Junior Project Manager at Alfred & Victoria Associates

Job Summary & Purpose

• Junior project managers are responsible for planning, organizing, and directing operations related to ongoing projects in the company.
• They lead team members in the project development department and oversee company projects to make sure they are running as planned.

Responsibilities

• Plan, commence, execute, supervise, and roundup assigned projects
• Suggest strategies of achieving the project goals to the owner
• Responsible for the flow of information from the project owner to the team regarding the project
• Make provisions for the progress of the project
• Pitching project ideas and securing approval before each project commences.
• Developing new project plans in consultation with stakeholders, including clients and staff.
• Outlining the human and material resources required to successfully complete each project.
• Make the arrangement for projects documentation on the recommendation and specification of the owner and ensure that specifications are met
• Ensure that the procedure, rules, regulations, and promulgated laws governing project management are well adhered to
• Meet with the team and ensure that each member is given an opportunity to make suggestions regarding the executions of the project
• Update information on the project management development, tools, regulations, market demand, and likely clients
• Make arrangement for the project completion based on specifications of the project owner
• Identifying needs that can be successfully addressed by projects.
• Formulating a resource allocation strategy, and utilizing this to distribute work and finances.
• Monitoring staff performance to ensure excellence and adherence to specified deadlines.
• Evaluating each project's effectiveness by consulting with clients, consumers, and staff.
• Reporting on each project's utility upon the uptake of outputs.
• Consulting with the assigned Project Manager to seek guidance and input during the key phase of each project.

Academic Qualification

• Minimum of First Degree in Social Science, Industrial Relations / Business Administration / Project Management related field.

Professional Qualification:

• PMI Project Management Professional (PMP) certification.
• PRINCE2® Foundation/ Practitioner is an advantage

Experience:

• 2-3 years’ work experience in the field of Project Management and/or Operations Management is required.

Key Skills & Competencies:

• In-depth understanding of prevailing project management methods.
• Forethought, with the capacity to identify and minimize risks.
• Ability to detect and capitalize on others' strengths.
• Good communication; written and spoken skills
• Proficiency in analyzing and solving problems related to projects
• Outstanding human relation skills evident in the ability to work with the team
• Proficiency in customer relation
• Excellence in gathering help needed in developing a working project management plan
• Strong ability to give attention to details, as well as tested organizational skills
• Strong knowledge and prowess in using modern information and communication technologies to projects
• Ability to be proactive and independent, and to be interdependent on the team.

Salary
Very Attractive.