Programme Manager

2 weeks ago

Cape Town, South Africa Cognia Law Full time

**COMPANY PROFILE**
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Cognia seamlessly extends corporates, banks and law firms’ legal capability to deliver sustainable outcomes. Our goal is to connect the legal sector, moving it from a siloed approach to integrated partnerships. We help in-house legal teams by bringing simplicity to complex matters and replacing broken procedures with efficient processes.
Cognia is a Chambers-ranked law company which integrates how legal services are provided so our team, partners, clients and communities thrive together with people at the heart of what we do. We encourage our people to bring their whole self to work and focus on enabling them to realise their full potential.

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KEY RESPONSIBILITIES*
- Formulate, organise and monitor inter-connected projects.
- Manage a team of project managers and ensure the successful completion of multiple projects within defined timelines and budgets.
- Engage with senior stakeholders to understand their needs and ensure that projects are aligned with overall business objectives.
- Ensure effective communication and collaboration between project managers and stakeholders to ensure smooth project delivery.
- Develop and implement project plans, schedules, budgets, and status reports to monitor project progress and ensure that project objectives are met.
- Manage project risks and escalate as necessary to ensure project success.
- Facilitate project meetings, resolve conflicts, and ensure project teams are aware of project goals and objectives.
- Develop and maintain relationships with key clients and stakeholders to ensure their ongoing satisfaction with the project delivery
- Proactively managing risks, issues and changes
- Internal and External project reporting
- Stakeholder management

**REQUIREMENTS**
The requirements for the role include the following:

- Appropriate Bachelor's degree or equivalent qualification (NQF 7), Law degree would be advantageous.
- 3-5 years proven experience as a Programme Manager or other senior project management position.
- Ability to attend evening meetings as and when required.
- Thorough understanding of project/program management techniques and methods.
- Excellent knowledge of MS Office; working knowledge of program/project management software (MS Project etc.) is advantageous.
- Outstanding leadership and organisational skills.
- Excellent communication skills.
- Excellent problem-solving ability.
- Strong knowledge of budgeting, researching, and report writing.
- Experienced in MS Office Word, Excel, Powerpoint and preferably MS Project.

**Additional Beneficial Skills**
- Admitted Attorney
- Project management certification
- Legal Tech certification (e.g Relativity, Nuix, RAVN, Kira)
- Numeracy
- Data Analytics/AI Data Modelling

**CANDIDATE COMPETENCIES**:

- Honest communication_
- Effectively articulates own views and rationale for them.
- Communicates complex topics/concepts in simple ways.
- Practices active listening
- Where they do not know the answer, they will be open but then take steps to find out and provide an update.
- Being agile_
- Self-starter that is results focused.
- Make suggestions for improvement from observations of other areas of the business or from external market.
- Quickly understands complex information and applies it to current situations.
- Adapts to fast-moving work environment where requirement and deadline frequently change.
- Bringing the values alive_
- Prepares own development plan and takes responsibility for driving it, whilst utilising the resource and opportunities Cognia provides.
- Suggests ways to further reinforce the Cognia values.
- Highlights if other team members are struggling to balance work and wellbeing.
- Building strong relationships_
- Takes time to understand team members’ pressures in a wider context.
- Publicly acknowledges help from others.
- Actively encourages collaboration with others from across the business in projects.
- Develops network inside and outside Cognia.
- Delivering excellence_
- Views work as an opportunity to highlight ability and value to Cognia.
- Retains focus and delivering best outcome.
- Uses own time productively to deliver best outcome.
- Delegates effectively but remains accountable for outcome.
- Keen to take on tasks that benefit the wider business.

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