Junior Project Manager
Badger Holdings
2023-05-04 George
Job Ref #: DOTPM
Industry: Insurance
Job Type: Permanent
Positions Available: 2
If you’re passionate about being organised, professional and effective, then dotsure.co.za might have the opportunity you’ve been waiting for. We are a tech-driven brand who is firmly driven by the goal of disrupting the financial services industry through innovation and customer-centricity.
Job Description
We are looking for someone to assist our development team to drive new projects to completion. The successful candidate will need to have a unique blend of structured thinking, excellent communication, problem solving ability and eagerness to learn. This is an exceptional opportunity to be a meaningful part of a fast-growing team that cares about its people and its purpose.
Job Requirements
Job purpose
To assist in initiating, planning, executing, monitoring and controlling new and existing dotsure.co.za projects and small developments.
Duties and responsibilities
Monitor the progress of all relevant dotsure.co.za projects and report back to stakeholders. Enforce deadlines and inject urgency when necessary. Liaise with relevant parties to discuss new concepts and ideas and offer insight into existing projects. Create product and system specification documents in order to assist the development teams to understand the requirements from business. Liaise with the development teams and communicate the technical constraints and challenges to the relevant parties. Articulating, queuing and prioritizing bug fixes and small developmental tasks. Assist with analysing data, conducting market research and compiling research reports.
General skills and qualifications
Excellent organisational skills, ability to multi-task. Excellent oral and written communication skills. Attention to detail and deadlines (essential). Ability to develop and maintain good working relationships at all levels, including during difficult or challenging circumstances. Ability to think ahead and anticipate needs before they arise. Ability to exercise discretion in dealing with confidential or sensitive matters. A minimum of 1 year experience in a projects or dev environment is required. Relevant qualification in project/business management is advantageous. A general understanding of Agile Development methodology.
IT proficiencies
Excellent knowledge of MS Office suite (Word, Excel, Powerpoint). Experience using Monday.com, JIRA, Trello or similar task management software will be advantageous
