Title: Project Manager ( Non IT)
Location: Alberta
Duration: 24 Months
Description:
The Client is seeking two project managers to provide oversight and project management support with the planning and implementation of multiple projects under the Pathway to Paperless initiative.
One project manager will be responsible to provide oversight and project management of in-flight work of current projects and a second project manager will be required to provide wholistic oversight and project management of upcoming CFS projects.
The Pathway to Paperless initiative is a multi-year/multi-phase initiative that includes several projects. The project aims to modernize CI service delivery through a series of key initiatives.
The duties of the position include:
• Provide project management rigor to large, complex and/or politically sensitive strategic initiatives that are not (solely) IT in nature. This can include: identifying an issue or opportunity in the business; introduction of, or changes to, service delivery, policy, or legislation; creation and implementation of new products, programs, or business improvements; or other organizational transformation.
• Oversees all aspects of project planning, execution, delivery, and close. This includes determining the most suitable approach to achieve defined objectives and ensure business needs, quality standards, and data integrity are achieved.
• Collaborate with the business to develop well-defined proposals, project charters, project plans and other planning documents, and project artifacts. Project Plans will need to clearly state the project’s objectives, scope, assumptions, timeline, risks, benefits, budget and estimate resource requirements.
• Manage multiple projects, project resources and project governance.
• Work with project leads to develop a project organization structure with clearly defined roles and responsibilities.
• Develop Strategies, manage projects, document and coordinate project team activities to achieve each project's goals, scope, budget, schedule, quality, and other applicable performance standards.
• Identify project milestones, critical success factors, dependencies, policy and program implications, metrics, and resource requirements.
• Contribute to project deliverables where needed e.g., research, survey design, drafting report writing, etc. to support quality and timely delivery of deliverables.
• Regularly monitor, document and report on project progress against the plan.
• Plan, lead and participate in internal project team meetings, project stakeholder meetings and steering committee meetings.
• Document changes in scope, budget or schedule; coordinate signoffs and communicate changes with sponsor, management, team leads and working groups/committees.
• Ensure that issues, risks, and opportunities are proactively identified with strategies developed and actioned where possible.
• Provide high-level business or process analysis, change management and communication supports to the team as required.
• Complete proper hand-over of project outputs including all relevant project documentation to business area.
• In collaboration with project sponsors, assess whether the project achieved stated outcomes and identify opportunities for improvement for future similar projects.
• Document lessons learned and share with business area.
Additional information to suppliers
Per worker model below this is a remote position.
Working Hours:
• Standard Hours of work are 8 to 5 with a 1 hr lunch break Alberta time, Monday through Friday excluding holidays observed by the Province
Incumbency:
Net new for both
Standard Background check required
• The Supplier shall, prior to commencement of the Services, provide the Province, on its request and at no cost to the Province, with criminal record checks.
Mandatory Training Courses:
• Once hired the resource will be required to complete all mandatory training which includes but not limited to Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act, Security/Cybersecurity, Information Management, and Respect in the Workplace. There may also be other mandatory and/or optional training.
Anticipated Interviews dates
• Interviews are estimated to start on June 25th . This is an estimate only.
Refer to the Job Posting attachments for the proposed form of contract applicable to this Contingent Resource Request
Scoring Methodology:
Financial/Pricing: 10%
Resource Qualifications: 40%
Interview Process: 50%
ALL REQUIRED EXPERIENCE MUST BE DESCRIBED IN RESUME UNDER THE JOB/PROJECT WHERE EXPERIENCE WAS ATTAINED.
EACH JOB/PROJECT MUST CONTAIN THE TERM OF THE JOB/PROJECT IN THE FORMAT MMM/YYYY to MMM/YYYY.
Qualification Assessment
Must Have
Education
Yes/No - Bachelors Degree and Project Management Designation e.g. (PMP)
Yes
Work Experience
Duration - Direct experience in a non-IT project management role
8 years
Duration - Experience creating and managing project forecast and actual budgets.
8 years
Duration - Experience defining project scope and goals in collaboration with business stakeholders.
8 years
Duration - Experience developing project deliverables including project charters, business cases...
8 years
Duration - Experience leading and facilitating meetings with stakeholders at all levels.
8 years
Duration - Experience managing multiple projects concurrently.
5 years
Duration - Experience using Microsoft-Project or other project management tools.
3 years
Nice to Have
Work Experience
Duration - Experience in managing projects in an organization of comparable size and complexity...
5 years
Duration - Experience working in or for the public sector.
2 years
Maximum Extension Term (Months)
24
