Project & Programme Manager - Connect for Change

1 week ago

Midrand, South Africa Vodafone Full time

**Role purpose**:
The management, syncing and oversight of various projects through the effective utilisation of resources within allocated time frames and deployment of all activities by the Connect for Change Trust (“the Trust”).
Identify, manage, and mitigate individual projects, programmes or cross-programme risks and issues to facilitate the on-time and on-budget delivery of capabilities and features aligned with the purpose of the Trust (“the Trust initiatives”).
Supervision of the Project Management Office, who support in the delivery of the Trust initiatives, through effective co-ordination of the programme or project tasks, management of their inter-dependencies and holding project stakeholders to account for delivering their individual activities effectively.

**Job Responsibility**:
**Programme Management**:
Manage program and project teams for optimal return-on-investment, and coordinate and delegate cross-project initiatives.
Ensure portfolio roadmaps and portfolio plans are updated, agreed and measured
Ensure the delivery of the projects are within agreed quality, time and when needed according to cost.
To ensure programme objectives are measurable and met by tracking major milestones and status metrics of all projects within the portfolio.
Measure portfolio delivery performance and initiate pro-active corrective actions as required to ensure delivery is within agreed targets.
Programme scheduling of projects and initiatives - Manage delivery schedules for projects to ensure timeous implementation and compliance with requirements.

**Strategy**:
Create and maintain a framework for managing the delivery of the projects and programmes
Interface with the Trust and Trustees, Company Secretary, and liaise and work with the Chairperson of the Trust, various Business Unit Executive Heads to align the objectives/outcomes of assigned projects with the Business Units overall strategy and business goals.
To communicate the strategy to the project managers to execute and ensure that individual project goals align with the strategy.

**Resource Allocation**:
To establish priorities within the overall program and ensure project teams are adequately resourced by aptly allocating people and technical resources to individual teams in line with those priorities.
To minimize waste and reduce costs by identifying tasks that are common to several projects and ensures that teams do not duplicate work.
To identify necessary skills available within the project teams and arrange any necessary training to improve performance.
Effective management of project and business teams from diverse areas of specialization

**Planning**:
To work with individual project managers to establish plans and goals for each project:
Set objectives, assign tasks, and agree to timetables for achieving intermediate and overall goals.
Set review dates to ensure that projects remain on target.

**Communication**
Stakeholder management of various departments and disciplines within Vodacom that contribute to the project teams, especially the Company Secretary, CBU, marketing, PR, IT division, their management, and Agile teams.
Communication is a key responsibility for the role as it will need to work closely with project managers to track progress and provide updates on any changes in strategy or priorities.
The role will also entail reporting to the board of trustees.
To help project teams with difficult problems by contacting specialists within the organization to obtain information or request support
Compile and communicate reports as agreed with stakeholders.

**Project Execution**:
Manage and drive the approval of memo’s, business cases, checklists etc.
Lead the project management processes and systems.
Manage the portfolio roadmaps and portfolio plans are updated, agreed, measured and communicated as agreed with stakeholders.
Manage major milestones and status metrics of all projects within the portfolio.
Identify key requirements needed from cross-functional teams.
Manage unforeseen development requirements, changes and available resources.
Manage and drive continuous Improvement Initiatives.
Create, Maintain, re-evaluate, optimise or automate existing project management reporting.
Review and analyse the efficiency of processes and systems and the impact on product & services launched.

**Risk Management**:
Work with other project managers to identify risks, dependencies and opportunities across multiple projects.
Analyse, evaluate, and overcome program risks, and produce program reports for management and stakeholders

**Job Experience/Education**:
Matric
Relevant Degree or Diploma or related/Equivalent (essential)
Postgraduate degree or Master’s degree in business administration or related field (advantageous)
Recognized project / program management qualification (Agile, Scrum Master etc.) (essential)
A minimum of 8 years of experience within the Telecoms/Banking industry (preferred) in:
Project Management (essential)
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