Junior Project Manager at TalentSquare

Job Type: Contract

Job Description

• We are looking for a management-support associate who will be responsible for the company’s project administration and support
• Under the supervision of the program manager or project director, they would manage the achievement of project tasks along with monitoring adherence to continuous project administration procedure standards.
• He or she must have excellent management knowledge to organize the entire group and as well as the customers and stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Assist with the creation of projects charters, scope documents, risk assessments, and budgets.
• Assist in developing work plans, schedules, project estimates, resources plans, and status reports.
• Assist with identifying and anticipating risks and issues. Facilitate resolution, mitigation, and appropriate escalation.
• Contribute to the management of project risk and change management.
• Assist with assessing inter-project dependencies and gauge the financial impact and risk of the project.
• Ensure project quality standards are adhered to during project executive and delivery.
• Provide Performance feedback for project team members.
• Assist with measuring and reporting of value achieved and business benefits realized through projects.
• Establish and manage relationships between the business and IT to ensure adequate interaction between the two areas.
• Lead the identification and capturing of business demand including analysis and prioritization of business requirements.
• Coordinate project communication between the technology and business communities.

Qualifications

• General management skills.
• Business and financial analysis skill.
• Integrity, respect, honesty, and trustworthiness.
• High level of professionalism. 
• Self-disciplined, team player and able to self-manage and set goals
• HR management on a basic level (understanding of legislation and procedures)
• Presentation and meeting facilitation skill.
• Negotiation and conflict management skill.
• Report writing and document management.
• Abreast with the latest project management knowledge and thinking.
• Knowledge of business integration.
• Minimum experience of 2 years
• Communication and Stakeholder management.
• Knowledge of Contracts Management.
• Knowledge of project management systems and tools.
• Knowledge of scheduling
• Excellent MS Office skills
• A Bachelor's Degree from an accredited College or University.

Additional Information

• This is a 2-year contract with the possibility of full-time employment with the organization based on performance.

Salary
N150,000 - N200,000/month.