You will be entrusted with the following:
- Planning and managing the overall projects ensuring they are within project budgets and scheduled timelines.
- Manage, communicate, and set realistic expectations including issuing and obtaining approval for project change requests, based on project risks, issues, actions and decisions.
- Managing and coordinating team members to gather requirements and estimates of effort for proposals.
- Providing Project oversight and coordination for successful delivery of projects.
- Interacting and managing the client for successful project delivery.
- Managing weekly/monthly status reports for the projects.
- Ensuring that both client and team Technical Standards and Guidelines are followed.
- Developing and executing project plans for multiple small to medium sized initiatives as required.
- Developing and/or updating process and procedure documentation as required.
- Providing governance for quality assurance processes and ensuring quality control and quality assurance processes are followed.
- Conducting lessons learned and completing formal closure of projects.
Mandatory Skills Matrix:
- Have very strong verbal and written communication skills in dealing with external clients, internal stakeholders, senior management and staff - Min 8 Years
- These communication skills include the ability to effectively communicate to technical and non- technical individuals - Min 8 Years
- Communication style must be diplomatic, succinct, articulate and demonstrates active listening- Min 8 Years
- Experience successfully managing application development and IT infrastructure projects to industry best practice and standards - Min 8 Years
- Experience in client facing roles. - Min 8 Years
- A team player, collaborative and independently driven - Min 8 Years
- Must demonstrate a flexible open-minded attitude and have strong interpersonal skills - Min 8 Years
- Experience in project management and project oversight and coordination - Min 8 Years
- Experience in project level reporting/status reports - Min 6 Years
- Experience estimating changes including experience leading a team through estimating exercises and reviewing estimates provided by team members - Min 4 Years
- Experience effectively leading meetings and facilitating groups to reach consensus - Min 6 Years
- Hands-on experience in a structured application maintenance environment - Min 8 Years
- Experience working in a maintenance environment following proper processes and procedures and following a formal methodology - Min 5 Years
Desirable Skills Matrix:
- PMP certification Current Experience and knowledge of web-based applications - Min 3 Years
- Experience with public facing applications and application support - Min 3 Years
- Experience working with the public sector- Min 3 Years