Senior Manager

About Department

The Programme Management & Quality Assurance office is responsible for the setting up of a single, centralised framework, designed to ensure the implementation and delivery of key organisational projects and other change initiatives within the Authority. Programme Management is responsible to define best practice within the Authority and aims to standardize quality assurance and change management activities thus introducing economies of repetition in the execution of projects. The Programme Management team is key towards ensuring the completion of projects within budget and in the established timeframes.

About The Role

The eventual appointee will be expected to report to the Deputy Head of the PMQ within the MFSA. The Senior Manager you will act as a central point of contact for the team, ensuring efficient coordination, implementation, and control of both change initiatives and projects.

As Senior Manager you will be responsible for the following main duties:

• Lead Change Management activities for a portfolio of strategic projects.
• Foster a positive change management culture within the respective project teams.
• Translate project requirements into actionable plans.
• Track ongoing projects, ensuring timely completion and work closely with decentralised project owners.
• Manage stakeholder demands, internal working groups, allocate resources, and schedule project timelines.
• Proactively handle project scope, risks, and issues.
• Mentor team members, offering guidance, feedback and motivation.
• Assist PMQ leadership in managing and resolving priority conflicts.

The post may require participation in off-site duties in order to attend meetings with external consultants and/or vendors. Selected candidate may also be required to perform duties outside office hours in order to tend to critical issues or recover impacted schedules to ensure adherence to SLAs.

About You

We are looking for candidates with solid academic background in Business. IT and/or Change Management or in an equivalent professional qualification.

The role calls for an academic qualification in a relevant field of study at National Qualification Framework Level 6 or better. duly certified by the Malta Qualifications Recognition Information Centre (MQRIC) or a widely recognised professional qualification at a comparable level.

You will also possess a minimum of five (5) years of relevant working experience.

If you do not have the necessary academic or professional qualifications but you have at least ten (10) years of relevant experience in a related environment. we would still be interested in speaking with you.

Knowledge, Skills and Experience Required

• Demonstrable management skills with a proven track record to lead a motivate multiple teams
• Proficient in project planning, demand capacity planning, reporting, data analysis and stakeholder relationship management:
• Experience of working in a dynamic and high-pressure environment with multiple deadlines:
• Demonstrate a strong awareness of the uses of IT within the financial services industry;
• Strong analytical skills and ability to deal with ambiguity in a rapidly changing business environment;
• Must be proficient with methods and techniques for preparing statements of requirements both orally and in writing;
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
• Team player and actively promote team spirit:
• Accurate and systematic in doing work.
• Knowledge of using JIRA or similar tools will be considered an asset

Other important information

The MFSA is an Equal Opportunities Employer as certified by the NCPE (National Commission for the Protection of Equality) and is committed to a policy of equal opportunity in all aspects of employment and will take care to avoid any form of discrimination in its recruitment procedures. The MFSA reserves the right to withdraw this call at any time and not to select any of the Candidates.

It is the responsibility of applicants in possession of qualifications awarded by Universities and other similar institutions outside Malta to produce a recognition statement on comparability of qualifications issued by the Malta Qualifications Recognition Information Centre (MQRIC). Applicants should do so preferably at application stage or otherwise at the preliminary interview should an applicant be selected for such interview. Details can be obtained by accessing the National Commission for Further and Higher Education website on www.ncfhe.org.mt under MQRIC heading.

The MFSA shall ensure that any processing of personal data is in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (General Data Protection Regulation), the Data Protection Act (Chapter 586 of the Laws of Malta) and any other relevant European Union and national law. For further details, you may refer to the Data Protection Policy on the MFSA webpage www.mfsa.mt.

Candidates are to note that the submission of any false statement/s or omission, even if unintended, may lead to the cancellation of their application and may render the candidate’s appointment liable to termination.

Furthermore, please note that candidates may be asked to submit any documentation in support of the information provided, including but not limited to, proof of qualifications and Police Conduct Certificates.

Public Call Permit: 174/2024