Project Leader at Vodafone Global Enterprise

What you’ll do

• Role purpose: Project management – and overseeing of multiple projects and programmes from initiation to completion and delivered on time, within budget and to prescribed quality standards.
• Stakeholder management through effective communication with vendors, project team members and with customers. Performance tracking, monitoring and reporting on status of projects, programmes and budgets.

Who you are

Key accountabilities and decision ownership :

• To develop plans, develop scope for and to manage all aspects of projects including but not limited to new site build projects, site upgrade projects, site hardening projects, power upgrade projects, access upgrade projects, etc.
• To lead and manage vendors and project teams through effective communication, clearly assigning tasks and providing support and guidance
• To identify potential risks and to develop mitigation strategies to minimize project disruptions
• To creatively solve problems, challenges and obstacles arising during projects by finding solutions and making necessary adjustments to ensure successful delivery of projects
• To monitor progress, ensure data integrity, prepare and present reports including but not limited to project progress, budget tracking and control, efficiencies and improvement suggestions, etc.

Planning, development and coordination of projects:

• Determine and develop project scope of work
• Develop comprehensive project plans
• Coordinate project resources
• Set project timelines
• Confirm positive business case
• Monitor and control budgets
• Successfully execute projects

Stakeholder management:

• Identify key stakeholders
• Set up clear communication channels with all stakeholders
• Assign tasks to vendors and project teams
• Support and guide stakeholders towards the common goals
• Ensure effective information flow to Customers

Risk mitigation:

• Pro-actively identify potential project risks
• Develop measures to minimize project disruptions
• Identify and implement strategic changes to mitigate risk in the long term

Core competencies, knowledge and experience :

• Project Management
• Teamwork
• Risk Management
• Problem solving and decision making
• Stakeholder engagement
• Knowledge
• Sound knowledge of project principles
• Knowledge of telecommunications – and construction environment and regulations
• Knowledge of Telecommunication Infrastructure

Experience

• Three (3) years’ experience in managing projects (essential)
• Telecommunications Infrastructure experience (essential)
• One (1) year experience in business management / finance / budget control (desirable)

Must have technical / professional qualifications:

• 3-year Degree/National Diploma e.g. BSc (Construction Management), BSc (Quantity Surveying), Project Management , BEng or similar (essential)
• Drivers Licence Code 08 (essential)