Technology Advisor Job Description
Technology Advisor Duties & Responsibilities
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Technology Advisor Qualifications
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Licensing or Certifications for Technology Advisor
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Education for Technology Advisor
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Employers hiring for the technology advisor job most commonly would prefer for their future employee to have a relevant degree such as Bachelor's and Master's Degree in Business, Computer Science, Engineering, Education, Technical, Technology, Graduate, Communication, Business/Administration, Management
Skills for Technology Advisor
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Technology Advisor Examples
Technology Advisor Job Description
- Communication of Reference Readiness Assessments to User Organisations, Group Transition Managers and other key stakeholders (including 3 ES Group representatives - Regional Implementation Managers)
- Interface with the Transition Tracking & Reporting Consultant to assist in defining requirements for tracking and reporting business and technical readiness
- Set up an evaluation and feedback process to capture learning from lead User Organisations and Transition Groups
- Submit proposal for support to Group Transition Managers and User Organisations to assure Transition Readiness assessments and completion of report
- Work alongside the Global HR Business Partner for Technology to provide pragmatic, commercial HR advice and support to the manager and employee population, drawing on regional HR contacts Centre’s of Excellence to deliver a best in class HR service
- Confidently and independently manage a variety of case work including complex investigation, disciplinary or grievance hearings through to flexible working requests
- Proactively build people management capability across the client group to enable line managers to confidently and autonomously handle people issues
- Collate and help to deliver quarterly People Decks to the business, including analysing data and providing recommendations on appropriate actions and interventions to address areas of concern
- Assist the Global HR Business Partner in rolling out annual initiatives including the annual salary review process team and departmental performance/potential moderation meetings
- Conduct exit interviews where appropriate, ensuring that exit interview feedback is gathered and reviewed regularly, with any themes or trends highlighted
- Integrate effectively into a diverse team comprising several organisations including the client (Home Office), Emergency Services organisations and other suppliers, recognising the importance of professional conduct, behaviour, collaboration and building effective relationships
- Maintain the required standards of information security, data protection and discretion, as expected when delivering Government programmes
- Alongside the HR Business Partner and the Group Learning and Development team, use your business understanding to proactively suggest new initiatives and projects to help to develop the engagement and development of our people
- Provide support to the Global HR Business Partner in relation to any change activity (structural, cultural or otherwise) across the client group
- Ownership for the day to management and sign off for new and replacement headcount in your client area, working directly with managers to understand their needs and assisting them in writing business cases where appropriate
- Collate and update monthly Organisational Charts based on understanding of the business and relevant changes
Technology Advisor Job Description
- Provide technical support in designing approaches and partnership models for filling the capacity GAPs in response to the overall eGov initiative
- Provide technical expertise on mobile data, digital services, remote sensors, SMS, and other tech tools in the areas of agriculture, climate, and food security in view of technology constraints in countries in transition
- Monitor, test, and customize tools/trends in the Information Communication Technologies for Development (ICT4D) marketplace for customization and possible project adoption
- Spearhead development of, and ultimately manage technology and innovation strategy (including collection, storage, and management systems)
- Collaborate with decision makers and web developers and lead development of integrated data and knowledge management systems
- Collaborate on IT tool capacity building for non-IT specialists
- Manage relationships with technology partners and internal IT resources
- Design and oversee data Application Programming Interfaces (APIs)
- Other complementary and necessary duties as assigned by project management
- Define and drive the Talent Acquisition strategy for Tech & Product business
- Deliver professional services, representing the Delivery Partner
- A positive and can-do attitude, we are not keen on ‘computer says no’ people!
- Minimum of a Master's degree in International Development, Agricultural Economics or similar degree with specific expertise in famine early warning systems
- A minimum of ten (10) years of relevant work experience in the field of agricultural development, disaster risk reduction and livelihoods, preferably internationally (Latin America, Africa, Asia)
- Experience leading and conducting research on famine, food security and livelihoods (experience in nutrition a plus)
- Experience working with USAID (desired) or other international donors/UN organizations (WFP, FAO)
Technology Advisor Job Description
- Suggests ways to minimize production costs using efficient inputs, technologies, regional positioning hybrids
- MS, POG and sales follow up, full accountabilities of receivables collection from the customers on time and be proactive in early orders and money collection
- Participates in conducting User Acceptance Testing, including organiziing and managing distributed testers
- As product/subject matter expert, will train internal support and training areas to prepare for product releases
- Assists in creating and maintaining product road maps
- Respond to system alerts and outages triaging size, scope and impact of issues
- Manage relationships and provide expertise, counsel and direction on implemented products and services to internal and/or external audiences
- Resolve escalated complex or sensitive application/technology inquiries in conjunction with our NBCN Product, Sales, Service, and Trading teams 3rd party vendors
- Take visible ownership and proactively provide solutions for client and/or departmental needs
- Lead and manage projects co-ordinating the partners and working groups to ensure deliverables are in line with the project plan
- Ability to develop and implement meaningful metrics
- Ability to facilitate Working Groups and requirements gathering
- Experience or interest in technology forecasting and Web trends
- Experience or interest with User Experience/User Interface technologies
- Understanding of Law Enforcement operational needs a strong plus
- The ideal candidate will reside in the Eastern US
Technology Advisor Job Description
- Identify product dependencies and risks, ensuring that they are effectively managed
- Responsible for the collection, preparation and distribution of statistics
- Create customized business unit reports and data management for incidents and service request activities
- Act as a point of control for reporting and data management
- Support the business by sharing knowledge and expertise, and contributing to sound decisions
- Ensure we deliver services in line with the functionality and timescales agreed with the customer
- Develop the IT Services for chargeback and showback
- Engage and manage the annual Planning process using the Service-based Costing results to inform plan decisions
- Digest, consolidate and transform data and process into a monthly ‘Bill of IT’ whereby IT consumers review both show back of costs that is actionable by them and a charge back of projects and services that is meaningful to them
- Process map current and future ITFM initiatives, services and service drivers
- Experience with developing and maintaining Cloud-based software platforms (SAAS) Customer-Premise software platforms
- 8 or more years' digital/technology support experience
- PMP Certification and/or Six Sigma (a plus)
- Strong experience delivering enterprise technology within in a financial services organization
- Strong technology background (support & deployment)
- Excellent verbal/written communication and presentation skills - Ability to produce "executive level" presentations, as needed
Technology Advisor Job Description
- Create long term relationships with clients in order to provide trusted advice and solutions through current and future project plans
- Offer and support creative design decisions that are in line with project goals and understand their impact on cost, sustainability and other factors
- Attend installation meetings with client, as appropriate
- See projects through from initial vision and development to delivery and installation of product
- Anticipate obstacles and take action to prevent or minimize their impact
- Serve as an advocate to the Wellness Technology strategy
- Build and foster relationships with the external marketplace to create new business and have awareness of resources available to bring caregiver solutions to completion
- Maintain a fluid vision of what is possible and understand current trends in the market place (new product offers, trending product, etc)
- Possess solid understanding of financial goals and objectives of each category
- Review and use company financial statements (P&L, departmental scorecards)
- Experience working in a changing environment (priorities, demands, and timelines) and providing guidance and direction
- Experience in executing technology risk assessments and demonstrating strong knowledge and industry best practices/frameworks (COBIT 5, ISO 27002, NIST, ) relating to IT processes such as cyber/information security and/or technical privacy, technical resiliency/business continuity, incident/problem management, data management, configuration/change management, and systems development/deployment (SDLC), technology platforms and solutions (UNIX, Oracle, Windows, network devices, tools)
- Demonstrated work experience in the use of security principles
- Ability to evaluates new policies and procedures for operational and control impacts and governance, risk and compliance standards
- Experience in conducting risk and operational reviews and prepare analyses for complex projects, often requiring an understanding of financial and market metrics
- Thorough knowledge and practical experience in the areas of Risk Management and/or Information Technology Risk Management required