Job Description

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.
• Co-ordinate 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.
• On-going 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