Key Performance Outputs

The successful candidate, reporting to the Regional General Manager Cluster3 will be responsible for but not limited to the following:

• Facilitate project managers and related resources meeting to consolidate and align on project delivery.
• Manage integration of project plans within multiple project portfolios; impact on business; key dependencies and optimise resources.
• Responsible for overall performance of project portfolio, including implementation to agreed delivery timing, financials and quality.
• Review updates from project managers on current stage and status of projects and provide necessary feedback and reporting on performance.
• Update EXCO, PMO and relevant Business Owners on total portfolio status, highlight / escalate necessary project performance and concerns
• Assess and prioritise programme, financial and delivery risks
• Advise and facilitate on necessary mitigating actions; provide guidance to project managers on project issues and risks.
• Establish, monitor and manage healthy, diverse, workable internal and external relationships,
• including the interface with external providers to ensure departmental/functional needs are met, organisational goals achieved and implement remedial actions where required.
• Provide direction, guidance and support to project managers and ensure open and honest communication at all times
• Implement and manage people development processes such as performance management, succession planning and talent management to meet functional performance standards.
• Agree and implement own and sub-ordinates development plans.
• Accountable for functional performance, within the agreed strategic framework and approved plans.
• Forecast learning requirements and pipelines related to legislative and industry changes.
• Provide input to OPEX budget.
• Track and monitor expenditure.

Technical Skills and Experience

The challenges posed by this position require the successful candidate to have the following skills and experience:

• Bachelors Degree (4years – 480 credits) NQF Level 8 in Built Environment disciplines is essential.
• 8 years’ Operational experience in Project Management, procurement exposure, including coordination and implementation of multidisciplinary infrastructure projects is essential.
• 2 years operational experience in People and Stakeholder Management is essential.
• Registration with South African Council for Project and Construction Management Professions (SACPCMP) or related built environment council is mandatory.
• Code 8 driver’s license