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We're looking for a highly organised and proactive Project Manager to join our team in Cape Town. You’ll play a critical role in delivering key projects on time and within scope, working across departments to drive clarity, communication, and accountability. Your ability to manage stakeholders, mitigate risks, and ensure smooth execution will be central to our success.

You’ll oversee end-to-end project delivery, working closely with internal teams to define requirements, timelines, and deliverables. You’ll lead cross-functional meetings, track progress, resolve roadblocks, and ensure key milestones are met. You’ll also act as the central point of communication, updating stakeholders at all levels and ensuring complete transparency.

Preferably degree level

Working knowledge of Prince2 / Agile methodologies and project management principles

Demonstrable organisational and prioritisation skills

Excellent communication skills are essential

Proactive, can-do attitude in a lively team environment

Experience of using Trello and Zendesk is advantageous

We offer a collaborative and supportive team culture, with opportunities to grow your career and take on increasingly strategic projects. You'll be working on high-impact initiatives, supported by modern tools and a forward-thinking leadership team.

ConnexAI is an award-winning Conversational AI platform. Designed by a world-class engineering team, ConnexAI's technology enables organizations to maximize profitability, increase revenue and take productivity to new levels. ConnexAI provides cutting-edge, enterprise-grade AI applications including AI Agent, AI Guru, AI Analytics, ASR, AI Voice, and AI Quality.

We're looking for a highly organised and proactive Project Manager to join our team in Cape Town. You’ll play a critical role in delivering key projects on time and within scope, working across departments to drive clarity, communication, and accountability. Your ability to manage stakeholders, mitigate risks, and ensure smooth execution will be central to our success.

You’ll oversee end-to-end project delivery, working closely with internal teams to define requirements, timelines, and deliverables. You’ll lead cross-functional meetings, track progress, resolve roadblocks, and ensure key milestones are met. You’ll also act as the central point of communication, updating stakeholders at all levels and ensuring complete transparency.

Preferably degree level

Working knowledge of Prince2 / Agile methodologies and project management principles

Demonstrable organisational and prioritisation skills

Excellent communication skills are essential

Proactive, can-do attitude in a lively team environment

Experience of using Trello and Zendesk is advantageous

We offer a collaborative and supportive team culture, with opportunities to grow your career and take on increasingly strategic projects. You'll be working on high-impact initiatives, supported by modern tools and a forward-thinking leadership team.

ConnexAI is an award-winning Conversational AI platform. Designed by a world-class engineering team, ConnexAI's technology enables organizations to maximize profitability, increase revenue and take productivity to new levels. ConnexAI provides cutting-edge, enterprise-grade AI applications including AI Agent, AI Guru, AI Analytics, ASR, AI Voice, and AI Quality.

We're looking for a highly organised and proactive Project Manager to join our team in Cape Town. You’ll play a critical role in delivering key projects on time and within scope, working across departments to drive clarity, communication, and accountability. Your ability to manage stakeholders, mitigate risks, and ensure smooth execution will be central to our success.

You’ll oversee end-to-end project delivery, working closely with internal teams to define requirements, timelines, and deliverables. You’ll lead cross-functional meetings, track progress, resolve roadblocks, and ensure key milestones are met. You’ll also act as the central point of communication, updating stakeholders at all levels and ensuring complete transparency.

Preferably degree level

Working knowledge of Prince2 / Agile methodologies and project management principles

Demonstrable organisational and prioritisation skills

Excellent communication skills are essential

Proactive, can-do attitude in a lively team environment

Experience of using Trello and Zendesk is advantageous

We offer a collaborative and supportive team culture, with opportunities to grow your career and take on increasingly strategic projects. You'll be working on high-impact initiatives, supported by modern tools and a forward-thinking leadership team.

ConnexAI is an award-winning Conversational AI platform. Designed by a world-class engineering team, ConnexAI's technology enables organizations to maximize profitability, increase revenue and take productivity to new levels. ConnexAI provides cutting-edge, enterprise-grade AI applications including AI Agent, AI Guru, AI Analytics, ASR, AI Voice, and AI Quality.

The PMO Lead is responsible for supporting the strategic planning, delivery, and quality assurance of projects within the Flash Group. This role involves applying best practices in project management, supporting governance, and building capacity within the team.

1. Strategic Planning / Portfolio Support: Ensure the group focuses on the right projects by supporting management decision-making.
2. Delivery Support: Oversee effective project delivery, ensuring adherence to standards and best practices.
3. Best Practices: Promote consistent project management practices and standards across the group.

• Provide programmatic management support, maintaining standards and best practices.
• Advise on high-value and high-risk engagements, strengthening project governance.
• Contribute to strategic oversight, ensuring projects align with organizational objectives.
• Develop resource tracking systems for planning and forecasting.
• Identify and mitigate potential risks and issues.

• Facilitate development of project plans and milestones.
• Manage dependencies and advise on quality delivery.
• Support project closure activities, ensuring proper asset and report management.

• Review project performance regularly against scope, cost, schedule, and quality.
• Maintain progress reports and track milestones.
• Identify risks, anticipate issues, and advise mitigation strategies.
• Ensure effective communication and stakeholder engagement strategies.

• Monitor project targets, manage risks, and ensure compliance with standards.
• Coordinate quality reviews and evaluate organizational implications.

• Support embedding best practices in project governance and risk management.
• Provide training and development to project practitioners.
• Identify skills gaps and recommend development actions.
• Extend project management support to partners and stakeholders.

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SUMMARY:

New role is available for a Project Management Officer in the Administration Department for our client in the Automotive Industry based in Kariega.

Recruiter:

Staff Solutions Recruitment

Job Ref:

CPT00094/AK

Date posted:

Wednesday, July 9, 2025

Location:

Uitenhage, South Africa

SUMMARY:

New role is available for a Project Management Officer in the Administration Department for our client in the Automotive Industry based in Kariega.

POSITION INFO:

Core Purpose of the Role:

The primary objective of this position is to conduct feasibility studies for local production activities across Africa and to drive, plan, and implement production facilities on the continent. The role will also serve as a project manager for new business and strategic initiatives, leading cross-functional and cross-brand teams to strengthen and coordinate the Group's footprint in Africa.

The incumbent will be responsible for negotiations with external stakeholders, including governmental authorities and production partners, as well as engaging key internal stakeholders. The role requires the evaluation of both internal and external factors impacting medium-term (up to 5 years) and long-term (beyond 5 years) strategic needs. Additionally, the incumbent will develop and present scenarios for executive-level decision-making.

Key Responsibilities:

• Conduct feasibility studies for new and existing local production projects across African markets.
• Lead inter-divisional teams across different Group brands and cultures.
• Track and monitor project milestones and ensure alignment with Board-approved objectives.
• Anticipate challenges and proactively develop solutions and alternatives by reviewing pending tasks and motivating teams to meet set targets.
• Represent the Group both internally and externally across various platforms.
• Negotiate and manage relationships with governmental and production partners.
• Collaborate with Group, Regional, Local, and external stakeholders to shape and implement the regional corporate strategy.
• Identify and assess new business opportunities to support sustainable development in Africa.
• Manage the evaluation and implementation of new production initiatives in the region.
• Support executive management in scheduling, coordinating, and monitoring internal resources to ensure successful project execution.
• Act as an internal consultant on high-priority strategic projects, analyzing factors influencing mid- to long-term business requirements.
  
  

• Degree or diploma in Economics, Business Administration, Finance, Engineering, or a related field.
  
  

• Minimum of 5 years’ experience in project management or a strategic environment.
  
  

• Proven experience in senior-level negotiation and decision-making.
• Strong financial and strategic analysis capabilities.
• Automotive industry experience is advantageous.
• Demonstrated ability to operate effectively across complex and diverse business environments.
• Strategic thinking with strong project execution capabilities.
• Sound judgment and decision-making skills.
• Excellent communication and leadership abilities across all organizational levels.
• Competence in managing and monitoring large-scale projects, identifying critical issues, and escalating when necessary.
• Ability to lead and motivate cross-divisional teams in high-pressure environments.
• Strong conflict resolution and stakeholder management skills.
• Experience representing an organization locally and internationally at senior levels.
• Cultural sensitivity and competence in cross-cultural negotiations.
• Capable of delivering impactful presentations to high-level audiences including heads of state, government ministers, and C-suite executives.
• Proficiency in analyzing external trends and developing actionable strategic insights.
• Experience in scenario planning and presentation for Board-level decisions.
  
  
  
  

• Seniority level Mid-Senior level

• Employment type Full-time

• Job function Project Management and Information Technology
• Industries Advertising Services

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With over 100 years of rich history and strongly positioned as a local bank with regional and international expertise, a career with our family offers the opportunity to be part of this exciting growth journey, to reset our future and shape our destiny as a proudly African group.

Job Summary

Job Description

• The Project Manager is accountable for Managing relationships with the project stakeholders and customers
• Creating and maintaining a consistent, coherent project plan that can be used to guide project execution and project control
• Planning, defining the scope of the project and controlling changes Formalising acceptance of the scope by stakeholders
• Planning, defining the schedule of the project and controlling changes
• Planning resources, estimating cost, allocating project budget and controlling changes to the budget 2 Maintain quality planning, quality assurance and quality control for the project Identifying, documenting and assigning project roles, responsibilities and reporting relationships
• Ensuring timely and appropriate generation and dissemination of project information Identifying , analysing and managing project risks Acquire & Implement
• Effectively conduct research into and make use of appropriate existing intellectual property as relevant to assigned project tasks Deliver & Support Deliver projects in keeping with cost, quality, schedule and agreed criteria.
• Identify, assess and manage project risks, which could result in time or cost overruns or failure to deliver products which are fit for purpose. Optimise total utilisation for all project resources. Ensure the participation and commitment of project stakeholders to project activities / reviews as required.
• Ensure timely dissemination of appropriate project information to stakeholders. Control changes to project scope, schedule and budget. Collect and disseminate performance information - status reporting, progress measurement and forecasting.
• Manage responses to risks and changes to risks over the course of the project. Generate, gather and disseminate information to formalize project completion.
• Ensure that projects are formally closed and, where appropriate, subsequently reviewed, and that lessons learned are captured and published.
• Surface and escalate issues which may become impediments to delivery of projects on time, on-budget, and in keeping with business and technical guidance documents.
• Work effectively with Solution Delivery Manager to build a PM and technical team which delivers project on time, on-budget, and in keeping with business and technical guidance documents.
• Complete and file all required reports - especially those required by the PMO. Monitor & Evaluate Monitor costs, timescales and resources used, and take appropriate action where these deviate from agreed tolerances. Evaluate overall project performance on a regular basis to ensure that the project will satisfy relevant quality requirements.
• Monitor specific project results to ensure compliance with relevant quality standards and identify ways to eliminate unsatisfactory performance. Participate in post-implementation reviews of projects; document and institutionalise lessons learnt for continuous improvement.
• Provide feedback on performance of all team members. Plan & Organise Define, communicate and gain agreement on the project scope. Estimate costs, schedule and resource requirements for the successful delivery of the project to an agreed scope.
• Assist the Business Analyst, as necessary, in the development of a Business Case for the project.
• Work with the Solution Architect, System Analyst, and Solution Delivery Manager to ensure that the project adheres to enterprise Architectural standards. Divide the major project deliverables into smaller, more manageable components.
• Identify the specific activities that must be performed to produce the project deliverables. Identify and document dependencies between activities. Analyse activity sequences, activity durations and resource requirements to prepare the project schedule.
• Allocate the overall cost to individual work items.
• Prepare a consistent and coherent project plan document. 3 Identify which quality standards are relevant to the project and determine how to satisfy them. Identify, document and assign project roles, responsibilities and reporting relationships of both internal and external resources.
• Determine the information and communication requirements of the stakeholders.
• Identify and document the risks that are likely to affect the project.
• Evaluate risks and risk interactions to assess the range of possible project outcomes.
• Identify procurement requirements. Build and manage project charters, schedules, quality plans, budgets, and communication and risk management plans for projects.
• Clearly specify the needs of individuals and of the team overall to meet the needs of the project.

Education and Experience Required

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Systems or related field, compulsory.
• Recognised project management qualification (PMP/ PRINCE2), compulsory.
• Minimum 5 years’ Project Management experience.
• Minimum 3 years’ Financial Services Industry experience.
• Minimum 5 years’ IT/ IT Consulting experience.
• Minimum 3 years’ Consulting/ Change Management experience, advantageous.
• Business Case Management experience, compulsory.
• Experience in Benefits Management.
• Experience in Change Management.
• Experience in Project Management.
• Experience in Stakeholder Management.
• Experience and Knowledge of Banking and Financial Services business.

Education

Absa Bank Limited is an equal opportunity, affirmative action employer. In compliance with the Employment Equity Act 55 of 1998, preference will be given to suitable candidates from designated groups whose appointments will contribute towards achievement of equitable demographic representation of our workforce profile and add to the diversity of the Bank.

Absa Bank Limited reserves the right not to make an appointment to the post as advertised

Our Client, a leading and established financial services organisation is seeking the services of a Project Management Administrator. This is a contract role and is for a period of 12 months.

Role and responsibilities

Responsible for the provision of support and guidance on project management processes, procedures, tools and techniques to programme managers, project managers and their teams. Support includes the use of project management software, the development, production and maintenance of plans (including time, resource, cost and exception plans), the tracking and reporting of progress and performance of one or more ICT projects (including those performed by third parties under contract), the maintenance of programme and/or project files, the analysis of performance and the maintenance of metric data and estimating models, and the administration of project change control, including use of configuration management systems.

What will make you successful in this role?

• Provide administration support to Project Manager/s and Project teams which includes minute-taking, diary management, meeting scheduling & preparation
• Execute on the Groups' PMO continuous improvement plan by compiling updates on project reports.
• Optimal usage of PPO and other Group PMO Toolsets across all agreed functionalities and features. Incl. Updating issue, Risk & dependency logs.
• Effective Stakeholder engagement throughout project lifecycle.
• Continuous collaboration with Group/Business (internal) stakeholders and Clients
• Adhere to the Groups' Service Management procedures and protocol & to Project Management governance as agreed by Steerco or relevant Project Forum
• Project budget & Financial management: Track project budget, Reports, Projections, Invoicing, query resolution
• Ensure accurate Time Management of project resources.
• Handle Hardware/Software/Stationery requests on the project.
  
  

• Qualifications: Grade 12 and Relevant accredited courses (relevant diploma an advantage)
• Experience: At least 3 years job-related experience in formal project administration (IT software development projects beneficial)
• Knowledge and Skills: Solid understanding of a project's life cycle and a project methodology, Strong administration skills and advanced knowledge of Project tools: Excel, PowerPoint, Word & MS Project, JIRA
  
  

• Collaboration
• Care
• Innovation
• Integrity
  
  

• Project Administration
• JIRA
• Programme Office Management
• Project Management Office (PMO)
• Project Support Administration
• MS Project
• MS Powerpoint
• Excel
  
  

• Certificate

As the Assistant to both functions, you will work directly with the Head of Accounting and Controlling providing executive support and taking the lead in the day-to-day office administration facilitating its smooth and efficient operation. In addition, supporting project management related activities, for example keeping track of project statuses and providing project support where applicable.

1. Managing the Head of Accounting and Controlling diary to ensure that meetings and appointments are planned and prioritised ensuring optimum use of the time.
2. Communicating effectively with both internal and external stakeholders, ensuring that a professional image is portrayed.
3. Planning and organising travel including preparation of detailed itineraries in advance of travel.
4. Planning and organising workshops onsite and offsite, including preparation of detailed agendas.
5. Preparation of presentations in Ms Powerpoint.
6. Liaising with internal and external service providers.
7. Organize and support in running meetings.
8. Undertaking a range of administrative tasks including raising purchase orders.
9. Tracking status of project deliverables and milestones.
10. Defining and updating the project management processes, standards and governance.
11. Ensuring project plans and project documentation are complete and up to date, providing regular project status updates, helping acquire the necessary resources and skills, and contributing to the delivery of business systems to meet identified business requirements.
12. Organising workshops to identify areas of improvement for projects, documenting recommendations.

1. Strong administrative experience within a professional environment.
2. Working knowledge of all Microsoft packages including Word and Excel.
3. Excellent PowerPoint skills.
4. Highly organised individual with ability to multitask and manage high volume of work.
5. Confident individual with excellent spoken and written English.
6. The ability to work well under pressure.
7. Self-motivated with good attention to detail.
8. Team player and able to support other colleagues if required.

1. Working with a global team.
2. Opportunities to work on a variety of innovative projects.
3. Possibility to take over further tasks within the company.
4. Supportive work culture.
5. Remote/Flexible work.
6. Time off/Paid holidays.
7. Continual learning through the platform.
8. e-Learning.
9. Mentorship.
10. Coaching.
11. Open feedback culture.

Planning, Scheduling, Meeting Planning, Administration Management, Workshop Facilitation, Microsoft Office.

Our client in the Manufacturing Industry is seeking to employ aProject Management Officer to their team based in Uitenhage.

Requirements:

Degree or Diploma in Economics, Business Administration, Finance, Engineering, or equivalent.

Minimum of 5 years’ experience in a project management or strategy environment.

Negotiating and decision-making experience at a senior level.

Financial analysis capability.

Automotive industry experience will be advantageous.

Ability to operate across a wide range of complex business segments.

Strong strategic project management planning and execution skills.

Sound decision-making ability.

Excellent communication skills with the ability to lead teams at all levels.

Strong project planning and execution capabilities in line with approved KPIs.

Proficiency in monitoring and tracking project progress, identifying and resolving issues, and escalating major matters where necessary.

Experience in leading and motivating inter-divisional teams under pressurised conditions.

Conflict management and resolution abilities.

Experience representing organisations locally and internationally at various levels.

Competence in operating and negotiating across diverse cultural environments.

Confidence in presenting to multi-national groups, including Heads of Government, Ministers, and CEOs.

Ability to analyse external environments, draw relevant insights, and anticipate trends.

Expertise in developing, analysing, and presenting strategic scenarios.

Responsibilities:

Conduct feasibility studies for local production activities in Africa.

Lead inter-divisional teams across brands and cultures on various projects.

Assume responsibility for the tracking and monitoring of project milestones as agreed by the Board of Management.

Anticipate project issues and proactively identify solutions and alternatives.

Motivate and encourage team members to ensure project targets are met.

Represent the company within the Group and externally in various capacities.

Negotiate with external partners including governmental authorities and production partners.

Engage with Group, Regional, Local, and external stakeholders to formulate, implement, and monitor corporate regional strategy.

Identify new business opportunities to promote sustainable development within African markets.

Manage the evaluation and implementation of new projects, with a primary focus on local production activities in Africa.

Support management in preparing, scheduling, coordinating, and monitoring internal resources to ensure the effective execution of assigned projects.

Act as an internal consultant on new business and prioritised projects by engaging with stakeholders to determine internal and external factors affecting mid- to long-term needs.

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