Project Management Associate at Sanergy… See details on how to apply for the opportunities available at Sanergy.
Descriptions;
Sanergy is an award-winning social venture that builds healthy, prosperous communities by making hygienic sanitation accessible and affordable in Africa’s urban informal settlements. Our systems-based approach to solving the sanitation crisis involves five key steps: we build a dense network of franchised micro-entrepreneurs, who operate low-cost, high-quality waterless sanitation facilities – called Fresh Life Toilets. We provide critical support services – such as access to finance, business analytics, training, and marketing. We collect the waste regularly and safely remove it from the community.
Responsibilities:
- Supporting the coordination and management of projects.
- Collects organize, and compile field data into required reports that are distributed on a timely basis
- Understand and guide teams on how to use the EPC framework
- Project risk identification and mitigation drafting
- Monitors project on a page and MS. Projects tracking sheets for accuracy and consistency of data;
- Assists in collecting project data for Monthly, Quarterly and Annual Reports, where applicable;
- Builds a strong relationship with project leads in design and execution to ensure timely collection of data;
- Assists in updating of dashboard presentations that showcase EPC project delivery KPIs;
- Utilizes IT applications to extract and present relevant data elements, including MS Projects, G-suite, Odoo, Salesforce, and Asana
- Communicating with stakeholders regarding project needs and goals.
- Contributing to the planning and development of projects.
- Performing administrative tasks such as scheduling meetings with project leads and/or external stakeholders
- Keeping track of reporting on project progress and cashflow spend
- Update budgets with actual project cashflow spend and raise flags when necessary
- Completing any tasks assigned by the Project Manager in an efficient and timely manner.
- Develop framework, standards, templates for all internal project management processes
- Provide training and feedback to the engineering teams to ensure full adoption of the framework
- Ensure design and engineering teams are delivering projects on time and within budget
- Engage all internal and external stakeholders to ensure blocks are flagged and cleared early
- Provide feedback to stakeholder responses and requests to technical teams are responded to within the agreed timescale
Requirements
Qualifications
- Degree and/or Diploma in Project Management and/or Procurement
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to lead and motivate
- A high level of organizational skills and attention to detail
- The ability to meet deadlines and work autonomously
- Effective interpersonal skills to properly represent Sanergy in an ethical and professional manner.