This position is a One-year contract with potential for extension.
Reporting to the Manager of Projects and Development Services, this position provides structured project management (project integration, scope, time, cost, quality, human resources, communications, risk and procurement) to support corporate technology and online initiatives. The focus of this project manager position will be customer-facing web initiatives and library technologies.
What can I expect to do in this role?
As a project manager you will engage in the following:
Project planning and initiating: Integrate all aspects of project management into a cohesive project plan and schedule. This includes charter, scope, work breakdown structure, risk planning (identification, qualitative/qualitative analysis, response), quality, resource requirements, cost estimating, activity definition and sequencing.
Directing and managing project execution: Provide quality assurance, project control and management of the project resources in a matrix environment. Encourage team development.
Developing, monitoring and controlling project work, plan and schedule: Control project scope, costs, quality, project team and stakeholder management, risk monitoring, vendor contract administration, project documentation, and the impacts of changes on the project and organization.
Developing and executing project communication strategies: Develop formal documents such as project charters; business cases; report on and monitor project status; communicate risks, issues and impediments to the project; measure performance and manage organizational change as caused by the project.
Project Close Out: Transition the project into operations, shut down project operations, release project staff, archive project documentation and create lessons learned.
How do I qualify?
Mandatory:
You have an undergraduate degree or diploma from a recognized university/college preferably with specialization in Information Management or Business Administration. Your formal education is augmented with professional development training programs in project management and more than five years progressive experience as a project manager.
In addition, your experience includes:
Meeting the expectations and requirements of internal and external customers; getting first-hand customer information and using it for improvements in services; acting with clients in mind
Planning and adjusting work based on a thorough understanding of requirements and priorities and seeking clarification and direction as appropriate
Demonstrating the ability to achieve creative, efficient solutions for clients
Managing relationships between stakeholders
Demonstrating excellent communication skills including the ability to write clearly and succinctly in a variety of communication settings and styles
Providing individuals information so that they can make accurate decisions
Core knowledge required for success:
You are an experienced project manager with a comprehensive knowledge of:
Project management methodology based on PMI (or equivalent) project management techniques
Scoping length and difficulty of tasks and projects; setting objectives and goals; and breaking down work into the process steps
Understanding and applying a variety of effective negotiation skills
Government decision-making processes
Leadership competencies
Strategic thinking innovating through analysis and ideas
Engagement working effectively with people, organizations, partners
Management excellence delivering through own work, relationships and responsibilities
Accountability and respect serving with integrity and respect
Corporate values:
Teamwork, accountability, dedication, honesty, innovation and respect
We offer:
A progressive work environment that promotes a work/life balance and strives to be a great place for great people to do great things
Please note that successful candidates, who are new hires and/or who have not performed in this position previously will be required to provide a satisfactory criminal record check dated within the last 30 days as a condition of employment.
Applications will be accepted online at www.oakville.ca in the current opportunities section no later than midnight on July 25, 2013.
DATED: July 5, 2013
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Project Manager
