&Beyond is built, almost entirely, on the strength of remarkable people who give passionately to their roles, work tirelessly, and have the guest experience at the core of their focus daily and care of the sustainability of our communities and environment.  Every single ‘&Beyonder’ makes a huge difference to our success and our contribution to the world, regardless of their role or function. For this reason we choose ‘&Beyonders’ very carefully – they are the strength and the future of this company.

KEY OUTPUTS:

• Coordinate project meetings, take minutes, and distribute action points.
• Actively participate in meetings, specifically to contribute knowledge on consultant’s processes and help identify business requirements.
• Assist with project related follow ups, with internal and external stakeholders.
• Assist consultants with questions around processes and systems that fall within the Project Management team’s scope.
• Perform necessary testing for IT Helpdesk tickets related to systems that fall within the Project Management team’s scope.
• Assist with data maintenance and analysis for projects within the project management team’s scope.
• Maintain relationships with internal and external stakeholders involved in projects run by the project management team.
• Perform basic business needs analysis and document business requirements, with the support of the Project Manager.
• Business Analysis
  • Meeting with various stakeholders in the business to determine core business need to document system requirements.
  • Documenting business requirements, with the support of the Project Manager.
  • Acting as a “translator” to assist in streamlining communication between the Touring team and the systems team.
• Testing
  • Prepare testing checklists, ensuring that all core functionality is included as part of the test cases.
  • Perform Testing duties at various stages of the project lifecycle including
    • investigative testing,
    • alpha testing,
    • beta testing, and
    • final implementation testing in a live environment.
  • Maintain records of testing procedures and results.
• Identify and train internal stakeholders on how to conduct testing and correctly complete and submit testing checklists.
  • Follow up on testing assigned to internal stakeholders.
• Implementation
  • Document Business Operating Procedures for new processes or process updates related to projects that fall within the Project Management team’s scope.
  • Advise on effective strategies for training and communication with business.
  • Assist with communication to business when requested.
• Project Administrator Duties:
  • Act as a Project Administrator for specifically assigned projects. This will include relieving the project manager when on leave and performing all their duties for assigned projects.
  • Lead smaller projects with the guidance of the Project Manager.
  • Communicate to business for projects where you are assigned as the project administrator.
  • Support the Project Manager in initial project planning and milestone monitoring.
  • Participate in post-project reviews for continuous improvement.
  • Send progress updates in conjunction with the Project Manager
• Conduct training for the Trainers involved in new system implementations for functions or processes that fall within the Project Management team’s scope.

KNOWLEDGE REQUIRED:

• Attention to detail
• Self-motivation and adaptability in an agile, dynamic environment with frequent change
• Solution focused and adaptable to changing timelines
• Effective time management and the ability to working on different projects simultaneously.
• Dynamic communication, with strong initiative and professionalism.
• Ability to collaborate and contribute as a team player.
• Adept at learning and testing new systems or functions.

SKILLS REQUIRED:

• Understanding the software/product development life cycle and basic project management principles
• Proficiency in the Microsoft Office Suite and project management tools.
• Entry level Business Analyst skills: Business needs, requirements documentation, and workflow documentation.

PREVIOUS WORK EXPERIENCE REQUIRED:

• Previous consulting experience is advantageous.

This is a permanent position.

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