Junior Project Manager at Alfred and Victoria Associates

Alfred & Victoria Associates is one of Nigeria’s leading ICT solution based company. Our company offers a wide range of services which are in high demand of today’s emerging market. AVA has three major arms which have been streamlined to meet our customer's needs.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Junior Project Manager

Location: Lagos

Job Summary & Purpose

• Junior project managers are responsible for planning, organizing, and directing operations related to ongoing projects in the company
• They lead team members in the project development department and oversee company projects to make sure they are running as planned.

Responsibilities

• Plan, commence, execute, supervise, and roundup assigned projects.
• Suggest strategies of achieving the project goals to the owner.
• Responsible for the flow of information from the project owner to the team regarding the project
• Make provisions for the progress of the project.
• Pitching project ideas and securing approval before each project commences.
• Developing new project plans in consultation with stakeholders, including clients and staff.
• Outlining the human and material resources required to successfully complete each project
• Make the arrangement for projects documentation on the recommendation and specification of the owner and ensure that specifications are met
• Ensure that the procedure, rules, regulations, and promulgated laws governing project management are well adhered to
• Meet with the team and ensure that each member is given an opportunity to make suggestions regarding the executions of the project
• Update information on the project management development, tools, regulations, market demand, and likely clients
• Make arrangement for the project completion based on specifications of the project owner
• Identifying needs that can be successfully addressed by projects.
• Formulating a resource allocation strategy, and utilizing this to distribute work and finances.
• Monitoring staff performance to ensure excellence and adherence to specified deadlines.
• Evaluating each project's effectiveness by consulting with clients, consumers, and staff.
• Reporting on each project's utility upon the uptake of outputs.
• Consulting with the assigned Project Manager to seek guidance and input during the key phase of each project.

Academic Qualifications

• Minimum of First Degree in Social Science, Industrial Relations / Business Administration / Project Management related field.

Professional Qualifications:

• PMI Project Management Professional (PMP) certification.
• PRINCE2® Foundation/ Practitioner is an advantage.

Experience:

• 2 - 3 years’ work experience in the field of Project Management and/or Operations Management is required.

Key Skills & Competencies:

• In-depth understanding of prevailing project management methods.
• Forethought, with the capacity to identify and minimize risks.
• Ability to detect and capitalize on others' strengths.
• Good communication; written and spoken skills
• Proficiency in analyzing and solving problems related to projects
• Outstanding human relation skills evident in the ability to work with the team
• Proficiency in customer relation
• Excellence in gathering help needed in developing a working project management plan
• Strong ability to give attention to details, as well as tested organizational skills
• Strong knowledge and prowess in using modern information and communication technologies to projects
• Ability to be proactive and independent, and to be interdependent on the team.

Salary
Very Attractive.

Application Closing Date
3pm; 11th May, 2022.