Project Manager

LOCATION: Mons, Belgium

CLIENT: NATO

DURATION: End of this year

CONTRACT: Consultant

SALARY: Negotiable daily rate

CLEARANCE: NATO Secret

TASKS:

• Manages projects, typically (but not exclusively) involving the development and implementation of business processes to meet identified business needs, acquiring and utilising the necessary resources and skills, within agreed parameters of cost, timescales, scope and quality
• Specialization in Enterprise and Service Management
• Takes full responsibility for the definition, documentation and satisfactory completion of projects, assesses and manages risks to the success of the project
• Ensures that realistic project and quality plans are prepared and maintained and provides regular and accurate reports to stakeholders as appropriate
• Ensures Quality reviews occur on schedule and according to procedure
• Manages the change control procedure, and ensures that project deliverables are completed within planned cost, timescale and resource budgets, and are signed off
• Provides effective leadership to the project team, and takes appropriate action where team performance deviates from agreed tolerances
• Provide Project Management support and expertise for multiple NSIP projects funded by the NATO Security Investment Program (NSIP)
• Initiation of new NCI Agency projects and management of the same in accordance with Agency policy
• Generation, submission, tracking and defending Requests for Advanced Planning Funds (APF) for new projects
• Providing support, guidance and management expertise for NSIP projects for task definition, planning and execution, project data entry and tracking using approved Agency methodology (e.g., Microsoft Enterprise Project Management Applications), and presentation materials for project reviews
• Provide project liaison and coordination internally and externally, in meetings and correspondence with Agency directorates and service lines and with NATO HQ International Staff (IS) and International Military Staff
• Provide quarterly (minimum) status reports on the project finances, schedule, milestones and plans

REQUIREMENTS:

• Experience in performing all aspects of C4I project management functions including: the definition of requirements, project and funding authorisation, acquisition, testing, acceptance, fielding, supporting, training, schedule management, integrated project reviews
• Minimum of 6 months experience within NATO / NCIA as a Project Manager with at least 3 CIS related projects
• PRINCE 2 Foundation and Practitioner Certified or other Program Management qualification, such as PMP
• The lack of formal qualifications can be compensated by the demonstration of expertise and experience in the domain
• Experience or knowledge of Managing Successful Programmes
• Experience or knowledge of Management of Risk principles
• Experience or knowledge of Microsoft EPM
• Experience or knowledge of Microsoft Project