About the position
My client based in Cape Town is currently looking for a Senior Project Coordinator to join their team on a contract basis.
IT / FINANCE
Responsibilities
- Support the Project Manager in the planning, coordination, and delivery of IT projects.
- Maintain integrated project plans, schedules, milestones, and critical paths.
- Coordinate project activities across multiple teams, vendors, and workstreams.
- Monitor project progress and ensure deliverables are completed according to agreed timelines.
- Identify, track, and escalate project risks, issues, dependencies, and blockers.
- Facilitate communication and collaboration between business and technical stakeholders.
- Prepare and maintain project documentation, reports, dashboards, and status updates.
- Support project governance activities and ensure compliance with project delivery frameworks.
- Assist with meeting coordination, action tracking, and follow-up activities.
- Engage with technical teams to understand project impacts and translate them into delivery plans.
- Contribute to continuous improvement of project coordination and delivery practices.
Qualifications & Experience
- Relevant tertiary qualification in Information Technology, Project Management, Business Administration, or a related field.
- Minimum 3+ years' experience using Microsoft Project in a project coordination environment.
- Proven experience coordinating IT projects within complex business environments.
- Experience working with multiple stakeholders, including business users, technical teams, vendors, and external partners.
- Strong proficiency in Microsoft Project, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
- Experience maintaining project plans, schedules, milestones, dashboards, and status reports.
- Exposure to Agile, Waterfall, or hybrid project delivery methodologies.
- Understanding of project governance, risk management, and project administration processes.
- Ability to work within fast-paced and evolving project environments.
Competencies
- Project Coordination and Delivery Management
- Microsoft Project (Advanced)
- Project Planning and Scheduling
- Reporting and Dashboard Management
- Risk and Issue Management
- Project Governance and Administration
- Agile and Hybrid Project Delivery Methodologies
- Technical Awareness and Adaptability
- Strong organisational and planning skills
- Excellent stakeholder management abilities
- Effective verbal and written communication skills
- Problem-solving and analytical thinking
- Attention to detail
- Ability to manage multiple priorities simultaneously
- Proactive and results-driven approach
- Strong teamwork and collaboration skills
- Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines
- Adaptability and resilience in changing environments
If you are ready for the next exciting step in your career, and would like to apply, please send us your updated CV to review.
Desired Skills:
- Project Support Administration
- MS Word
- Organizing Meetings
- Outlook Express
- File documents
- Task Coordination
