PROJECT MANAGER – SYNERGOS INSTITUTE 674 views

• Synergos has embarked on a roll-out of a new strategy and has developed a detailed roadmap, including goals and priorities across nine diverse work streams.
• If you are results-driven, have a growth mindset and passionate about collaborating across the organization to drive social impact, we’d love for you to apply. We seek a highly motivated Strategy Project Manager skilled in project management, process improvement to join a global team working alongside executive leadership and nine project leads in managing our ongoing strategy and transformation process. This is a one year-contracted position reporting to the Strategy Steering Committee and working alongside key working groups to move initiatives forward.

Location

• This position will be remote and open to candidates located in South Africa, Namibia, or Europe.

What you’ll be doing

• Deliver project management support including organizing and coordinating the strategy development process while ensuring working groups activities are on time, on budget, and with an oversight that these workstreams are synchronized.
• Support project scoping and workplans, development and documentation of plans and communication of progress towards goals.
• Consolidate the output of the work streams, fostering alignment across dependent programs and functional areas.
• Manage a range of internal stakeholders to track and monitor key projects and timelines using Monday.com (official project management tool) to ensure timelines
• Collaborate across Synergos to operationalize the business strategy by supporting working groups develop goals, actionable plans, implementation timelines, goals
• Conduct analysis including but not limited to work on budgets and milestones
• Lead and support informational interviews with internal and external stakeholders as needed
• Create and deliver presentations and strategy updates that communicate key project findings and recommendations
• Manage and schedule meetings for the Strategy committee working group and be a point of contact and a content resource in areas pertaining to the progress of our strategy work process
• Confidently lead meetings and drive conversations towards discrete actions/next steps to drive forward project objectives and overcome barriers

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• Undergraduate degree with Project Management Certification, a plus
• 3-4 years of full-time work experience with work experience in a project management role within an analytical environment or consulting practice
• Passionate about leadership development and building networks in the international development or philanthropic sectors
• Ability to manage and prioritize across multiple projects to meet deadlines
• Excellent communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills; able to distill complicated issues into clear recommendations
• Able to navigate competing stakeholder interests, comfortable with ambiguity and complex systems process
• Enjoy working in matrix-teams and contributing to a team environment and willing to take on leadership opportunities
• Ability to work independently in a fast-paced environment
• Strong commitment to Synergos core values and DEI practices

Travel

• Will include international travel

Compensation

• Commensurate with experience