About the position
Key responsibilities:
Prepare for Projects:
- Clarifies and agrees the CSD programme priorities, activities, and resources with the business and respective stakeholders;
- Assesses the project impact and readiness for project initiative, identifying key barriers;
- Develops Project Management plans (e.g. stakeholders’ management, training, coaching, communications, and resistance management);
- Develops Project Management material and content with the assistance of the appropriate Specialists;
- Engages with stakeholders to obtain buy-in to the project initiative;
- Incorporates successful Project Management solutions from other initiatives into Project plans.
Executes the Projects:
- Promotes the need for and benefits of Project Management as part of the Project initiative;
- Drives the development and delivery of business cases for CSD programme;
- Prepares the business cases and submissions to the respective governance committees for investment approval;
- Selects appropriate pilot sites and tests Project Management plan/activities at pilot site to ensure appropriateness for further roll-out in business unit;
- Executes Project Management plan in line with project initiative scope and budget;
- Executes specific activities with allocated resources to achieve Project Management plan;
- Manages the impact of the Project initiative at business until level;
- Provides feedback to stakeholders on Project initiative progress and risks;
- Facilitates the resolution of resistance and barriers to the Project initiative;
- Implement the Project;
- Ensures effective transfer of ownership of the Project to business and support areas (e.g. CSD, BSTD);
- Assists the business to “own” the Project initiative and commit to its reinforcement;
- Evaluates Project initiative through post implementation review; and
- Accepts responsibility for the measurement of benefits realisation for Project initiative.
Project Management:
- Project manages the Project Management plan;
- Proactively identifies issues and risks (conscience of the project), providing feedback to Project Management Programme Manager;
- Manages Project Management activities in line with other initiative components (e.g. technology and process);
- Continually reviews and revises Project Management staffing, timelines, and scope; and
- Assigns and manages the outputs of Project Management consultants assigned to the Project.
Administration:
- Provides updated actual and estimated hours and timelines, as well as expenses incurred and anticipated, to Project Management Programme Manager;
- Ensures timeous administration in the Project Management areas of training, communication; and Provides progress reports to the Project Management Programme Manager.
Integration and Capacity building:
- Facilitates the building of a project culture and Project management capability in the business unit;
- Shares learnings from Project initiatives across the project community to enable knowledge management;
- Keeps abreast of leading-edge Project Management practices and tools;
- Revises the Project Management approach to include best practice and improved efficiencies;
Minimum Requirements:
Knowledge, experience and personal competencies
Education and experience:
- Bachelor’s Degree in Commerce or an equivalent qualification (at NQF7 level);
- A Project Management qualification;
- Solid knowledge of the project management discipline; and
- A minimum of 5 to 8 years’ experience in project/programme management.
Job Related Knowledge and Skills Requirements:
- Industry, organisational and business awareness,
- Continuous improvement
- Continued learning and/or professional development
- Project compliance management
- Project change management
- Project planning
- Develop, co-ordinate and/or facilitate training
- Communication management
- Stakeholder management
- Project reporting
Desired Skills:
- project lifecycle management
- delivery governance
- digital transformation
- business cases
- Project Management
- Programme management
