Project Support Manager

7 months ago


Johannesburg, South Africa AMANDLA Safe-Hub Full time

TYPE: Permanent

SALARY: Market-related

ENTITY: AMANDLA NPO

START DATE: Immediate

LOCATION: Johannesburg, South Africa

BENEFITS: Medical Aid, travel & cellphone allowance

THE ORGANISATION

AMANDLA is a globally award-winning social enterprise with over a decade of experience in the development sector, specialising in infrastructure, youth and community development and sport for development. We have offices in Cape Town, Johannesburg

(South Africa), Berlin (Germany) and Philadelphia (USA).

AMANDLA currently has 14 operational sites nationwide and is currently rolling out more exciting infrastructure projects nationwide. The Set-Up & Construction Department is responsible for land acquisition, development planning, infrastructure design development, construction execution and maintenance.

Our diverse team is looking for an ambitious and energetic professional who is willing to take on exciting challenges and to realise his/her potential to change lives.

JOB SCOPE

As a Project Support Manager at AMANDLA, you will hold responsibility for the management, coordination, and implementation of cross
- functional infrastructure, program, and product development projects that align with our commitment to sustainability.

Your role will be to coordinate the implementation of cross cutting projects and support the PMO Director (SA) in fulfilling the needs of our funding partners. You will also be in charge of the PMO department in the event that the PMO Director (SA) is offline.

Core duties and responsibilities include:

- Assist with project administration deliverables
- Report project statuses and provide recommendations for optimizing future projects to the PMO Director.
- Prepare standard project status reports for the project delivery team or work group, client, and management
- Manage a risk tracking tool, and mitigate/escalate issues
- Oversee and manage projects and coordinate documentation revisions and distributions.
- Develop, distribute, and track all correspondence related to the project documents, and online document management
- Set up and enter project information data (i.e. status updates, schedule updates, cash flow forecasts) into project management technology tools
- Work with accounting and support staff to ensure all compliance documents are received and processed.
- Engage and manage excellent communication among project team members and AMANDLA teams
- Prepare documentation and agendas for internal and external learning sessions
- Assist with piloting new processes/tools
- Ensure organisation-wide adherence to processes/tools
- Follow project close-out procedures for all assigned projects: (i.e., arranging the archiving of hard copy files; receipts of necessary close out/turnover documents; compliance with close-out checklist, etc)
- Assist with supporting PMs where capacity shortages occur
- Support the PMO Director with ad hoc duties

Project Support Managers are highly organised team players, who thrive in complex ecosystems, execute strategic objectives independently while guaranteeing seamless project implementation at the same time. Considering that our work is fast-paced and constantly evolving, we encourage applicants who thrive in a start-up environment to apply.

CORE COMPETENCIES, ESSENTIAL QUALIFICATIONS and PREFERENCES

Equivalent/Equivalent:

- Bachelor's Degree or Diploma in project management, business administration, sustainable development, or related.
- Relevant professional qualifications in project management (Advantageous)

Experience/Skills
- 5- 10 years experiance in project or programme experience preferably with skills focus on development projects.
- Good financial and numeracy management
- Experience in the development sector skills
- Experience in various project Proficiency in project management tools and management approaches Microsoft Office
- Experience in virtual/digital team management
- Proven ability to execute cross-functional projects successfully
- Ability to resolve problems in a timely and consistent manner
- Strong communication skills
- Strong attention to detail
- Ability to rally a team with a positive attitude.

Personal Attributes Relationship Management Creativity
- Attentive to detail Performance Driven
- Holistic Thinking
- Planning and Execution
- Problem-Solving
- Entrepreneurial Mindset
- Cultural Sensitivity
- Negotiation
- Patience

**Job Types**: Full-time, Permanent

**Experience**:

- Project management: 5 years (required)

Ability to Commute:

- Johannesburg, Gauteng (preferred)


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