Senior Programme Manager

3 weeks ago


Johannesburg, South Africa The Joblink Full time

Contact person for this position:
Amori Prinsloo

Our client is urgently looking to employ a Senior Programme Manager. This is a huge project with many interactions and sub projects running for a year.
- You will be responsible for the successful delivery of the whole of the proposed change, co-ordination of the programme’s projects and management of the inter-dependencies including oversight of any risks and issues arising. It also includes the co-ordination of the new capability for the business to enable effective change and realisation of projected benefits.
- You will be responsible for the overall integrity and coherence of the programme. You will develop and maintain the programme environment to support each individual project within it - often through an effective programme management office.
- Planning and designing the programme and proactively monitoring its progress, resolving issues and initiating appropriate corrective action.
- Ensuring effective quality assurance and the overall integrity of the programme - focusing inwardly on the internal consistency of the programme, and outwardly on its coherence with infrastructure planning, interfaces with other programmes and corporate, technical and specialist standards.
- Managing the programme’s budget, monitoring expenditure and costs against delivered and realised benefits as the programme progresses.
- Ensuring there is allocation of common resources and skills within the programme’s individual projects.
- Managing third party contributions to the programme
- Managing communications with all stakeholders
- Managing both the dependencies and the interfaces between projects
- Managing risks to the programme’s successful outcome
- Working with the business change manager or equivalent on the transition to the new business as usual position
- Initiating extra activities and other management interventions wherever gaps in the programme are identified or issues arise.
- Reporting the progress of the programme at regular intervals

**Skills and attributes**
- Must have the necessary seniority to be able to take on the responsibilities associated with the role.
- 8 - 10 years’ experience
- Effective leadership, interpersonal and communication skills
- The ability to command respect and to create a sense of community amongst the members of the project teams
- Good knowledge of techniques for planning, monitoring and controlling programmes
- Sound business case development and approvals skills
- Good knowledge of programme and project management methods including PRINCE2
- Good knowledge of budgeting and resource allocation procedures
- Sufficient seniority and credibility to advise project teams on their projects in relation to the programme
- The ability to find ways of solving or pre-empting problems

Area: Johannesburg

**Salary**: R600 per hour

1 year contract



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