Project Manager (Contractor 12 months)

Why choose Logicalis?

It’s not just IT solutions, It’s IT global know-how! Logicalis is an international multi-skilled solution provider providing digital enablement services to help customers harness digital technology and innovative services to deliver powerful business outcomes.

Our customers span industries and geographical regions; and our focus is to engage in the dynamics of our customers’ vertical markets; including financial services, TMT (telecommunications, media and technology), education, healthcare, retail, government, manufacturing and professional services, and apply the skills of our 4,500 employees in modernising key digital pillars; data centre and cloud services, security and network infrastructure, workspace communications and collaboration, data and information strategies, and IT operation modernisation. We are the advocates for our customers for some of the world’s leading technology companies including Cisco, HPE, IBM, CA Technologies, NetApp, Microsoft, Oracle, VMware and ServiceNow

Logicalis employees are innovative, smart, entrepreneurial and customer centric, with a shared ambition of making Logicalis the worlds leading IT Solutions provider!

We offer speedy decision-making, opportunities for personal development, and a supportive, inclusive environment that celebrates our diversity.

Join us and become a part of something epic!

ROLE PURPOSE

To project manage small, medium and large projects of Logicalis customers, as well as provide support and guidance to the project coordinators in the Logicalis PMO where and when necessary.

ROLE RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Support and provide guidance to the project coordinators in the team
• Continual improvement in the project management space – thinking outside of the box
• Co-ordinate and manage all project activities end-to-end
• Develop project plans that identify resource and budgetary needs
• Develop all required project artifacts per the process/methodology expectations
• Track delivery timescales and expected benefits
• Manage budgets – costs vs income
• Booking, and managing the exact resources to be used to deliver the stage, whilst conforming to the overall project plan - Manage deadlines and push the team to ensure timeliness
• Monitoring, and regular reporting on the overall progress against defined project scope
• Management and clear communication of risks, issues, assumptions, dependencies
• Provide feedback, advice, project updates and encouragement to team members
• Attend and run project meetings, achieving common understanding and accurate outcomes
• Co-ordinate tasks in teams
• Accurate progress reporting into the bigger programs where applicable
  
  

PERSON REQUIREMENTS:

EXPERIENCE:

• 5+ years proven track record experience in project management of ICT projects
• Experienced at coordinating and managing all aspects of a portfolio of small, medium, and large (complex) projects simultaneously
• Good interpersonal skills and ability to build sound business relationships
• Good written and spoken communications at all levels of business
• Ability to work under pressure and to tight deadlines
• Organised approach to work, managing own and others workload
• Experienced at setting up meetings and keeping minutes
• Experience of Microsoft applications:
• Using Microsoft Project
• Use of Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
• Producing project progress reports
• Ability to follow defined guidelines and processes
• IT Service Management experience would be beneficial
  
  

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Grade 12
• Project Management qualification or certification
• ICT-related qualification or certification (or equivalent work experience)
  
  

ADDITIONAL SKILLS/ATTRIBUTES:

• PRINCE2 or PMBOK (Practitioner Level)
• ITIL exposure and understanding
• ICT Technical background is essential