Project Manager at Eskom Pension and Provident Fund

Description

Project Portfolio Planning 

• Assist the EPPF to proactively identify project requirements and accurately forecast specific project requirements
• Define and implement good practices regarding project management and administration in line with industry best practice
• Develop and implement governance mechanisms to support the effective execution of projects
• Maintain regular reports presenting a consolidated view of the EPPF project portfolio in terms of budgets, time, resources and deliverables.

People Management

• Manage planning of resource requirements, ensure sufficient capable resources are in place to meet service delivery demands, maintaining the effective and efficient capability of the project team.
• Build a high performing team where the best people are deployed in the right roles and deliver against strategy.
• Ensure that all employees are motivated, developed.
• Manage employees’ performance and ensure that their individual and collective performance is of the required standard.
• Implement and maintain an effective system of internal controls and delegations of authority for the department, to ensure that accountability for decisions made.
• Inspires, aligns and engages employees around the vision and strategy of the Fund, maximising employee engagement and willingness to invest discretionary effort.

Project Execution Oversight and Management

• Ensure that data is stored securely and optimally by controlling access permissions and privileges
• Develop, manage and test back-up and recovery plans
• Work closely with IT project managers, database and business analysts
• Communicate regularly with technical, applications and operational staff to ensure database integrity and security
• Commission and install new applications and customise existing applications in order to make them fit for purpose
• Manage the security and disaster recovery aspects of the database.

REQUIRED MINIMUM EDUCATION/TRAINING

• Bachelor’s Degree
• Acknowledged Project Management Qualification
• Project Management certification (Prince -2; PBBOK or equivalent) - (Advantageous)
• Project Management Professional (PMP) certification is a plus (Advantageous)

REQUIRED MINIMUM WORK EXPERIENCE

• At least 3 years job-related experience, preferably within an IT environment.
• Experience with financial/investment systems advantageous
• Business awareness and understanding of business requirements of IT
• An understanding of information legislation, such as the Data Protection Act.