Project Coordinator Job Vacancy at MTN Nigeria Careers

MTN Nigeria, a top Telecom Service Provider in Nigeria, and a part of the MTN Group, Africa’s leading cellular telecommunications company. MTN Nigeria has vacancy in the job position below:

Job Title: Project Coordinator

Department: Information Systems
Location: Lagos
Job Conditions:   Working in an open plan office Working 5 days per week with some late/early and weekend work Normal MTNN working hours
Employment Status: Permanent
Reporting To: Project Manager

Job Description:

• Develop the Project scope, problem statement and goal statement.
• Assist with Project delivery within budget (time and financial) and within defined quality criteria
• Assist with project-planning in line with recommended tool sets.
• Enforce project plans’ conformity to planning guidelines.
• Co-ordinate input and maintain plans throughout project life cycle.
• Provide Project manager with up-to-date financial position on all projects
• Provide stakeholders with up to date information on all projects (where applicable)
• Proactively escalate project risks (where applicable)
• Measure progress per project worker against weekly targets and deliverables
• Manage agreed quality measures accordingly.
• Assist with project integration management.
• Assist with negotiating and managing supplier contracts and service level agreements
• Assist with formal project success reviews
• Develop reports as required by the IS Project Manager.
• Document weekly reports or any other reports identified as relevant to the project
• Organise and facilitate project meetings, sessions and workshops.
• Maintain project plan – update / adapt where necessary
• Prepare and circulate project status update reports.
• Identify reasons for delays in projects and plan activities to overcome these
• Build relationships with suppliers and subcontractors
• Build and maintain relationships within and outside IS
• Develop and enforce escalation procedure
• Prepare and maintain team project delivery schedule
• Input into, monitor and execute SLAs
• Keep abreast of business process changes and communicate these to team members

Required Skills

• 4 yrs project management experience preferably in a telecommunications business environment/customer care & billing systems (CC&BS)/Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems environment
• Knowledge of measurement processes / methods for assessing progress toward goals and project outcomes
• An understanding of project management methods and practices, including methods of preparing designs, plans, specifications, estimates, reports and recommendations

Qualification

• A first degree in the social sciences

Application Deadline
11th March, 2011

How To Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should apply using the link below:
Click here to apply online

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