Senior Specialist, Projects (Real Estate)

Company Description IHS Towers is one of the largest independent owners, operators and developers of shared communications infrastructure in the world by tower count and is solely focused on the emerging markets. The Company has over 39,000 towers across its nine markets, including Brazil, Cameroon, Colombia, Côte d'Ivoire, Egypt, Nigeria, Rwanda, South Africa and Zambia. For more information, please visit:

Job Description

Job Summary

Manage/ supervise all Real Estate projects, including special projects, and business-as-usual projects, including consolidation, relocation, and decommissioning projects.

Key Roles & Responsibilities

Initiate, plan, execute, monitor/ control, and close all phases of Real Estate projects.
Manage Real Estate budgets, ensuring efficient commitment and capitalization.
Assist in setting up Real Estate policies and procedures that facilitate quality delivery of assigned projects.
Ensure delivery of projects by establishing project goals, processes and performance standards. Describe and set key performance indicators (KPIs) to be applied in assessing project performance and delivery.
Contribute ideas and solutions for reducing overhead expenses in meeting project budget objectives.
Coordinate the project team and other stakeholders to achieve project milestones and adhere to project schedule.
Allocate project activities to team-members and vendors for implementation. Constantly review project resource levels, capacities, progress and performance.
Monitor, report and communicate project progress through periodic project review meetings with key stakeholders.
Identify and evaluate project performance gaps to be mitigated.
Maintain and manage an issue log document on assigned project issues.
Formulate and manage a change control process to ensure that projects are executed in line with mandates, specifications, and laid-down policies and procedures.
Perform other tasks and duties as assigned by the Senior Manager, Landlord Relations.

Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in Telecommunication Engineering, Real Estate Management, Business Management or any related discipline.
Advanced degree in any of the above disciplines, MBA and/ or relevant professional certifications, e.g. PMP and PRINCE2, will be an asset.
+7-10 years' relevant experience, including most recent 3-4 years in telecoms Industry.

Additional Information

Organizational Competencies

Customer Focus - People demonstrating this competency understand & exceed our customers' needs. They develop trusted, reliable & collaborative relationships. They are consistently operating to the highest standards of service & delivery.

Innovation - People demonstrating this competency constantly seek new & improved ways to deliver our products & services. They champion engineering & skills development, and work to create a collaborative and supportive operating environment.

Integrity - People demonstrating this competency are open & honest in everything they do. They support financially & environmentally sustainable growth. They make socially responsible decisions and treat their stakeholders with respect.

Boldness - People demonstrating this competency are thorough in analyses & decision-making. They are courageous in expanding existing markets & developing new ones. They confidently pursue appropriate financial returns and are forward-thinking and ambitious.

Sustainability- People demonstrating this competency are constantly seeking to create positive impact in the communities we serve.

Our Vision

IHS is committed to improving the quality and availability of telecommunications infrastructure, the lifeline for an increasingly connected world. We are dedicated to helping create a sustainable future for the communities in which we operate, and our sustainable strategy is structured around four pillars: ethics and governance, environment and climate change, education and economic growth, and our people and communities.