Programme Associate

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**About the role**

The function of the Program Associate is to provide analytical advises and strong support to the project management of the Newbuild projects The role is to give mission-driven project management assistance supporting the project management in their work through issue identification analysis and communications Consults with internal clients in various departments (shoreside and shipboard) and with external partners (shipyard technical and design consultancies) to gather analyze and report data for recommended courses of action Projects assigned are typically top priority high profile and multi-departmental initiatives for the organization and thus require continuous communication and interaction with the project management onsite technical and design teams shipyard other internal and external partners Manage all aspects of project planning tracking and status reporting

**Essential Duties and Responsibilities**:
Project coordination and support the development tracking/monitoring and reporting of several small to medium size projects from inception to completion ensuring on-time on budget delivery of project outputs
Acting as project managements analytical advisor and support
Supporting the project management through issue identification analysis and communication
Iterative development of follow-up tools based on critical areas defined by project management or lessons learned from previous projects
Adapting the work approach according to changing project priorities
Responsibility of standardized analytical and frequent reporting on newbuilding projects
Identification and proactive search of data sources together with shipyard/ suppliers
Developing tools to help shipyard/ suppliers in forward-looking planning
Tracking total remaining work and displaying weekly/ monthly progress required for timely completion
Tracking project progress against milestone plan building simulations (projecting actual progress on the future)
Establishing and driving regular meetings between involved parties
Administrates team meetings (attendees agenda and official minutes) and drafts communications of project status based on pre-defined templates
Iterative development of reporting format based on management feedback and focus areas
Best practice definition and proactive sharing to other newbuilding projects and throughout the corporation
Consults with client to ascertain and define need or problem to obtain data required for solution
Analyzes data to determine solution such as implementation of alternate methods and procedures or changes in processing methods and practices
Performs vendor consultations/facilitations to monitor progress and ascertain and define any
needs or problem areas and obtain solutions
Develops processing methods and practices for communicating project status to extended teams and executive management
Supports project teams in collection of quantitative/qualitative statistics performs basic numerical analysis (financial statistical)
Iterative development of follow-up tools based on critical areas defined by project management or lessons learned
Changing the work scope according to changing project priorities
Able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily with little to no guidance

**Qualifications**:
Bachelor degree or above with a concentration in Business Administration Management Information Systems or a closely related discipline (Management Science Industrial Engineering)

Experience: 2- 5 years of relevant work experience in business development analytics professional services technology or finance

**Knowledge and Skills**:
Solid written and verbal communication skills a must Clear and precise communication at all levels of the organization essential
Excellent problem solving skills & strong analytical mindset and drive for solving complex challenges
Ability to learn quickly and understand technical systems
Strong collaboration and communication skills and ability to influence
Ability to developing new analytical approaches independently identify key issues collect data conduct data analytics and visualize data to create impact and support decisionmaking
Excellent interpersonal skills strength in communicating in a multicultural environment with all levels of employees and management
Excellent administrative organizational and presentation skills
Ability to multi-task in a fast-paced environment
Ability to define problems collect data establish facts and to draw valid conclusions
Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables
Ability to read analyze an