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Job Location drjobs

Johannesburg - South Africa

Monthly Salary drjobs

Not Disclosed

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Salary Not Disclosed

Vacancy

1 Vacancy

Job Description

Key role and responsibilities:

  • Manage project initiation by developing and ensuring the project charter approval identify and engage stakeholders.
  • Maintain comprehensive project documentation including plans schedules reports and meeting minutes.
  • Ensure that all project documentation is accurate and uptodate in the PMO Toolset as well as project folders.
  • Identifying managing and communicating changes (risks issues actions and decisions) that may affect the project
  • Able to problem solve and conflict manage situations that may arise on the project
  • Managing project team members by delegating tasks and setting expectations for performance
  • Monitoring resource allocation timelines and other key metrics to ensure project milestones are met
  • Facilitating meetings with stakeholders to ensure effective communication about projects
  • Monitoring and controlling work input and scope to ensure that all projects remain on track and in control
  • Ensuring the projects and activities are executed in the most efficient and agile way based on agreed company methodologies tools and processes
  • Planning and managing program stakeholders scope activities conflict resolution and approach in and across a highly matrixed global organization through direct interaction and communication regular status reports and personally managing escalations when necessary
  • Report on financial progress on the project control variances and ensure approvals
  • Following the change methodology participate facilitate drive the deliverables and manage feedback with the senior leadership on the project to ensure successful adoption.

Change Management

  • Apply a structured methodology (ADKAR PROSCII) and lead change management activities
  • Leverage a change management methodology process and tools to create a strategy to support adoption of the changes required by a project or initiative.
  • Support communication efforts

  • Enable the design development delivery and management of key communications.
  • Assess the change impact and stakeholder analysis

  • Conduct impact analyses assess change readiness and identify key stakeholders.
  • Support training efforts

  • Provide input document requirements and support the design and delivery of training programs.

Knowledge skills and attributes:

  • Proficiency in project management methodology tools and templates (includes project planning schedule development scope management and cost management)
  • Formidable team working skills across matrixed client supplier and geographically dispersed virtual teams
  • Instrumental in the use of IT methodologies processes and standards for project management
  • PMP or similar project management certification is a must have

  • Proficient in MS project andother scheduling tools

  • Experienced in delivery that includes the use of external supplier and offshore resources
  • Excellent communication skills and presenting to senior leadership up to Director and CSuite
  • More than 5yrs experience in project governance and working with a PMO environment
  • Experience in participating or driving change management as part of the project
  • Communicating with Senior stakeholders (Steercoms Status reporting Weekly meetings)


Employment Type

Full Time

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