Senior Project Officer - Misk Art Institute

The Senior Project Officer - Strategy & Development is responsible for supporting the Strategy & Development team with the coordination of activities pertaining to the development and implementation of policies & procedures, the capturing of performance data and the creation of performance and evaluation reports.

The Senior Project Officer - Strategy & Development is also the point of contact and the liaison between departments and is responsible for advising and ensuring that policies & procedures are implemented into all programs and activities.

Responsibilities:

• Acts as a focal liaising point for all functions with regard to ensuring policies and procedures are implemented across all programs and activities.

• Ensures that reporting guidelines, formats and deadlines for each project are communicated clearly and standardized across the on-going projects.

• Ensures that feedback on the progress of ongoing projects is provided.

• Prepares meeting talking points/agenda for the Strategy & Development Director as required.

• Drafts agendas, coordinates meetings and assists with documenting the minutes of meetings.

• Supports the team to review progress and to discuss future steps and prepares project management reports.

• Maintains crucial project documents that track project progress, files all project documents in an appropriate database and ensures that all documents are accurate and have been accepted.

• Identifies any potential issues or risks that could affect the progression of the projects, communicates these concerns with Managers and works to identify potential solutions.

• Provides cross-project analytics to Senior Management.

• Coordinates performance and evaluation reports ensuring all policy and KPI data is in accordance with relevant legislation requirements.

• Prepares regular and annual KPI performance reports and evaluation metrics.

• Contributes to the identification of opportunities for continuous improvement of systems, policies & processes considering 'international best practice', legislative requirements, cost reduction and productivity improvement.

• Performs other related duties or assignments as directed.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Arts, Business Administration or other related field.

• 2 - 4 years of relevant experience in a similar role.

• Must be familiar with project management best practices within the art and cultural sector.

• Knowledge of project management software.

• Arabic Proficiency

• English Proficiency