The Role
Our Client Our client is a leading American University in Sharjah. This role is 12 months rolling contract and 4 day a week job (Monday to Thursday). Your Responsibilities \xe2\x80\xa2 SharePoint Business Analyst will be managing the end-to-end implementation of SharePoint\xe2\x80\x93 from requirements gathering to UAT and end user training - for key departments \xe2\x80\xa2 Conduct solution walkthroughs and capability demoes as part of project request / intake process \xe2\x80\xa2 Configuration of the solution and functional testing in line with functional and technical requirements \xe2\x80\xa2 Prepare end user guides and provide training to end users and key stakeholders after the migration into SharePoint site from the in-house solution \xe2\x80\xa2 Gather requirements on access levels and user roles, facilitate the review and approval process before granting access rights to the users and admins \xe2\x80\xa2 Define, document and help implement a process of change management in respect to user roles and access. It should detail what changes users can make themselves at the different levels and what changes require further approvals / assistance. \xe2\x80\xa2 Prepare a support strategy in line with Organization\xe2\x80\x99s policies, support structure and the migration approach

Requirements
Your Qualifications \xe2\x80\xa2 MUST HAVE at least three years of SharePoint experience: \xe2\x80\xa2 Must have a good understanding of what SharePoint can do Out Of the Box (meaning with no customization, just adding web parts, columns, views, 3rd party web parts or apps, etc) to be able to recommend a specific approach or toolset. \xe2\x80\xa2 Must have a good understanding of what SharePoint can do with "no-code" solutions (i.e., SharePoint Designer, Master Pages/Page Layouts, InfoPath, XLST, etc.) to be able to recommend a specific approach or toolset. \xe2\x80\xa2 Required - Must have at least one year of experience in O365 suite and concepts like branding. \xe2\x80\xa2 Required - Must have at least three years of experience facilitating requirements definition session and clearly documenting requirements. \xe2\x80\xa2 Required - Must have excellent written and verbal communication skills \xe2\x80\xa2 Required - Must have at least two years creating Visio diagrams/charts, functional & design documents, and Test Scripts. \xe2\x80\xa2 Advantageous - Experience in delivery in other complimentary SharePoint products like Nintex or K2 \xe2\x80\xa2 Advantageous - Experience with Scrum and Agile Methodologies \xe2\x80\xa2 Required- Completed Microsoft SharePoint Training and/or certification.

About the company
Founded in 1996, Halian is an IT services company with a strong track record of delivering value for our customers across the UK, Europe, The Middle East and Africa. The experience we have gained means that we can help our clients reduce information technology costs, increase IT systems performance, and free up valuable internal resource to focus on core business activities. Our knowledge base covers a variety of industry sectors including Government, Healthcare, Telecommunications and Pharmaceuticals, as well as a specialist Financial markets capability in our Luxembourg office. We operate with a culture of openness and trust that helps us to develop strong working relationships with our clients and with our core technology partners Dell, Oracle, Red Hat and Symantec. Our three key service offerings of Managed Services, Resourcing Services and Professional Services can be used independently or integrated to provide a truly comprehensive service.