Project Administrator - Hillcrest, South Africa - THINK
Description
THINK is a non-profit organization dedicated to improving the lives of those affected by TB and HIV.As a health delivery and research organization, THINK engages with the local community, government consortia, and international funders to provide care for over 100,000 people in KwaZulu-Natal and carry out cutting-edge clinical research that has already contributed to changing treatment guidelines internationally and locally.
THINK is looking for a qualified Project Administrator to support the implementation of THINK projects in eThekwini.Duties and Responsibilities include but not limited to:
- Ensure that resources are available at all times to complete the work allocated, by assigning the correct person the correct
- Ensure all materials/resources are available for each project
- Facilitate and support with administration of grants
- Plan, schedule and supervise/coordinate subordinate activities within a process or service to achieve efficiency and quality goals.
- Coach employees on lower levels to ensure knowledge transfer and skills development to ensure skills availability in the future.
- Build, support and maintain healthy diverse interpersonal relationships and implement remedial actions where required, to ensure the achievement of organisational
- Provide relevant support to applicable stakeholders to ensure team objectives are achieved.
- Develop and monitor the project plan tracker/s.
- Suggest and implement changes to the plan as
- Use project plan to inform crossfunctional efforts and drive local daytoday
- Use project management tools to clearly communicate and organise the following:
- Work streams
- Budget
- Resources
- Lessons learned
- Risk
- Reporting
- Contingency plans
- Coordinate project requirement meetings and workshops with key units and departments
- Consult with the relevant counterparts in DOH, sub recipients as required
- Anticipate the ripple effects of decisions throughout the project plan and adjust accordingly
- Submit consolidated project plan to Line Manager for review
- Monitor projects to ensure deliverables are met and aligned with the project
- Facilitate recurring project meetings and follow up on action plans.
- Monitor project expenditure and costs against planned milestones.
- Identify and monitor risks, implement mitigation actions and escalate when needed.
- Continuously log lessons learned and monitor the quality of deliverables.
- Continuously update the project/program
- Escalate major project issues and risks to Line Manager
- Facilitate change management on the project through engagement with the various stakeholders, inclusive of:
- Facilitation of workshops and training
- Planning for stakeholder
- Identifying support systems required to ensure realisation of benefits per project.
- Liaising with the vendors as directed by finance on resources required
- Maintain project
- Prepare project plans for further deliverables due to a project extension and timeline
- Conduct a reflection postcompletion with district teams to develop an end project report for submission and provide recommendations within operations.
- Hand over risks and issues not closed to the identified managers.
- Support site close out and logistics
- Prepare weekly/monthly reports to provide project status updates.
- Prepare contingency plans/alternatives to inform decision making.
- Update the team plans on a weekly/monthly basis and develop work priorities.
- Contribute to reporting on departmental risk.
Requirements:
- Grade 1
- Matric Certificate
- Relevant tertiary qualification
- Project management certification ( Advantage)
- 25 years' project coordination experience
- Valid Driver's License
- Clear criminal record
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