SENIOR PROJECT OFFICERS

POSITION: SENIOR PROJECT OFFICERS (2) 
Report to: Principal Projects Officer 
Job Purpose 
To take full responsibility for the successful delivery of business/technical solutions and ensure that projects are delivered on time, to budget, and to quality expectations and in compliance with NSSF project policies, standards and methodologies 
Key Duties and Responsibilities 

1. Define business requirements to meet NSSF’s strategic objectives, including the development of business cases for the related projects 

2. Define, scope and of plan the project, structure and deliverables 

3. Prepare and agree detailed project/sub project responsibilities 

4. Responsible for project management initiatives, acting either alone or managing small numbers of staff 

5. Establish and maintain the correct structures to control and monitor the initiation, progress and delivery of the project or comply with the correct structures set up to control and monitor the initiation, progress and delivery of the project 

6. Actively participate in all phases and activities of the project and provide specialist guidance to the project team, particularly project definition, requirements analysis, business and technical design and change control activities 

7. Co-ordinate the work of the project team, allocating tasks, monitoring progress, ensuring awareness of responsibilities and securing commitment to successful project delivery 

8. Identify and manage all programme/project issues and risks including their appropriate escalation and contingency management 

9. Monitor and control the use of resources and funds against the original budget or, where appropriate the latest allocation. communicate for all changes of the project as necessary to senior officers 

10. Ensure that operational support staff are adequately trained and prepared for implementation of the solution, that the operational handover is well planned and managed, without any adverse effect on existing systems and processes 

11. Prepare a quality plan for each project that outlines the overall approach to quality, identifies the standards to be employed and or/developed in the preparation of all products and plans for the process of quality assurance, review and control. 

12. Ensure all tasks are carried out, comply with departmental procedures, mandatory quality standards and agreed architectural framework as appropriate 

13. Manage the full project lifecycle from business case to the handover of project deliverables and completion of the project to post-project review ensuring quality deliverables throughout 

14. Ensure benefits are managed and tracked for each project in line with expectations. 

Job Qualifications and Skills 

a) Qualifications and Experience 

• A degree or /advanced Diploma in ICT or its equivalent 

business/planning/finance/(Project management (PRINCE 2)), 

• Experience of working in a high pressure, results driven environment 

• Exposure to governance, control and risk management 

• A good understanding of planning and budgeting processes and methodology 

• Project Management Certificate( Prince2) 

b) Skills and Competencies 

Project management 

Risk management 

Systems architecture and design 

Systems administration 

Back up/Recovery and Systems continuity 
Mode of application: 
Applications in writing enclosing detailed curriculum vitae, certified copies of relevant certificates, contact address including telephone numbers, email address and names and addresses of three referees to be addressed to the undersigned. 19 

Please take note of the following; 

1. Applications without latest CVs will not be considered; 

Director, Human Resources and Administration 
National Social Security Fund, 
P.O. Box 1322, 
DAR ES SALAAM 
The closing date for submission will be on 15th December, 2014. Only short listed candidates will be contacted.