Project Manager at Alexander Forbes

Education and Experience

• Grade 12
• Bachelor degree in Information Technology - advantageous
• Intermediate certification in project management ( 3 – 6 month course)
• Project Management Professional (PMP) – advantageous
• PRINCE 2 Foundation and Practitioner – advantageous
• Minimum 3 years’ experience as an IT project manager on medium to large projects (lasting between 3 – 6 months with a resource team of approx. 5 – 10 people and cost of approx. R100 000 – R2m)

Key Performance Areas 

Accountability: Delivery Support

All aspects related to project management – ten knowledge areas of the PMBok i.e.

• Scope management
• Time management
• Cost management
• Quality management
• Human resources
• Integration management
• Risk management
• Procurement management
• Communication management
• Stakeholder management

Referral to Line Manager for approval

• All staff related matters
• All exceptions not consistently adhered too
• Budget decisions
• Strategic guidance
• Any and all escalations
• Personal development discussions
• Career discussions 
• Acceptance of project deliverables
• Issues that cannot be resolved internally  
• Policy and procedure related to the Project Delivery Framework (PDF)