(500) Project Manager – 12-Month Fixed Term Contract – GSMD needed at South African Reserve Bank

Detailed description

The successful candidate will be responsible for the following key performance areas:

• Define the project scope/brief and work breakdown structure (WBS) in collaboration with key stakeholders to ensure a common understanding of deliverables and approach. 
• Produce project management plans that are comprehensive, including scope, quality, risks, time, cost, human resources, procurement, integration and communication, and ensure that these knowledge areas are regularly updated and maintained. 
• Ensure that all project documentation, deliverables and reports are produced, approved and maintained timeously, including close-out documents. 
• Identify and manage project risks, constraints and changes, ensuring that the project plan is managed and approved. 
• Establish and manage relationships with all stakeholders, role players and service providers, and ensure commitment to a common goal. 
• Establish and effectively manage a multi-disciplinary project team throughout the project life cycle, clearly defining roles and responsibilities of project team members for the delivery of project outputs. 
• Direct and coordinate the activities of project resources to ensure the project progresses according to the approved schedule, producing the expected deliverables, within budget and according to specification and quality standards.
• Coordinate and facilitate initiatives that are not full projects in nature, across GSMD ‒ these include the management of the quality of the information, monitoring progress and reporting to different departmental structures.

QUALIFICATIONS

To be considered for this position, candidates must be in possession of:

• a Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering and/or Information and Communication Technology (ICT) or an equivalent NQF 7 qualification.
• a Professional Project Management Certification (PMP).
• five to eight years’ experience in managing complex projects within a Physical Security Systems and Information Technology environment (preferably Genetec). 
• sound knowledge of project management legislation, project cost management, governance, risk and compliance, occupational health and safety, quality assurance and contract and service management; and
• Experience in the use of Microsoft Office (MS) software packages, such as Microsoft Project, Word, PowerPoint and Excel.

Additional requirements include:

• facilitation; 
• promoting teamwork;
• planning and organising; 
• conceptual thinking;
• effective communication;
• drive for results;
• service and stakeholder focus;
• judgement and decision-making;
• impact and influence;
• analysis and problem-solving;
• resilience; and
• managing complexity and ambiguity.