Project Management Officer

Primary Duties and Responsibilities

• Continuously⠀monitor⠀projects⠀to ensure⠀they are⠀meeting⠀standards,⠀adhering⠀to⠀budgets,⠀and⠀meeting⠀deadlines
• Collaborate⠀with all⠀departments⠀and units⠀to manage⠀and⠀prioritize⠀project⠀delivery
• Ensure⠀team⠀members⠀carry out⠀their⠀tasks⠀efficiently⠀while⠀upholding⠀the⠀standards⠀of the⠀client
• Monitor⠀projects⠀and report⠀status to⠀management⠀on a⠀regular⠀basis
• Create⠀and⠀maintain a⠀risk⠀register⠀to manage⠀potential⠀risks
• Manage⠀the timely⠀resolution⠀of issues,⠀including⠀the⠀escalation⠀of issues⠀that are⠀outside of⠀the⠀project⠀team’s⠀scope of⠀responsibility⠀for⠀respective⠀project
• Develop,⠀maintain,⠀and manage⠀detailed⠀project⠀plans,⠀action⠀items and⠀major⠀milestones⠀for all⠀assigned⠀projects
• Act⠀as a⠀single⠀point of⠀contact⠀for⠀project⠀status
• Address⠀problems⠀through⠀risk⠀management⠀and⠀contingency⠀planning⠀and⠀present⠀solutions⠀to SC⠀management
• Perform⠀additional⠀duties⠀commensurate⠀with the⠀current⠀role, as⠀and when⠀requested⠀by the⠀Head of⠀Communication⠀Planning
• Manage⠀overall⠀implementation
• Track⠀and⠀monitor⠀program⠀progress
• Manage⠀internal⠀and⠀external⠀communication⠀related to⠀project⠀status
• Ensure⠀stakeholder⠀alignment
• Manage⠀on-going⠀issue⠀resolution
• Identify⠀and manage⠀risks
• Prepare⠀Leadership⠀presentations⠀storyline,⠀align with⠀program⠀leaders⠀and⠀program⠀manager,⠀collect⠀respective⠀slides⠀from⠀workstreams
• Check⠀budget and⠀track⠀savings⠀and⠀expenses
• Keep⠀track of⠀resources⠀schedule
• Prepare⠀project⠀plan at⠀the start⠀of a⠀project.
• Provide⠀detail on⠀activities⠀and key⠀milestones⠀planned by⠀each⠀initiative/⠀work⠀stream
• Provide⠀detail for⠀each⠀initiative/⠀work⠀stream on⠀progress⠀and key⠀issues for⠀reporting⠀upwards
• Provide⠀detail for⠀each⠀initiative/⠀work⠀stream on⠀issues and⠀risks and⠀potential⠀remedies
• Create⠀a shared⠀file⠀repository⠀functionality⠀with⠀access⠀control⠀and⠀version⠀control
• Keep⠀track of⠀resources’⠀time and⠀pre-plan⠀time off⠀and⠀vacations.
• Prepare⠀project⠀budget and⠀track⠀savings⠀and spend⠀on an⠀ongoing⠀basis

Competencies

• Excellent⠀communication⠀skills⠀written⠀and⠀verbally
• Ability⠀to⠀multitask⠀and work⠀under⠀pressure⠀in a⠀fast-paced⠀environment
• Excellent⠀organization⠀and time⠀management⠀skills,⠀strong⠀attention⠀to⠀detail
• Knowledge⠀development⠀skills
• Initiative
• Teamwork⠀skills
• Ability⠀to be⠀flexible,⠀resilient,⠀solution⠀oriented⠀and⠀creative
• Service-orientated⠀attitude,⠀proactive⠀thinker,⠀information⠀seeker

Requirements

• Bachelor’s⠀Degree in⠀business⠀administration,⠀public⠀administration⠀or⠀Equivalent
• 3-5⠀years of⠀experience⠀as a⠀project⠀manager in⠀an agency,⠀or in a⠀Tech or⠀governmental⠀industry
• Experience⠀working⠀with PR or⠀advertising/creative⠀agency a⠀plus
• Prior⠀Content⠀writing⠀experience
• PMP⠀Certificate⠀is a plus