Specialist: Project Management

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Johannesburg, Gauteng
Entry level
Financial Services
The Role
Provide project management services, monitor project progression, maintain quality assurance, engage stakeholders, and manage event logistics for project-related tasks.
Summary Generated by Built In

Empowering Africa’s tomorrow, together…one story at a time.

With over 100 years of rich history and strongly positioned as a local bank with regional and international expertise, a career with our family offers the opportunity to be part of this exciting growth journey, to reset our future and shape our destiny as a proudly African group.

Job Summary

To provide project management services and administration support, and to develop, maintain and enhance operational business relationships.

Job Description

Project Management: Monitors the progression of a project at every stage and ensure that the objectives of a project are meet | Quality Assurance: Maintain a desired level of quality in a service or product, especially by means of attention to every stage of the process of delivery or production | Meeting deadlines: Completes task timeously | Stakeholder management: Ensure that stakeholders are identified and engaged |Performing project-related administrative tasks such as maintaining project documents, completing project artefacts, view critical milestones and delivery dates, templates and tools (i.e. PlanEx, SAS MRM etc.) | Update and maintain teams boards, track and manage deliverables against plan, proactively manage and track model risk and controls | Facilitation of stand ups | Facilitation of key PM lead meetings | Involvement in planning, tracking and reporting of key projects | Clear and effective communication to manage expectations | Maintain PM and team administration systems e.g. co-ordinate meeting packs and agendas, meeting minutes, maintain admin folders on Team, leave schedule, team org chart and vacancies | Work with Senior PM to provide project administration support for large events and or meetings | Identify event requirements and proactively identify event solutions | Operationalize all event requirements (coordinate, manage & or design & implement various components of these) e.g. venue set up, décor, invitations and planning etc. Coordinate & manage logistics for meetings and events e.g. interact with internal & external stakeholders and providers to arrange venues, refreshments etc. | Coordinate all people related administration e.g. onboarding, offboarding, recruitment processes, resource management etc. | Identify & escalate team/stakeholder queries for resolution | Understand and manage model as well as project risks/risk events relevant to the role | Regular stakeholder engagement and follow-ups re open actions, drive this until resolution. | Maintain a desired level of quality in a service, by means of attention to detail. | Prioritize deliverables and complete tasks timeously | Coordinate invoicing, SAP payments & expenses | Assist with meeting pack creations and engagement with stakeholders to ensure quality packs are distributed as per SLA.

Education

Bachelor`s Degrees and Advanced Diplomas: Business, Commerce and Management Studies (Required)

Absa Bank Limited is an equal opportunity, affirmative action employer. In compliance with the Employment Equity Act 55 of 1998, preference will be given to suitable candidates from designated groups whose appointments will contribute towards achievement of equitable demographic representation of our workforce profile and add to the diversity of the Bank.

Absa Bank Limited reserves the right not to make an appointment to the post as advertised

Top Skills

Planex
SAP
Sas Mrm
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The Company
HQ: Johannesburg
39,055 Employees
On-site Workplace
Year Founded: 2018

What We Do

Absa Group Limited (Absa) has forged a new way of getting things done, driven by bravery and passion, with the readiness to realise growth on the African continent and beyond.

We’re a truly African brand, inspired by the people we serve in Botswana, Ghana, Kenya, Mauritius, Mozambique, Seychelles, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia. We also have representative offices in China, Namibia, Nigeria and the United States, as well as securities entities in the United Kingdom and the United States, along with technology support colleagues in the Czech Republic.

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