Junior Project Manager at Alfred and Victoria Associates

Alfred & Victoria Associates is one of Nigeria’s leading ICT solution based company. Our company offers a wide range of services which are in high demand of today’s emerging market. AVA has three major arms which have been streamlined to meet our customer’s needs.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Junior Project Manager

Location: Lagos

Job Summary & Purpose

Junior project managers are responsible for planning, organizing, and directing operations related to ongoing projects in the company.
They lead team members in the project development department and oversee company projects to make sure they are running as planned.

Responsibilities

Plan, commence, execute, supervise, and roundup assigned projects
Suggest strategies of achieving the project goals to the owner
Responsible for the flow of information from the project owner to the team regarding the project
Make provisions for the progress of the project
Pitching project ideas and securing approval before each project commences.
Developing new project plans in consultation with stakeholders, including clients and staff.
Outlining the human and material resources required to successfully complete each project.
Make the arrangement for projects documentation on the recommendation and specification of the owner and ensure that specifications are met
Ensure that the procedure, rules, regulations, and promulgated laws governing project management are well adhered to
Meet with the team and ensure that each member is given an opportunity to make suggestions regarding the executions of the project
Update information on the project management development, tools, regulations, market demand, and likely clients
Make arrangement for the project completion based on specifications of the project owner
Identifying needs that can be successfully addressed by projects.
Formulating a resource allocation strategy, and utilizing this to distribute work and finances.
Monitoring staff performance to ensure excellence and adherence to specified deadlines.
Evaluating each project’s effectiveness by consulting with clients, consumers, and staff.
Reporting on each project’s utility upon the uptake of outputs.
Consulting with the assigned Project Manager to seek guidance and input during the key phase of each project.

Academic Qualification

Minimum of First Degree in Social Science / Industrial Relations / Business Administration / Project Management or any related field.

Professional Qualification:

PMI Project Management Professional (PMP) certification.
PRINCE2® Foundation/ Practitioner is an advantage

Experience:

2-3 years’ work experience in the field of Project Management and/or Operations Management is required.

Key Skills & Competencies:

In-depth understanding of prevailing project management methods.
Forethought, with the capacity to identify and minimize risks.
Ability to detect and capitalize on others’ strengths.
Good communication; written and spoken skills
Proficiency in analyzing and solving problems related to projects
Outstanding human relation skills evident in the ability to work with the team
Proficiency in customer relation
Excellence in gathering help needed in developing a working project management plan
Strong ability to give attention to details, as well as tested organizational skills
Strong knowledge and prowess in using modern information and communication technologies to projects
Ability to be proactive and independent, and to be interdependent on the team.