Project Management Officer

Responsibilities

Project Planning and Coordination:

Support the development of project plans, schedules, timelines, and deliverables.

Coordinate project activities across relevant departments and stakeholders.

Monitor project milestones and ensure timely completion of assigned tasks.

Organise project meetings, prepare agendas, and document meeting minutes.

Follow up with project team members on outstanding deliverables and action points.

Project Monitoring and Reporting:

Track project progress against approved plans, budgets, and timelines.

Prepare periodic project status reports for management.

Identify project delays, risks, bottlenecks, and implementation challenges.

Escalate issues that may affect project delivery.

Maintain project dashboards and performance tracking tools.

Project Documentation and Administration:

Maintain accurate and up-to-date project documentation and records.

Prepare project proposals, reports, presentations, and other relevant documents.

Ensure proper documentation of project approvals, decisions, and changes.

Maintain project registers, trackers, and databases.

Support the preparation of project closure reports and lessons learned.

Stakeholder Management:

Liaise with internal departments, external consultants, vendors, and other stakeholders.

Facilitate effective communication among project team members.

Follow up on stakeholder commitments and project deliverables.

Provide regular updates to relevant stakeholders on project progress.

Support the resolution of project-related coordination issues.

Risk and Issue Management:

Identify potential project risks and implementation challenges.

Maintain project risk and issue registers.

Support the development of mitigation and contingency plans.

Monitor the implementation of agreed corrective actions.

Escalate significant project risks to the appropriate management level.

Budget and Resource Monitoring:

Support project budget preparation and expenditure tracking.

Monitor project resource utilisation.

Liaise with Finance and Procurement to facilitate project-related transactions.

Track project expenses against approved budgets.

Highlight potential budget overruns and resource constraints.

Project Governance and Compliance:

Ensure projects are implemented in line with approved policies, procedures, and governance frameworks.

Monitor adherence to project management standards and methodologies.

Ensure appropriate approval processes are followed.

Support project audits and compliance reviews.

Ensure project activities align with organisational priorities.

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How to apply

Interested and qualified candidates should send their updated CVs to recruitment@advansnigeria.com using the job position as the subject of the email.

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