Project Manager

Project Manager

• Working Location: The Hague, Netherlands
  
• Security Clearance: NATO Secret
  
• Language: High proficiency level in English language
  

EXPERIENCE AND EDUCATION:

Essential Qualifications/Experience:

• 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 in performing all aspects of project management functions including: the definition of requirements, project and funding authorisation, acquisition, testing, acceptance, fielding, supporting, training, schedule management, integrated project reviews
  
• Experience and knowledge of:
  Managing Successful Programmes
  Management of Risk principles
  Microsoft EPM
  Microsoft Project
  
  
• DUTIES/ROLE:
  
• Manage 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
  
• Assume full responsibility for the definition, documentation and satisfactory completion of projects, assesses and manages risks to the success of assigned projects
  
• Ensure 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 achieve successful approval from Project Boards
  
• 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 projects funded by the NATO Security Investment Program (NSIP), including but not limited to the following:
  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)
  Prepare 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