Safaricom
Limited is the leading mobile telecommunications company in Kenya.
At
Safaricom, we take pride in our talent and develop them to realize their
maximum potential!
Senior Project Officer
Ref: TECHOLOGY- SPO-AUG 2013
We are
pleased to announce the following vacancy in the Products & Services
Development Department within the Technology Division.
In keeping
with our current business needs, we are looking for a person who meets the
criteria indicated below:
Reporting to
the Project Manager – Products & Services, the position holder will provide
project support in the management and execution of projects within the
department.
The role
holder will coordinate and manage assigned projects to ensure implementation
within agreed timelines and processes.
Key Responsibilities:
Project Planning
- In association with the Project Manager and stakeholders, refine project requirements, assumptions and constraints through communication with stakeholders and/or by reviewing project documents to baseline the scope of work and enable development of the execution plan;
- Develop the resource management plan (human resources), by identifying resource requirements and obtaining commitments from internal, external, and procured sources to complete all project activities;
- Refine project estimates in order to determine and define project baseline, schedule;
- Establish project controls by defining the required correct processes, measures, and controls to manage project change, communications, procurement, risk, quality, and human resources to facilitate project execution and process control, and to ensure compliance with generally accepted industry standards;
- Develop a formal and comprehensive project plan by integrating and documenting project deliverables, acceptance criteria, processes, procedures, risks, and tasks to facilitate project execution, control and closing processes;
- Obtain project plan approval by reviewing the plan with the client/business unit and other required stakeholders to confirm project baselines prior to proceeding with project executing processes;
Project Execution
- In liaison with the project manager & stakeholders, commit project resources in accordance with the project plan to ensure that all activities are performed;
- Implement the project plan by ensuring the execution of project activities and tasks to produce project deliverables;
- Manage project progress by ensuring that activities are executed as planned in order to achieve the project objectives;
- Communicate project progress by producing project reports to provide timely and accurate project status and decision support information to stakeholders;
- Implement quality assurance procedures by performing project control activities to meet project objectives;
Project Control
- Measure project performance continually by comparing results to the baseline in order to identify project trends and variances;
- Take timely corrective action by addressing the root causes in the problem areas in order to eliminate or minimize negative impact;
- Evaluate the effectiveness of the corrective actions by measuring subsequent performance in order to determine the need for further actions;
- Ensure compliance with the change management plan by monitoring response to change initiatives in order to manage scope;
- Reassess project control plans by scheduling periodic reviews in order to ensure their effectiveness and accuracy.
- Respond to risk event triggers in accordance with the risk management plan in order to properly manage project outcomes;
- Monitor project activity by performing periodic inspections to ensure that authorized approaches and processes are followed or to identify the need for corrective action;
Projects Close Out
- Obtain final acceptance of deliverables by obtaining formal approval from appropriate stakeholders to achieve closeout;
- Document lessons learned by surveying project team members and other relevant stakeholders to use for the benefit of future projects;
- Facilitate administrative closure in accordance with the project plan in order to comply with organization and stakeholder requirements;
- Preserve essential project records for future use to adhere to legal and other requirements;
- Release project resources by following appropriate organizational procedures in order to optimize resource utilization
Role requirements:
- BSc. in Engineering / Information Technology or Information Systems Management / Computer Science degree;
- Other IT technical certification will be an added advantage;
- Certificate in project planning/project management expertise;
- 2-3 years of experience as an IT analyst in a busy IT environment;
- Planning and organization skills;
- Experience as a projects team member in a large project preferably an IT project;
- A good understanding of managing projects in a changing business environment ;
- Experience in providing administrative and project support;
- Analytical thinking;
- Attention to details ;
- Report writing skills ;
- Cross Functional & interdisciplinary awareness.
If you feel
that you are up to the challenge and possess the necessary qualification and
experience, please send your resume with your cell phone contact indicating
your experience and why you are the most suitable candidate for the role
clearly quoting the job title and job reference to the address below by Tuesday
22 August 2013.
The Head of
Talent and Resourcing,
Safaricom
Limited
Nairobi
via E-mail
to hr@safaricom.co.ke