British Council company
Pay Band: 7
Country/Location: Beijing, China
Department: Exams
Contract Type: Fixed term contract (2 years)
Closing Date: Sunday, 21 July 2024- 23:59 China Time (GMT +8)
Role Purpose:
• Overall manage the development resource in China Exams systems team.
• Define the strategy of in-house development, own the architecture design for Exams Solutions China provided, be the critical role of system solution design.
• The post holder is the key person to manage the tech team regarding resource, delivery quality and overall solutions design.
Accountabilities:
• Be fully responsible for overall development team tasks arrangement and the quality of implementation process
• Be responsible for holistic system solutions and architecture for Exams Systems solutions, make sure the solutions are reasonbale designed, and implemented with the clear timeline by promised
• Be one good IT leader to Manage the exams system development team (more than 10 people) to implement the industry best practices based on Agile methodology
• Define the system development strategy, standards, team KPIs and priorities, cooperation mechasims with product managers, architecture and system maintenance team
• Ensure the technology used in the development team is updated and aligned with the hight edge of industry practices
• Ability to talk with global team for solution design, and well manage the development team to adopt the agile change with clear commitment and timeline.
Role specific knowledge and experience:
• Experience developing web/windows applications on .Net platform, Angular, VUE & SQL server.
• Experience in leading architecture and solution design for product.
• Experience of people management
• Proven record of global IT project management
Role specific skills:
• Refer to function/job family skills framework where applicable.
• Web application and Windows application development on .Net platform, Angular, VUE and another JS frameworks.
• Database management & development
• Cloud solution design
• Micro-service and Domain Driven Development practice
• IT Project management skills
• Foundation of ITIL/COBIT
• Agile and Lean thinking
Requirements:
• Education: Bachelor’s degree or equivalent
• Language:
o English B2 (Aptis, IELTS 6 or equivalent)
o Chinese C1 ( HSK 5 or equivalent)
• Condition of Employment:
Locally Recruited
Applications are welcomed from candidates currently in this location with a natural right to work.
Applications are also welcomed from candidates currently based in other British Council country offices. However, please note candidates must have a natural right to work in the country, on a permanent basis, as immigration clearance and/or on-going visa support is not provided by the British Council for this role. Relocation support is also not provided.
Benefits:
• Annual Leaves (on a pro-rata basis if the service period is less than one full year); public holidays
• Statutory benefits: national social insurance benefits and housing fund
• Other benefits: commercial insurance package including accidental insurance, life insurance, and supplementary medical insurance
• 13th month salary: staff who pass the probation and work for minimum of 6 months in a year will be entitled to annual bonus in December
• Performance-related pay: paid annually according to relevant performance review scheme
• Professional development opportunities
