Farmhouse Consulting Limited
Our client is a recognized leader in the Nigerian Environmental and Sustainability Risk Management Advisory Industry. Over the past 10 years, our client has carved a niche for itself as a specialist provider of world -class environmental and energy risk management consulting services to a varied but discerning clientele using cutting edge technologies and methodologies.
Our client has provided services for some of Nigeria’s biggest and best known names in the FMCG, Oil and Gas, Power/Energy generation & transmission, Telecoms, Financial services sectors as well as several state governments, NGOs, SMEs etc.
Position: Programme Manager
Nature of Role: Full Time, Managerial & Supervisory
Organizational Relationships:
Directly reports to: Managing Director/CEO Indirectly reports to: Board of Directors Supervises: All Project Managers
Job Summary:
- The Programme Manager will be responsible for planning, organizing, and implementing multiple protects across diverse industries.
- The selected candidate will oversee a compliment of employees that are divided into various project teams.
- He/She will assume ownership for overall results of projects and programs, as measured by customer delight, team engagement, project profitability, technical success, and schedule achievement.
- The Programme Manager will also have responsibility for communicating project status to internal and external audiences as well as proactively identifying, assessing and managing project issues and risks.
Specific Duties & Responsibilities:
- Project planning, budgeting, requirements discovery, resource assignments, and all project management activities
- Managing project teams/managers
- Supervising project work execution
- Risk identification, assessment and management
- Issue identification and resolution
- Providing direct, clear, concise and constant communication to internal and external customers, managing expectations and avoiding surprises.
- Coordinating non-technical aspects of projects, including all commercial aspects such as contracts, invoicing and collections etc
- Identifying customers’ needs for future projects and working with them to meet those needs
- Preparing, coordinating and leading high-level presentations to internal & external clients
- High-level stakeholder engagement and management
- Working with technical project managers to create, manage and continuously improve project processes.
Education & Experience:
“Must Have”
- Masters degree in Management, Sciences or Engineering
- Project Management certification (PMP or PRINCE 2)
- Between 10-15 years verifiable top-notch experience in the project/programme management sphere
“Nice to Have”
- Change Management certification (ADKAR Methodology)
- Programme Management certification (PgMP)
- Hands-on knowledge of the environmental/sustainability management field
Required Knowledge & Skills:
Project Management, Analytical thinking, Creative thinking, Problem solving, Negotiating, Planning, Multitasking, Organization, Leadership, Commercial awareness
Location:
Primarily based in Lagos, Nigeria. About 10% travel inter-state
Benefits & Compensation: Attractive and negotiable
To apply:
If your professional profile meets or exceeds our requirements and if you would like to work with us, kindly send a detailed resume to: info@farmhouseconsulting.com before 8th August, 2013.
Shortlisted candidates will be contacted thereafter with further instructions. www.farmhouseconsulting.com
