Senior Strategic Planning(Initiative Management) Specialist Govt Public Works Organization, Qatar - Qatar

Senior Strategic Planning(Initiative Management) Specialist

Govt Public Works Organization, Qatar - Qatar

Job description

JOB SCOPE

• PWA has a Risk Integrated Strategy Execution methodology that integrates best practices from Balanced Scored and Risk Management (ISO 31000) fields.
• Planning & Quality Department in its responsibility to plan and ensure execution of strategy has need of a balanced scorecard trained specialist with a background in project management to lead the strategic initiative management processes as part of the overall strategy management process, including:
  • Identification and creation of strategic initiatives (both to achieve performance targets as well as to mitigate risks associated with strategic objectives)
  • Prioritization and budgeting processes (STRATEX)
  • Strategic initiative portfolio management
  • Ongoing governance and monitoring of strategic initiatives.
  • Ensure effective project and change management practices are followed
• We are looking for individuals who have the energy, desire, and passion to work at the leading edge of strategy and risk management.

JOB CONTEXT

The incumbent is expected to work the designated roles and responsibilities across many of PWA’s business unit which consists of the following five major sectors:

• Asset Affairs: This sector handles operation and maintenance of assets through two departments namely, Drainage Operation and Maintenance (O&M) Department and Road O&M Department.
• Buildings Affairs: This sector is subdivided into Designs and Projects Departments; dedicated to government building projects such as schools, ports, recreational facilities, healthcare facilities and other government buildings.
• Infrastructure Affairs: This sector is subdivided into Local Roads and Drainage and Expressway departments.
• Technical Support Affairs: this sector consists of three departments:

a)       Contracts Department, which is responsible for procurement, process and procedures in the delivery of PWA Projects.

b)       Engineering Business Support Department, which provides technical support for the Projects in terms of project planning, estimating, tracking and documentation.

c)       Quality and Safety Department, which is responsible for the quality control of projects and safety at work sites and offices.

• Shared Services Affairs: All other departments that deal with technical support come under this sector including Administration and Finance Department, Human Resources Department, General Services Department and Information Services Department (ISD).

In addition, PWA has a number of Programme Management Contracts (PMCs) and Management Contractors (MC) to deliver services on behalf of Infrastructure Affairs, Asset Affairs and Building Affairs respectively.

ROLES/ RESPONSIBILIITES

• Support implementation of the overallRisk Integrated Strategy Execution methodology across the organization. Specifically with respect to the management and execution of the strategic initiatives.
• Analyse strategic initiative executionprocess and recommend and implement improvements.
• Lead awareness of Strategic initiative management through communication, training & briefings
• Lead the review and analysis of the strategic landscape confronting the PWA and its various business units with respect to developing the right strategic initiatives.
• Lead the Initiative prioritization processes and the STRATEX budgeting process.
• Help the organization defining and making decisions on in its strategy: The PWA vision, strategic themes, strategy maps and strategic objectives, KPI’s, Risks and most specifically with respect to Initiatives
• Establish key relationships with business to develop their strategy & initiative management processes.
• Assist Departments with development of strategy maps, objectives, Risks, KPIs, targets and initiatives.
• Support risk management processes integrated with initiative management across the organization.
• Support effective alignment of performance management processes with initiative management process
• Support preparation and facilitation of the regular strategyand risk progress reviews.
• Provide insight for quarterly strategic initiative progress reviews and for Bi-annualstrategy and risk progress reviews, support the review process itself and the review follow-up actions.
• Support the steering and governance of the execution of its strategy throughout the year (monitoring, reporting, review and supporting decision making that maximizes progress and ensuring intended outcomes, targets of performance and risk reduction are achieved through defined strategic initiatives).
• Support the execution and project / programme management of the full strategy initiative portfolio.
• Support the development, administration and use of Strategy Management Information Systems.
• Support the integration of process and quality methods with Risk Integrated Strategy Execution.
• Conduct research on industry standards, benchmarking and Best Practice.

Desired Skills and Experience

QUALIFICATIONS/ EXPERIENCE

• Mid-career/Senior Level.
• Preferably an MBA or similar Masters Level Qualification
• A minimum of 15 years’ experience with a minimum of 5 years’ experience in corporate strategy and scorecard driven environments. 3 years’ experience with Balanced Scorecard is essential reflecting solid knowledge and implementation of Balanced Scorecard principles.
• Experience in Government and GCC being highly desirable.
• Experience with a variety of other strategy management approaches and methodologies is advantageous.
• Experience in Project Management and PMO experience, with certifications in the field such as PMP
• Experience with Risk Management methodologies such as ISO 31000 and quality / continuous improvement methodologies such as Six Sigma is advantageous.
• Proficiency with Data Analysis and BI software
• Exposure to Balanced Scorecard software required.
• Arabic language fluency is desirable

KNOWLEDGE/ SKILLS/ ABILITIES

• Possess a solid general understanding of business environments and management areas and their requirements and priorities.
• Passionate with high persistence capacity.
• Self-confident with high social ability to build rapport amongst others.
• Must be very logical and structured in thinking and have excellent problem solving ability
• Excellent interpersonal skills including:
• Communication: verbal and nonverbal with acute listening and interpretation skills. Must have clear and concise writing skills to be able to prepare effective plans, reports and presentations. Must be able to facilitate discussion and have solid interpersonal skills – experience in facilitating discussion should be considerable.
• Presentation:  high ability to convey ideas, concepts, and knowledge.
• Negotiation: “Get to Yes” attitude and understands customer’s interests and limitations. Able to seal “Win-Win” deals.
• Advanced Working knowledge of Excel, PowerPoint and Word.
• Fluency in written and spoken English - Arabic speaker preferred.

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