Job Description

Title: Specialized IT Consultant - Senior
Location: 720 Bay Street, Toronto (Onsite)
Duration: 250 days with possible extension
Resumes Evaluation/Criteria:
Project Management Skills - 45 Points

• 8+ years' experience in business analysis and project management (combined)
• Experience leading and managing cross-functional teams (e.g. UX designer, web developer, contact center staff) to deploy public-facing content for support, Open Data
• Experience operating in an agile and product-based methodology to iterate on deployments rapidly
• Successful resolution skills to resolve issues with stakeholders and address risks and benefits of specific solutions and recommend specific courses of action
• Liaison as the technical and business advisor/expert on all aspects of project deliverables
• Strategic ability to identify optimal solutions to meet client needs and provide submissions to facilitate senior level decision-making
• Proven success in creating and maintaining a detailed project schedule and/or integrated plan.
• Knowledge of appropriate strategies related to change management, during all stages of projects - concept, definition, planning, implementation and close-out
• Experience in managing the implementation activities associated with large projects in an I&IT environment

Business Analysis and Technical Skills - 40 Points

• Knowledge of BABOK (Business Analysis Body of Knowledge) certification and/or demonstrated knowledge with the key BABOK concepts, tasks, techniques and skills; knowledge of LEAN principles and applying LEAN to processes
• Demonstrated experience in creating Business Cases, Business Requirements Document, other Business requirements artefacts and testing documentation
• Documentation skills for business requirements and validate with business clients
• Ability to design and create technical specifications of the reports and validate with stake holders
• Working experience in defining and validating test cases to ensure the requirements are met
• Demonstrated experienced in unit testing, system testing and acceptance testing
• Demonstrated experience in solution design and architecture

Hands on experience in various project and product delivery methodologies such as:

• Agile
• Waterfall
• Iterative Agile
• Product management

Communication Skills - 10 Points

• Demonstrated excellent oral and written communication skills, Interpersonal and consultative skills, Facilitation skills
• Experience crafting executive-level presentation to brief leadership
• Demonstrated experience in negotiating with business stakeholders on functional design issues and detailed solution design sessions, negotiating on issues for production
• Presentation skills, writing skills, Negotiating skills
• oDemonstrated experience in negotiating with business stakeholders
• Experience in documenting project status reports, project tracking for resources, finances, progress, issues and risks

Public Sector Experience - 5 Points

• Has experience in public sector organizations

Must haves:

• At least 6 years of experience with process design, business analysis and project management of applications/systems

Skills Required