Project Management Administrator

About the position

Our Client, a leading and established financial services organisation is seeking the services of a Project Management Administrator. This is a contract role and is for a period of 12 months.

Role and responsibilities
Responsible for the provision of support and guidance on project management processes, procedures, tools and techniques to programme managers, project managers and their teams. Support includes the use of project management software, the development, production and maintenance of plans (including time, resource, cost and exception plans), the tracking and reporting of progress and performance of one or more ICT projects (including those performed by third parties under contract), the maintenance of programme and/or project files, the analysis of performance and the maintenance of metric data and estimating models, and the administration of project change control, including use of configuration management systems.

What will make you successful in this role?

• Provide administration support to Project Manager/s and Project teams which includes minute-taking, diary management, meeting scheduling & preparation
• Execute on the Groups' PMO continuous improvement plan by compiling updates on project reports.
• Optimal usage of PPO and other Group PMO Toolsets across all agreed functionalities and features. Incl. Updating issue, Risk & dependency logs.
• Effective Stakeholder engagement throughout project lifecycle.
• Continuous collaboration with Group/Business (internal) stakeholders and Clients
• Adhere to the Groups' Service Management procedures and protocol & to Project Management governance as agreed by Steerco or relevant Project Forum
• Project budget & Financial management: Track project budget, Reports, Projections, Invoicing, query resolution
• Ensure accurate Time Management of project resources.
• Handle Hardware/Software/Stationery requests on the project.

Requirements:

• Qualifications: Grade 12 and Relevant accredited courses (relevant diploma an advantage)
• Experience: At least 3 years job-related experience in formal project administration (IT software development projects beneficial)
• Knowledge and Skills: Solid understanding of a project's life cycle and a project methodology, Strong administration skills and advanced knowledge of Project tools: Excel, PowerPoint, Word & MS Project, JIRA

Core Competencies:

• Collaboration
• Care
• Innovation
• Integrity

Desired Skills:

• Project Administration
• JIRA
• Programme Office Management
• Project Management Office (PMO)
• Project Support Administration
• MS Project
• MS Powerpoint
• Excel

Desired Qualification Level:

• Certificate