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• Keenly track and monitor progress on all projects to
  ensure on time delivery
• Technically support all projects administration
• Actively facilitate closure of project and complete
  benefit analysis at the end of the project
• Responsible for tracking performance against new
  SLA’s, to ensure there are no delays of orders of infrastructure for
  critical work-streams
• Maintain and update Project Office policies and
  procedures
• Continue to update and suggest improvements to
  project methodologies
• Send a weekly performance report and monthly Project
  Status report
• Regularly review, collate, maintain and highlight
  changes to project plans
• Maintain financial controls and systems for
  recording, monitoring, forecasting and budgeting of all project
  expenditure
• Monitor and track performance on CBB and CSI Budgets
  with a view to managing cost for COO and the business at large
• Deputizes the Change Governance Manager (NPA
  Champion) on the  Country NPA forum
  as Secretary

• Ensuring benefits included within business cases are
  comprehensive, robust and measurable
• Establishing the Benefits tracking, reporting and
  realization process
• Reporting to Project Managers and stakeholders on
  business changes and benefits.
• Works closely with the Change Governance Manager to
  develop a Benefits Model, Plan and Register which includes attributes,
  measurement, ownership, risks, dependencies and links to stakeholders that
  supports benefits tracking Ensure that benefits associated with various
  change initiatives have not been overlooked or double counted and that
  responsibilities and authorities are correctly assigned.
• Ensure that any assumptions associated with benefits
  are managed and reported to the Change Governance Manager
• Assist the Change Governance Manager to critically
  review the benefits element of various Business Cases and supporting
  documentation to ensure alignment to overall business objective

• Responsible for managing the demanding governance
  requirements of all projects in the Projects and Change portfolio
• Keeping the Project Managers regularly informed of
  their governance position for their initiatives and remediation areas if
  any
• Reviewing the governance exceptions with the Change
  and Governance Manager to ensure remediation of the same and closing off
  gaps to avoid repeat exceptions

• The jobholder will have key influence with Project
  Managers and other Business project stakeholders (including Procurement
  and Finance) to affect the timely delivery and appropriate quality of the
  portfolio which will represent local as well as Barclays change
  initiatives.

• The
  Barclays Project Management Officer should hold a degree or equivalent in
  Financial Management or related discipline
• Experience
  and exposure to structured programme and project management techniques
  e.g. PMP or Prince II
• Significant
  previous experience in a role encompassing service improvement/re-design,
  programme or project management or other organizational change.
• Past
  experience in a governance environment is highly preferred
• MSP/PMW
  Planning Tools with ability to train/coach others is an added advantage
• Possession
  of Project Management Practitioner (PMP) preferred
• Working
  knowledge of the bank products, services and policies is highly desired
• Quantitative and qualitative data to identify and
  understand underlying patterns/messages from information, drawing out
  conclusions as the basis for decision making by self and others;
• Possess excellent numerical and verbal critical reasoning
  ability where the ability to think strategically, logically and clearly
  and to take rational decisions and decisive action
• Possess the ability to demonstrate the following
  Competencies
• Expert knowledge of the Barclays Africa change
  governance and policy framework is essential
• Working knowledge project management practices
• Financial Management knowledge
• Good knowledge and understanding of the NPA Policy
  and Processes

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