Role Title: Project Management Support – Microsoft Project
Reports to: Project Manager
Innovation Background:
Innovation is a consultancy that delivers complex projects in financial services industries. Starting in the UK in 1987, it has had a Hong Kong team since 2007.
We help businesses define and deliver change effectively. We do this by deploying tools and techniques in terms that are palatable to a wide range of professionals, not just ‘IT and change management people’.
Our people are distinguished by their project management & leadership abilities, their grit and the confidence that comes from experience of delivering many projects.
What we’re looking for:
Innovation are looking for a Project Management Support resource to join our team. The assignment is to organise and plan the activities across a complex project with a well-known Hong Kong based insurer.
As Project Management Support, you will be working closely with one of our experienced Project Managers by providing support with the development and maintenance of project processes, procedures and delivery artifacts.
To succeed in this role Innovation are looking for a person with a proactive approach and can-do attitude, someone with excellent communication skills who’s comfortable collaborate with internal teams and stakeholders to deliver results on time.
Accountabilities:
Role responsibilities highlighted below but not limited to: –
- Support in planning and reporting
- Internal tracking of progress / ensure Stakeholder questions are answered
- Tracking responses from Stakeholders and other workstreams
- Support in communication to Stakeholders
- Agenda and potentially minutes for governance meetings
- Support team in issuing mails, setting up meetings, etc.
- Compiling and managing change-control of project documents
Requirements:
- Strong experience in using Microsoft Project
- Insurance / Regulatory change experience and advantage
- Understand change control
- Understand dependency management
- Understand resource management
- Previous work experience as Project Management or Project Support
- Experience of working in multiple project environments
- Solid organisational skills, including multitasking and time-management
- Able to manage face-to-face and written communication
- Must have right to work in Hong Kong
- Must be able to commence in the office by 3 Jan 2021
- A project management certification is advantageous
- Cantonese language ability also advantageous
Behavioural Competencies:
- Excellent attention to detail, motivated individual with a tenacious attitude
- Excellent communication skills, written & verbal
- Ability to react to demanding and changing deadlines
- Experience managing senior stakeholders
- Highly organised with the ability to identify and monitor items from multiple sources
- Ability to influence other parties to complete activities
Innovation is a consultancy that delivers change at banks, insurers and investment firms. This assignment is being handled by our contract management subsidiary Rose People Management, based in Hong Kong. You can find more about us at https://innovation.co.uk
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