Project Coordinator, Cape Town

Job Description

• Project Co-Ordinator is required to support the Digital Environment

Principle Accountabilities

• Assists the Project Manager during the development of major projects from commencement to completion. Monitors progress of the development projects within their area of responsibility and assists the Project Managers with the documentation when necessary. 50% allocation to each of the Sales Portal and improved Self-service projects. Supporting the Project Manager across the Project Lifecycle. Engaging with stakeholders in Digital.

Qualifications and Experience

• Proven track record of working in a project environment as a Project Co-Ordinator
• Knowledge of Project governance and project lifecycle requirements
• Previous experience supporting project activities (Resource Planning, Budget Management, Project Planning)
• Project Coordinator with 6-10 years' experience working in Financial Services (prefer Insurance)
• Project Coordinator experience and qualifications
• Scrum Master and/or Junior Project Manager experience and skills, and advantage
• Sound understanding of system development life-cycle
• Agile training and experience working in Scrum or Kanban framework (advantageous)
• Strong interpersonal skills, attention to detail, strong financial/budgeting skills

Essential hardware/software knowledge

• Tool knowledge and experience: JIRA, Confluence, PPO (2 years or more experience using these tools)
• Stakeholder management
• Attention to detail
• Good Communication skills (verbal and writing)
• Team player
• Familiar with tools: Jira, Confluence, PPO, SharePoint, Excel skills (intermediate) and MS Projects (or similar tools)

Kindly regard your application as unsuccessful if you have not heard from the agency within 2 weeks.