Job Description

Your Opportunity:

This Senior Project Manager posting is an exciting, new, and critical provincial position within the Provincial Rehabilitation branch of the Allied Health Professional Practice & Education department and reports directly to the Provincial Director of Collaborative Prehabilitation and Rehabilitation Patient Services. The Provincial Prehabilitation Coordination Team (PPCT) is a new interdisciplinary rehabilitation team that will be responsible for co-designing, creating and delivery of Universal & Targeted Prehabilitation services in collaboration with Allied Health Zone Operations. Prehabilitation interventions aim to improve or maintain health across five domains: physical, nutritional, psychological, social, and modifiable risk factors. Universal services will meet the needs of broad populations through accessible resources including on-demand handouts and video-based information for patients preparing for surgery. Targeted services will meet the needs of patients and families and/or care providers with a common need through education and on-line, virtual, or live programming. The PPCT team will work with University of Alberta faculty researchers to incorporate interactive web applications as part of the innovative solution to offer Universal & Targeted Prehabilitation services across Alberta. The Senior Project Manager will utilize their in-depth knowledge and extraordinary skills to develop, plan, organize, lead, and control large province-wide simultaneous, highly visible, complex cross sector, interdisciplinary projects efficiently and effectively with a high degree of expertise and independence.

Description:

The Senior Project Manager (Senior PM) is responsible for and provides leadership to project management activities across all stages of a project, often including pre-project activities and spanning project initiation, planning and execution, implementation, evaluation and closure. The Senior PM applies project management methodology and expertise, effectively facilitates diverse groups addressing complex issues, and skillfully engages stakeholders to develop effective and efficient solutions and health services. The Senior PM applies knowledge management practices and expertise to effectively manage project knowledge and contribute to organizational learning. The Senior PM must possess the skills to use data and information to effectively advance quality and innovation. Please enter information in this field. The Senior PM is committed to quality improvement and appropriately applies change management and process improvement principles, knowledge and expertise. The Senior PM works with a high degree of independence on assigned projects and services, with guidance in only the most complex situations. The Senior PM works within a team-based and matrix resourcing environment and may supervise staff or lead functional teams or projects. The Senior PM seeks guidance from the Director CPAR appropriately for complex issues that may have broader organization impact. The Senior PM role requires specialized and advanced expertise, knowledge and skill, along with considerable experience within healthcare environments.

• Classification: Senior Project Manager
• Union: Exempt
• Unit and Program: AHPPE
• Primary Location: Northwest Centre 1
• Location Details: Eligible to work remotely within Alberta
• Negotiable Location: Provincial
• Employee Class: Regular Full Time
• FTE: 1.00
• Posting End Date: 01-SEP-2023
• Date Available: 11-SEP-2023
• Hours per Shift: 7.75
• Length of Shift in weeks: 2
• Shifts per cycle: 10
• Shift Pattern: Days
• Days Off: Saturday/Sunday
• Minimum Salary: $34.95
• Maximum Salary: $59.94
• Vehicle Requirement: Not Applicable

Required Qualifications:

A minimum of a Master\'s degree in public administration, business administration, healthcare administration or equivalent experience required. Relevant project management specific education, training, or certification in project management from an accredited institution. A demonstrated clear pattern of professional and personal development.
Additional Required Qualifications:

In addition, the incumbent will possess a record of accomplishment in the following areas: 5 years of progressive experience in project management in healthcare environment, government or private sector, including knowledge of project management principles, tools and methodologies. Considerable experience with coordinating/leading teams through project planning, execution, monitoring, and evaluation Demonstrated ability to foster relationships and partnership with internal and external stakeholders. Ability to work effectively and efficiently in a unique project environment where project resources and subject matter experts have limited availability to contribute; demonstrated ability to move projects forward within these constraints.
Preferred Qualifications:

Project Management Professional (PMP) designation strongly preferred.

Please note:

All postings close at 23:59 MT of the posting end date indicated.

Security Screening:

A satisfactory criminal record check and/or Vulnerable Sector Search is required prior to your first day of work. Additionally, all employees have an ongoing duty to disclose any charges or convictions that may occur during their employment with AHS.

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