What you'll do
The Project Specialist provides project/programme management advice and administration and provides services across the function to enable the successful delivery of projects. They support the team to identify, manage, and mitigate individual projects, programmes or cross-programme risks and issues in order to facilitate the on-time and on-budget delivery of capabilities and features aligned to the business outcome vision. The Project Specialist has a good understanding of established concepts and procedures in the project management function and works with colleagues to deliver the whole of the proposed change, through effective co-ordination of the programme or project administrative tasks, and coordinating with stakeholders ensuring they deliver their individual activities effectively. Typically reports to Project Manager.
Who you are
* Demonstrates a good understanding of project management office administrative activities and processes;
* Supports the team to deliver activities related to programmes/projects through active involvement in specific initiatives to ensure they meet time, cost and quality requirements, comply with project standards and maximise benefit delivery;
* Delivers assigned tasks related to overall integrity and coherence of the programme/project milestones;
* Formally records updates and maintains systems accurately and in accordance with process;
* Uses communication skills to exchange ideas and information in a concise and logical way to support coordinating project stakeholders;
* Performs tasks to define release readiness requirements against business outcome needs and records readiness before release into production;
* Performs other job-related duties or tasks defined by the supervisor or resulting from assigned agendas.
Not a perfect fit?
Worried that you don't meet all the desired criteria exactly? At Vodafone we are passionate about Inclusion for All and creating a workplace where everyone can thrive, whatever their personal or professional background. If you're excited about this role but your experience doesn't align exactly with every part of the job description, we encourage you to apply as you may be the right candidate for this role or another role, and our recruitment team can help you see how your skills fit in.
What's in it for you
We want you to feel happy and fulfilled at work, without compromising the other things in life that matter to you. There are lots of ways we support this, including hybrid working and generous parental leave. You'll also get four Spirit Days a year to focus on your personal development and wellbeing, plus a host of other great benefits too.
Who we are
You may have already heard of Vodafone - We're a leading Telecommunications company in Europe and Africa. But what you might not know is that we are continuously investing in new technologies to improve the lives of millions of customers, businesses and people around the world, creating a better future for everyone.
As part of our global family, whether that's Vodafone, Vodacom or _VOIS, you'll feel a sense of pride and purpose as you contribute to our culture of innovation. We pursue equality of opportunity and inclusion for all candidates through our employment policies and practices. We recognise and celebrate the importance of diversity and inclusivity in our workspace and we do not tolerate any form of discrimination especially related to but not limited to race, colour, age, veteran status, gender identification, sexual orientation, pregnancy, ethnicity, disability, religion, political affiliation, trade union membership, nationality, indigenous status, medical condition, HIV status, social origin, cultural background, social, or marital status.
Together we can.
