Job Openings at GVA Partners Limited

Job Summary:

The software developer role is a technology focused role intended to provide software development and analysis services to the group. This role is best suited to candidates with proven experience building production, commercial-quality web based solutions using python technologies  and also strong in depth web services experience.

The candidate needs to be flexible and open to new ideas or change with the passion and drive to excel in their career. He must be self-directed, organized, and extremely attentive to details. Must possess strong analytical skills, be proactive, and acquire new technical skills as needed to perform job duties.

Responsibilities:

The Application Developer will be expected to have aptitudes, skills, knowledge and experience on the following areas:

• Demonstrable analytical skills with regard to specifying and detailing business processes and requirements.
• 4 years of  python software development experience
• Good knowledge of web services
• Excellent interpersonal skills, including teamwork, organizational skills, and be able to perform multiple tasks simultaneously
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Experience and Qualifications

Ideal candidate should have:

• Bachelor’s Degree (B.S\\B.A), Computer Science, Computer or Electronic Engineering or similar field
• 4-5 years software development experience using python

Qualified candidates are to send updated CVs in MS Word to contact@gvapartners.com and lekana@gvapartners.com with APPLICATION DEVELOPERS (PYTHON) as the subject of mail.

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Job Summary:

The application developer role is a technology focused role intended to provide software development and analysis services to the group. This role is best suited to candidates with proven experience building production, commercial-quality web based solutions with technologies like .NET and related technologies and also strong in depth web services experience.

The candidate needs to be flexible and open to new ideas or change with the passion and drive to excel in their career. He must be self-directed, organized, and extremely attentive to details. Must possess strong analytical skills, be proactive, and acquire new technical skills as needed to perform job duties.

Responsibilities:

The Application Developer will be expected to have aptitudes, skills, knowledge and experience on the following areas:

• Demonstrable analytical skills with regard to specifying and detailing business processes and requirements.
• 4 years of .Net framework development experience
• Good knowledge of web services
• Excellent interpersonal skills, including teamwork, organizational skills, and be able to perform multiple tasks simultaneously
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Experience and Qualifications

Ideal candidate should have:

• Bachelor’s Degree (B.S\\B.A), Computer Science, Computer or Electronic Engineering or similar experiences
• 2-3 years delivery experience with or .NET technologies.

Qualified candidates are to send updated CVs in MS Word to contact@gvapartners.com and lekana@gvapartners.com with APPLICATION DEVELOPERS (.NET) as the subject of mail.

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Job Descriptions

• We are looking for an IT Recruiter Analyst to undertake a variety of HR administrative duties.
• The duties involve a wide range of support activities inside our HR department, from maintaining our employee database to posting job ads and making calls / scheduling assessments to get qualified candidate that meet our clients requirements.
• To be an ideal candidate for this position, you should have a background in IT, Electrical electronics, Physics.

Job Requirements

• Degree in any Computer Science field with at least 1 year experience.
• Graduates who have completed their NYSC program.
• Vast knowledge on IT
• Proven experience in technical roles.
• Fast computer typing skills (MS Office, in particular)
• Excellent organizational skills
• Strong communications skills
• Minimum of 2:1

Interested and qualified candidates should send an updated CV, Cover Letter, current (if any) and expected salary to: contact@gvapartners.com  and busayoo@gvapartners.com with “IT Recruitment Analyst” as subject of the email.

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JOB SUMMARY

The Business Analyst is responsible for gathering, analysing, refining, reviewing and documenting the business requirements for delivering the necessary technology service to business. They will identify and examine business needs and determine timely and effective solutions to business problems

ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Develop project rationale and perform scoping assessments to determine feasibility of projects
• Highlight/identify gaps in existing functionality and review requirements with stakeholders
• Develop a comprehensive requirement specification that will determine the estimate of cost, time and resources to deploy solutions
• Review the functional specification document with the business unit to ensure its alignment to the business process
• Lead the consolidation and documentation of the information and inputs required for change management and implementation
• Liaise with the service development team to suggest a high-level functional solution
• Develop project estimates & complete financial model (costs, savings, revenue opportunities, investment horizon, etc.)
• Work with IT PMO to ensure that measures and mechanisms for benefits management are well defined
• Monitors the realization of benefits against what was defined in business case
• Ensure that relevant stakeholders are involved in specification of new services and/or major upgrades to existing services
• Articulate existing processes and visualise using Visual Studio
• Identify gaps in process for updates and efficiency
• Support relationship managers in engaging the business as required
• Author and update internal and external documentation, and formally initiate and deliver requirements and documentation

KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATOR

• Completeness and accuracy of requirements captured (i.e. number of unidentified/ omitted requirements)
• Number of business requirements fulfilled
• Number of converted business requests for which no business cases exist
• Number of feasibility studies completed
• Business stakeholder/ customer satisfaction level

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE

• Minimum of a first degree or its equivalent in a business /IT related discipline
• 4+ years of experience in business optimization, problem-solving, or strategic solution roles with progressive responsibility, preferably in Financial Services or Technology environment
• Experience gathering and consolidating requirements from cross-functional groups
• PMI-PBA or IIBA-CCBA certification is preferred
• Experience with banking channel such as web, mobile and other digital platforms.

CORE SKILLS REQUIREMENTS (SFIA 7)

• Banking channel experience
• Business Analysis
• Requirements Definition and Management
• Business Process Improvement
• Relationship Management
• Service Acceptance
• User experience analysis
• Benefits Management
• Service Acceptance
• Learning Delivery

OTHER KNOWLEDGE REQUIREMENTS

• Experience gathering and consolidating requirements from cross-functional groups
• Ability to work under pressure and meet constantly changing timelines
• Strong attention to detail and excellent problem-solving skills
• Excellent verbal/written communication and data presentation skills, including an ability to effectively communicate with both business and technical teams
• Exceptional process and organizational skills with the ability to mobilize change
• Sound conflict management skills

Method of Application

Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV in pdf or Microsoft word, including current and expected salary to: contact@gvapartners.com, lekana@gvapartners.com, with the job title as subject of the mail.

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Job Brief

The Relationship Manager will be responsible for maintaining and deepening existing business relationships. As an everyday field-based employee, he/she is equally expected to perform a daily field function known and referred to as prospecting, whereby he/she speaks to a specified minimum number of people (in the course of the daily duty of visiting customers) and obtain the names and contact details of those interested in our products for a further follow up by the Marketing Group. Many times, the interest in our other products may come from existing customers under our management. It is equally possible that existing customers may want more volume of what they already have with us. The relationship manager shall engage in new business acquisition and closing sales.

This individual is equally expected to manage all field related after-sales process life cycles through design, implementation, optimization, redesign and renewal to ensure high quality and accuracy of work and the promotion of a total stakeholder quality approach to work.

Additionally, he/she will be responsible for the coordination, reports and organization of Marketing meetings including taking all minutes of discussion and ensuring implementation of all resolutions at the Marketing meetings.

Lastly, the Relationship Manager shall be responsible for writing of all proposals and shall keep records and tracks of every proposal including regular contacts with the prospects until prospect becomes a client.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Plan and execute detailed field program
• Ensure every client is contacted at least once a month via phone, visit, email etc.
• Ensure every client is visited and seen at least once every quarter
• Ensure renewal notices are sent to clients in a timely manner
• Facilitate timely, consistent and proactive support for the provision and prompt delivery of policy documents, receipts and other customer related documents.
• Maintenance of good relationships with clients.

Functional Competencies Needed For the Position:

Ability to:

• Build and maintain strategic partnerships
• Organize and prioritize field work schedules to meet different needs and deadlines
• Coordinate cross-functional efforts thereby focusing on core process performance, strategic objectives and customer satisfaction
• Measure the cross-functional efforts
• Recognize opportunities for process innovation by researching best practices and promoting better and more effective ways of doing things
• Demonstrate good knowledge of Information Technology and apply such to daily work / Maintain information and databases
• Prepare timely inputs and reports
• Must possess analytical and logical thinking processes with the ability to apply pragmatic solutions within regulatory / organization laid down boundaries

Must within a short period of time demonstrate full understanding:

• Of the main processes and methods of work regarding the position
• Of the organizational policies and procedures relating to the position and apply them consistently in work tasks
• Constantly strive to keep job knowledge up to date through self directed study and other means of learning.

Core Competencies & Skills Needed for the Job

Must demonstrate

• Proper ethics and integrity
• Excellent Dress Sense
• Excellent human relations.
• Corporate behavior, knowledge and sound judgment

Initiative

• Desire for self-development
• Qualities of a team leader and promote / facilitate team work
• Ability to create synergies and sense of ownership at work

Must Possess

• Conflict management skills
• Informed and transparent decision-making skills
• Experience in the usage of computers and office software packages (MS Word, Excel etc.)
• Fluency in English (any other foreign language will be an advantage)
• Promote learning and knowledge management Share knowledge

Education

• First Degree (Minimum 2:2)
• Masters (an advantage)

Experience

• 4years of relevant after Sales and support service experience in:
• Professional Services Sales and Marketing
• Customer Service and Relationship Management
• Must be a female
• Ability to speak Igbo language is an added advantage
• Candidates who live on the island is an added advantage

Qualified and Interested candidates should send their resumes in MS WORD to busayoo@gvapartners.com, patiencee@gvapartners.com, contact@gvapartners.com and with the title of the job as subject of the email and also state current salary (if working presently) and expected salary in the body of the email.