Specialist: Programme and Project Management

Job Posting Salary:  R891,176.00

Job Posting End Date:  27 Oct 2026

 Reporting

• Prepare and submit regulation reports as and when required to provide progress updates and/or inform management decisions.
• Develop functional reporting systems, for management, projects or performance reporting.
• Prepare proposals, briefings, presentations, reports, and other documentation and provide management information both verbally and in report format.

Project Management

• Define project plan and scope.
• Develop full-scale project plans.
• Manage project budgets.
• Prepare governance documents, the planning and execution thereof.
• Maintain project artefacts.
• Proactively manage changes.
• Facilitation of project meetings and administration.
• Plan and set priorities for all elements of the project.
• Drive and challenge business units on their assumptions.
• Monitor and report on status of project efforts.

Compliance and Risk Management

• Plan proactively to mitigate project risks and report on all issues and risks.
• Compliance with policies and procedures.

Management Oversight

• Responsible for managing, planning, scheduling, estimating, controlling and delivering all activities for projects.
• Direct and manage project teams, including performance
• Drive and challenge business units on their assumptions of how they will successfully execute their plans.

Policy Review and Implementation

• Contribute to the development and implementation of departmental policy, procedures and processes.
• Keep up to date with effective policy and practice execution strategies.

Stakeholder Management

• Work closely with the stakeholders to ensure proper engagement.
• Create project awareness throughout the Fund through various engagements with RAF employees.
• Engage with relevant internal stakeholders during programme delivery.
• Delegate enquiries and requests for information from both internal and external stakeholders.

• Bachelor’s Degree/ Advanced Diploma in Project Management/ ICT related qualification.
• Certification in Project Management Methodology Prince2/ PMBok/ Agile will be an added advantage.
• Relevant 5 - 7 years’ experience in managing projects.
• Experience in Managing Transversal Projects. 
• Experience in Insurance/ Financial Services/ Information Technology project management environment
• Experience in project management tools.

Technical and Behavioral Competencies Required

• Resilience.
• Network and alliance.
• Employee engagement.
• Ethics and values.
• Change management.
• Critical and innovative thinking
• Policy conceptualisation and formulation.
• Risk Management.
• Stakeholder development and relations.
• Reporting.
• Ability to turn projects that are struggling around.
• Exposure to Agile project Management.
• Strong analytical skills (quantitative and qualitative).
• Customer focused and work well under pressure and tight deadlines.
• High degree of self-awareness.
• Familiarity with enterprise Project Management tool.