Junior Project Manager at MiWay Insurance Limited

What will you do?

• An exciting opportunity has opened for an individual to support and contribute to MiWay’s geared for growth strategy with a particular focus on conducting research, scoping and evaluating growth projects. The role will facilitate growth projects from discovery to ready for delivery. The candidate should be Agile (i.e. someone with a passion for Agile Methodology that works for MiWay), a contributor – i.e. someone who will be keen to get involved with project co-ordination, data analysis, and supporting key activities across the discovery and delivery phases of growth projects. Do you have previous experience supporting on business development initiatives with a key focus on scoping requirements and supporting business leads with projects from discovery to delivery. If you do, then read further.

Minimum Qualification Required

• A relevant tertiary qualification with 2-4 years of relevant experience,
• Project Management (PM) /Agile (Product Owner - PO) Certification with PM or PO relevant experience preferred

Role Expectations

• The expected deliverable for this role includes, but is not limited to:
• Facilitate multiple business development initiatives of small – medium size simultaneously, and their respective project teams of varying sizes, complexity and backgrounds.
• Prepare project plans, documents and reports progress as required, escalate issues, and facilitate project review presentations.
• Work closely with legal and compliance teams to share documents for review and approval, action and get clarity on key legal and compliance requirements for projects
• Schedule key meetings with partners and internal teams, managing a complex calendar
• Work independently to Develop presentation deliverables related to projects.
• Facilitate meetings related to projects.
• Work with a cross functional teams on assigning tasks, establishing project deliverables and scheduling of those tasks and deliverables.
• Obtain approvals from primary stakeholder(s) and control project scope, priorities, and schedule
• Support the day-to-day projects/logistics and the corresponding communication for each project
• Manage project management reporting, including tracking each critical step, outcomes and final deliverables.
• Collect and consolidate management data/reports to track performance against goals and corporate strategy.
• Driving the Agile software methodology through the existing Agile Coaches.

Skills and exposure required

• Project Management (PM) /Agile (Product Owner - PO) Certification with PM or PO 2-4 years relevant experience preferred
• Previous experience in business development, management consulting, insurance or financial services would be advantageous
• Experience working on multiple small – medium sized projects and proof of concepts 
• Experience communicating with multiple external stakeholders of varying levels of seniority
• Experience working with data and understanding the power of data to unlock viable business development opportunities.

Personality Attributes

• An eagerness for continuous learning
• Strong time management and personal drive 
• A need for continuous improvement
• A keen interest in technology and trends
• Pride in the quality of your work
• Analytical and logical by nature
• Attention to detail
• Willing to learn from other team members and value feedback
• The ability to step out of the way of self-organising teams, provide appropriate support to them and do not need to command-and-control.

Knowledge and Skills

• Project Planning
• Resource Planning
• Reporting and Administration
• Quality, compliance and accreditation
• Business Process

Personal Attributes

• Interpersonal savvy - Contributing independently
• Decision quality - Contributing independently
• Plans and aligns - Contributing independently
• Optimises work processes - Contributing independently
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