Resource & Planning Senior Officer at Safaricom Kenya

We are pleased to announce the following vacancy in the IT Planning & Delivery Department within the Technology Division. In keeping with our current business needs, we are looking for a person who meets the criteria indicated below:

Reporting to the Senior Manager – Analytics & Service Development, the position holder will be tasked with:

• Planning and tracking IT Planning And Delivery resources and projects.
• Planning and tracking IT Planning And Delivery CAPEX budget.

Duties

• Develop the resource management plan by identifying resource requirements and obtaining commitments from internal, external, and procured sources to complete all project activities.
• Refine project time estimates in order to determine and define project baseline, schedule.
• Develop a formal and comprehensive resourcing dashboard showing project progress against resource utilization.
• Manage project progress by ensuring that activities are executed as planned in order to achieve Quality and Deliver on Time.
• Release project resources by following appropriate organizational procedures in order to optimize resource utilization.
• Planning the department CAPEX budget through the whole process from initial planning , receiving the money, to raising POs
• Sharing monthly reports on CAPEX budget utilization

Job Requirements

• Bachelor in Management, Computer Science or Project Management.
• Certificate in project planning/project management expertise or PRINCE 2 or PMP.
• 3 years’ experience as an IT analyst in a busy IT environment
• Planning and organization.
• Experience as a projects team member in a large project preferably an IT project.
• A good understanding of managing projects in a changing business environment.
• Experience in providing administrative and project support

Additional Details

Safaricom is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified Kenyan applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, tribal origin, disability or age.

As much as we welcome all applications, we will go an extra step to create a team that is representative of Kenya’s rich and diverse cultures.