Project Manager

Responsibilities Project Delivery - Create and maintain project plans with clear milestones, timelines, and assigned owners using tools like MS Project, Excel, or Jira. - Track scope, schedule, and budget while updating stakeholders with concise status reports and forecast adjustments. - Identify risks and issues early, log them, and follow through with mitigation actions until resolution. - Coordinate handovers and acceptance with clients to ensure deliverables meet agreed quality and acceptance criteria. Stakeholder & Team Coordination - Run regular standups and milestone reviews to keep internal teams and clients aligned and informed. - Manage expectations with clients, suppliers, and internal partners through clear agendas and follow-up notes. - Facilitate decision points to avoid delays and keep approvals moving through the right channels. - Support resource planning and task allocation to balance workloads across small project teams. Process & Reporting - Improve our project templates, checklists, and reporting formats to reduce rework and save time. - Prepare concise weekly and monthly reports that highlight progress, blockers, and next actions. - Collect lessons learned after each project and propose practical improvements for future engagement. - Maintain basic project financial tracking, including expense monitoring against approved budgets. Requirements Qualifications & Experience - Bachelor's degree in business, engineering, IT, or related field preferred, or equivalent practical experience. - Minimum 2 years of hands-on project coordination or project management experience in professional services or consulting. - Experience working with clients and small cross-functional teams on scoped engagements is required. - PM certifications such as PMP or Prince2 are a plus but not mandatory. Hard Skills & Knowledge - Familiarity with project management tools such as Jira, MS Project, Trello, or Asana and strong Excel skills. - Working knowledge of both waterfall and Agile delivery approaches and when to apply each. - Basic budgeting, forecasting, and expense tracking experience for small to medium projects. - Ability to produce clear status reports, timelines, and simple risk registers for stakeholders. Soft Skills & Qualities - Strong verbal and written communication, able to present status updates and client notes clearly and calmly. - Organised and detail oriented, with good time management across concurrent tasks. - Collaborative team player who supports colleagues and helps resolve blockers practically. - Problem solver with a pragmatic approach, able to prioritise work and make sound trade offs when needed.