Location: Dubai, UAE
Employment Type: Full-time
Work Arrangement: On-site
Contract Type: Limited Contract (Outsourced) – 1-Year Contract
About the Role
We are seeking an organised and analytical Project Management and PMO Associate to support project planning, monitoring, project controls, reporting, governance, and stakeholder coordination within a dynamic public-sector environment.
The successful candidate will work closely with project teams, departments, senior stakeholders, and external organisations to support effective project delivery, maintain accurate project documentation, monitor progress, and ensure timely reporting across assigned initiatives.
Key Responsibilities
- Provide PMO and project management support across assigned projects and initiatives.
- Support project planning, scheduling, monitoring, and progress tracking.
- Assist with project controls and maintain accurate project records and documentation.
- Monitor project risks, issues, actions, and dependencies.
- Prepare regular project progress reports and management updates.
- Support project governance activities, meetings, documentation, and reporting requirements.
- Coordinate with internal departments, senior stakeholders, external organisations, and cross-functional teams.
- Assist with data collection, analysis, reporting, dashboards, and project monitoring as required.
- Support the preparation and review of project documentation in both Arabic and English.
- Work with the organisation’s existing project management systems, platforms, and digital tools.
- Support system-based project and performance monitoring activities.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Strategy, Public Administration, Engineering, Project Management, or a related discipline.
- Minimum of two to three years of relevant professional experience.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office, particularly Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint.
- Experience with project management or PMO tools such as:
- Microsoft Project
- Primavera P6
- Jira
- Equivalent project management platforms
- Relevant experience in:
- PMO support.
- Project planning and monitoring.
- Project controls.
- Risk and issue tracking.
- Progress reporting.
- Governance support.
- Stakeholder coordination.
- Strong analytical, communication, coordination, and documentation skills.
- Full professional fluency in English.
- Working proficiency in Arabic, including the ability to review project documentation and communicate effectively with stakeholders.
Preferred Qualifications
- PMP, PRINCE2, or an equivalent professional certification.
- Experience supporting government, semi-government, or major public-sector projects.
- Experience with government transformation programmes or strategic initiatives.
- Previous UAE public-sector experience.
- Experience within the social development sector.
General Requirements
Candidates should:
- Be comfortable working with multiple departments, senior stakeholders, external organisations, and cross-functional teams.
- Demonstrate strong analytical, communication, presentation, stakeholder-management, and documentation capabilities.
- Be able to prepare and review documentation in both Arabic and English.
- Be proficient in the relevant digital tools required for the position.
- Be able to quickly learn and work with the organisation’s existing systems and platforms.
- Support data entry, analysis, reporting, dashboard preparation, project monitoring, and system-based performance monitoring as required.
- Be available for a full-time, predominantly on-site assignment during official working days and hours.
- Hold, or be eligible to obtain, the necessary UAE visa, sponsorship, and labour documentation.
- Comply with all applicable confidentiality, information-security, conduct, and organisational policies.
- Successfully complete the end client’s profile review and approval process before deployment.