documentation
- Provides end-to-end solution and design details
- Demos product functionalities for customers and other stakeholders
- Supports Information Systems Manager in developing specifications, timelines and budget
- Manages prioritization in close coordination with the programs and engineering teams
- Organizes and facilitates project planning, daily stand-ups, reviews, retrospectives, sprint and release planning, demos and other project-related meetings
- Tracks tasks and milestones and reports on the project’s progress
- Supports Information Systems Manager in establishing software development processes with the local development team
- Acts as an interface between program units, technology teams and support teams in collaboration with a Senior Business Analyst
- Documents business and system processes using UML notation and Case tool like Enterprise Architect
- Ensures that the recommended solution has a competitive edge
Qualifications and Experience
- Bachelor’s degree from college or university in Computer Science, Business Management, Engineering, Information Systems Technology or related field
- Minimum of 2 years hands-on product or project management experience with software products and solutions
- Organizational skills and great attention to detail
- Must be able to work as a member of a team and possess good problem-solving skills
- Must have the ability to manage conflicts and resolve problems effectively
- Action oriented and resilient in a fast-paced environment
- Fluent in English.
- Desirables: UML, SCRUM, MICROSOFT Technologies
- Demonstrated experience to gather user requirements from a number of sources and build product requirements. Ability to identify product improvements that meet organizational and client needs
- Understanding of Agile/Scrum Framework
- Excellent written and verbal communications with a strong aptitude for succinctly presenting thoughts and ideas to internal and external stakeholders
Interested and qualified candidates should:Click here to apply
Job Title: Senior GIS Analyst
Locations: Abuja, /Kano
Locations: Abuja, /Kano
Job Description
- The Senior GIS Developer provides dedicated support to the eHealth Africa’s GIS application development projects.
- S/he develops eHA’s Web GIS environment and builds web and mobile apps to support targeted workflows, projects and programs being supported by the GIS Department. The position could be based in Kano, Abuja, or Lagos.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
- Lead the development of organization-wide GIS applications (desktop, mobile, and web) leveraging technology stack and programming languages utilized by the organization.
- Lead the development of web services and data portals at eHealth Africa.
- Collaborate with eHealth Africa’s Software development team to ensure adequate support for all GIS development needs. Responsible for working with the team as needed throughout every stage of software development process.
- Mentor junior developers providing them with technical guidance. No direct supervisory responsibilities are anticipated in this role.
- Liaise with internal and external clients to perform proper requirement gathering
- Contribute to the development of OpenSource GIS applications, tools and capabilities at eHealth Africa
- May frequently travel between company work-sites. Some international travel may be required.
- Perform any other duties assigned by management
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s Degree in Software Engineering, Computer Science, Geographic Information Systems, Surveying and Geoinformatics, Geography or other related field.
- Minimum of 5 years of experience in building Geospecial Applications and software engineering.
- Experience working within Agile environment is highly preferred.
- Experience in developing web and mobile GIS applications using open source GIS solutions e.g. PostgreSQL, Geoserver, MapServer, OpenLayers.
- Practical knowledge of software development life-cycle and experience developing restful web services and Application Programming Interfaces (APIs)
- Experience working in a team environment with github (creating branches, merging branches, cherry picking commits, reverting commits, stashing, squash merging, tagging, etc.)
- Familiarity with test driven development and with best practices in coding and design including enterprise patterns.
- Cultural sensitivity, sound judgment, and strong interest in working in a demanding and intellectually challenging environment, with the organizational ability to handle multiple tasks around ambitious deadlines
- International work experience is a plus.
- Ability to identify and promote best practices
- Excellent interpersonal communication skills, organizational skills and great attention to detail. Ability to work in collaboration with others on a project team and independently on tasks
- Must be able to work as a leader and member of a team and possess good problem solving skills
- Good learning ability. Action oriented and resilient in a fast-paced environment
Technical Skills:
- Working knowledge of open Source GIS stack (QGIS, PostGIS and Geoserver), data transformation tools (FME Desktop and/or Kettle) and Commercial GIS stack (ArcInfo, ArcView, ArcCatalog, ArcToolbox), ArcSDE, ArcGIS Server
- Solid knowledge of Javascript and related javascript libraries and framework
- Strong programming skills using at least 1 Python web framework (preferrably Django)
- Working knowledge of carto visualization platform
- Ability to use Source Code Versioning Systems (Git is desired)
- Working knowledge of Agile development tools (JIRA)
Language Ability:
- English is the spoken and written language
- Ability to read, analyse, proof and edit documents, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, or government regulations
- Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals
- Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from executive and senior managers, employees, the general public and clients/partners.
Interested and qualified candidates should:Click here to apply
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