Senior Project Coordinator/Junior Project Manager - 1 Year Contract

Progressive IT Resourcing; Cape Town; On-site; ZAR 600,000 - 800,000; Full time

Job summary

Progressive IT Resourcing is seeking an Intermediate to Senior Project Coordinator in Cape Town to support delivery in a hybrid model combining Agile and traditional governance. This role is crucial for managing complex projects in the financial services sector. The ideal candidate has 5–10 years of relevant experience, strong coordination skills, and familiarity with tools like Jira and Microsoft Project. The position demands interaction with senior stakeholders and the ability to manage multiple priorities effectively.

Qualifications

• 5–10 years experience as a Project Coordinator (or similar delivery support role).
• Proven experience supporting multiple workstreams or complex projects.
• Financial services and/or insurance experience is strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

• Support delivery within a regulated, enterprise-scale financial services environment.
• Coordinate across Agile teams, vendors, and business stakeholders.
• Manage RAID logs, delivery plans, dependencies, actions, and reporting.

Skills

Delivery & Coordination Experience

Agile methodologies

Stakeholder engagement

Governance understanding

Documentation and reporting capability

Tools

Jira

Confluence

Microsoft Project

Job description

Our Client is seeking an Intermediate to Senior Project Coordinator to support delivery within a regulated, enterprise-scale financial services environment. The role operates within a hybrid delivery model, combining Agile ways of working with traditional project governance, and requires strong coordination capability across multiple stakeholders, vendors, and delivery teams.

This role is critical to enabling disciplined delivery, transparency, and execution effectiveness across strategic and operational initiatives.

Intermediate to Senior Project Coordinator

• Environment
• Large‑scale financial services / insurance environment
• Hybrid delivery model (Agile + Waterfall / governance‑based delivery)
• Enterprise technology and business change initiatives
• Strong governance and reporting expectations

Key Experience Requirements

The ideal candidate must demonstrate:

• Delivery & Coordination Experience
• 5–10 years experience as a Project Coordinator (or similar delivery support role)
• Proven experience supporting multiple workstreams or complex projects
• Strong coordination across Agile teams, vendors, and business stakeholders
• Hands‑on experience managing RAID logs, delivery plans, dependencies, actions, and reporting
• Agile & Hybrid Delivery
• Solid working knowledge of Agile (Scrum / Kanban) delivery
• Experience operating in hybrid environments (Agile delivery with formal governance, stage gates, and reporting)
• Comfortable supporting Agile ceremonies (stand?ups, reviews, retrospectives) while maintaining delivery discipline
• Governance & Financial Services
• Financial services and/or insurance experience is strongly preferred
• Exposure to regulatory, risk, compliance, and audit‑driven environments
• Strong understanding of enterprise delivery governance and controls

Core Skills & Competencies

• Strong organisational and planning skills
• Excellent stakeholder engagement and communication
• High attention to detail and follow‑through
• Confident working with senior stakeholders and delivery leads
• Strong documentation and reporting capability
• Comfortable working under pressure and across competing priorities
• Tooling & Ways of Working (Preferred)
• Experience with tools such as Jira, Confluence, Microsoft Project, or similar
• Strong Microsoft Office skills (Excel, PowerPoint, Teams)
• Familiarity with portfolio level reporting and dashboards is advantageous