Services Seta
DUTIES
Programme Management Practice
- Lead the Services Seta programme management function in line with the SSIIMS ICT Strategy
- Support the procurement of programme and project management services within Services Seta
- Evaluate trends and future developments and make recommendations to management
- Implement programme/project life cycle policy within the framework of governance standards and procedures
- Liaise with all relevant stakeholders and / or vendors to ensure that the ICT projects are efficiently managed
- Development and management of a project wide approach to resource planning and management, including preparing resource plans, and the monitoring and reporting of project benefit realisation.
- Development and management of project risk and issue register(s).
- Discovers and manages exceptions from the agreed project plan, budget or scope
- Provide input and support for the implementation and management of governance frameworks, and development of appropriate reporting tools; including completion of reporting and the development of project schedules, resource plans, risk and issue registers or dependency identification.
- Ensure the programmes and project(s) are adequately resourced with the right skills, at the right level, at the right time.
- Provide supportive leadership, motivating and directing staff as they work.
- Effectively communicating current activities and policies.
- Conducting the performance management process working with staff to develop, monitor, and review staff work performance.
- Managing external contractors, consultants, projects, project teams, and managing the quality and timeliness of outputs
Achievement of work plans
- Execute work plans and drive the evidence collection in real time
- Produce regular monthly and quarterly reports against the implementation of work plans
- Respond to audit findings with complete evidence, on time
- Implement documented data management practices
- Comply to policies and procedures in the unit
- Record, file and ensure the availability information
Requirements
- National Senior Certificate, at a minimum NQF 4
- B.Com Informatics or B.Sc. Comp Science or Information Technology and or Project Management degree, at a minimum NQF 7
- Project management certification (PRINCE II, PMBOK) or any relevant project management certification
- At least 5 years’ experience in a similar role, of which 3 years should have been at a management role