Project Coordinator

**Who we are?**

Sanlam Investments Group is one of South Africa’s largest investment management companies. We have a performance history spanning over 100 years, and offer a range of investment and financial planning solutions to protect and grow the long-term wealth of our clients.

We take particular pride in:

- **Sanlam’s longevity and innovation**
- **People, teamwork and values**
- **A culture of diversity and commitment to growing our own timber**
- **Our robust, tested and proven pragmatic investment process and philosophy**

Our local and offshore investment products cover the full investment spectrum: active and passive; single and multi-manager - both locally and internationally. Our active funds range are managed according to our pragmatic value investing style.

**What will you do?**
- Assists the Project Manager during the development of major projects from commencement to completion. Monitors progress of the development projects within his/her area of responsibility and assists the Project Manager with the documentation when necessary. The projects could be associated with any discipline e.g. construction, property, engineering, information technology et cetera.**What will make you successful in this role?**
- Act as a contact point for the for the Mila project and be visible to all project stakeholders.
- Assist with flagging and ongoing management of potential risks, issues, decisions, and dependencies in collaboration with the project manager. This includes making the necessary follow-ups with the project team and any updates to your project logs.
- Responsible for stakeholder follow ups.
- Project admin:
oSchedule all project meetings, take minutes and responsible for (Risk Issues, Assumptions, Dependencies or Decisions) RAIDDs and follow ups.
- oCleanup and formatting of project power point presentations/slides.
- oComplete all system related updates in line with feedback given by the project team and broader stakeholders.
- oMaintains all project correspondence. Arrange and co-ordinates all travel arrangements and venues for project meetings.
- oEnsures that all communications to the members of the project are prioritized.
- Responsible for the maintenance of program and/or project files, the analysis of performance and the maintenance of the administration of project change control.- Reports:
oConsolidate information for the weekly reports and Steerco deck cleanups/beautifying.
- oAssist with compiling and refining of project governance reports.
- oResponsible for the tracking and reporting of progress and performance of one or more projects (including those performed by third parties under contract).- Assist the project manager with relevant project goals and any other ad hoc requests.
- Responsible for the provision of support and guidance on project management processes, procedures, tools and techniques to program managers, project managers and their teams.
- Work on project portfolio office software to do updates, development, production, and maintenance of plans, across the project management**Qualification and Experience**
- Degree or Diploma with 3 to 5 years related experience.**Knowledge and Skills**
- Resource Planning- Project Planning- Reporting and Administration- Quality, compliance and accreditation- Business Process**Personal Attributes**
- Interpersonal savvy - Contributing through others- Decision quality - Contributing through others- Plans and aligns - Contributing through others- Optimises work processes - Contributing through others**Build a successful career with us**
- We’re all about building strong, lasting relationships with our employees. We know that you have hopes for your future - your career, your personal development and of achieving great things. We pride ourselves in helping our employees to realise their worth. Through its five business clusters - Sanlam Fintech, Sanlam Life and Savings, Sanlam Investment Group, Sanlam Allianz, Santam, as well as MiWay and the Group Office - the group provides many opportunities for growth and development.**Core Competencies**
- Cultivates innovation - Contributing through others- Customer focus - Contributing through others- Drives results - Contributing through others- Collaborates - Contributing through others- Being resilient - Contributing through others**Turnaround time**Our commitment to transformation**

The Sanlam Group is committed to achieving transformation and embraces diversity. This commitment is what drives us to achieve a diverse, inclusive and equitable workplace as we believe that these are key components to ensure a thriving and sustainable business in South Africa. The Group's Employment Equity plan and targets will be considered as part of the selection process.