Job Vacancy For Principal Project Manager
- Accra
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Maintains a personal relationship with Jesus Christ. Is a consistent witness for Jesus Christ, maintains a courteous, Christ-like attitude in dealing with people within and outside of Compassion, and faithfully upholds Compassion's ministry in prayer.
- Acts as an advocate for children. Understands and advances Christ's mandate to protect children.
- Raises awareness of the needs of children and takes active steps to help protect against neglect, abuse, and exploitation of children.
- Promotes the dignity, respect, positive treatment, potential of children in all circumstances.
- Encourages the involvement of others in helping children in need.
- Reports and appropriately support responses to incidents of harm of children if they occur.
- Prepare estimates of costs and budget for the entire relocation program including the construction project
- Establish the schedule for performance and completion of stages and overall project
- Oversee design of project
- Prepare agreements with contractors or subcontractors, suppliers, equipment providers, engineers and architects
- Acquire or assist in the acquisition of licenses and permits for work
- Advise on the authorization of change orders and other amendments to contracts as necessary
- Determine appropriate or necessary construction processes
- Monitor and advise on weather conditions, availability of personnel or materials, and events which may disrupt project activities or cause delays in completion
- Inspect and approve work at various stages
- Authorize payments or release of construction funds
- Report progress of work to CIGH - submit
- Lead the planning and implementation of project
- Facilitate the definition of project scope, goals and deliverables
- Define project tasks and resource requirements
- Develop full-scale project plans including planning and scheduling project timelines
- Coordinate & monitor work of project implementors (Architectural, Engineering & Design firm)
- Manage project budget and resource allocation
- Track project deliverables using appropriate tools
- Provide direction and support to project team
- Undertake quality assurance throughout the lifecycle of the project
- Constantly monitor and report on the progress of the project to all stakeholders
- Present reports defining project progress, problems and solutions
- Implement and manage project changes and interventions to achieve project outputs
- Organise, develop and undertake delivery plans for projects under their control and monitor subsequent performance against this, taking corrective action where appropriate;
- Manage the administration of the project under the direction of the Senior Manager of Business Support
- Undertake primary responsibility for compliance with the Compassion International's Quality Assurance and Quality Control Policy and other corporate policies that are appropriate to the job
- Undertake and adhere to Procedure Manuals for project execution
- This senior manager ensures the project results meet requirements regarding technical quality, reliability, schedule and cost
- BSC Architecture
- Professional qualification in project management or equivalent will be an added advantage
- Fifteen years of professional experience working on large and complex construction or a similar field
- Proven experience in people management, coordination and collaboration
- Proven experience in strategic planning
- Proven experience in risk management (legal, financial, political etc.)
- Proven experience in change management
- Proficient in project management software
- Proven experience and proficiency in coordinating work among cross-functional teams
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