Technical Administrator (Banner)

£350-£450 Per Day
3-6 Months Contract (Hybrid Working)

About Our Client

My client is a well-established University who are looking for a Banner Technical Administrator. You will be responsible for implementing the student information system which will support the University's management of the student lifecycle from application through to award. This role will be responsible for carrying out development or configuration work required to meet the business requirements of the University.

Job Description

You will be responsible for the following:

Banner Analysis, Design and Configuration and SaaS Safe Development
Gathering and analysis of business requirements
Interpretation of design workflows into working processes implementing established standards
Creation, design and maintenance of workflow applications and processes that are aligned to and delivered in a SaaS safe development practices.
Document all work in accordance with agreed standards to enable other system administrators to understand the function of the workflow
Perform testing to ensure the work item meets expected requirements and specification.
Manage and resolve issues arising from testing to ensure the work item meets expected requirements and specification.
Advise the Project Manager of any deviations from plan, recommend corrective action and help prepare any appropriate exception plans
Ensure all project issues are reported using the RAID log
Ensure that all risks associated with the work packages assigned to you are identified and entered in the RAID log and mitigate any risks assigned to you by the Project Manager
Ensure that all dependencies are identified and entered in the RAID log, and advise the Project Manager when dependencies are impacting your ability to complete your work
Prepare products for User Acceptance Testing including initial functional testing.
Ensure that quality controls are applied correctly.

The Successful Applicant

Experience as a superuser or technical administrator of the Ellucian Banner SaaS platform.
Significant, demonstrable, experience of developing Workflow and Experience applications for large SIS or Software as a Service implementations.
Experience of software development in a cross functional team environment.
Designing and Developing workflows using workflow tools
Ability to work in line with both corporate strategic objectives, and project objectives and to work effectively within the structure of a formal project management environment.
Ability to manage all interactions in a professional manner using sensitivity, diplomacy and tact.
Ability to work to agreed schedules and plans.
Ability to work collaboratively as a member of a team and willingness to work within a skill sharing environment, including a commitment to developing own competencies.
Ability to deliver high quality work to target dates.
Proactive in planning and managing own workload and contributing to/ coordinating work
of others.
Ability to manage competing demands, identify risks and issues and prioritise work effectively.
Proactive in contributing ideas, identifying opportunities for enhancement and owning and resolving problems to their conclusion.
The ability to adopt and work with technologies, standards and processes already in place at the University.
Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to develop good working relationships and be approachable to members of the team and business at large.
The ability to provide detailed constructive feedback to both members of the development
team and project stakeholders.
Focus on achieving team goals over personal goals.
The ability to address conflict and concerns in a proactive and diplomatic way at all levels.
A focus on providing the best quality project deliverables possible within the timeframes and restrictions outlined in project description.