Portfolio Coordinator

At Mukuru, great ideas only matter if they're delivered well. As a Portfolio Coordinator, you'll be the engine behind how projects move from concept to completion ensuring structure, visibility, and impact across the business.

You'll sit at the centre of our project ecosystem, connecting teams, processes, and data. Your work will ensure that strategic initiatives, operational priorities, and governance standards all come together seamlessly helping us deliver better, faster, and smarter.

Keep the portfolio moving

• Coordinate projects across business areas, ensuring alignment with PMO frameworks and standards
• Track project progress from intake to delivery, identifying risks, delays, and gaps
• Maintain a single source of truth for all project data and reporting

Own governance and structure

• Ensure compliance with stage-gates, documentation, and delivery practices
• Support project intake, validate submissions, and maintain high-quality artefacts
• Drive consistency in how projects are managed across the organisation

Be the Asana expert

• Act as the go-to Asana Champion, ensuring data accuracy and usability
• Optimise workflows, boards, and reporting structures
• Support automation, clean-up, and continuous improvement of the platform

Support critical initiatives

• Coordinate Business Continuity Planning (BCP) and OHS initiatives
• Maintain registers, track progress, and ensure audit readiness
• Support strategic and operational projects when needed

Drive insight and improvement

• Build reports and dashboards that give leadership clear visibility
• Identify opportunities to improve PMO processes and governance maturity
• Coach teams on best practices and help embed strong delivery discipline

• 3-5 years' experience in project/portfolio/PMO coordination
• Strong working knowledge of project management methodologies
• Hands on experience with Asana, Excel, or similar tools
• Excellent organisational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities
• Strong communication skills and confidence working with cross functional teams

• Highly detail oriented with a passion for structure and organisation
• A natural collaborator who can connect people and processes
• Proactive mindset-you spot gaps and fix them before they become problems
• Comfortable working in a fast paced, evolving environment
• Interest in fintech, operations, and large scale project delivery

NB: ALL STAFF APPOINTMENTS WILL BE MADE WITH DUE CONSIDERATION OF THE COMPANY'S DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION PLANS