Project Manager

3 weeks ago


Johannesburg, South Africa Reach Digital Health Full time

Founded in South Africa in 2007, Praekelt.org uses technologies to solve some of the world’s largest social problems. We work with governments, international NGOs, foundations and social enterprises to create and deliver essential information and vital services.

The **Project Manager **is not only the glue that holds any project together but also a key roleplayer that impacts the quality of the project. They own all production work associated with delivering a project or a sub-component thereof, as well as all ongoing maintenance work required to support the project in the maintenance phase. The Project Manager is ultimately responsible for managing the overall delivery of the solution and the financial outcomes of each contract. They will interact with internal and external partners, including strategy, design, content, engineering, clients, and users. If you are curious, practical, and open to learning about a broad range of disciplines and building relationships with others, this role will suit you well.

**Key Focus Areas**:

- ** Project Management** - overall responsibility for the planning, briefing, scheduling, prioritisation, documentation, financial management, and execution of all assigned projects;
- **Delivery**:Independently research, design, scope and manages flexible project solutions;
- **Communication** - ensure effective communication within project teams to ensure that deliverables are achieved or that red flags are taken note of where necessary; effectively manage expectations with project stakeholders. Negotiate project priorities with the team to ensure timely project delivery. Keep stakeholders abreast of project risks, issues and timelines.
- **Monitoring**:

- ensure that each project’s progress is monitored in terms of achieving project objectives (fiscal and impact) and that adjustments are made where necessary to keep the project on track; working with the Portfolio Lead to collate and prepare high-quality donor narrative and financial reports;

**Key Responsibilities**:

- Responsible for planning, briefing, scheduling, prioritizing, documentation, and executing assigned projects from brief, assisting with budget preparation to development, quality assurance/testing, and delivery/launch/ongoing support.
- Work closely with the Portfolio Lead, Programme Manager, and Portfolio team to manage all project stakeholders and ensure that the most innovative production methods are employed.
- Implement and manage project changes and interventions to achieve project goals at all times, keeping the Portfolio Team, Department Heads and stakeholders informed of the project’s progress.
- Ability to effectively identify project risks, develop mitigation strategies and communicate this to the relevant stakeholders to resolve or decrease the risk throughout this process.
- Create and maintain documentation, including internal and external status documents, project plans, a central filing system, client and donor reports, and timelines to ensure that projects are delivered on time, within budget and scope.
- Develop briefing documents during the project lifecycle, including but not limited to scope briefing, quality assurance, testing, and content requirements.
- Have a deep understanding of the project’s production requirements (including the technologies we use) and work with the Praekelt production team and internal and external development teams to schedule work, define production requirements, and track progress against timelines and budgets.
- Have strong leadership skills with the ability to manage external service providers effectively.
- Define and communicate priorities on tasks to ensure the most effective outcome is achieved for each project.
- Schedule and collate or compile feedback for Donor reports, working with the Portfolio Lead and Programme Manager to ensure the report delivers the required narrative, financial information, and post-campaign analysis.
- Evaluate the outcomes of the project as established during the planning phase.
- Establish a communication schedule to update stakeholders, including appropriate staff in the organization.
- Review the project schedule with the Portfolio Lead, Programme Manager, and all other staff affected by the project activities; revise the schedule as required.
- Create a detailed work plan that identifies and sequences the activities needed to complete the project. Also, maintain this document to record all project changes and decisions that impact the scope.
- Review the quality of the work completed with the project team regularly to ensure that it meets the project and organisation standards.
- Continuously explore methods to improve the ways of working and share relevant knowledge with the team

**Minimum Qualifications**
- 3-5 years experience at the middle-management level in either Project Management, Grant Management, Stakeholder Relations, and Digital Marketing at a large national or international NGO or corporation.

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