Project Manager at Zenith Bank

Responsibilities

• Organizing meetings to discuss project goals and progress.
• Setting goals, managing resources, understanding how these goals will affect the future direction of the organization.
• Developing schedules and methods for measuring results.
• Responsible for coordinating project team members and developing individual responsibilities.
• Raising awareness about the job-matching platform.
• Creating and maintaining partnerships (Universities, Training Partners, Influencers, Institutions, NGO’s…).
• Increasing the number of Talents registered on the platform.
• Increasing the sales opportunities
• Network and pitch on the project to create sales opportunities or fundraising.
• Train users of the platform.
• Planning and overseeing the preparation and dissemination of project Communications.
• Organizing and managing all phases of the project to ensure on-time completion, maintaining project timeframes, estimates and, status reports.
• Using project management tools to track project performance and schedule adherence.
• Guiding and performing strategic analysis for the project.
• Will diligently manage the budgets allocated to the project.

Qualifications
Preferred Experience and Education:

• Bachelor's Degree qualified ideally in Social Sciences, Business Administration, Humanities or Logistics etc. Membership of a relevant Professional body is desirable.
• 5-7 years relevant experience.
• An MBA is an added advantage.

Skills:

• Familiarity with IT platforms.
• Understanding of IT management quality matrices, what these metrics are and how the systems and software are designed to meet them.
• Demonstrate high level of interpersonal, writing skills, presentation and effective communication skills.
• Must have high knowledge of excel reporting, forecasting, business tools usage and Microsoft office.
• Fluent English is mandatory – French is a plus.
• Good organizational and time-management skills.
• Demonstrate high level of proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite.
• Demonstrate high level of proficiency in pricing, quotation and proposal drafting.
• Can identify, allocate and monitor resources effectively and efficiently.
• Can consistently meet competing demands through effective prioritizing in a result oriented and client-focused environment.
• Demonstrates emotional intelligence, leadership and soft skills attributes.
• Networking, Persuasion, Prospecting, Public Speaking, Research, Writing, Closing Skills, Identification of Customer Needs and Challenges, Territory Management, Market Knowledge and Meeting Sales Goals.
• Experience in the use of CRM, and clients / candidates databases.
• Must.