Job Title: Project Manager
South Africa , Innovation Centre
Job Mission
To perform day to day project management and coordination activities for the Programme Office of the MTN Next project
KPA Duties
Project Management & Coordination Activities: - Dealing with multiple stakeholders from various cultures and backgrounds - Workshop structuring and facilitation to ensure project management deliverables are being met - Minute taking where necessary - Workshop preparation including material structuring and preparation, agenda formulation and mat - Scope documentation and management - Risk documentation and management - Issue documentation and management - Training of stakeholders on PMO practises and governance processes, tools and methodologies. - Detailed stream planning – documentation, tracking and updating in formal project schedule - Communication to stakeholders - Quality management - Deliverable review and updates - Integration and stream dependencies management - Stream resource management - Sourcing suitable project facilities for workshops Leadership & Subject Matter Expertise: - Leadership in term of defining and implementing project/stream governance processes - Confidence to facilitate discussions with senior resources and subject matter experts - Humility to work with people of different cultures and backgrounds across all OPCO’s - Developing a deep understanding of the programme and the various streams Key Responsibilities: - Responsible for setting up governance and quality structures for the Programme office - Stakeholder management and communication on various streams that you are assigned - Allocation to multiple streams on the programme to lead coordination and delivery - Developing stream scope and obtaining sign off and commitment. Scope definition to include planning, definition, creating WBS’s, verification and control - Developing detailed stream plan with stream lead and resources, obtaining commitment from stream leads on delivery dates and milestones - Ensuring that planning takes into account the dependencies where necessary between the various streams - Managing stream timelines and deliverable delivery through project schedule and relevant control documents - Ensure that stream resourcing requirements are understood and managed- reporting on over/under resourcing. - Ensure that resources are allocated to project schedule tasks. Resourcing issues are made visible - Ensuring that stream costs are understood and understood in relation to the planning. Costs are estimated, commitments are understood and managed, and budgeting practises are being used by the stream. Costs are monitored and controlled - Reviewing stream deliverables to ensure quality and alignment to stream goals - Defining and implementing quality review processes for the stream - Perform risk management processes as defined by the programme office. Educate stream leads on risk management practises if need be. Ensure that stakeholders are aware of where, how, when (triggers) risks should be raised. Workshop mitigation actions for stream risks. Ensure that risks are communicated - Perform issue management processes as defined by the programme office. Educate stream leads on issue management practises if need be. Ensure that stakeholders are aware of where, how, when (triggers) issues should be raised. Escalated, manage and obtain resolution on issues - Ensure that all project contracts regarding project delivery are understood, tracked, terms managed and recorded Creativities (improvement/innovation inherent): - Create innovative processes to minimise risk and enhance overall programme management - Specialised input into understanding the links and impact into programme streams - Apply best practice in an optimal way to define MTN Next processes and procedures and the ability to localise these processes and procedures as and when required. - Continually improve existing processes and procedures to enhance programme effectiveness, efficiency and performance - Identify programme and business risk - Proactive risk management in a fast paced and evolving environment - Ability to elicit cooperation from a wide variety of sources
Requirements
- Relevant Business / Information Technology Degree
Minimum Experience Required: - At least 3 years business analysis/project management management experience in Telecoms / Technology Environments - Facilitation experience - Demonstrated ability to effectively establish and maintain strategic working relationships with peers and constituents at all levels of the organization - Demonstrated analysis and problem solving skills using critical and innovative thinking - Demonstrated experience with global or multinational projects/programmes
Training: - Microsoft Office 2003/2007/2010 - Microsoft Project - Microsoft Visio - Business Process Management Tools - Experience with ERP solutions would be favourable Knowledge: Skills / physical competencies and behavioural qualities: - Workshop facilitation - Project management - Risk/Issue management - Understanding of MTN transformation initiatives preferable - Expertise business process skills & knowledge - Experience of budget category management & control - Experience of team management - Consultancy skills & stakeholder management skills - Interpersonal & influencing skills - Communication skills - Commercial acumen - Lateral creativity - Team work - Written and verbal communication - Highly analytical - Honesty - Integrity - Independent - Inquisitive - Handle diversity embrace Change - Diplomatic - Dynamic - Team player - Self motivated - Resilience - Relationship builder
Reference No:PN010PMO02
Position Type: Contract - Limited
Affirmative Action: N
Salary: -
Additional: Inherent Requirements of the Job: - International travel may be required
Applications close 2012-09-23
How to Apply:
http://www.mtn.com/Careers/Pages/Vacancies.aspx
Deadline: 23rd Sept 2012
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