Job Purpose
To plan, direct and co-ordinate the activities of enterprise-wide projects to ensure that project goals are accomplished and to develop project plans specifying goal; strategy; staffing; scheduling; identification of risk; contingency plans and allocation of available resources; in line with the business strategy.
Job Responsibilities
• Ensure accurate cost estimation based on coverage of client requirements and project scope.
• Ensure project budget are managed within project scope
• Ensure projects are delivered on target within due date, budget and according to scope and project governance
• Ensure traceability of defined benefits throughout lifecycle of the project and escalate any deviations.
• Ensure management of scope including coverage of client requirements and based on estimations.
• Manage delivery of project against agreed schedule and meet project requirements
• Manage project priorities effectively and ensured dependencies and catered for according to the project scope
• Ensure professional advice accepted and implemented
• Identify project stakeholders, communicate their roles, define their level of participation in project, and map their communication needs, communicate their roles and stakeholder engagement strategies throughout the project
• Ensure each stakeholder group is actively managed through the managed through the change cycle.
• Ensure business change impact is conducted across process, systems and technology in accordance with chance management plan
• Ensure roles and strategies are defined, and behaviours and operation are understood
• Ensure clients are informed
• Ensure the change management process is led and supported together with client
• Ensure client needs are accurately captured in scope
• Manage delivery of large and complex project according to prevailing project management methodology
• Conduct effective resource negation and allocation
Qualification and minimum Experience Level
• Matric / Grade 12 / National Senior Certificate
• Professional Qualification / Honour’s Degree
• Working towards Programme Management certification (PGMP)
• PMP or Prince Certification
• 8 – 10 years of experience working in a Project Environment of which 2 -3 years working with medium to high complexity projects
Type of Exposure
• Built a high-performance culture
• Built and maintained stakeholder relationships
• Delivered compliance risk management programmes and advice
• Designed Workforce Planning Solutions
• Developed and Implemented Communications Strategy
• Improved Processes and Culture
• Manage internal process
• Managed Transformation and Innovation
• Managed Self and Team
Technical / Professional Knowledge
• Relevant regulatory knowledge
• Industry trends
• Relevant software and systems knowledge
• Research Methodology
• Principles of financial management
• Cluster Specific Operational Knowledge
• Principles of project management
• Communication Strategies
• Decision-making process
• Governance, Risk and Controls
Behavioural Competencies
• Innovation
• High-Impact Communication
• Building partnerships
• Driving results
• Technical/Professional Knowledge and Skills
• Influencing
• Decision Making
For more information, please contact Pheliswa 011 234 0404, alternatively email your updated CV pheliswa@esmartgroup.co.za