Assistant Project Manager

at  GSMA

Department: Project Services
Location: London
Position type: Permanent
What the hiring manager says
“This is an opportunity to join our agile, fast-paced and versatile team of project professionals. The role will work closely with our team of Project Managers, Change Managers and PMO team and will support the wider organization with high class project delivery and participate in the continuous growth and improvement of the GSMA.”
Anna Campbell, Head of Project Services & Change
About the Team
The Project Services Team in the GSMA provides project management capabilities to deliver change initiatives across the mobile industry. Working in close partnership with subject matter experts within the GSMA and from across the mobile industry, the Project Services team manages a wide range of projects in all areas of the organisation, including Technology, Product Development, Marketing and Events, as well as internal facing projects in IT, Finance and HR.
As part of the project delivery, the Project Services team also provides change expertise to GSMA projects to guide the implementation of change initiatives within the organisation.
Project Services is the delivery engine for projects across the GSMA. As well as delivering projects to agreed cost, quality and timelines, the Project Services team maintains a strong focus on delivering benefits to our colleagues, our members and to the mobile industry.
About the Role
As an Associate Project Manager in the Project Services team, you will be part of the delivery of GSMA projects and provide project management support to the team delivering these projects. You will be asked to support other Senior PMs and PMs in some of our major projects and will also be managing smaller projects independently.

You will:

• Support Project Managers and Senior Project Managers with planning and co-ordinating project delivery, including the definition of project plans and milestones
• Manage projects according to our project processes, using agreed tools and templates
• Play an active role in ensuring good stakeholder communications from the project team
• Identify and pro-actively manage Project risks & issues; escalate where necessary
• Work with project team to track and report progress against project targets
• Plan, organise and run effective internal meetings and capture minutes
• Assist in developing and tracking budgets
• Assist in procurement processes
• Provide information and support to the Head of Project Services
• Work effectively alongside the Project Services PMO, to support best practice and maintain project management standard

The successful candidate will report into a Senior Project Manager.
About You

This is a hands-on role with successful candidates required to be self-motivated and able to work effectively. You will display the following qualities:

• Demonstrate the GSMA’s values and contribute to a positive work environment
• Consistently follow through on commitments and can be relied upon at all times
• Remain flexible in changing circumstances
• Prioritise tasks and manage time effectively
• Independently find solutions to problem
• Ability to take ownership of own responsibilities

Capabilities:

As an Associate Project Manager you will need the following skills:

• A good understanding of project management practices and processes including a working level understanding of Waterfall, Agile, or other delivery methods
• Experience of managing small projects or work streams
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Good attention to detail
• An ability to use a range of communications methods effectively, including email, instant messaging, telephone and face-to-face conversation
• Able to communicate complex messages in a simple manner
• An aptitude for stakeholder identification and management
• Networks well with new colleagues or those in other locations/departments
• Experience of working in an international and cross cultural environment would be beneficial
• A willingness and confidence to present in team meetings
• Good office IT skills, at least including Microsoft Office products, especially Outlook, Word and Excel

Contract type
Regular
Worker type
Employee
What We Offer
Working at the GSMA offers you unparalleled access to the mobile industry. We offer a chance to truly shape the direction of mobile, whatever your role. By joining the GSMA, you will be exposed to a fast-paced rapidly evolving environment, working on global solutions, genuinely fascinating and industry-changing projects and a stimulating and dynamic environment designed to enable you to flourish.
In addition to architect-designed offices and competitive compensation, our benefits include fantastic learning & development opportunities, generous holiday allowances, four additional days off for professional development and many others.
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Being You at the GSMA
We care deeply about diversity, equity and inclusivity and aspire to be the best at it. Your well-being and work/life balance is important, so flexi-time and remote working is available to all staff. We’re keen to ensure everyone is equal, represented and connected so we particularly encourage applications from all demographics. The sucess of the GSMA year on year will continue to be contributed by people from all walks of life.
GSMA Values
Our values not only drive our culture – they shape how we work and interact inside and outside our global organisation.
Passionately driven
We approach everything we do with unparalleled capability, tenacity and commitment, knowing that the challenging scale, pace and complexity of our work is what leads to its world-changing impact.
Insightful leaders
We continually develop and engage our expertise, insight and creativity so that we’re always ready to respond to the changing landscape with authority, agility and nuance.
Stronger together
We lean on each other so the industry can lean on us, embracing our diversity by actively seeking out perspectives and skill sets beyond our own, fuelling each other’s successes and constantly asking how we can help.
Underpinning our values is our collective mindset to show up purposefully as good human beings every day, in every situation. When we’re at our best – we are collaborative, considerate and compassionate to others, and we create a safe space for one another to thrive, assuming positive intent in our colleagues. And if we aren’t at our best and the pressure is on – we feel free to be ourselves but still remain curious, lean into the tough stuff and we are always respectful to others and accountable for the part we play.

• Demonstrate the GSMA’s values and contribute to a positive work environment
• Consistently follow through on commitments and can be relied upon at all times
• Remain flexible in changing circumstances
• Prioritise tasks and manage time effectively
• Independently find solutions to problem
• Ability to take ownership of own responsibilitie