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Project Manager
POSTED BY: Development Bank of Southern Africa
REF:DBSA 99
Date Published:Thursday, September 17, 2020
Date of Expiration:Tuesday, March 16, 2021 EXPIRED
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| LOCATION OF THIS JOB |
 South Africa | MIDRAND in South Africa |
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| DEVELOPMENT FINANCE INSTITUTIONS
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| Contract |
| MAIN JOB DESCRIPTION |
Closing Date 2020/10/02
Reference Number DBS200916-1
Job Title Project Manager
Job Grade 16
Job Type Classification Contract
Location - Town / City Midrand
Location - Province Gauteng
Location - Country South Africa
JOB DESCRIPTION
This is a three year (3) Fixed Term Contract position. The key purpose of this role is to provide project implementation cycle support to the SHIP MO. This involves working with the DHET, universities and TVET colleges, service providers and other public and private institutions with the primary objective to manage the development of student housing infrastructure, which includes, project management, planning, cost control and budgeting, monitoring of progress, reporting.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
TECHNICAL OUTPUTS
Stakeholder engagements
1. Serve as a key link with the SHIP MO, DHET, universities, TVET colleges and service providers.
2. Conduct regular project steering committee meetings with the universities, TVET colleges, SHIP MO, DHET and service providers.
3. Engagements with the DHET, National Treasury, universities and TVET colleges.
4. Continuous interaction with DBSA internal resources.
5. Engagements with investors, developers, banking community and service providers.
.Project Management Functions
Project coordination and team management
1. Overseeing feasibility studies
2. Monitor project developments from inception to completion of construction phase.
3. Review the deliverables prepared by the transaction advisors and other service providers appointed by the DBSA.
4. Support with the coordination of efforts of all parties involved in the project, including professional service providers, contractors, sub-contractors and labour.
5. Implement the SHIP MO framework with objectives and goals of the team members and assign.
Project control on cost, time and quality
1. Monitor that control measures for managing costs, schedule and quality are in place.
2. Conduct periodic monitoring visits to project construction site(s).
3. Monitor project milestones to ensure project completion within time, budget and quality.
Project planning
1. Develop project work plans and make revisions as and when the need arises.
2. Confirm project activities are scheduled.
3. Prepare all programme/project cost activities.
4. Confirm milestones with stakeholders and customers.
Project communication and reporting
1. Support the Head – SHIP MO with reporting and compliance to the Oversight Committee, thereby timeously collating project status reports.
2. Ensure an effective communication system is in place to provide timeous feedback for management, client and customer.
3. Following site monitoring visits and attendance of project meetings, issue status report and action plans.
4. Compile monthly progress reports.
5. Conduct project close out reviews.
Project contract management
1. Ensure contracts are managed in a way that is fair to all parties.
2. Monitor performance by identifying and resolving areas of concern.
3. Actively measure progress against the contract’s performance.
4. Ensure adherence to the contract conditions and timelines.
Procurement
1. Provide advisory support to PSET institutions regarding procurement strategies and plans.
2. Support with the procurement of student housing infrastructure facilities in line with the PFMA and other relevant legislation, including development of RFP documents and required governance submissions.
3. Carry out the role of an observer in the procurement of professional service providers and contractors for the SHIP projects.
4. Support the SHIP MO in the procurement of goods and services
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| REQUIREMENTS FOR THIS JOB |
EXPERTISE & TECHNICAL COMPETENCIES
Minimum Requirements:
1. Minimum recognised National Diploma/NQF Level 6 qualification in the built environment (Architecture; Building Science; Construction Management; Civil, Electrical & Mechanical Engineering or Quantity Surveying).
2. At least 7 years practicing in the built environment.
3. Project Management professional accreditation (Sr.PM, Pr.PM, PMP or PRINCE2 Practitioner) or professional registration in the built environment councils (ECSA, SACAP, SACPCMP or SACQSP) or
4. Minimum registered as candidate professional with one of the above-mentioned built environment councils.
5. Experience in managing infrastructure projects valued at more than R100 million.
Desirable Requirements:
1. A relevant postgraduate qualification.
2. Knowledge and demonstrable experience in the:
1) post-school education and training sector;
2) technical planning, demand and growth estimations, and planning aspects relating to infrastructure projects and finance;
3) spatial, geographic and demographic dynamics which impact infrastructure planning;
4) Private Public Partnership infrastructure development experience; and
5) planning of infrastructure in the water, transport, energy and ICT sectors related to buildings.
Skills & Ability
1. Interpersonal and relationship building skills.
2. Dispute/conflict resolution skills.
3. Project and contract management knowledge.
4. Sound knowledge of the JBCC, NEC, GCC or other relevant building contracts.
5. In depth understanding of the PMBOK knowledge areas.
6. Knowledge of relevant legislation regarding infrastructure development.
Required Personal Attributes
TECHNICAL COMPETENCIES
Written and Verbal Communication
1. Able to write complex technical and non-technical documents and briefs.
2. Able to communicate complex problems or concepts.
Negotiation
1. Able to successfully conclude negotiations that require the development of an emotional as well as factual argument.
2. Able to develop mutually beneficial proposals and solutions.
3. Effectively employs a variety of advanced behavioural and interpersonal competencies to control negotiations.
Stakeholder Management
1. Delivers objectives by bringing together diverse stakeholders to work effectively in partnership.
2. Identifies and engages a diverse range of influential contacts within stakeholder and community groups, and partner organisations.
3. Builds alliances to establish mutually beneficial working arrangements, openly sharing knowledge and insights.
Business Development
Assesses project and programme feasibility through interrogation of resource requirements (including legal and regulatory aspects).
1. Coordinates, controls and manages the activities and efforts required for implementation of a plan.
2. Initiates, reviews and interprets competitor environment reviews and act accordingly.
3. Positions the SHIP as the preferred development partner, lender and advisor.
4. Promotes compliance and alignment with the strategic imperatives of both individual clients and the SHIP of investment and development interventions.
BEHAVIOURAL COMPETENCIES
Teamwork and cooperation
1. Promotes a friendly climate and good morale and resolves conflicts.
2. Creates opportunities for cross-functional working.
Decisiveness
1. Makes timely decisions about complex issues even when some information is missing.
2. Makes decisions and stands by them even when they are controversial or unpopular.
3. Grasps critical business opportunities when they arise by making timely decisions.
Driving delivery of results
1. Identifies and implements a business opportunity that will have long term impact on the business.
2. Monitors progress and adapts plans if necessary, to ensure optimal benefit to the Programme. c. Makes decisions, sets priorities, or chooses goals based on inputs and outputs makes explicit considerations of potential profit, return on investment, or cost benefit analysis.
3. Based on cost benefit analysis, makes decisions of entrepreneurial risk nature.
Leading and Empowering Others
1. Identifies long-term goals for the team and communicates them to team members, ensuring their buy in.
2. Sets a good example by personally exercising desired behavior; acts on values and beliefs.
3. Communicates a vision for the team and future success that inspires team members.
4. After assessing others competence, one delegates full authority and responsibility to others to do the task in their own way.
5. Ensures that competent employees are given opportunities to further their careers.
Leading and Managing Change
1. Gives team members the responsibility to analyse, impact and execute change and to sustain it independently.
2. Anticipates the need for change when not obvious and influences others to gain support.
3. Builds sustainable business capacity to embrace change.
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