Programme Manager: Programme Planning, Management and Strategy at City of Tshwane

Appointment requirements

• An appropriate three-year career-related tertiary qualification (national diploma or degree) in Engineering or any other study field related to the position
• Registered as a Professional Engineer or Engineering Technologist in terms of the Engineering Profession Act, 2000 (Act 46 of 2000) or registered as a Professional Project Manager in terms of the Project and Construction Management Professions Act, 2000 (Act 48 of 2000) or both will be an added advantage
• At least eight years’ relevant working experience in a project and programme management environment
• Managerial experience will be an added advantage

Primary functions

• Provide programme and project management in the City to several projects and be responsible for the overall management, control and delivery of projects (full programme and project life cycle)
• Take accountability for end-to-end delivery across business and infrastructure regarding scope, time and budget and oversee all functions and processes relating to the activities of any project resource working on the project
• Lead and be accountable for the overall delivery of the portfolio of projects at strategic level
• Implement the Cities Infrastructure Delivery Management System (CIDMS) toolkit
• Provide input on the overall capex programme strategy
• Ensure implementation of and compliance with the stage gate system
• Drive the approvals process by implementing the stage gate system
• Maintain and develop standards for implementation on all projects and programmes
• Focus on standards relating to contract documents
• Consolidate and analyse the total capex demand captured
• Verify project readiness for implementation
• Compile the capex budget as part of the Caps Technical Task Team
• Develop a capital works plan, including cash flow and deliverables as part of the Integrated Development Plan
• Verify and approve tender specifications for appointment of professional service providers from panels
• Coordinate meetings with stakeholders
• Develop policies and procedures for project and contract management
• Provide a single point of focus for all project issues, governance, escalation of risk and consideration of alternative options according to the active management of portfolio and project scope and boundaries
• Be responsible for leading and planning mega and catalytic projects
• Manage cross-functional teams and have the ability to communicate to all levels of management
• Track project activities and progress
• Manage multiple project timelines and within budget
• Ensure that the project management approach is kept current (project management methodology) and deliver relevant revenue while always enabling results
• Manage stakeholder interactions
• Manage and guide professional and technical inputs into projects
• Manage budgets and priorities in relation to broader contextual priorities of the City
• Facilitate community and private sector investment in projects
• Undertake financial planning, budgeting, monitoring and reporting on projects
• Identify and access external finance for projects
• Manage funding applications, including grants management and reporting
• Manage programme packaging through fostering a systems approach
• Prepare and package strategic programmes and projects in the City
• Manage projects with different conditions of contract