Role Summary

Cenfri is looking for an Excel expert with exceptional attention to detail. In the Project Office Administrator role, you will support our research teams to coordinate and administer our resource allocation and project management trackers, budgets, financial administration support, templates and processes for a large portfolio of projects.

Main deliverables

Manage Resource Allocation administration of project teams

• Coordination, administration and maintenance of the resource allocation process and templates
• Meeting administration for applicable project management and resource allocation meetings, including scheduling, minutes and follow-up on action items
• Coordination of feedback and outstanding information to update the resource allocation templates

Support Project Management processes

• Maintenance of the internal Excel templates for agreed exchange rates, charge out rates and functionality updates
• Documentation of project office processes and policies to be distributed internally
• Maintenance and updating of other project management templates
• Assisting with the completion of subcontractor agreements and maintenance of subcontractor documentation and database

Project reporting and monitoring

• Managing the monthly timesheet reporting (sharing for review, actioning changes and drawing final reports)
• Maintenance or creation of timesheet reports to meet various donor reporting requirements
• Coordinating, implementing and updating project codes and budget changes on the timesheet system
• Input into the Monthly Portfolio status report
• Analysis and interpretation of results against different performance metrics

Financial administration for project budgets and reporting

• Regularly maintaining high volumes of expense receipts and invoices for accurate tracking and reporting
• Completing relevant financial forms and documentation for payments

Ad hoc administrative tasks required

Requirements:

• Advanced Excel skills, specifically the ability to do complex formulas and pivot tables
• Relevant tertiary administration qualification, preferably in project management and/or financial administration
• At least 2 years project management or financial administration experience
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications
• Proficiency in Power BI would be to your advantage
• Previous experience in grant and/or donor reporting would be beneficial
• Fast learner able to work in a fast-paced environment
• Excellent attention to detail
• Professionalism in managing sensitive data
• Ability to manage self and prioritise multiple inputs
• Solid organisational and coordination skills
• Strong sense of ownership and meeting deadlines

Our core shared values, Cenfri’s DNA, drives everything we do at Cenfri:

• Caring about the person
• Growing ourselves and others
• Applying systems thinking
• Generating insights that matter to development outcomes
• Quality in all we do
• Taking ownership
• Having patience to pursue impact

Location

Cenfri is based in Cape Town, South Africa, with an office in Kigali, Rwanda. Given the extent of teamwork, this is a Cape Town based role. The successful candidate is required to have a valid South African work permit and be able to travel to our offices in Bellville 2 times per week as part of our hybrid work environment.

Note: There would be an Excel and other technical tests to assess suitability for this role.

Application instructions

If you identify with our values, thrive on efficient project administration processes and would like to contribute to our success, we would love to hear from you.

Preference will be given to Employment Equity candidates.

Closing Date: 22 April 2025

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