IT Project Manager (13-Month Maternity Cover)

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Requirements:

• Minimum three years of previous experience in project management delivering large scale projects and integrations preferably systems / software / technical related implementations and/or in an IT capacity
• Experience with a variety of project management methodologies and proficiency with various project management tools and applications (Github projects, Jira, Aha! etc.)
• Experience in preparing and facilitating presentations, workshop sessions and communication to a variety of different stakeholders
• Experience with virtual team collaboration applications (Slack, Zoom, Teams, Lucid etc.)
• Strong understanding of project management methodologies (Agile, Scrum etc.).
• Completed or working towards certification such as Agile, Scrum, PMP, Prince2 or any relevant project management certification

Responsibilities:

• Lead and manage IT projects from initiation to completion, ensuring they are delivered on time, within scope, and within budget
• Development and maintenance of necessary documentation and templates to support planning and execution of projects and to support the project management office function
• Supporting the estimation of project benefits, budget, scope, requirements, approach, schedule, risks, and resourcing to prepare relevant project documents (project charter, business case, project/delivery plan, RAID logs etc.)
• Analysis of project progress to support status reporting, updating project roadmaps and communication of key items for escalation
• Prepare structured communication and project updates to support stakeholder management and engagement throughout the project lifecycle
• Identify, track and monitor overall project health following frameworks for issues, blockers, risk and change management escalation throughout the project lifecycle
• Support the facilitation of focus groups and other multi-stakeholder meetings and workshops to assess and develop processes, procedures and tools to capture project and business requirements and develop project plans liaising with technical and non-technical teams from across the business
• Develop data collection methods, coordinate collection, analysis and formatting of data for data migration as part of project implementation
• Support the teams in efforts to strive for continuous improvement collecting feedback and facilitating retrospective sessions
• Ensure compliance with company policies, procedures, and standards