Projects & Operations Planner

Pelebox; Johannesburg; On-site; ZAR 420,000 - 660,000; Full time

Job summary

Pelebox is seeking a Project & Operations Coordinator to drive planning, visibility and follow-through across multiple projects in South Africa. The role supports project owners and the Operations Manager by maintaining plans, schedules, records, logistics and progress reporting, and by coordinating the organisation-wide adoption of a work-management platform.

Based in Johannesburg, the role involves travel across South Africa and regular site coordination, reporting to the Operations Manager.

Qualifications

• Three years of relevant experience in project coordination, PMO support, or operations coordination.
• Demonstrated ability to maintain project plans, trackers, minutes, actions and evidence files.
• Experience with Excel/Google Sheets and basic project lifecycle knowledge (CAPM/PRINCE2 advantageous).
• Experience implementing or configuring a work-management platform (e.g., MS Project, Smartsheet, Asana, Trello).
• Strong planning, follow-up, and stakeholder-coordination skills.

Responsibilities

• Create and maintain project plans, trackers, responsibility matrices, calendars and logs.
• Record accurate minutes, decisions and actions and share within agreed timeframes.
• Coordinate planning, kick-off, progress, readiness, close-out and retrospective meetings.
• Support organisation-wide implementation of a work-management platform as a defined project.
• Manage documentation, reporting and handover packs for project transitions.

Skills

Planning & scheduling

Stakeholder coordination

Excel/Google Sheets

Minute-taking & reporting

Documentation & records

Education

National Diploma/Advanced Diploma or Bachelor's degree in Project Management, Operations Management, Engineering, or related field

Tools

Microsoft Project

Smartsheet

Asana

Trello

Job description

Pelebox is seeking a Project & Operations Coordinator to drive planning, visibility and follow-through across multiple projects in South Africa. The role supports project owners and the Operations Manager by maintaining plans, schedules, records, logistics and progress reporting, and by coordinating the organisation-wide adoption of a work-management platform.

Based in Johannesburg, the role involves travel across South Africa and regular site coordination, reporting to the Operations Manager.