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Job Description
Job Purpose:
The Project Manager oversees the delivery of various high-priority strategic projects, ranging from new schools and extensions to organizational change projects in alignment with the GEMS' vision and long-term objectives.
Key Accountabilities:
Project Planning
Expected Qualifications & Experience:
Project leadership
Job Purpose:
The Project Manager oversees the delivery of various high-priority strategic projects, ranging from new schools and extensions to organizational change projects in alignment with the GEMS' vision and long-term objectives.
Key Accountabilities:
Project Planning
- Define the scope of the project in collaboration with senior management
- Work closely with the Chief of Staff to define the project governance structure for each strategic project
- Create a detailed work plan which identifies key activities and respective milestones needed to successfully complete the project
- Determine the resources (time, cost, equipment, etc.) required to complete the project
- Develop a schedule for project completion that effectively allocate the resources to the activities
- Review the project schedule with senior management and internal stakeholders directly impacted by the project; maintain and revise the schedule as required on an ongoing basis
- Determine the objectives and measures upon which the project will be evaluated at its completion
- Manage the project team according to the agreed methodology in alignment with Chief of Staff
- Ensure that the project team receive an appropriate orientation
- Maintain close co-ordination and supervision between project resources to ensure seamless delivery of projects as per scheduled timelines
- Lead, manage and motivate project teams to ensure delivery of project
- Mentor team in methodology and consulting excellence, encouraging best practice in project management and project planning
- When required, provide day to day support and guidance to any additional Project Manager’s onboarded, providing team support, alignment to departmental processes and mentoring opportunities for own personal development
- Support the Chief of Staff to deliver accurate reporting across a broad range of strategic projects
- Prepare project progress reports on projects for the new schools management team
- Monitor project expenditures ensuring alignment with set budget
- Monitor cash flow projections and report actual cash flow and variance to senior management on a monthly basis
- Ensure that all financial records for projects are up to date
- Manage risks and plan for contingencies to ensure minimal impact on deliverables, establishing a transparent communication process to escalate, manage and resolve issues
- Identify and manage internal dependencies across GEMS functions and with external suppliers and regulators where appropriate
- Execute the project according to the project plan
- Develop forms and records to document project activities
- Ensure that all project information is appropriately managed and documented in accordance to policy
- Monitor the progress of the project and make adjustments as necessary to ensure the successful completion of the project
- Update stakeholders in the organization on the progress of the project
- Review the quality of the work completed with the project team on a regular basis to ensure that it meets project standards
- Ensure that the project deliverables are on time, within budget and at the required level of quality
- Evaluate the outcomes of the project as established during the planning phase
- Support the Chief of Staff to identify areas for project process improvement
- Support the Chief of Staff to implement project management best practice standards where required
- Support the Chief of Staff to implement required items outlined from Internal Audit reports / feedback
Expected Qualifications & Experience:
- Minimum of degree qualification from a recognised University.
- At least 4+ years of experience as a Project Manager in a related field
- Proven track record in leading complex projects of change in a fast paced environment
- Command of common Office tools (e.g. Microsoft Office, Visio, Outlook)
- Experience and ability to use Microsoft Project
Project leadership
- Demonstrates competency in Project Management and the execution of complex projects, critical to the delivery of business strategies and goals
- Effective in prioritising and executing against timelines in a nimble and fast-paced environment
- Excellent organizational skills to facilitate work in a rapidly changing environment
- Strong planning, reporting and analysis skills
- Ability to adapt to shifting priorities, demands and timelines through analytical and problem solving capabilities
- Handles analysis well and with little supervision; maintains high quality standards even in time-constrained situations
- Ability to work through ambiguity, making the complex more clear
- Evidence of leadership of successful change and project management
- Strong people manager with the ability to impart knowledge, develop and motivate others to achieve and exceed customer expectations
- Seeks mutually beneficially solutions, obtaining cooperation from others
- Possess good negotiation and conflict management skills
- Generates enthusiasm among project team members
- Skilled, appropriate and confident communicator at all levels
- Excellent interpersonal skills, able to build good relationships with stakeholders, colleagues and third parties when required
- Driven individual with the ability to drive a project team to achieve clear objectives in a timely manner
- Has the resilience to solve problems, thinks outside the box and deal with issues as they arise
- Has the ability to resolve areas / topics of conflict with diplomacy and reasoning
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- Posted
- Nov 06, 2024
- Type
- Full-time
- Level
- Not Applicable
- Location
- Dubai
- Company
- GEMS Education
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