Department: Marketing and Strategy
Reports to: Head of Marketing and Strategy
Subordinates: none
Role description
The Programme Management Office & Special Projects Manager will be reporting to the Head of Marketing & Strategy.
This is an important position requiring a high degree of initiative and skills in project and budget management, communication and negotiation.
The role will oversee the conceptualization, planning, development and implementation of program within Marketing & Strategy.
Key Responsibilities
1.1. Operational
- Planning, designing and defining the Marketing & Strategy Business plans within program standards and proactively monitoring its overall progress, resolving issues and initiating corrective action as appropriate
- Ensure overall integrity of the programme - focusing inwardly on the internal consistency of the function and outwardly on its coherence with infrastructure planning and interfaces with other functions
- Ensuring that there is efficient allocation of common resources and skills within the project portfolio;
- Guarantee the good execution (Quality/Delay) of Projects within the department
- Update and communicate to the Head of PMO weekly and monthly identified tasks
- Coach the staff concerned regarding PMO skills, knowledge and attitude
- Ensuring that the delivery of new products or services from the projects is to the appropriate standards, on time
- Reporting progress of the programme at regular intervals to the Head of Marketing & Strategy
1.2 Preparing Reports
- Provides monthly and on request reports that reverberate sub-department’s activity
1.3 Key Focus
- Governance: The structure, process, and procedure to control operations and changes to performance objectives.
- Alignment: The program must support a higher level vision, goals and objectives.
- Management: Ensure there are regular reviews, there is accountability, and that management of projects, stakeholders and third parties is in place.
- Finances: Track basic costs together with wider costs of administering the PMO.
- Integration: Optimize performance across the program value chain, functionally and technically.
- Improvement: Continuously assess performance; research and develop new capabilities; and systemically apply learning and knowledge to the program.
- Planning: Develop the plan bringing together information on projects, resources, timescales, monitoring and control as well as results.
- Assurance: Verify and validate the program, ensuring adherence to standards and alignment with the Company’s vision.
Education Background & Experience:
- Bachelor’s Degree or Equivalent; (A Master’s degree or a Certificate in Project Management will be an added advantage)
- 1 to 2 years work experience at different Managerial and leadership levels (Project Management is desirable)
Professional Knowledge:
- English language – fluent
- MS Office
- Management training is a plus
Professional Skills:
1. Business & Financial
1. Business & Financial
- Strategic thinking
- Business/industry/product knowledge
- Financial analysis capability
- Ability to partner and use network
2. Customer & Market
- Market validation
- Commitment to customer
- Knowledge of customer application
3. Team
- Ability to work as a part of a team
- Leadership and team building
- Influencing and delegating
- Decision-making
- Communicate in all directions
4. Professional Development
- Continual Improvement
- Depth/Breadth of expertise
- Self motivated
- Advocate for change
Professional Tools Used
- Laptop
- Handset
- Car / Mileage
Work conditions
- Shifts work: No
- Night Shift: No
- Work During Weekend: No
- Work "On-Call": No
Application to:
Visit our career pages at www.orange-tkl.co.ke, create an account ans upload your CV.
An applicant must upload a PDF or Ms Word copy of his / her CV to be considered.
If you do not hear from us by 30th September, 2011, consider your application unsuccessful.
Project Management Officer - Telkom Kenya
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