IT Project Manager(12 months FTC)

About the position

To manage the organisational projects using Project Management and associated methodologies (Business Analysis, Change Management and SDLC) to ensure successful delivery of the projects, and the achievement of strategic and operational objectives

• Manage organisational projects - ensuring visibility of all project management knowledge areas, project stages, and their associated deliverables.
• Develop the business case for the project concepts identified and conduct general cost/benefit analysis.
• Develop a project charter and establish a high-level roadmap to deliver on the project vision, outputs/outcomes and benefits to be realised.
• Define the Statement of Work and Specifications for the requested goods and services.
• Develop a detailed project plan using approved FIC project management methodologies and processes.
• Drive the performance of the project, provide active management of project components/work streams and resolve project quality and design issues.
• Manage the project constraints to ensure quality delivery on time and within budget
• Integrate the various design components of the project (process, people, technology dimensions).
• Apply the FIC's project, change and business analysis methodologies and practices in an appropriate manner during project delivery.
• Empower project stakeholders through project information and feedback to make judicious project decisions at Steering Committee level.
• Provide a single point of focus for all project issues, governance, escalation of risks and consideration of alternative project options.
• Monitor, control and communicate project progress using the reporting standards (status reports, etc)
• Establish mechanisms to assess the eventual realisation of benefits committed to in the business case.
• Manages the project team/team leads, reviews and quality assures work of team/team leads.

EDUCATION, SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

• A University Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Project Management, Informatics or ICT related.
• Postgraduate qualification in project management is an added advantage.
• PMP accreditation/certification in Project an added advantage
• Minimum six (6) years of project management experience, of which a minimum of four (4) years is in broad-based information systems, business projects and/or ICT based business solutions implementation.
• Minimum six (6) years of experience in SDLC Methodologies, Agile, SCRUM, SDLC / Waterfall
• Business analysis experience preferred.

Desired Skills:

• Project Management
• Business Analysis
• SDLC
• Agile

Desired Qualification Level:

• Degree

About The Employer:

Government