POSSIBLE SALARY RANGE: R500,000 – R1 Mil p/a+*
Complete projects within agreed timescales and to budget by planning and organising staff, tasks, and resources.
Skills and abilities: Excellent organisational, communication and leadership skills, IT literacy and budgeting skills.
What you’ll be doing: In the role of Project Manager, you could work on a variety of projects in different industries or sectors, including building projects and IT systems. Typical day-to-day responsibilities include:
- Determining the aims of the client or business
- Planning different project stages, and deciding resource requirements
- Agreeing prices with contractors and suppliers
- Choosing and leading a project team
- Monitoring progress, quality, and costs
- Analysing risks, and reporting regularly to senior managers and the client
Career progression: You may decide to enhance your project management skills through a focussed qualification. With experience, you may rise to the position of Senior Project Manager, or choose to work as a freelance consultant.
A good example of the skills required for this type of role can be found in this recent Old Mutual recruitment drive for Business Project Managers
- Min 3 year relevant tertiary qualification
- Formal project management training and accredited PM qualification is essential with at least 5 years working experience
- Experience of at least 2 years in developing and managing a sizeable project management office, including development of methodology, governance standards, tools and templates in line with best practice
- Experience in developing and implementing project management methodology and related tools
- MS Project experience essential
- Experience in line managing, coaching and mentoring a team of between 10 to 16 resources
- Experience in similar project environments i.e. within finance, risk, tax functions of large corporates
- Experience on large business projects largely delivered through IT is essential
- An excellent communicator who can adapt to different levels of audience expertise and different sizes of audiences in both their written and verbal communication
- Well-versed in managing senior stakeholders’ expectations
- Proven ability in multi-tasking and managing several projects at once
- Good business acumen
- Good inter-personal skills, including influencing skills. Collaborates effectively with others to achieve personal and team results
- Self-starter, able to show initiative and work with minimal guidance
- Capacity to work under pressure and meet deadlines
- Solution-driven, passionate and energetic
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