The University of Johannesburg (UJ) is a vibrant and cosmopolitan university, anchored in Africa and driven by a powerful strategy focused on attaining global excellence and stature (GES). With an emphasis on independent thinking, sustainable development and strategic partnerships, UJ is an international university of choice. The University is guided by the Vice-Chancellor’s vision of “Positioning UJ in the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) in the context of the changing social, political and economic fortunes of Africa”.

• Responsible for running day-to-day management of projects through-out project phases ensuring that contractual requirements and client expectation are met according to SLA’s
• Define project scope, goals and deliverables that support business goals in collaboration with senior management and stakeholders
• Develop full-scale End to End project documentation
• Ensures that projects produce required products/service to the required standards of quality within the specified time constraints and cost. 
• Coach, mentor, motivate and supervise project team members to support Project Management mandate,
• Formulate Project Management Policies and practices to ensure alignment and realisation of the ICT strategic vision.  
• Ensure functioning governance structures for each project undertaken
• To manage and give direction to the team processes.
• Prepare budgets and manage costs of projects.
• Produce accurate and consistent status / progress reports as well as presentation for progress meetings
• Ensure that the right resources are allocated to the project tasks
• Facilitate team and external communication with Proactive engagement and escalation
• Use best practices and methods to estimate resources needed to achieve project goals
• Set and continually manage project expectations with team members and other stakeholders
• Identify and resolve issues and conflicts within the project team early
• Identify and manage project dependencies and critical path
• Use appropriate tools (MS Project and others) to plan and schedule project timelines and milestones
• Conduct post-delivery reviews and manage generated knowledge
• Develop and deliver timely progress reports, proposals, requirements documentation and presentations
• Proactively manage changes in project scope, identify potential crises, and devise contingency plans
• Mitigate risks for every project

• Relevant IT related Bachelor’s Degree (NQF 7)
• Project Management certification (Prince, PMBOK, etc.)

• Project Management (5 Years)
• Working in the IT Field (5 Years)
• Dealing with a diverse client base
• Supervise and Direct IT personnel

• ITIL Knowledge
• Working knowledge of Internet technologies including routers and switches
• Working knowledge of Audio Visual and End-User Computer Technologies
• Working knowledge of Enterprise Systems and IT Infrastructure

• Provide technology strategy planning
• Integrate project-based information technologies into UJ for optimal effectiveness
• Understand current and future business goals and ongoing IT issues to ensure business success
• Demonstrated experience in people management.
• Experience at working both independently and in a collaborative environment.
• Easily adapt to shifting priorities, demands and timelines
• Strong problem-solving capabilities.
• Ability to elicit cooperation from a wide variety of sources, including upper management, clients, and other departments.
• Strong written and oral communication skills.
• Strong interpersonal skills.
• Customer focus

• Working together
• Demonstrates and Proactively enables and encourages teamwork
• Communication & influencing
• Proactively builds relationships and generates effective discussion and mutual support for plans and ideas
• Managing Knowledge
• Proactively seeks out new knowledge sources Uses and shares knowledge effectively
• Striving for excellence
• Sets and measures challenging objectives for self and others
• Gives evidence-based feedback that helps others to excel
• Managing Resources
• Finds creative and innovative ways to allocate and utilize resources.
• Thinking Strategically
• Decisive, takes the big picture view, coaches others to consider long-term impact, and to consult within and beyond ICS.
• Delivering Results
• Plans and manages appropriately; holds self and team accountable for achieving goals.
• Critical Thinking
• The ability to think clearly and rationally about what to do, including the ability to engage in reflective and independent thinking.
• Service and Task Orientated
• The ability and desire to anticipate, recognize and meet others' needs focusing on the completion of particular tasks as a measure of success