Project Manager 12 Month Contract
Minimum Requirements:
- Matric (Grade 12)
- Commercial/ Administration degree
- Business Analysis diploma (Optional)
- Project Management Diploma (Optional)
- Exposure to the financial service industry
- A minimum of 5 years experience as a Project Manager
Responsibilities:
- Support the business through the continuous review of challenges and ideas to ensure the correct projects are added to the roadmap and executed on.
- Coordinate project to accomplish the project objectives (delivery on time within budget and as per requirements and the project sponsor and business owners expectations.)
- This might involve the management of multiple projects within
medium to high complexity: - Responsible for facilitating the delivery of the full project scope by following the Strategic Project Office methodology.
- Responsible for adherence to the governance requirements of the PM methodology.
- Responsible for the most effective utilization of resources within a delivery portfolio (resource coordination).
- Responsible for effective Risk and Issue Management.
- Ongoing stakeholder management and communication (Acts as a single point of contact throughout the project).
- Where necessary evaluate team members and project resources by identifying strengths and areas of development.
- Practice the Strategic Project Office methodology.
- Assess and advise on an ongoing basis how the Strategic Project Office methodology should be enhanced based on specific project feedback.
- Promote the methodology through the RCS group
- Business Transition Management i.e. ensure that business change as a result of the relevant project(s) is managed in such a way that the disruption to the business is kept to a minimum.
- This is facilitated by the following:
- Stakeholder analysis Project structure and the team agreed and contracted Communication plan Implementation approach incorporating activities that have a direct impact on end users e.g. testing training and actual implementation taking cognizance of the environment etc.
- Develops and maintains strong relationship networks.
- Performs the relevant controls within their own or other portfolios as required