Solutions Developer (Business Intelligence)

The Opportunity

Save the Children International Kenya Country, office has an exciting opportunity for you to join our team as Solutions Developer (Business Intelligence). The role holder will be responsible for building, implementing and supporting Business Intelligence (BI) solutions within the organization. This role holder will partner with business stakeholders in order to understand their data analytics requirements, and implement and maintain business intelligence and data analytics solutions to meet these needs, utilising best practices and current technologies. The role requires experience in adapting existing solutions as well as creating new solutions as well as advising business stakeholders on the best ways to achieve their needs and go over and above. In the event of a major humanitarian emergency, the role holder will be expected to work outside the normal role profile and be able to vary working hours accordingly.

Qualification and Experience

• Computing degree – BSc, BA or equivalent experience
• 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
• Proficiency in DAX, Python/Scala/Spark SQL

The Organization

Save the children international employ approximately 25,000 people across the globe and work on the ground in over 100 countries to help children affected by crises, or those that need better healthcare, education and child protection. We also campaign and advocate at the highest levels to realise the right of children and to ensure their voices are heard.

We are working towards three breakthroughs in how the world treats children by 2030:

• No child dies from preventable causes before their 5th birthday
• All children learn from a quality basic education and that,
• Violence against children is no longer tolerated

We know that great people make a great organization, and that our employees play a crucial role in helping us achieve our ambitions for children. We value our people and offer a meaningful and rewarding career, along with a collaborative and inclusive environment where ambition, creativity, and integrity are highly valued.

Application Information:

Please attach a copy of your CV and cover letter with your application, and include details of your current remuneration and salary expectations. A copy of the full role profile can be found at https://kenya.savethechildren.net/careers.

We need to keep children safe so our selection process, which includes rigorous background checks, reflects our commitment to the protection of children from abuse. All employees are expected to carry out their duties in accordance with our global anti-harassment policy.

Save the Children is an equal opportunity employer and seeks to employ and assign the best-qualified talent. Only shortlisted candidate will be contacted.

Disclaimer: Save the Children International does not charge any kind of fee at whichever stage of the recruitment process, nor request for medical examination or records and does not act through recruitment agents whatsoever.