Job Description

Job Title: Project Manager - Senior

Location: Edmonton Alberta T5J 3W7 (hybrid model, which may include a minimum of three days in the office)

Duration: 12 months contract + possible extension

Type: Contract

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Duties:

Lead, facilitate and document strategic plans and priorities, aligning to Department vision. Facilitate stakeholder meetings, workshops, and focus groups. Prepare and present strategies and information to steering committees and project groups. Prepare and deliver presentations about the project, or issues to executives and staff, steering committees, project group, Court Operations personnel, and other stakeholders. Assist with risk management and issues management Develop and execute change management plans and communication plans Develop a consultative approach with business sponsors and key stakeholders, and performance measure indicators. Document initiative/project backgrounds, descriptions, financial modelling, alternatives, impacts, risks, cost-benefit analyses, recommendations, implementation strategies, and approval processes. Provide quality assurance services throughout the project and developments to ensure completeness and consistency of documentation, which could include content review. Identify risks associated with business case, projects, and implementation. Manage tasks, action items and follow up, and escalate as required. Provide support by bridging communication between external stakeholders, the Alberta Courts, Technology, and Innovation teams, etc. Coordinate approvals and signoffs. Respond to stakeholder requests. Complete documentation for decision making processes. Provide direction to cross functional team(s) to ensure successful delivery of product(s). Track and monitor scope and timelines for delivery of data product(s). Analyze and report on progress. Communicate project status and all relevant information to stakeholders. Develop project schedule plans and strategies, estimate resource requirements, develop and monitor work plans and take corrective action for completion of project tasks. Provide guidance to project resources in establishing work priorities and prompt delivery of project tasks. Develop, as required, related requirements documentation. In collaboration with project sponsors, assess whether the project achieved stated outcomes and identify opportunities for improvement for future similar projects. Take responsibility for ongoing client satisfaction - manage peer-level client relationships and overcome hurdles to ensure win-win solutions. Coordinate with leadership to develop a well-defined project plan that clearly states the project's objectives, scope, assumptions, timeline, resource requirements, risks, benefits and budget. Work with project sponsors and the project management office to develop a project organization structure with clearly defined roles and responsibilities for all stakeholders. Document and report project status against established objectives, milestones, budget, and resources and facilitate tracking and closure of issues and risks.

Qualification:

The proposed resource must meet or exceed one of the following combinations of education or certification and experience in the resource role:

University degree in business, management or a related discipline and four years of related experience; OR Two-year diploma in business, management or a related discipline from a recognized post-secondary institution and six years of related experience; OR One-year certificate in business, management or a related discipline from a recognized post-secondary institution and seven years of related experience. Yes
Other

Proposed resource has agreed to a Criminal Records Check and Enhanced Security Clearance including a credit check prior to commencement. Yes

Proposed resource must have the last 3 years continuous residency in either Canada

or United States as minimum. This is a requirement for the Enhanced Security Clearance Yes

Work Experience

Experience assisting clients to execute strategies with technology, process, organizational design and IT operations. 5 years Experience conducting, facilitating and interpreting impact and risk assessments across multiple scenarios. 5 years Experience developing and delivering communications and presentations at multiple levels of an organization. (eg. Executive Management, Management, Program Sponsors, Steering Committee, Branch Managers, End Users) 5 years Experience developing and maintaining positive relationships across the organization, from front line staff to executives. 5 years Experience using analytical and problem-solving skills to plan and design creative solutions. 5 years Experience with business writing, communication and documentation. 5 years Experience with change management. 5 years Experience with information management concepts, privacy, and security issues relating to ATIA (Access to Information Act) and POPA (Protection of Privacy Act) - previously known as FOIP 5 years Experience with the development of communications plans. 5 years Experience working with system stakeholders in the development and maintenance of IT applications. 5 years

Nice to Have

Work Experience

Experience at the senior management level or above in an organization of comparable size and complexity to the GoA. 5 years

Experience creating flowcharts/diagrams/analyses, including but not limited to activity, process flow, data flow, entity relationship, mind map, roadmap/plan, gap analysis, organizational chart, SWOT analysis, RACI matrix, UI wireframes, user personas/journey maps. 2 years

Experience evaluating policies, programs, and initiatives using program development principles 2 years

Experience in a leadership and/or facilitation role. 5 years

Experience in managing projects in an organization of comparable size and complexity to the GoA. 5 years

Experience in quantitative and qualitative analysis of costs and benefits 5 years

Experience in the design, development and implementation of a digital transformation initiative or digital delivery program 2 years

Experience leading an organization through a large-scale technology change impacting all levels of the organization. 2 years

Experience with financial reporting and modelling. 5 years

Experience with government planning and budgeting processes and procedures. 3 years

Experience with systems development methodologies and life cycles for application development. 5 years

Experience with the development of business cases for a wide variety of initiatives and projects (strategic, business improvement, information technology, etc.). 5 years

Experience with the development of information management or related types of policies, standards and practices. 5 years

Job Type: Fixed term contract
Contract length: 12 months

Pay: $100.00-$110.00 per hour

Application question(s):

Experience with change management Experience with information management concepts, privacy, and security issues relating to ATIA (Access to Information Act) and POPA (Protection of Privacy Act) - previously known as FOIP Experience in the design, development and implementation of a digital transformation initiative or digital delivery program o Experience with financial reporting and modelling * o Experience with government planning and budgeting processes and procedures