Business Analyst - Software Development

Business Analyst, Software Development
Flexible location


The New Teacher Project (TNTP) strives to end the injustice of educational inequality by providing excellent teachers to the students who need them most and by advancing policies and practices that ensure effective teaching in every classroom. A national nonprofit organization founded by teachers, TNTP is driven by the knowledge that effective teachers have a greater impact on student achievement than any other school factor. In response, TNTP develops customized programs and policy interventions that enable education leaders to find, develop and keep great teachers. Since its inception in 1997, TNTP has recruited or trained approximately 43,000 teachers and worked with more than 200 districts in 31 states - benefiting an estimated 7 million students. Meanwhile, TNTP's acclaimed studies of the policies and practices that affect the quality of the teacher workforce -- most recently including The Widget Effect (2009) and Teacher Evaluation 2.0 (2010) -- have influenced federal education policy and inspired reform efforts across the country. TNTP is active in more than 25 cities, including 10 of the nation's 15 largest. For more information, please visit www.tntp.org.
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We are currently seeking a creative problem solver to join our Software Development team as a Business Analyst..� This position may be based in the central TNTP office in Brooklyn (preferred) or from a home office anywhere in the United States and may require some travel to TNTP sites (up to 20%). This position is available immediately.
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The Information Technology Department
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The IT Department of TNTP is a small but growing, dynamic team which services over 300 staff in over 40 contract sites, and maintains several different web-based software solutions of moderate to high complexity. We work directly with our internal clients to provide exceptional customer service and manage vendors who provide technology support and maintenance services. This is an exceptional environment for proactive solution-driven candidates who thrive in entrepreneurial, flexible team settings. We are constantly building enhancements and new systems to support the evolving business process of our internal clients as well as to address the business needs of a growing, virtually connected organization.
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Role and Responsibilities


We are searching for a highly engaged, passionate Business Analyst with strong critical thinking skills to work with our internal stakeholders and Software Development team. � We use all of the latest and greatest web technologies that we can get our hands on, so we need a new team member who is as excited about our software development as we are. In a typical day you will work with internal clients and users of our system to determine their technology needs.� You�� ll also regularly work with colleagues on the Software Development team to communicate business needs and generate technical solutions.
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The Business Analyst will work collaboratively with internal clients to analyze process and technology needs to develop business requirements and prioritize needs. Specific responsibilities will include but are not limited to:



-Working with internal stakeholders and users to help them articulate technology needs
-Writing User Stories
-Developing Business Requirements
-Working with Software Development team for feature estimation
-Developing longer term outlooks to plan for software development needs
-Working within our Scrum development process

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Qualifications

We are seeking candidates who are motivated by our mission and who will bring excellent analytic, project and client management skills to our work.� Successful candidates will be strong problem-solvers, independent and focused self-starters.� The Business Analyst will have prior technical experience wit