The Mind Gym: Business Analyst – Agile / Web Development – London

Location: London, United Kingdom
URL: http://www.themindgym.com

The Mind Gym transforms performance by changing the way people think.

40% of FTSE 100 has embraced The Mind Gym. Currently, Nike are using The Mind Gym to drive value from a global restructure, Accenture to boost engagement, Unilever to drive through performance management, Orange to equip their managers and Royal Mail to accelerate sales.

The Mind Gym has an international delivery capability, one of the most recognised brands in learning & development, a series of bestselling books, market leadership in bite-size learning, 500,000 alumni and an increasingly strong track record for delivering business results. Sir Stuart Rose and Justin King are amongst the many business leaders who endorse The Mind Gym.

The market for learning and development in UK is c.£18bn (half of which is for human skills). This doesn’t include change management, conferences and many other areas of “grey” spend. The global head of one of the most well renowned management consultancies describes the routes out of the three recessions he has lived through as 1980’s: strategy; 1990’s: IT; this one: people.

There is a colossal opportunity and to grow The Mind Gym. We are aiming to double in the next two years. Do you want to help make this happen?

Who we’re looking for:

We are looking for a Business Analyst with broad expertise within IT and software development and capability of going deep into a narrow field of study when needed.

Your primary responsibility will be to improve our operational business processes: to understand the needs of the business; recommend how changes can be made to improve our business systems; and be part of project teams that implements the changes.

What you’ll be doing:

• Deliver dedicated support to improve operational business processes.
• Establish, define and document business requirements and functional specifications to support implementation of technical solutions.
• Maintain business process documentation.
• Provide business knowledge and analytical skills to project teams working on implementing change within the company.
• Communicate change and engage employees during system implementations.
• Provide training to employees on business systems and processes.
• Work together with support teams to identify and resolve workflow and application problems.

What you have:

• At least 3 years of experience working on system implementations.
• Strong analytical skills.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills.
• Experience of ERP systems, preferably NetSuite.
• Experience of databases and SQL.
• Experience of web development, preferably XHTML/CSS, JavaScript, and Ruby on Rails or PHP.
• Familiar with Agile software development, preferably Scrum.

Who you are:

You…

• Take initiative and responsibility to make things happen.
• Focus on long-term goals.
• Organise and execute tasks based on priorities.
• Seek mutual benefits in agreements and solutions during collaboration and negotiations with others.
• Take the time to diagnose, to really, deeply understand the problem first before offering a solution.
• Value the differences in other people.
• Challenge yourself to the limits, both physically and mentally.

The deal:

Salary in the range £35k – £40k, up to 30% bonus, private travel, health, disability and life insurance, and contributory pension scheme.

To apply: Are you what we are looking for? If so please send your CV and covering letter outlining what makes you our next star to jobs@themindgym.com.