Latest MTN Job Vacancies: Project Manager

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Latest MTN Job Vacancies: Project Manager
MTN Nigeria is part of the MTN Group, Africa’s leading cellular telecommunications company. On May 16, 2001, MTN became the first GSM network to make a call following the globally lauded Nigerian GSM
auction conducted by the Nigerian Communications Commission earlier in the year. Thereafter the company launched full commercial operations beginning with Lagos, Abuja and Port Harcourt.

MTN Nigeria is a top Telecom Service Provider in Nigeria, and part of MTN Group with operations in numerous African countries. We are recruiting to fill MTN

Job Vacancies in the following positions:
Job Title: Project Manager (X2)
Department: Information Systems
Location: Lagos
Employment Status: Permanent
Reporting To: Senior Manager - IS Project Office

Job Description:

1.      Project Initiation and Planning:
2.      Develop project charter, preliminary project scope consisting expectations, objectives, risks, approach, deliverables with key stakeholders
3.      Constitute project team including steering committee
4.      Develop and refine project plan and detailed workplan teffectively manage, the effort, scope, deliverables, milestones, resources, etc.
5.      Develop project control framework tcover the establishment of a sponsor group, risks and issue management, and communication management
6.      Plan contracting, procurement and purchasing of materials
7.      Project Execution, Monitoring and Control:
8.      Execute, monitor and control different aspects of the project
9.      Give direction/maintain focus by coordinating different aspects of the project
10.      Employ effective change, risk and communication management tdrive the progress toward the agreed goal
11.      Conduct status update meetings and report project progress
12.      Manage time, quality, scope and cost of project and correct deviation from plan
13.      Manage stakeholders
14.      Manage contract administration
15.      Project Wrap Up:
16.      Close project
17.      Present final deliverables and conclude knowledge transfer
18.      Complete documentation and knowledge management process for the project

Job Conditions:  May be required twork extended hours.

Required Skills:

•      8  years applicable business experience, including:
•      4 years formal project management experience in a telecommunications business environment or in a customer care & billing systems (CC&BS) or an Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems environment

Qualification:

•      BSc in Computer Science, Information Management
•      PRINCE2 Certification an advantage

Application Deadline
29th March, 2011

How To Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should apply via the link below:

Click here to apply online