Job Opportunities at Discovery Limited

Key Purpose

• The Discovery People Analytics team is accountable for all science-based analytics and related assets that are Smart, Targeted and Advanced insights that guides and informs strategic talent decision making and actionable outcomes.
• As part of this team, you will work with the functional owners who are positioned in the Centres of Excellence, HR Business Partners and Community, Business, and other Business Analytics teams to ensure that all Analytics services and assets are delivered across the employee life cycle metrics. The process followed to adhere to business requirements and prioritized as per agreed roadmaps.

Areas of responsibility may include but not limited to

Design, develops, construct, test and maintain large scale data management systems. This includes

• data warehousing
• ETL processing
• SSRS reporting
• Understanding data pipeline architecture
• Working with metadata
• Workforce Analytics cube or any future big data lakes
• Ensure system meet business requirements and Master Data standards
• Implement ways to improve data reliability and quality
• Design and maintain and implement Extraction, Load and Transform (ETL) processes
• Enhance data collection procedures from heterogeneous data sources into the data warehouse
• Collaborate with business Data engineers on technical aspects of source systems data integration.
• Document detailed data dictionaries and source to target mappings specifications
• Employ a variety of data science languages and tools to marry systems together (parallel processing from different source systems)
• Maintain data integrity and security
• Derive metrics and visualizations for effective insights
• Development of Dashboards and Assets

Personal Attributes and Skills

• Analytical
• Multi-disciplined – Computer Science, Mathematics, Statistics
• Critical thinker and Problem Solver
• Verbal & written communication
• Team-Oriented and Collaborative
• Execution oriented
• Proactive and resourceful

Education and Experience

Essential

• Bachelor’s Degree in informatics/Analytics
• 5 years’ experience with Data Lakes and SQL
• 5 years’ experience in Data Modelling and Data Mining
• 3 years’ experience in Dashboard design, storytelling and development
• 3 years managing analytics projects from inception to Go-Live

Advantageous

• Experience with Success Factors Data
• Understanding of HR principles and concepts advantageous
• Python programming
• ETL development
• Experience in Microsoft Azure environment
• MapReduce processing

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Job Purpose

Key Outputs may include but are not limited to:

• Manage the end-to-end best practice in data analytics in response to the legislative reporting requirement. Produce internal as well as external (INSETA, BANKSETA, ASISA, DoL, B-BBEE Scorecards, BEE Commissioner, Sustainability, Training Hours, Social & Ethics, etc.) reporting outputs.
• Support the Skills Development & Leadership and Learning Team through research, dashboard formulation and trend analysis of training measurement.
• Manage the Work Skills Plan and Annual Training Reports for INSETA and BANKSETA.
• Project manage the Skills Development verification process with the various auditing organisations.
• Report on predefined data quality governance and metrics to business and management on a monthly basis.
• Analyse and review data quality governance-related policies, using supporting frameworks and tools, root cause analysis. Identify gaps in Discovery’s learning data and make recommendations for potential process changes within business. Reporting on business adherence to data quality governance rules and policies.
• Refine and optimize data processes when it comes to specific data rules and business processes.
• Provide learning insights, trend analysis and recommendations for the Training Committee and other relevant learning related forums.  
• Formulate BU Level Skills Development Strategies to maximise their Transformation Plans and their B-BBEE Skills Development Scores.
• Consult business wrt Skills Development Legislative requirements.
• Implement and run business level Training Committees.

General:

• Provide support to the Skills Development Facilitator by conducting education and needs evaluation to assess the skills development needs of the organisation.
• Contribute to the ongoing maintenance and enhancements of the Skills Development Data Warehouse project.
• Contribute to the development of skills and capabilities of other members of the People function by coaching and mentoring junior colleagues.
• Supports strategic development and implement of Legislation into Business Strategy.
• Responsibly for allocation and coordination of work, and supervision of Interns and Learners.

Work Experience

• 1 - 2 years Data Analyst experience
• 1 – 2 years Skills Development (Credit Bearing Programmes) experience
• Project management experience
• Experience in SQL
• Experience in Power BI
• Data Science

Education / Qualifications / Accreditations with Professional Body

• Matric | Grade 12
• Degree in Human Resources
• Data Science

Technical Skills or Knowledge

• Advanced Excel and PowerPoint
• Data analysis synthesis
• Data quality and data governance concepts
• Knowledge of INSETA & BANKSETA systems
• Knowledge of SQL

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About the role

• Performs the role of Scrum Master and Delivery Manager for a portfolio of projects within Clinical Systems & Healthcare Services. Managing relationships with Business Product owners and ensures that business objectives are reflected in the technical processes which they manage. Leading several  streams of IT specialists and scheduling in the SDLC Process. Managing a set of projects (potentially across teams). Ensuring that the applications remain adaptive to emerging client needs in its lifetime.

Areas of responsibility may include but not limited to:

• Plan, monitor and report on software delivery – Success is measured through delivery against project plans
• Manage relationships with 3rd party vendors – Measure through client satisfaction
• Guide solutions towards the proposed architecture
• Develop high performing teams
• Ensure quality systems delivery
• Engage with key stakeholders on system delivery
• Ensuring alignment to business requirements
• Building trust with clients by displaying managerial competence
• Understanding business requirements, business strategy and direction, risks and impact
• Acting as consultant to internal and external clients
• Interfacing to other teams where required
• Management of activities within the SDLC (Acting as process owner)
• Participating and enabling the business prioritisation process
• Scheduling and prioritising tasks and resources
• Capacity management
• Project budget tracking and management
• Taking ownership of production issues and driving to resolution
• Adherence to Quality, Standards, SLA’s and SDLC standards

Education and Experience

• Tertiary Degree (B.Engineer,B.Com,BSC)
• 3-5 years’ experience in software development for large commercial entities
• Must have managed a project delivery team
• Project Management experience
• Solution Architecture
• Software Development and Testing
• SDLC(Agile experience would be advantageous ), ITIL (Incident, change, Release, Project Management

Personal Attributes and Skills

• Great stakeholder management
• Passion for delivery and quality
• Time Management
• Innovative/Creative thinking
• Logical and practical thinker
• Tenacity and Urgency
• Communication (Written, Verbal and Listening)
• Results Orientated
• Change Readiness
• Influential Leader
• Proactive in identifying risks and problems
• Facilitate IT workshops, planning and knowledge sessions
• Be able maintain composure during high pressure situations
• Understand how products translate into systems for use by clients
• Be able to engage with clients at a Senior Level