• Application Deadline: Wed, 31 Jan 2024 00:00:00 GMT
• Position: Project Manager


• Job Type Full Time


• Qualification BA/BSc/HND , MBA/MSc/MA


• Experience 3 years


• Location Kaduna


• Job Field Project Management 
  

Responsibilities

• Coordinating with cross-discipline team members to make sure that all parties are on track with project requirements, deadlines, and schedules.


• Submitting project deliverables and ensuring that they adhere to quality standards.


• Preparing status reports by gathering, analyzing, and summarizing relevant information.


• Establishing effective project communication plans and ensuring their execution.


• Facilitating change requests to ensure that all parties are informed of the impacts on schedule and budget.


• Coordinating the development of user manuals, training materials, and other documents as needed to enable successful implementation and turnover of the process or system to the clients.


• Identifying and developing new opportunities with clients.


• Obtaining customer acceptance of project deliverables.


• Managing customer satisfaction within the project transition period.


• Conducting post-project evaluation and identifying successful and unsuccessful project elements.


• Determine and define project scope and objectives


• Predict resources needed to reach objectives and manage resources in an effective and efficient manner


• Prepare budget based on scope of work and resource requirements


• Track project costs in order to meet budget


• Develop and manage a detailed project schedule and work plan


• Provide project updates on a consistent basis to various stakeholders about strategy, adjustments, and progress


• Manage contracts with vendors and suppliers by assigning tasks and communicating expected deliverables


• Utilize industry best practices, techniques, and standards throughout entire project execution


• Measure project performance to identify areas for improvement


• Leading project planning sessions


• Coordinating staff and internal resources


• Managing project progress and adapt work as required


• Ensuring projects meet deadlines


• Managing relationships with clients and stakeholders


• Overseeing all incoming and outgoing project documentation


• Participating in tender process i.e. design, submission and review


• Designing risk mitigation plan


• Conducting project review and creating detailed reports for executive staff

Requirements

• A Bachelor’s Degree or Master's Degree in a related field with Proven experience in project management.


• Prior experience in the agricultural field and Project Management Professional (PMP) certification is a plus.


• Ability to lead project teams of various sizes and see them through to completion.


• Strong understanding of formal project management methodologies.


• 3 or more years of project management and related experience


• Proven ability to solve problems creatively


• Strong familiarity with project management software tools, methodologies, and best practices


• Strong interpersonal skills and extremely resourceful


• Proven ability to complete projects according to outlined scope, budget, and timeline management experience.


• Knowledge of agile and lean approaches such as Scrum, Kanban, SAFe, among others.


• Expertise in conflict resolution


• Analytical and strong organizational skills, with excellent verbal and written ability


• Proficiency with project management software and related tools including but not limited to ProjectManager, JIRA, MS Excel, etc.


• Resides in Kaduna