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Department Definition
The Education & Culture (E&C) department is responsible for overseeing all attractions at Expo City and offering education programs to youth. The UAE will be hosting COP 28 at Expo City Dubai in November 2023, and as such the E&C team will be delivering on various programs for the COP in addition to its regular programming.
Opportunity Responsibilities
The purpose of this role is to support in the project management across the E&C team and ensure follow up, integration within the department and out, monitoring risks and budget, setting KPI’s and developing reports.
The main responsibilities for this role include:
Strategic Responsibilities
- Establishment of a PMO office and structure to serve all projects within E&C
- Be the central repository for all project documentation, ensuring all projects are executed in line with the departmental and organizational governance structure
Operational Responsibilities
- Management of the program portfolio of projects across E&C
- Review new projects and proposed changes across Expo City to identify interdependencies and the impact on Education & Culture
- Communicate new projects and changes to E&C stakeholders to enable them to identify and assess the impact
- Support E&C project delivery and Governance function as required, including through the tracking and monitoring of overall program progress across all E&C projects and the highlighting of delays or obstacles to on time project delivery
- Monitoring of the inter-dependencies between E&C projects and between E&C projects and other Expo City initiatives and highlighting of potential delays or obstacles to progress.
- Work with E&C leads to identify and resolve delivery risks and opportunities across multiple projects within ECT
- Manage relationships with business stakeholders across Expo City
- Review Project Approval Forms with Expo City Integrated Delivery Office
and co-ordinate ECT response to these - Coordinate E&C projects delivery and milestone reporting with Expo City Integrated Delivery Office
Skills
6+ years’ experience Proven experience in program management as well as:
- Proven stakeholder management skills
- Proven ability to manage the relationship with external stakeholders and ensure alignment of E&C goals with their requirements
- Understanding of technology project management