Senior Project Manager

Our client is urgently seeking a Senior Project Manager for a 12month contract.

Must meet the requirements below and be able to hit the ground running.

SKILLS
- Project Management Methodology (e.g. Prince 2 & Agile)
- Business Process knowledge
- Report writing/ Database management skills
- Financial analysis and modeling experience
- General IT Process knowledge
- Change management techniques
- Risk assessment and management
- Technical background
- Knowledge and Experience of SDLC Methodology
- PC Literate:

- Word
- Spreadsheets
- PowerPoint
- Visio
- Project management tool (MS Project)
- Verbal / Written / Presentation - Communication Skills
- Organising and planning skills
- Negotiation skills
- Innovative and creative Thinking
- Function optimally under pressure

SharePoint capability understanding
- Change Management

Ability to plan and implement change initiatives. Ability to support innovation and creativity by encouraging staff to accept and resolve challenges. Ability to remain flexible to meet constantly changing and sometimes opposing demands.
- Business Administration

Knowledge of appropriate business practices and procedures. Ability to allocate resources, plan procurement and oversee budgets and contracts to ensure fiscal stability of the organization.
- Project Management:
Ability to provide strategic oversight for resource management matters including allocation of staff and assignment of case responsibilities, and tactical support. Ability to monitor case activities on an ongoing basic to ensure that clients are efficiently and effectively represented.
- Communication - Presentations

Ability to develop presentations and ideas to individuals or groups using a variety of media. Ability to deliver presentations suited to the characteristics and needs of the audience

JOB REQUIREMENTS
- Management of Projects team
- Management of multiple projects in terms of scoping, analysis and specifying the requirements of the project.
- Produce regular status reports on a weekly and monthly basis or as agreed in the communication plan in the PID.
- Ensure that business cases, functional specifications and relevant test cases are prepared and signed off by key stakeholders
- Facilitated project Kick Off sessions to assist in translating business expectation into project deliverables
- Facilitated projects scoping sessions to assist in translating business requirements into functional end solutions
- Ensured approval of all projects by sponsors, owners and senior management
- Manage Projects in accordance with accepted project management processes and methodologies as set out in the policies and procedures
- Identify resources needed and assign individual responsibilities
- Deliver approved projects within agreed objectives, standards, budget and timelines
- Manage and motivate project team members to achieve set sub-project objectives
- Ensured regular status meetings are held and minuted
- Ensured project documents are complete, accurate, current and stored
- Effectively manage stakeholders’ expectations and project plan changes and consequences
- Ensured approval of all changes, costs and decisions by project sponsors, owners and senior management
- Track and report on all Issues, Risks and Decision clearly showing the impact to the project.
- Conduct regular stage gate reviews with the Project Owner and Sponsor reviewing the viability of the project..
- Ensure projects legal documents and contracts are signed off (approved) and stored

**Job Type**: Temporary
Contract length: 6 months

Ability to commute/relocate:

- Johannesburg, Gauteng: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (required)