Overview
- You will work independently, taking full responsibility for a certain area within Project Management, coordinating project activities to ensure all project phases are documented appropriately.
- You will proactively compile project status reports, coordinate project schedules, manage project documentation and meetings, and identify and resolve problems working collaboratively with the project.
This is a hybrid role.
Responsibilities
- Be able to work on projects of moderate scope and some complex assignments
- Apply standards and methodologies, provide expertise and support on use of methods and tools
- Identify and assess risks to the success of the project.
- Agree on the project approach with stakeholders, and prepare realistic plans (including quality, risk and communications plans)
- Track activities against the project schedule, manage stakeholder involvement as appropriate
- Build reporting/status updates, agenda, stakeholder and owner meetings
- Assist in the evaluation of stakeholder objectives, and the underlying issues arising from investigations into business requirements and problems, and identifying potential benefits and available options for consideration.
- Maintain project documents, plans and other information in the project repository ensuring easy access and usability by the project team, follows up on tasks where appropriate.
- Create PowerPoint and Visio documentation for the project team to facilitate understanding of complex project issues as well as to document process flows.
- Co-ordinate project resource changes, including space, equipment, and update of project documentation (team lists, organisation charts, etc.).
- Schedule project meetings, coordinating attendance and documents meeting notes and activities.
- Work on projects using available frameworks and tools and establish plans for projects with on-time and on-budget project goals.
- Support seniors in providing project oversight, tracking risks, assumptions, issues and judgements.
- Ensures projects are formally closed and, where appropriate, subsequently reviewed, and that lessons learned are recorded.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or other related field, or equivalent work experience
Desirable:
- Additional course or certification in Project Management
- Certified functional consultant in any one specific domain
Essential skills
- High emotional intelligence and excellent people management skills - introducing and building ways in which people can learn from each other, encouraging mentoring and the transfer of knowledge by designing and delivering learning interventions
- Places a high value on openness and transparency, and can work collaboratively in a team
- Good self-management – continuous performance is both a goal and a mindset
- Has an innovative approach and mindset – a bold thinker and doer, matching creativity with vigilance
- Good problem-solving skills - be able to propose value-added options and solutions for approaching and resolving issues
Experience
- Experience and knowledge in project management methodologies with a good understanding of the project management lifecycle
- A strong awareness of new and emerging technologies and developments
- Knowledge of open source project management tools
- Basic experience in scheduling and database analysis, dashboard creation, and reporting
- Advanced knowledge in Microsoft tools, including Excel, PowerPoint, Visio and Word with experience in version control concepts
- Has good applications/technology knowledge, building on specialist domain knowledge and has practical experience of tools and frameworks required to deliver results
- A proven record in analysing data and effectively presenting to clients to support proposed solutions, able to question client hypotheses and solutions with robust data
Benefits
At Expleo, we are committed to providing a competitive salary and substantial benefits offering with unique wellbeing, financial and employee recognition programmes.
We pride ourselves on our diverse and inclusive culture and offer a variety of family friendly policies and enhanced leave to help you achieve a healthy work life balance.
By providing significant learning and development opportunities, we encourage individual growth and success throughout your career with us.
- Collaborative working environment – we stand shoulder to shoulder with our clients and our peers through good times and challenges
- We empower all passionate technology loving professionals by allowing them to expand their skills and take part in inspiring projects
- Expleo Academy - enables you to acquire and develop the right skills by delivering a suite of accredited training courses
- Competitive company benefits such as medical and dental insurance, pension, life assurance, employee wellbeing programme, sports and social events, birthday hampers and much more!
- Always working as one team, our people are not afraid to think big and question the status quo.
“We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation or age”.
At Expleo, we understand that many people experience impostor syndrome throughout their lifetime, please do not let this discourage you from applying for this role. Our Talent Acquisition Team welcomes all CVs and will consider your application in line with the values, requirements and role competencies.
