PMO Coordinator at a Leading Integrated Energy Company - UTMS

Union Technical Manpower Services Limited (UTMS) - With a strong drive for innovation and market leadership, Our client, a leading integrated energy services provider with offices in Nigeria (Lagos, Abuja and Port Harcourt), USA (Houston) and United Kingdom (London) is looking to hire competent, motivated and well experienced individuals into the position below:

Job Title: PMO Coordinator

Job Code: PMO 101
Location: Nigeria

Job Summary

• The first and foremost role of PMO is to provide necessary project management support in the form of guidance to project managers of an organization. PMO is also responsible for coaching new project managers on various ways an organization can run projects.
• The PMO Coordinator role oversees the administration needs of projects and program to support overall governance and effective performance management.
• PMO encompasses Portfolio, Program and Project Management Offices.

Roles & Responsibilities

• Responsible for working within all stages of project management.
• They organize projects with the goal of getting them completed on time and within budget
• PMO encompasses Portfolio, Program and Project Management Offices
• Maintaining and monitoring project plans, project schedules, work hours, budgets and expenditures.
• Organizing, attending and participating in stakeholder meetings.
• Documenting and following up on important actions and decisions from meetings.
• Preparing necessary presentation materials for meetings
• Ensuring project deadlines are met
• Ensuring projects adhere to frameworks and all documentation is maintained appropriately for each project
• Assess project risks and issues and provide solutions where applicable
• Chair and facilitate meetings where appropriate and distribute minutes to all project team members.
• Create a project management calendar for fulfilling each goal and objective
• Undertaking project tasks as required
• Developing project strategies.
• Assess project risks and issues and provide solutions where applicable
• Detail Oriented: Attention to detail is critical when you’re overseeing so many different aspects of the project, all of which are important to its well-being and success. Be sure to highlight this aspect on your project coordinator.
• Dependable: The project manager is going to depend on the project coordinator to handle the minutia of the project’s management, and therefore, it’s crucial that the project coordinator is dependable and can be relied on to uphold their responsibilities without having to be micromanaged.
• Project coordinator as the bridge connecting the project manager to various other project members, then you can see the importance of having superior communications skills. They need to understand the message and deliver it clearly to the target audience.
• A project coordinator can better engage the team through project management software. A PM tool can help with workload, remove roadblocks, assist with rate of deliverables, foster communication and add accuracy to reporting.

Key Performance Indicators

• Exceed the Company’s project target for review and successful delivery
• Significant business relations with new and existing clients
• Hitch-free relations with all tiers of government and their agencies

Requirements, Education & Experience

• Bachelor's degree in Business or related field of study; masters preferred.
• 10 years plus experience in Larger projects with established firms in EPC or Oil & Gas industry.
• PMP certification required; PMO experience preferred

Key Competency Requirements
Competence:

• Project management qualification (PMP) or equivalent Relevant Regulations governing the company’s business areas
• Ability to work on tight deadlines Performance Management.
• Competency in Microsoft applications including Word, Excel, and Outlook
• Theoretical and practical project management knowledge
• Knowledge of techniques and tools
• Experience in strategic planning, risk management and/or change management
• Proficiency in project management software tools competencies
• Critical thinking and problem solving
• Excellent decision-making and leadership capabilities Able to tolerate stress
• Able to tolerate stress

Skills:

• Customer Managemen
• Negotiations
• Result Oriented
• Problem Solving.

Salary
An attractive salary package commensurate with qualification and experience in the Oil & Gas Industry will be offered to the selected candidate.

Application Closing Date
26th April, 2019.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV and one-page Cover Letter to: recruitment@utmanpower.com Using the subject "Application for Position Applied for and Job Code" e.g Business Manager (BM 101)

Note

• CV must be sent with your name and position applied for.
• All entries not properly sent will be rejected
• Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.