Middle Manager Project Portfolio (Project Stability) at Eskom Communications

Job description

Key Responsibilities 

• Lead the development of project management procedures, guidelines and standards.
• Manage portfolio accounting, costing and cost control systems.
• Manage portfolio planning and schedule control processes.
• Act as a project management centre of excellence.
• Manage programme and project management mentoring and coaching.
• Planning, developing and implementing national stakeholder strategies for the business operations implemented in line with the National and operational business plans and strategies through stakeholder integration and industry support
• Develop, Analyse, stakeholder management processes to mitigate prevailing project stability risks
• Developing stakeholder profiles, competitor analysis, market dynamics, due intelligence and trends within the business operations.

Skills and Competencies Required 

Behavioural 

• Resilience and flexibility
• Integrity and values
• Professionalism
• Trustworthiness

Leadership 

• Strategy generation and alignment
• Change leadership
• Stakeholder mobilisation management
• Represents Eskom
• Embraces diversity
• Emotional maturity
• Negotiation and conflict resolution
• Business acumen
• Teamwork, collaboration
• Dealing with complexity
• Working with authority
• Providing direction through change
• Strategic thinking
• Building, develop teams
• Building cross boundary, cultural relationships 

Knowledge

• Project management
• Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK) and other project management         systems and tools
• Construction management and regulations
• Earned value management (EVM)
• Contracts management
• Quantity surveying
• Financial management
• General management
• Portfolio strategic alignment
• Portfolio governance management
• Portfolio performance management
• Portfolio communications management
• Portfolio risk management
• Portfolio stakeholder management

Skill

• Analytical
• Problem-solving
• Judgment and decision making
• Influencing and persuading
• Client focus
• Organisational communication
• Delegation of authority and responsibility
• Developing organisational talent
• Negotiation, persuasiveness
• Planning and organising
• Strategic functional leadership

Minimum requirements

Qualification(s): 

• B-Degree/B Tech/Advanced Diploma in Built Environment/Commerce/Human Sciences at NQF7 with 360 credits 

Experience: 

• 7 years related experience in Project Management 

Apply by: 9 January 2026