Project Manager GHD

Accountable for one or more medium-sized projects of low to moderate complexity with a small- to medium-sized team. Focus on the creation of the project vision and planning documents and manage the implementation, reporting, and performance of the overall project with the expectation of delivering on time, within budget, and to scope

 Responsibilities

• Document Preparation: Prepare moderately complex documents using a variety of applications for technology devices, such as standard office software. Also responsible for gathering and summarizing data for reports.
• Stakeholder Management: Plan and deliver stakeholder engagement activities to develop effective working relationships for projects and to ensure that stakeholder needs and concerns are identified and met.
• Personal Capability Building: Develop own capabilities by participating in assessment and development planning activities as well as formal and informal training and coaching; gain or maintain external professional accreditation, where relevant, to improve performance and fulfill personal potential. Maintain an understanding of relevant technology, external regulation, and industry best practices through ongoing education, attending conferences, and reading specialist media.
• Continuous Improvement: Contribute to reviewing existing operations in own area of work, and generate new ideas to assist in identifying continuous improvements.
• Work Scheduling and Allocation: Assign short-term work schedules to a team of subordinates in order to achieve expectations while following established timelines.
• Project Assurance: Conduct assurance reviews within the project, facilitate the delivery of assurance reviews by independent third parties, and take appropriate action to resolve any issues identified, so that senior stakeholders have confidence that the project can deliver according to time, budget, and quality.
• Project Scope Definition: Manage the delivery of research, workshops, and other activities to support the specification and agreement of project deliverables.
• Project Planning: Produce workstream or project plans, ensuring that all activities are identified, are appropriately organized to deliver project objectives, and comply with the organization's project management framework.
• Project Reporting and Review: Draft project review reports and presentations, including key information, commentary, and recommendations, to support the review process and enable stakeholders to evaluate progress and agree on change.
• Project Resource Management: Manage the deployment of project resources, proactively managing project costs, providing forecasts, and presenting variances with narrative at appropriate review points to ensure effective utilization.
• Project Risk and Issue Management: Identify and evaluate risks, issues, dependencies, and constraints associated with the project, escalating matters where appropriate. Where necessary, develop, agree on, and implement solutions to overcome these concerns.

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Education

• Bachelor's Degree or Equivalent Level

Experience

• General Experience: Experience enables job holder to deal with the majority of situations and to advise others (Over 3 years to 6 years)
• Managerial Experience: Experience of general supervision of more junior colleagues (7 to 12 months)

Traits

• Need for Achievement A tendency to work intensely to achieve and exceed difficult standards.
• Adaptability Comfort with unanticipated changes of direction or approach.
• Tolerance of Ambiguity Comfort with uncertain, vague, or contradictory information that prevents a clear understanding or direction.
• Sociability The natural inclination to engage with and interact with others.
• Persistence A tendency toward passionate and steadfast pursuit of long-term goals, in spite of obstacles, discouragement, or distraction.
• Composure The ability to stay calm and poised in stressful, difficult, or ambiguous situations.
• Curiosity The extent to which a person is likely to tackle problems in a novel way, see patterns in complex information, and pursue deep understanding.
• Openness to Differences A desire to consider and explore differences in perspective, thought, and experience of persons from a variety of backgrounds.
• Credibility The degree of consistency between a person's words and actions.
• Focus Preference for organization, procedure, and exactitude.
• Confidence The degree to which a person is convinced that they control the course of events in their lives.
• Empathy Being attuned to others' feelings,motivations and concerns.
• Affiliation A preference for aligning with a larger team or organization toward a common goal.
• Situational Self-Awareness The ability to stay attuned to one's own experiences, motivations, and reactions in the present moment.
• Assertiveness The degree to which people enjoy taking charge and directing others.
• Risk-Taking A willingness to take a stand or take chances based on limited information.
• Trust An expectation of honesty and forthrightness on the part of oneself and others.
• Optimism The degree to which people are comfortable with themselves and positive about life.
• Humility The degree to which a person is seen as courteous, free from self-absorption, and easy to get along with.
• Influence The ability to motivate and persuade others.