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E-Commerce Project Co-Ordinator |
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£20000 - £30000/annum |
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Haywards Heath, West Sussex |
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113583014 |
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22/02/2012 (13:30) |
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Pearson Whiffin Affinity |
Description
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My client is seeking an E-Commerce Project Co-ordinator to join their organically growing team.
The right person would need to ensure that our clients and prospective clients, continue to receive excellent service we are looking for a Project Co-ordinator to work alongside our Implementation Managers and assist in the successful delivery of our e-payment solutions, both new implementations and upgrades.
Job Description:
The successful Project Co-ordinator will be tasked with providing project support for all our clients. As part of the role, the Project Co-ordinator may be required to support a number of projects/ implementations managed by different Implementation Managers. Demonstrable experience in an equivalent role is essential.
Projects can range in length from days to more than a year; but share the same basic requirements in terms of information gathering, specification approval, development work, testing and delivery.
Skills Range:
Project tasks include:
* Providing support to Implementation Managers
* Scheduling and planning development resource
* Maintaining and circulating project documentation such as Change Lists, Risk and Issue Logs and Progress Reports
* Ensuring Specs are up to date and signed off prior to development
* Creating, managing and reviewing developer task lists
* QA Testing
* Verifying issues reported by client and testing resolutions
* Setting up projects and ensuring project directories are up to date with correct folders and templates etc
* Assisting in project planning sessions
* Maintaining and updating the Development Schedule
* Managing client expectations
* Assistance with other ad hoc or internal/ external documentation
You will have the following skills:
* At least 1 year Project Co-ordinator experience
* Excellent written and verbal communication skills
* Ability to establish strong working relationships with key stakeholders and team members
* Experience in managing documentation
* Attention to detail
* Ability to work on your own and as part of a team
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Software Tester |
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£22000 - £25000/annum |
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Rochester, Kent |
| Job Number |
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113582979 |
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22/02/2012 (11:57) |
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Pearson Whiffin Affinity |
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My client is seeking a Software Tester to join their organically growing team who work in a very fast paced and dynamic market.
The right person would need to design and execute comprehensive test strategies for in house business and customer side software applications. The successful candidate will be part of the test team working closely with colleagues, product owners, development teams and support department to understand the scope and functionality of software projects within the railway communications industry. With this knowledge the candidate will be able to establish execution test plans using best practices for testing in all areas from system and integration, to user acceptance testing.
This role is ideally suited for someone who has good technical experience of software architectures, at least 3 years experience of designing, building and executing software test plans and having excellent documentation and communication skills. The candidate will have the ability to analyse software to create test procedures beyond that of the written functional specifications. The successful candidate will firstly work with the Test team to understand the scope and infrastructure of the companies systems and assist in the development of test plan design and execution for current projects. In the longer term the candidate will be able to design, build, execute and maintain test plans on a project by project basis.
Responsibilities
*To work with and develop relationships with the business and the development team to gain their respect and cooperation during the analysis phase.
*To design, build and execute tests on all aspects of the new product functionality.
*To report and monitor and maintain all bugs via a bug tracking system.
*To develop test strategies and build test environments for given projects.
*To carry out system, integration, regression and occasional user acceptance testing.
*To meet stringent timescales for any given project.
Essential Skills
*A minimum of 3 years experience of software testing.
*Good working knowledge of all Microsoft Windows versions including Server versions.
*Good working knowledge of Linux or other UNIX flavour
*Good working knowledge of SQL Server and SQL Management Studio
*Ability to analyse and break down a business/functional process and to understand its component parts.
*Ability to produce structured clear and fluently written documents from both formal specifications and from software analysis.
*Ability to generate close and cooperative working relationships with the business and development teams.
*Experience of creating and running database queries as part of the process of testing analysis. A basic knowledge of SQL is required.
*A thorough knowledge and experience of working with issue tracking systems
*Understanding of the general project life cycle including the build, QA and deployment and version control.
Desirable skills
*Agile testing methodology (SCRUM)
*JIRA (Project tracking)
*Experience of automating testing including QTP and Test Director
*Experience of VBScript
*Experience of testing mobile apps
*ISEB Foundation certified.
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SQL Data Analyst |
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£20000 - £35000/annum pension |
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Sevenoaks, Kent |
| Job Number |
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113582549 |
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20/02/2012 (19:18) |
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Pearson Whiffin Affinity |
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My client is seeking a Data Analyst - SQL to join their organically growing dynamic team. Your main objective will be to develop the business' aims by providing data analysis, reporting and insights. As a member of a fast paced proactive team you will develop new strategies, improve existing ones and drive this process through to implementation. At all times you will have the business' key customer requirements in mind due to your commercial spirit. By applying data manipulation techniques, you will support ongoing events in the business and provide insightful risk analysis. At the same time, you will ensure that all stakeholders are promptly updated about changes and developments in the business strategy.
Essential Skills
Proven data analysis experience
Excellent communication skills, as well as the ability to package ideas well
Passion for problem solving
Good academic background
The Person
You will be a highly organised person whose success is based on their understanding of analysing issues and finding solutions to improve the business. As a strategic thinker, you will have acquired excellent data manipulation skills in a previous position. Quick thinking, the willingness to further your career and attention to detail will make you the right person for this role.
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Contract IT Project Manager |
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£2000 - £2500/week |
| Location |
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West Malling, Kent |
| Job Number |
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113579950 |
| Posted |
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10/02/2012 (11:13) |
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Pearson Whiffin Affinity |
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My client is seeking a contract Project Manager for between 3-6 months to join my client's organically growing team. The role of the Project Manager is to work with all areas of operational activity up to and including Executive Management in the delivery of procedural, strategy and system improvements to support overall performance of the business. This includes acquiring resources and coordinating the efforts of the internal team members and third-party partners in order to deliver projects according to plan.
Key Responsibilities
*Project Management & Governance
oDirect and manage project development from beginning to end, ensuring projects are completed in a timely manner and to budgets;
oDefine project scope, goals and deliverables that support business goals in collaboration with Senior Management and stakeholders;
oPlan and track project timelines, milestones and deliverables using appropriate tools;
oLiaise with project stakeholders on an ongoing basis
oDefine project success criteria and disseminate them to involved parties throughout project life cycle;
oEnsure good standards of project management principles are applied at all times;
oEstimate the resources and participants needed to achieve project goals;
oTo work with departmental managers who will be equally involved in projects to support them through the Project Management Lifecycle.
oTo drive the selection and management of suppliers, working appropriately to ensure that services intended to be procured for a project meet the requirements in terms of scope, quality and timescales.
oIdentify and manage project dependencies and critical path;
oCoach, mentor, motivate and supervise project team members including third parties, and influence them to take positive action and accountability for their assigned work
oDevelop any business relationships vital to the success of the project;
oConduct project post-implementation reviews;
oAssist in production of effort estimates for business analysis tasks within the project lifecycle - including analysis, design and testing;
oAny other appropriate tasks;
oPreparation of progress reports and reporting in preparation for the Change Approval Forum;
oActive participation in regular team meetings.
*Change Request Process
oResponsibility for the day to day management of the Change Request process.
*General Leadership Activities
oMaintain effective communication with fellow senior staff throughout the business;
o Mentorship of sub-ordinate staff within the Change Management team and beyond;
o Ensuring that the desired standards of consistency, fairness and honesty are adhered to in all HR matters.
Person Specification
Essential Competencies:
*Proven delivery of medium to large scale projects and programmes
*Experience of direct report management
*Hands on approach
*Able to demonstrate a strong business awareness
*Project management methodology application and knowledge e.g. PRINCE2
*Able to propose areas for change in order to achieve consistency, economies and focus, acting as a catalyst for change and innovation so as to drive the organisation to greater success
*Ability to challenge business units to identify project benefits an ensure they are properly articulated to the appropriate areas
*Able to multi task and manage multiple projects at once
*Strong analytical skills
*Results driven
*Sound listening, communication and presentation skills (both written and oral)
*Strong MS Office skills (Outlook, Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Visio)
*Logical, innovative, methodical and thorough approach to work
Desirable Skills and Experience:
*Project management methodology and knowledge
*4+ years direct work experience in a project management capacity, including all aspects of project development and execution.
*Strong familiarity with project management software, such as MS-Project.
*Working knowledge of the UK financial services sector
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3-6 months |
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Classic ASP Web Developer |
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£20000 - £35000/annum |
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Crawley, West Sussex |
| Job Number |
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113579524 |
| Posted |
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08/02/2012 (21:50) |
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Pearson Whiffin Affinity |
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My client is seeking a Classic ASP Web Developer to help build and maintain online payment systems and solutions, primarily for the education sector. This role requires provable experience in ASP development for commercial web sites and applications, application design and database integration utilising Microsoft based architecture including SQL Server.
Candidates are expected to work with the Development Manager to define requirements, draw up
specifications and code the project through to completion.
Work will be primarily working on web applications, both in terms of research and development of new products and modules, maintenance of existing products and the bespoke integration and development of specific systems. We are moving towards a .NET, VB-based, technology base and will be over migrating all development to use this, so any previous experience or grounding in this will be an advantage.
* Work closely with the Development Manager and other staff to establish needs and specify
development work.
* Design a scaleable architecture to meet these goals both now and in the future.
* Build projects to specification and timescale.
* Develop data analysis capabilities.
* Perform some integration work with internal and external third party systems.
* Document all work carried out.
Person Specification
A suitable candidate will bring a creative and analytical approach to problem solving with a solid
background in a web development environment. Comfortable with the Visual Studio development
environment, the ideal candidate will also have excellent organisational and communication skills,
initiative, and ability to work unsupervised within the team.
Skill Set
The successful applicant will have most of the traits and experiences listed below:
* Degree level qualification desirable but suitable experience will be considered
* Demonstrable experience of designing and coding a web development project
* Ability to take a project through from conception to completion
* A meticulous eye for detail
* Ability to cope with conflicting demands and to prioritise tasks
* Able to manage own time effectively
* Have a positive attitude to dealing with people
* Experience of working in a busy office environment and strong interpersonal skills
* Pride in a job well done
Specific Technical Requirements:
* Excellent knowledge and demonstrable experience of ASP development for intranets and websites.
VB.net and other .NET development experience an advantage
* Proven experience of database design, optimisation and replication in SQL Server 2000 onwards
essential
* Online payment system experience an advantage
* User interface design an advantage
* A working knowledge of HTML/CSS and an understanding of accessibility considerations essential
Functional competencies required:
* A hands on approach to problem solving; identifying issues using initiative and available resources
to generate ideas and solutions
* Recognition of business objectives by being able to compile and present a bespoke proposal with
support from senior managers and other team members
* Strong motivation and a positive approach to researching and analysing new business opportunities
* Ability to follow quality assurance and operational processes
* Good understanding of development methodologies and approaches
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IT Director - Managed Services |
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£70000 - £100000/annum |
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Canterbury, Kent |
| Job Number |
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113579523 |
| Posted |
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08/02/2012 (21:50) |
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Pearson Whiffin Affinity |
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My client is seeking an IT Director to run their managed services division of their organically growing business.
You will need to be a strong man manager working with and developing a team of dedicated IT professionals who will be the driving force behind managing and evolving my client's infrastructure.
The ideal candidate should have the experience of bringing new products to market and have a methodical approach to product strategy, product design and transitioning the product to market. You will also have the experience of how to support new products throughout the business from implementation to in-life support.
Where there is conflict in opinion you will be able to display commercial reasoning, technical leadership and direction to your team or others within the business. You will need to be a decisive person and make decisions under pressure.
You will need a good understand of Service Culture and how new services impact the Managed infrastructure, the end customer and internal staff. Through your team will need to identify and mitigate risks associated with bringing new services online.
You will be responsible for identifying knowledge gaps in existing or new Services and through your team or third parties ensure there is an appropriate training plan in place.
You will be responsible for ensuring the technical structure within the business is optimised to provide a standard, consistent approach when delivering services whilst evolving the product catalogue to meet market demands.
You will have experience of working with technical partners and will own these relationships.
Where required you must to be able to carry out comprehensive technical investigations with team members. Once these have been concluded you must be able to demonstrate the ability to consolidate information from various sources and articulate this information in a professional manner to internal and external clients. You will therefore be required to have excellent verbal and written communication skills.
You will have experience of business reporting, planning and operating at director or board level.
Key Skills
Exceptional Man Manager
Good technical ability
Own Managed Services Products
Own the Managed Services infrastructure
Create technical standards within the Business
Own internal systems and internal system process
Define and own security standards
Strong understanding of governance
Overall authority on technical strategy
Able to write business cases to justify investment
Able to write process to gain operational efficiencies
Commercial thinker and commercial reasoning
Experience of brining products and services to market
Understand service culture
Ability to develop a team of IT professionals and have experience of managing a technical team
Ability to operate at board level
Ability to translate complex technical needs into simple business requirements
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IT Project Manager |
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£35000 - £42000/annum |
| Location |
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Ashford, Kent |
| Job Number |
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113579522 |
| Posted |
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08/02/2012 (21:49) |
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Pearson Whiffin Affinity |
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My client is seeking an IT Project Manager to join their organically growing dynamic team.
The job-holder will lead a variety of analysis, development and support projects and will typically have simultaneous responsibility for a number of IT development initiatives throughout the development life cycle. He/she will work closely with senior business managers and directors to identify opportunities for IT solutions and interpret requirements and ensure rapid development and deployment of them.
Requirements
* Good standard of secondary education.
* Degree (preferable).
Responsibilities
* To create and maintain good working relationship with business project sponsors and managers and initiate and facilitate the implementation of system solutions based on business need.
* To recommend appropriate Information Technology solutions to fit business need and commensurate with the business case.
* To lead a team of up to 8 IT development professionals deployed across a range of projects to achieve world class standards of productivity and quality throughout the development cycle.
* To build capability in the human resources allocated such that technical and management skills are moved to and sustained at a high level. To encourage and support team members in self assessment and self-determination of growth potential and to pro-actively provide opportunities.
* To effectively manage team members and resources, including third parties and suppliers, always maintaining an excellent level of service and ensuring project delivery to budget and time.
* To produce project plans illustrating an excellence of vision and approach. To ensure effective communication of projects status and issues to senior project and business management, IT and the project teams.
* To select and balance project team members, illustrating a keen sense of project delivery need against available skill set.
* To continually look to improve aspects of departmental process and project delivery and manage projects and resources such that demonstrable continuous improvement is achieved across all elements of process and output.
* To engage in the production of software on a hands-on basis when required to meet business deadlines.
* To undertake any other duties assigned by your senior manager.
The Individual
* Record of achieving outstanding productivity and quality in IT development projects and for delivery to budget and timescale.
* Proven experience of managing small to medium scale projects and teams, typically projects costed £50k - £0.25 m and teams of 2-8 staff.
* Experienced in the role of Leader/Coach with proven skills in building capability in team members.
* Recognised as a manager who can readily adapt to and implement change in processes and procedures.
* Expertise in evaluating systems solutions and contributes to business efficiency and development through environment scanning.
* Demonstrable application of HR policy and disciplinary procedures.
* Expert in at least one Project Management methodology.
* IT development experience with at least 1 year spent managing projects with responsibility throughout the development cycle would be an advantage.
* Demonstrable experience in at least three of the following technical environments/application architectures: OOP; Client Server Development; Three-tier systems; Data Warehousing; Management Information Systems; OLTP systems; UNIX; Windows and NT; RDBMS; Expert Systems/AI; Data Interchange.
* Minimum of two years systems development experience and exposure to project-based delivery of new applications software would be an advanatge.
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Senior Technical Support Engineer |
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£25000 - £30000/annum |
| Location |
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Haywards Heath, West Sussex |
| Job Number |
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113579521 |
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08/02/2012 (21:47) |
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Pearson Whiffin Affinity |
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My client is seeking a Senior Technical Support Engineer to join their organically growing international team.
The successful candidate will be responsible for:
*Manage incidents / escalations to resolution
*Provide application support to customers & resellers
*Provide implementation support to the business as a whole
*Document known issues for generating FAQ's
Knowledge, Skills and Experience required:
*Excellent knowledge of Microsoft server and PC operating systems including Windows Server 2003 & 2008, Windows XP, Vista & 7
*An understanding of Multi Functional Print devices, print queues and Managed print services
*Good understanding of database technologies (Microsoft SQL Server / Oracle)
*Excellent knowledge of web technologies including IIS
*Experience in Server Virtualisation, VMware and Citrix
*Experience of working with vendors & resellers
*Excellent Documentation skills
*Excellent communication and inter-personal skills
*Committed to develop and improve customer communication and service levels
*Understanding of Windows Clustering
*Second language highly desirable
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Contract Project Manager |
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£2000 - £2500/week |
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Maidstone, Kent |
| Job Number |
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113578672 |
| Posted |
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07/02/2012 (09:58) |
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Pearson Whiffin Affinity |
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My client is seeking a contract Project Manager for a 9 month period. The salary will be c£500 per day
The role is to successfully project manage delivery two (or more) projects, meeting business needs and delivering agreed business benefits, within agreed parameters of cost, timescales and quality.
The 2 specific projects in this case are:
Data Migration - Migration of data from a Tieto Enator ICS platform onto the in-house developed platform
Data Warehouse - Enhancement of the existing data warehouse to meet the needs of the combined business
Responsibilities of incumbent:
Responsible for scoping and planning projects in consultation with the sponsoring manager/team/department, including understanding regulatory and legislative frameworks, identifying roles, responsibilities, stakeholders, etc, in order to ensure the comprehensive planning and agreement of outcomes for each project
Responsible for controlling and delivering agreed projects, including reporting progress to stakeholders, identifying and managing risks, managing external resource, etc, in order to ensure the delivery of agreed outcomes to time, quality and budget
Responsible for the post-implementation closedown and review process, such as identifying benefits, in order to review whether the agreed outcomes have been delivered as required
Work with the Programme Management team to manage the stakeholder relationships, both internal and external, in order to facilitate the successful delivery of projects and programmes
Work closely with the other Project Managers in order to share best practice, resolve common problems and manage project interdependencies
Prepare and deliver project reports to the appropriate stakeholders, highlighting progress against plan and any issues which may arise, in order to keep all stakeholders abreast of progress and issues
Manage project teams, including identifying and allocating resource, managing performance of individuals, etc, in order to ensure the delivery and control of projects
Ensure that the projects adhere to agreed project methodology and disciplines and deliverables are produced as agreed at the start of the project
Effectively identifies risk and issues and takes corrective/mitigating action to resolve them at the earliest opportunity
Develop strong and effective working relationships with Business Change Management, IT Development/Support and User Acceptance Test teams;
Responsibility for project team objective setting, resource deployment planning
Complete any other appropriate ad-hoc tasks as directed by the Line Manager.
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9 months |
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Software Tester |
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£28000 - £35000/annum |
| Location |
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Crawley, West Sussex |
| Job Number |
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113578370 |
| Posted |
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06/02/2012 (13:59) |
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Pearson Whiffin Affinity |
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My client is seeking a Software Tester to join their organically growing team.
The test engineer will assume responsibility for all work assigned to them by the Test Manager; these responsibilities may include, but are not limited to, the following:
* The preparation and execution of test cases leading to the validation of each component within a test project and reporting on the results.
* Assisting in the planning, preparation and execution of test scripts to be used in the automated regression testing of the test project.
* Accurately and efficiently report and monitor defects.
* Progress chases resolution of issues and tailor retesting according.
* Provide regular and accurate feedback on testing progress.
* Ensure that all test tasks are completed within the agreed schedule/timeline.
* Assist in planning and development of non-functional testing of test project.
* Assist in the management and control of the test environment(s).
* Assist in the creation of, and proving of, all test documentation.
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SQL Data Warehouse Consultant - BI- ETL- OLAP |
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£35000 - £40000/annum |
| Location |
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Maidstone, Kent |
| Job Number |
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113577776 |
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03/02/2012 (14:01) |
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Pearson Whiffin Affinity |
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My client is seeking an SQL Data Warehouse Consultant to join their organically growing team.
This role is to undertake all aspects of the data warehouse support and development function as part of the Data Warehouse Team. This will be to ensure that all data warehouse processes operate as necessary all aspects of data warehouse change control and support are effectively undertaken as required. This will also be to support the Business in its use of the data warehouse via Business Intelligence or Ad-Hoc analysis.
Key Responsibilities:
Operate within the data warehouse change process and change/development lifecycle
Undertake duties as part of the data warehouse support function
Ensure an effective data warehouse event management process is developed and supported
Assist with DBA specific roles in relation to the data warehouse - capacity management, performance management etc.
Develop strong and effective working relationships with Business Change Management, IT
Development/Support and the business functions
Essential knowledge would include the following:-
Excellent Microsoft SQL Server Skills: At least 5 years role development in Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 or SQL 2005 - (SQL Server 2000 is also desirable).
Have in depth experience of developing a data warehouse
Experience of Microsoft SQL Server development techniques
ETL development using Microsoft SQL Server Integration Services Essential
Development of OLAP cube using SQL Server Analysis Services
Experience of reporting and BI tool use
Good understanding of all aspect of SQL operational architecture down o the hardware layer
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Senior Project Manager |
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£55000 - £60000/annum |
| Location |
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West Malling, Kent |
| Job Number |
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113577736 |
| Posted |
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03/02/2012 (12:20) |
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Pearson Whiffin Affinity |
| Description
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My client is seeking a Senior Project Manager to join their organically growing team.
The role of the Senior Project Manager is to work with all areas of operational activity up to and including Executive Management in the delivery of procedural, strategy and system improvements to support overall performance of the business. This includes acquiring resources and coordinating the efforts of the internal team members and third-party partners in order to deliver projects according to plan.
Key Responsibilities
*Project Management & Governance
oDirect and manage project development from beginning to end, ensuring projects are completed in a timely manner and to budgets;
oDefine project scope, goals and deliverables that support business goals in collaboration with
Senior Management and stakeholders;
oDevelop full-scale project plans and associated communications documents;
oPlan and track project timelines, milestones and deliverables using appropriate tools;
oDevelop best practices and tools for project execution and management;
oProactively manage changes in project scope, identify potential risks and devise contingency plans;
oLiaise with project stakeholders on an ongoing basis
oDefine project success criteria and disseminate them to involved parties throughout project life cycle;
oEffectively communicate project expectations to team members and stakeholders in a timely and clear fashion;
oEnsure projects are completed in a timely manner, to quality and to budgets;
oDevelop and deliver documentation in line with the project management framework
oEnsure good standards of project management principles are applied at all times;
oWhere required, negotiate with other department managers for the secondment of required personnel from within the company;
oTo work with departmental managers who will be equally involved in projects to support them through the Project Management Lifecycle.
oTo drive the selection and management of suppliers, working appropriately to ensure that services intended to be procured for a project meet the requirements in terms of scope, quality and timescales.
oDelegate tasks and responsibilities to appropriate personnel;
oIdentify and resolve issues and conflicts within the project team;
oIdentify and manage project dependencies and critical path;
oCoach, mentor, motivate and supervise project team members including third parties, and influence them to take positive action and accountability for their assigned work
oDevelop any business relationships vital to the success of the project;
oConduct project post-implementation reviews;
oAssist in production of effort estimates for business analysis tasks within the project lifecycle - including analysis, design and testing;
oAny other appropriate tasks;
oPreparation of progress reports and reporting in preparation for the Change Approval Forum;
Person Specification
Essential Competencies:
*Proven delivery of medium to large scale projects and programmes
*Experience of direct report management
*Hands on approach
*Able to demonstrate a strong business awareness
*Project management methodology application and knowledge e.g. PRINCE2
*Able to propose areas for change in order to achieve consistency, economies and focus, acting as a catalyst for change and innovation so as to drive the organisation to greater success
*Ability to challenge business units to identify project benefits an ensure they are properly articulated to the appropriate areas
*Able to multi task and manage multiple projects at once
*Strong analytical skills
*Results driven
Desirable Skills and Experience:
*Project management methodology and knowledge
*4+ years direct work experience in a project management capacity, including all aspects of project development and execution.
*Strong familiarity with project management software, such as MS-Project.
*Working knowledge of the UK financial services sector
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IT Project Manager |
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£45000 - £60000/annum pension, medical |
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Rochester, Kent |
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113576815 |
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31/01/2012 (22:02) |
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Pearson Whiffin Affinity |
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My client is seeking a Project Manager to join their dynamic and organically growing team.
The project manager would be required to do the following:-
oDevelop full-scale project plans and associated communications documents;
oPlan and track project timelines, milestones and deliverables using appropriate tools;
oDevelop best practices and tools for project execution and management;
oProactively manage changes in project scope, identify potential risks and devise contingency plans;
oLiaise with project stakeholders on an on-going basis
oTo work with departmental managers who will be equally involved in projects to support them through the Project Management Lifecycle.
oTo drive the selection and management of suppliers, working appropriately to ensure that services intended to be procured for a project meet the requirements in terms of scope, quality and timescales.
oDelegate tasks and responsibilities to appropriate personnel;
oIdentify and resolve issues and conflicts within the project team;
oIdentify and manage project dependencies and critical path;
The right person would be dynamic and ideally Prince2 qualified, ideally if the candidate is ITIL aware this would be a huge advantage.
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C#/C++ Software Developer |
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£30000 - £40000/annum |
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Crawley, West Sussex |
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113576812 |
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31/01/2012 (22:00) |
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My client is seeking a C#/C++ Software Developer to join their organically growing team. The right person would be responsible for the development and documentation of software programs they would ideally be a focused team player who can work independently or as part of a team. Pivotal to the role will be the ability to work with the other programmes through the complete project lifecycle, writing and developing code within the projects.
Key responsibilities
*Coding to produce, maintain and support software solutions
*Schedule work in conjunction with the line manager
*Report progress of software development to the line manager
*Liaising with clients to ensure their requirements are met and they have provided the service level that has been agreed
*Writing and/or participating, in the writing of technical specs to facilitate application development
*Participating in the software development process by contributing their professional input on design, functionality and coding
Other key skills could include the following:-
Java
ADO
ATL
MFC
COM
Winsock
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Lead Test Analyst - QA - ISEB |
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£30000 - £35000/annum |
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Burgess Hill, West Sussex |
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113576813 |
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31/01/2012 (22:00) |
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My client is seeking a Web Software Tester following the growth of their online payment solution.
This is a new post within the organisation and the jobholder will be responsible for ensuring they maintain the high standards of performance and reliability that their customers expect from their products.
The ideal candidate will demonstrate a background in testing web-based applications; some knowledge of HTML, JavaScript, CSS and SQL would also be advantageous in identifying and diagnosing issues.
The role will involve the ground up creation and management of test plans for their suite of their ASP/.NET based online payment applications. My client undertakes development using an agile methodology (SCRUM) and experience in working in this way would be an advantage.
They are also looking to put in place automated testing of all new client implementations and would be interested in candidates that can bring experience of this with them.
This is a new role within my clients IT department and will provide a great the opportunity for the right candidate to shape and define how the full Quality Assurance process is handled.
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SQL Data Warehouse Consultant - BI- ETL- OLAP |
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£35000 - £40000/annum |
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Maidstone, Kent |
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113576810 |
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31/01/2012 (21:59) |
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My client is seeking an SQL Data Warehouse Consultant to join their organically growing team.
This role is to undertake all aspects of the data warehouse support and development function as part of the Data Warehouse Team. This will be to ensure that all data warehouse processes operate as necessary all aspects of data warehouse change control and support are effectively undertaken as required. This will also be to support the Business in its use of the data warehouse via Business Intelligence or Ad-Hoc analysis.
Key Responsibilities:
Operate within the data warehouse change process and change/development lifecycle
Undertake duties as part of the data warehouse support function
Ensure an effective data warehouse event management process is developed and supported
Assist with DBA specific roles in relation to the data warehouse - capacity management, performance management etc.
Develop strong and effective working relationships with Business Change Management, IT
Development/Support and the business functions
Essential knowledge would include the following:-
Excellent Microsoft SQL Server Skills: At least 5 years role development in Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 or SQL 2005 - (SQL Server 2000 is also desirable).
Have in depth experience of developing a data warehouse
Experience of Microsoft SQL Server development techniques
ETL development using Microsoft SQL Server Integration Services Essential
Development of OLAP cube using SQL Server Analysis Services
Experience of reporting and BI tool use
Good understanding of all aspect of SQL operational architecture down o the hardware layer
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SQL Graduate Developer |
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£18000 - £20000/annum |
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Tunbridge Wells, Kent |
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113576808 |
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31/01/2012 (21:57) |
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My client is seeking a SQL graduate. The right person would have a minimum of 2:1 or 1st class honours degree in any computing discipline, preferably Computer Science. The right candidate would be able to work in an agile environment with other members of a development team.
Ideally the candidate would have experience in the following:-
Fully conversant with Object Orientated Design and Programming.
Knowledge of multi-threaded programming
Knowledge of relational database design and development
Self-motivated, self-starting, and self-managing.
Microsoft SQL 2008
Multi-user development
N-Tier development
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IT Director - Managed Services |
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£70000 - £100000/annum |
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Canterbury, Kent |
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113576233 |
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30/01/2012 (15:40) |
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Pearson Whiffin Affinity |
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My client is seeking an IT Director to run their managed services division of their organically growing business.
You will need to be a strong man manager working with and developing a team of dedicated IT professionals who will be the driving force behind managing and evolving my client's infrastructure.
The ideal candidate should have the experience of bringing new products to market and have a methodical approach to product strategy, product design and transitioning the product to market. You will also have the experience of how to support new products throughout the business from implementation to in-life support.
Where there is conflict in opinion you will be able to display commercial reasoning, technical leadership and direction to your team or others within the business. You will need to be a decisive person and make decisions under pressure.
You will need a good understand of Service Culture and how new services impact the Managed infrastructure, the end customer and internal staff. Through your team will need to identify and mitigate risks associated with bringing new services online.
You will be responsible for identifying knowledge gaps in existing or new Services and through your team or third parties ensure there is an appropriate training plan in place.
You will be responsible for ensuring the technical structure within the business is optimised to provide a standard, consistent approach when delivering services whilst evolving the product catalogue to meet market demands.
You will have experience of working with technical partners and will own these relationships.
Where required you must to be able to carry out comprehensive technical investigations with team members. Once these have been concluded you must be able to demonstrate the ability to consolidate information from various sources and articulate this information in a professional manner to internal and external clients. You will therefore be required to have excellent verbal and written communication skills.
You will have experience of business reporting, planning and operating at director or board level.
Key Skills
Exceptional Man Manager
Good technical ability
Own Managed Services Products
Own the Managed Services infrastructure
Create technical standards within the Business
Own internal systems and internal system process
Define and own security standards
Strong understanding of governance
Overall authority on technical strategy
Able to write business cases to justify investment
Able to write process to gain operational efficiencies
Commercial thinker and commercial reasoning
Experience of brining products and services to market
Understand service culture
Ability to develop a team of IT professionals and have experience of managing a technical team
Ability to operate at board level
Ability to translate complex technical needs into simple business requirements
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Senior C# Web Developer |
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£38000 - £40000/annum |
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Ashford, Kent |
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113575182 |
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26/01/2012 (09:15) |
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My client is seeking a Senior C#/ASP.NET web developer to join their organically growing team. The right candidate would need to manage/support and deliver web projects in a timely manner according to business requirements and development best practice.
The right candidate would have the following skills and experience:-
* Good analytical, systems design and technical skills
* Ability to communicate with users, team members and managers.
* Good time management.
* Ability to move into other Development or Support Teams and to quickly become effective.
* Ability to communicate ideas and complex technical concepts clearly in plain English.
* Commitment
* Relevant programming knowledge.
* Modern .NET development approach, covering MVC and TDD (C#.NET) essential
* Thorough understanding of HTML, CSS and client-side scripting
* Classic ASP, LINQ, Oracle PL/SQL, SQL Server T-SQL/SSIS/DTS would be advantageous
* Experience of technical project management and development methodologies
* Systems Analysis and Design knowledge.
* Good database design
* Understanding of web security, usability, accessibility and general web standards.
* Keeps up to date with industry standards and best practice.
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C# E-Commerce Technical Lead - SQL- ASP.NET |
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£38000 - £40000/annum |
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Ashford, Kent |
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113575179 |
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26/01/2012 (09:09) |
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Pearson Whiffin Affinity |
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My client is seeking an E-Commerce Technical Lead to join their organically growing team, the main purpose of this role is to manage and support elements of the application lifecycle, from project inception, elaboration and build through to business transition and application continuity within a very competitive and fast changing commercial environment.
The right candidate would manage and work within the Application Operations, Development or Support teams of Ecommerce. These teams are responsible for application development, change, maintenance and support of systems. Individuals or teams will work with other areas of Travel IT when developing or supporting solutions that span different areas. Teams or individuals may well work in other areas of IT providing additional support when required.
The right candidate would need to be able to demonstrate the following:-
A pragmatic understanding of the project and application lifecycle and how these can be appropriately applied.
Ability to create and deliver clear presentations and to facilitate workshops to gain and agree requirements and solutions.
Able to demonstrate a pragmatic understanding and experience in building software solutions, using at least one software development methodology.
Demonstrable experience (both technical and business centric) of application solutions accounted for by this role.
Demonstrable experience in the timely delivery of small-scale programmes and projects.
Logical approach to problem solving.
Ability to work under pressure
Recognises opportunities for improvement and uses initiative to introduce them.
Understands competing objectives of commercial benefit and internal quality and when to make
effective compromises.
Communicates effectively with both technical and non-technical personnel.
Understanding and utilising core Analysis and Development technologies including SQL Server 2005, SQL, C# ASP.NET 3.5, as well as prevailing tools for modelling/simulation, planning, prototyping and mocking etc.
LINQ.
Understanding, maintaining and providing Ecommerce solutions using a TDD approach.
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