IT Project Manager - TEMPORARY

SUMMARY:
IT Project Manager - Temporary

POSITION INFO:

Duties and Responsibilities

• Responsible for running day-to-day management of projects through-out project phases ensuring that contractual requirements and client expectation are met according to SLA’s
• Define project scope, goals and deliverables that support business goals in collaboration with senior management and stakeholders
• Develop full-scale End to End project documentation
• Ensures that projects produce required products/service to the required standards of quality within the specified time constraints and cost 
• Coach, mentor, motivate and supervise project team members to support Project Management mandate
• Formulate Project Management Policies and practices to ensure alignment and realisation of the ICT strategic vision  
• Ensure functioning governance structures for each project undertaken
• To manage and give direction to the team processes
• Prepare budgets and manage costs of projects
• Produce accurate and consistent status / progress reports as well as presentation for progress meetings
• Ensure that the right resources are allocated to the project tasks
• Facilitate team and external communication with Proactive engagement and escalation
• Use best practices and methods to estimate resources needed to achieve project goals
• Set and continually manage project expectations with team members and other stakeholders
• Identify and resolve issues and conflicts within the project team early
• Identify and manage project dependencies and critical path
• Use appropriate tools (MS Project and others) to plan and schedule project timelines and milestones
• Conduct post-delivery reviews and manage generated knowledge
• Develop and deliver timely progress reports, proposals, requirements documentation and presentations
• Proactively manage changes in project scope, identify potential crises, and devise contingency plans
• Mitigate risks for every project

Minimum Requirements

• Relevant IT related Bachelor’s Degree (NQF 7)
• Project Management certification (Prince, PMBOK, etc.)
• Working experience in the Higher Education sector
• ITIL Foundation Certification
• Strong MS Project skills

Experience

• Project Management (5 Years)
• Working in the IT Field (5 Years)
• Dealing with a diverse client base
• Supervise and Direct IT personnel

Knowledge

• ITIL Knowledge
• Working knowledge of Internet technologies including routers and switches
• Working knowledge of Audio Visual and End-User Computer Technologies
• Working knowledge of Enterprise Systems and IT Infrastructure

Essential Skills/Competencies

• Provide technology strategy planning
• Integrate project-based information technologies into the organisation for optimal effectiveness
• Understand current and future business goals and ongoing IT issues to ensure business success
• Demonstrated experience in people management
• Experience at working both independently and in a collaborative environment
• Easily adapt to shifting priorities, demands and timelines
• Strong problem-solving capabilities
• Ability to elicit cooperation from a wide variety of sources, including upper management, clients, and other departments
• Strong written and oral communication skills
• Strong interpersonal skills
• Customer focus

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