Skill Enhancement Centre (SENCE) Limited- We are a Business Consultancy firm focused on small/medium businesses. Our goal is to provide our clients with the support they need to grow their businesses by providing them with value -added and convenient services in a friendly atmosphere.
Our Client - A leading and established Information Communications and Technology Services company is desirous of recruiting persons to fill the position below:
Job Position: Project Manager
Job I.D: 17
Location: Lagos
Job Description
- The Project Manager is responsible for the overall life cycle from planning, execution, controlling to completion phases of the projects on a wide range of business structures and programs.
Duties and Responsibilities
- Provides team leadership on individual projects basis.
- Works with appropriate customers to identify and coordinate new IT system developments and/or enhancements.
- Works with appropriate customers to develop project scope of work documents and project plans that include an analysis of benefit, cost, work schedule and any related risks.
- Assigns, schedules, trains, reviews, and monitors project work to ensure that progress is within expected guidelines and is completed on time and within budget.
- Mentors and provides expertise to other project team members.
- Works with appropriate customers to identify the roles of project team members, project reporting structures and frequency of interaction and any training requirements that may be needed for a team member to complete an IT project.
- Defines the responsibilities of parties involved in the project including customers, management, IT management, project team, vendors and others affected by the project.
- Identifies, tracks, monitors and communicates project-related issues, scope changes, variances and contingencies that may arise during the implementation of IT projects. Facilitates amicable solutions with the appropriate customer(s).
- Maintains effective communication and working relationships with customers and project team members.
- Identifies the technical approach to be used on a given IT project and manages the system development process including the development of a strategic plan, systems analysis, technical design, coding, testing and acceptance of an IT system and/or application.
- Develops IT system review schedules, audits and acceptance tests for each phase of a project.
- Identifies IT system design alternatives, researches existing IT systems in the marketplace and recommends viable IT solutions.
- Develops Requests for Proposals (RFP), evaluates responses, and leads IT system selection teams.
- Identifies and documents opportunities to integrate IT systems and resources to fulfill project requirements.
- Prepares and presents oral and/or written technical reports and project presentations.
- Organizes and conducts project team meetings.
- Utilizes current, county-wide and/or department specific software to complete assignments.
Qualifications and Skills
- Must possess a Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering or any closely related field.
- Considerable ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with other employees and customer representatives.
- 2-3 years experience.
- Reasonable knowledge of current hardware and software technologies and uses.
- Very good writing proficiency and visual design skills.
- Very good oral presentation skills.
- Well knowledgeable in problem solving and decision-making skills.
- Formal training in Project Management and tools like Clarity and Microsoft Project.
- Formal Project Management Certification (PMP).
Application Closing Date
17th October, 2013
How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online