Project Manager at APM Terminals

Key Responsibilities

• Manages all aspects of land access and resettling existing co0mmunities in accordance with the Badagry resettlement overall plan, Equator Principles, framework and procedures in a timely manner to meet the businesses’ exploration, development and overall project schedules.
• Manage any required updates or developments resettlement framework and procedures, to ensure continued planned project effectiveness, regulatory compliance and alignment with set standards.
• Manage the Resettlement team and Resettlement consultants.
• Report progress to the Nigeria Country Manager and ensures resettlement provisions are incorporated into project schedules.
• Oversees the Badagry port resettlement budget
• Work closely with Internal and external stakeholders to ensure efficient and effective resettlement processes are implemented.
• Track construction progress, related to the resettlement of the involved communities, against the approved baseline and, where appropriate, ensure issues are pro-actively addressed, resolved and/or escalated and reported.
• In line with corporate standards, implement best in class project management practices across the construction parts of the resettlement project and ensure they are consistently deployed by contractors.
• Ensures that the Contractor(s) fulfils his role under the contract and acts as primary point of contact for the contractor(s)
• Liaise with the project engineering department at the APM Terminals head office to ensure consistency with APM Terminals’ standard requirements
• Ensure alignment between construction and resettlement agreements, broader social investment initiatives and project initiatives that have influence on the resettlement project or project master schedule.
• Ensure all required data and documentation is obtained, managed and shared. Ensure documentation is in place to demonstrate an IFC-compliant approach.
• Lead on the commissioning, procurement and management of external expertise and services relating to resettlement, including legal, valuation, compensation and baseline data.
• Assess the identified risks on an ongoing basis & identify trigger events
• Own strategies to deal with & manage the identified risks
• Ensure that the APMT Group risk policy is implemented & followed by all levels within the company.

Requirements
Who we are looking for:

• Minimum 5 years of experience in project management; managing interdependencies in complex projects
• Minimum 5 years of leadership experience
• Preferably 5 years of experience within APMT
• Committed to deliver external outcomes, i.e. a solid business – driven by value add to APMT
• Can take on multiple roles to bridge divergent interests
• Comfortable with setting direction in complexity and ambiguity, finds solutions to tough problems, while actively managing resistance to change
• Integrating personality - ability to spot and address misalignment between work streams
• Strong planning skills and high analytical capability
• High discipline - following through on actions and ensuring necessary documentation
• High quality awareness and ability to work with constant care
• Ability to engage a senior management team and ability to build strong working relationships
• Can work easily with a diversity of people, politically agile, skilled communicator, manages interpersonal conflict well
• Delivers results (even in tough situations), resourceful, inspiring, has significant presence, builds high performing teams
• In general strong leadership skills are required for this role

We Offer

• An opportunity to be part of a high performance team
• Communication in broader context
• Negotiating in different cultures.
• You the opportunity to work with partners, shareholders, authorities and other stake holders.