IT Job Vacancy At Bridge International
Vacancy For IT Position
Bridge International Academies is a for-profit start-up company revolutionizing education across Africa with a unique business model. The company runs a large-scale network of low-cost primary schools in Kenya that significantly outperforms other primary schools in the same areas because of our “school in a box” systems.
Our schools profitably deliver this high-quality education for less than $4 per child per month, which enable the schools to cover all their costs and create a profitable central organization at scale.
We have launched over 84 schools in Kenya, we will double in size in the next 6 months, and plan to rapidly scale the company to serve more than 1 million students across the continent.
About this position
We have and are continuing to develop one of the most sophisticated approaches to providing affordable education to MILLIONS of children in one of the most challenging environments in the world.
We have a need to recruit for the position of Software Product Designer whose duties will be to design and document business processes, workflows and user interfaces for software products.
Key Responsibilities:
Being the subject matter expert in one functional area of the business and owning all software and other tools developed for that area
Working with users and stakeholders in departments throughout the company to understand and document functional requirements for software systems
Writing software functional specifications
Designing user interfaces for software products
Creating wireframes and paper prototypes for user interfaces and testing them with users
Producing user interface design documents
Working with software engineers and quality assurance engineers to ensure to ensure that software is implemented following functional specifications and to troubleshoot design issues during development
Post-deployment follow up and evaluations of software with end users
End user training and support for software systems
Specialist knowledge required:
Knowledge and experience in the design and rollout of multiple enterprise software systems (ERP, CRM…) in a commercial environment, with particular emphasis on the workflow and interaction design
Ability to analyze business processes and translate them into software including requirements gathering, workflow design, and UI design
Ability to quickly understand and analyze business requirements
Solid understanding of user interface design principals and human factors and an innate sense of how people perceive and interact with software
About You
They should have good writing skills
Possess good problem solving skills
Ability to work with a team
Ability to be adaptable and flexible
Good communication skills
The individual should be detail oriented
They should have good planning, organizing as well as analytical skills
Ability to take initiative and to coordinate projects
Good writing, oral communication and presentation skills
In order to be considered for this position all candidates must register and upload their CV’s on our website atwww.bridgeinternationalacademies.com
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted
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Comment made by geoffrey on Oct 15th 2012 at 10:10 am:
I hereby submit my application to your organisation for a vacancy any position IT security specialist.
I completed my form four in 2005 from Nyamagwa Boys High school and scored a mean grade of C-. I completed my A- level from Ntinda View College Secondary school and scored four principal passes and one subsidiary. I graduated last year 2010 from Lugazi university Uganda in Bachelors’ Degree in Information Technology and i were awarded second Class Upper Division.
During my industrial training at Sugar Corporation of Uganda Limited i were assigned with the following duties; data entry, data base administration,installation of XP windows and others.
i have also worked with world link press publishers ltd as a County Sales Executive in Kisii County. currently am teaching at Kawangware vision centre computer college- computer applications and web design.
Therefore, i believe that i have gained skills and experience which i should put my hands on if am given a chance. Again am ready to learn and share with others. I have attached my CV and academic papers together with this letter.your consideration will be highly appreciated
yours faithfully,
Omiti M. Geoffrey