Projects Officer

Country UNITED ARAB EMIRATES City Abu Dhabi Department Information Technology Closing date 19 March 2014

Job Purpose Etihad has numerous project roles available across the organisation, you will provide support to groups of Project Managers  to ensure project governance requirements are met. You will be responsible for researching and compiling special and routine reports, presentations and for communication across the organisation.   Further you will co-ordinate complex administrative activities with the scope to direct these and mandate adherence. You will arrange project critical internal/external events including responsibility for ensuring appropriate purchasing and budgeting activities related to project support functions. Responsibilities Responsible for tracking workloads, materials, activities and resource hours and availability. Then make recommendations to ensure maximum utilisation and reduce potential downtime or slippage due to resource conflicts or availability restrictions Responsible to track and ensure submission of various project requirements reporting documentation from the project team Collate, interpret and then summarises the various project updates and matrices from multiple sources to present weekly (or as required) visibility reporting on project status to project management team. Identify and escalate items of concern or tasks that are off-schedule Engage with team to establish status of various KPIs and ensure programme reporting tools are accurately updated - such as the Project List, Reporting Tool updates and/or, Financial Reports for assigned Project(s) Responsible to summarise and compile project status reports to Programme Manager / Owner / Oversight Committee as appropriate and to produce presentation packs to PMO as well as for Engagement / Quality Assurance reviews Responsible for document management (hard and soft copies) of all project files in line with Corporate Governance to ensures project documents are complete, current, and stored appropriately for easy access and reference Effectively applies EY project management methodology and enforces project standards. Monitor adherence by the whole project team – escalate concerns Consolidates and reports PM hours and external PM expenses on a weekly basis Process financial invoices and payments on assigned Projects Follows up with Accounts Payable and Suppliers, when necessary, regarding unpaid invoices. Use initiative to resolve or escalate if required Provide general administrative support to the project management team and perform ad-hoc tasks assigned by project management team Accountable for quality and accuracy of own output. Responsible for contribution to teamwork. Errors may have impact on function/project/customer Requirements Qualification & Education: University degree or equivalent qualification in the field of computer science, information systems, or computer engineering is a minimum requirement Pass English and Analytical test set by Etihad Foundation level certification is required in PRINCE2 or equivalent One to three additional technical certifications (such as MTA, MCSA, MCSE, CCNA, CCNP, CCA, CCAA) required Foundation certification in test management such as ISTQB “International Software Testing Qualifications Board” is required if following testing stream Experience 2-4 years relevant IT projects related experience Successful track record of involvement in IT projects Experience in the airline industry (such as Airline Operations projects, Property projects , Infrastructure projects) will be an added advantage Training & Knowledge: Project administration experience is required Project Office management experience is required

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