Project Management Officer at Koins Microfinance Bank

Job Summary

• We are hiring a Project Management Officer to support the end to end planning, delivery and control of projects or programs of the Bank.

Duties & Responsibilities

• To manage the delivery of strategic transformation projects that will increase efficiency via the transformation of resources (organisational/people change, development, training) processes and/or information technology.
• Ensure adherence to set standards in the execution of all ongoing projects within the Bank within set budget, time and allocated resources.
• Monitor the entire project management life cycle by developing plans and schedules, estimating resource requirements, defining milestones and deliverables, monitoring activities, evaluating and reporting accomplishments
• Recommend new techniques and technologies to achieve business goals
• Determine business roadmap and provide support in future business planning
• Develop action plans to overcome business challenges
• Recommend business improvements based on market and competitive trends
• Perform project management and reporting for assigned projects
• Build positive and trustful working relationships with internal/external customers
• Maintain clear and complete knowledge on programme management, business operations and procedures
• Drive execution of strategic projects that align with the corporate goals of the bank.

Programme Management:

• Lead the end to end planning, delivery and control of projects or programs of the Bank.
• Manages all aspects of the project e.g. delivery, resource forecasts, project administration which includes financial and progress reporting.
• Ensure alignment with defined reporting standards and procedures for project and portfolio management.
• Develop strong relationships with all project stakeholders and prospective internal clients.
• Organize assigned progress meetings and steering committees with senior management to influence decision making.
• Conduct risk analysis by proactively identifying and raising control deficiencies and driving diligent risk remediation for all projects within the Bank.
• Monitor the progress of all projects against agreed and documented time and budget targets while ensuring appropriate quality standards are maintained.
• Optimizing and improving processes and the overall approach
• Acts as gatekeeper of the program’s documents to ensure that key documents are available and accessible

Other Requirements

• HND / B.Sc Degree
• Training in any of the following: Project management, Agile project delivery and business analysis. PMP certification will be an added advantage
• Minimum of 3 years of experience in a similar field.