Senior Technical Project Analyst
Dimagi
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About Dimagi
Dimagi is an award-winning social enterprise and a certified B Corp and Benefit Corporation. Our primary product, CommCare, is the most widely-deployed open-source digital platform for enabling Frontline Workers. Since 2002, Governments and organizations across all sectors have built customized mobile, web, and SMS applications on CommCare to deliver services to underserved populations. Dimagi is more than a tech company. We are an impact-first team of compassionate people from all parts of the world and all walks of life, dedicated to using business as a force for good in global health and development.
About The Solutions Division
The Solutions Division's mission is to build and scale sustainable, high-impact digital solutions that amplify frontline workers and programs in Low and Middle Income Countries (LMICs). We offer professional services to partners to impactfully deliver Dimagi technology and / or programmatic expertise.
About The Position
Dimagi is looking for a Senior Technical Project Analyst to join our Solutions Division in Senegal. This position is open to remote employment in Senegal. The Senior Technical Project Analyst is a key member of the Project Delivery team, and will directly support our project teams in creating high-impact, reliable, user-friendly digital systems for Dimagi's public health partners. In this role, you will support a project team working on the optimal design and development of applications built on Dimagi's flagship platform CommCare - including requirements gathering, design, testing, implementation, and monitoring.
Responsibilities
• Requirements Gathering: Work closely with project manager(s) to lead the definition of technical needs by refining business requirements and translating them into technical requirements.
• Support the project manager and other team members in defining, recording, clarifying, and clearly outlining key system requirements, as well as making LOE estimates.
• Design applications to fit into the larger software ecosystem, and design touchpoints between CommCare products and other tools used in program implementation (other databases, data analytics tools, other applications, etc). As a Senior Technical Project Analyst, this may often involve the development of data and reporting solutions alongside CommCare.
• Provide technical guidance to other team members, including managing other team members' app building work on projects.
• Provide data analysis support to ensure that the information gathered by the mobile tool is meaningful and actionable.
• Understand changes to the project scope and project schedule, and adhere to the appropriate change control techniques.
• Provide high-quality technical documentation which can be read and used by partners' technical teams to further understand, use and build upon systems Dimagi has designed.
• As appropriate, create new resources to support users' understanding of the application or related systems.
• Update and maintain project tracking tools (e.g., Asana, Jira, etc.) as relevant
• Implementation Support: Support client and internal teams in understanding how to effectively use the CommCare system and adherence to the agile delivery mode.
• Lead development of a capacity building and/or training curriculum and support clients through capacity building activities.
• Quality Assurance and Testing: Manage product quality throughout the software development life cycle.
• Update and execute system quality assurance test plans to ensure the project team delivers a high quality product.
Relevant Skills
• 3+ years of experience in technical project implementation
• Formal training in Computer Science or related disciplines, including through a degree program or dedicated training program
• Experience in project management
• Experience working in and coordinating with dynamic teams
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to explain technical concepts to non-technical audiences
• Ability to balance multiple completing tasks across multiple projects
• Excellent organization skills
• Interest in making a social impact
• Fluent in French and English
• Eligible to work in Senegal
• Be willing to travel as per project requirements
Bonus Skills
• Familiarity with the agile model for the software development lifecycle and quality assurance
• Experience working with governments and/or public health
• Experience with system and scenario flow diagrams, functional user assessments and testing, architecture and content structure, and technical specifications
Benefits And Compensation
We aim to make a difference, not just as a company, but as an employer as well. We are transparent about salaries at all levels of the organization and have a standard, global, non-negotiable pay scale for all positions. Given our social mission, our budgeted salary scale is more in-line with that of a non-profit organization. The compensation and benefits provided to you will be dependent on where you are geographically based and compliant with local labor laws.
Since Dimagi does not have a legal entity in Senegal, your employment contract will be established through our partner Professional Employer Organization.
EEO Employer/Veteran/Disabled
Dimagi is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We celebrate and support diversity and are committed to providing a work environment that is inclusive and free of discrimination and harassment. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.
If you are interested in applying for employment and need special assistance or a reasonable accommodation during the application or interview process for a posted position, please contact us at 617-604-2123 or send an email to accommodations@dimagi.com detailing your request
