Responsibilities

  • Maintaining and monitoring project plans, project schedules, work hours, budgets and expenditures. 
  • Organizing, attending and participating in stakeholder meetings. 
  • Documenting and following up on important actions and decisions from meetings. 
  • Preparing necessary presentation materials for meetings. 
  • Recording Minutes of Meetings and disseminating them to desired stakeholders. 
  • Determining project changes. 
  • Providing administrative support as needed. 
  • Undertaking project tasks as required. 
  • Ensuring projects adhere to frameworks and all documentation is maintained and filed appropriately for each project. 
  • Help the project team to assess project risks and issues and provide solutions where applicable. 
  • Chair and facilitate meetings where appropriate and distribute minutes to all project team members. 
  • Create a project management calendar for fulfilling each goal and objective. 
  • Maintain project organizational chart and contact information 

Requirements

  • Diploma in Business administration or in similar discipline
  • Minimum of 3 years relevant working experience with a tertiary qualification. 
  • Exceptional verbal, written and communication skills. 
  • Ability to work effectively both independently and as part of a team. 
  • Experience using computers for a variety of tasks. 
  • Competency in Microsoft applications including Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook. 
  • Knowledge of file management, transcription, and other administrative procedures. 
  • A detailed person with the ability to work on tight deadlines and meet deadlines. 
  • Experience in assisting in budget preparation, monitoring and tracking will be an added advantage 
  • Project Management certification or experience will be an advantage.