Job Description
- The role of the Programme Manager is to provide strategic oversight and leadership across multiple programmes within the Infrastructure Delivery Division, managing project managers and ensuring the successful delivery of programme objectives. This includes leading the planning, execution, monitoring, control, and closure of all programmes, while proactively supporting and guiding project managers to mitigate risks, prevent delays, and achieve timely, efficient, and high-quality outcomes.
Key Responsibilities
Strategic Functions
- Provide overall leadership in planning, execution, monitoring, control, and closure of multiple programmes for the Infrastructure Delivery Division (IDD).
- Proactively identify and implement expediting and corrective measures to prevent delays and enhance delivery performance.
- Align programme delivery with the division’s strategic priorities, policies, and developmental impact objectives.
- Promote best practices, innovation, and continuous improvement in programme and project management processes.
Programme Management Functions
Project Control – Cost, Time, and Quality
- Provide a consolidated regional and portfolio view of all active projects, focusing on cost, time, and quality performance.
- Consolidate expenditure and progress data into meaningful programme and portfolio key performance indicators (KPIs).
- Implement and oversee project costing and cost control policies, procedures, and systems for all programmes.
- Coordinate, prepare, and validate cash flow forecasts for submission to relevant Committees.
- Develop and maintain an integrated programme cost control and performance monitoring system.
- Plan, align, and control approved rolling plans to ensure consistency with overall delivery schedules and budgets.
- Manage the handover of completed programmes and projects to operations, including timely post-transfer reviews and lessons learned.
Project Planning and Scheduling
- Provide visibility across all projects and programmes with respect to timelines and delivery milestones.
- Consolidate schedule and progress information into asset creation and performance KPIs.
- Implement and maintain robust project planning and scheduling policies, systems, and tools.
- Provide planning and scheduling inputs during feasibility and business case development stages.
- Allocate and manage professional planning and technical resources to projects through a matrix management structure.
Programme Communication and Reporting
- Implement and maintain project administration and reporting systems, ensuring accurate and timely documentation.
- Establish and manage a centralised document and information management system.
- Coordinate and balance programme resources to optimise delivery efficiency.
- Compile, review, and submit comprehensive programme performance reports to all relevant stakeholders and committees.
Contract and Compliance Management
- Implement contract management policies, procedures, and systems across all projects.
- Support the selection of appropriate contract and execution strategies to minimise programme risks.
- Oversee the implementation of safety, health, and environmental, quality standards (SHEQ) in compliance with institutional and legislative requirements.
- Keep contractors informed of all legislative and institutional changes affecting contractual obligations.
- Monitor and ensure timely resolution of contractual breaches and non-compliance issues.
Project and Programme Management Governance
- Implement standardised project management methodologies and frameworks to ensure consistent delivery.
- Drive programme and project management maturity by embedding best-practice processes and systems.
- Ensure that programme and project staff hold appropriate professional certifications and maintain continuous development.
Financial Management Functions
- Implement robust cost estimation and financial control practices across programmes.
- Maintain and update a comprehensive cost database to track performance and inform decision-making.
- Monitor expenditure trends and provide early warnings on potential financial risks or overruns.
People Management & Development
- Lead and develop programme and project teams by setting clear objectives, providing constructive feedback, and fostering collaboration.
- Recognise individual strengths and support professional growth and capacity building.
- Provide technical guidance and mentorship to project managers and technical staff.
- Identify and implement training and development strategies to address skill gaps and strengthen programme delivery capacity.
Key Performance Indicators
- Effective planning, execution, monitoring, control, and closure of all programmes within defined scope, budget, and schedule.
- Timely identification and implementation of expediting and corrective measures to prevent programme delays.
- Accuracy and reliability of cost, time, and quality control systems across all programmes.
- Compliance with institutional contract management and SHE standards.
- Timeliness and quality of programme reporting and stakeholder communication.
- Successful handover of completed projects and programmes to operations and completion of post-project evaluations.
- Improved programme management maturity and staff capability within the Infrastructure Delivery Division.
Expertise & Technical Competencies
Qualifications
- A degree in the Built Environment; Engineering, Architecture, Building Science, Construction Management, Quantity Surveying or related fields.
- Registration as a Professional Construction Project Manager (Pr.CPM) with the South African Council for the Project and Construction Management Professions (SACPCMP) is a pre-requisite.
Experience
- A minimum of 10 years’ post-registration experience in the built environment, preferably within advisory or consulting services, with a strong project and programme management background.
- Proven experience in the design, construction, monitoring, and evaluation of complex civil and building infrastructure projects, particularly within health and water infrastructure sectors.
- Demonstrated ability to lead multi-disciplinary teams and manage large-scale infrastructure programmes in high-value, performance-driven environments.
- Strong knowledge and practical application of standard contracting frameworks, including JBCC, NEC, and GCC, as well as familiarity with other relevant infrastructure delivery contracts.
- Sound understanding of infrastructure-related legislation, regulations, and compliance frameworks.
- In-depth knowledge of infrastructure markets, procurement models, and delivery mechanisms.
- Solid understanding of government priorities, systems, and processes at national, provincial, and municipal levels, particularly relating to public infrastructure delivery and development finance.
Desirable Requirements
- A Postgraduate Degree in Engineering, Quantity Surveying, Architecture, or Construction Management.
- Professional certification with recognised project management bodies such as the Project Management Institute (PMI) or PRINCE2.
- A Postgraduate qualification in Project Management.
- Additional qualifications in Occupational Health and Safety or related fields will be advantageous.
- Professional registration with one of the following bodies:
- Engineering Council of South Africa (ECSA)
- South African Council for the Architectural Profession (SACAP)
- South African Council for the Quantity Surveying Profession (SACQSP)
- South African Institution of Civil Engineering (SAICE)
- Registration with any other relevant bodies in infrastructure projects
Deadline:4th December, 2025
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