Project Officer Internship at Sheer Logic

Sheer Logic Management Consultants is seeking to engage dynamic individuals for Project Officer – Internship Position for one of our clients.

Contract duration: 6 months

Key Responsibilities

1. Project Planning

• Develops and manage project plans specifying goals, strategy, staffing, scheduling, identification of risks, contingency plans, and allocation of available resources;
• Drive the project initiation planning sessions to make sure that clear baselines are set for project delivery and financial mandate; and
• Compile a project budget based on the financial mandate.

1. Project Execution

• Manage the resource requests to business, resource pools and procurement;
• Ensure that the standardized project framework and methodology is adhered to at all time;
• Ensure stakeholder plans are updated with intervention schedules; and
• Produce a project charter detailing the project objectives, high-level scope and deliverables, timelines with clear resource mandates.

1. Project Progress Management

• Manage the internal working environment to ensure that work is conducted effectively throughout the project lifecycle;
• Ensure that the necessary project control mechanisms are implemented and manage all project changes with impact assessments and alignment to the billing schedule; and
• Review all project management functions to establish project-wide phases, approval points, review points and other milestones.

1. Project Performance Management

• Analyse and develop mitigation for the impact of conflicting requirements within the organization on the project and interface with the project owner in order to achieve project objectives
• Establish project baselines and report progress in relation to the agreed baselines to provide a measure of performance throughout all phases of the project lifecycle
• Manage project risks and develop mitigations and escalate as early as possible to the project owner with amendment of the risk management plan where appropriate

1. Closing of assigned projects

• Manage the project close-out from client for progress or phased or full project delivery using a detailed close-out report including the log of all changes to date, impact of these changes, highlights and lowlights, areas where improvement can/could be achieved and reflection on value that will be invoiced based on the work completed and agreed invoiced amounts;
• Ensure that all project documentation as per the standard Project Management processes was archived

1. Compliance to policies

• Ensure project and resource performances are always a priority in management, tracking and reporting thereof.

Requirements

• work experience managing large complex projects in an environment with multi-function teams
• Degree in Business related discipline, Information Technology, Computer science, Telecommunications or Engineering discipline
• PMP or PRINCE II Certifications
• Member of PMP Global and local chapter