Do you have a strong background in project management and transformation? Are you looking to showcase your leadership and consultation skills? Do you like to make connections across complex transformation projects?
Consider this exciting opportunity as a Senior Project Management Consultant to plan, lead, and provide project management expertise to transformation-related projects of varying scale for the ministry's business-focused Project Management Office Branch. Working with ministry business clients and partners, you will provide expert advice, oversight and hands-on support on a variety of transformation-related projects that impact the citizens of Ontario.
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About the job
You will:
• Deliver project management leadership and transformation oversight expertise on complex, cross-ministry, multi-stakeholder projects
• Provide hands-on facilitation and project management support on key health care transformation projects
• Communicate with project teams to obtain project status updates and interacting with a wide variety of people, while making strategic connections across project deliverables
• Synthesize large amounts of project information into clear and concise executive briefing products and deliver project updates to project executives
• Provide leadership to project teams, external service providers, and contractors through all phases of projects from development through to implementation and completion of projects
What you bring to the team
Project Management and Leadership Skills:
• You have extensive knowledge of and experience with transformation-related project planning and management techniques, tools, current software, best practices, and project life cycle methodologies.
• You have thorough knowledge of the project management lifecycle, documentation and development, including business cases, project charters, integrated project plan (project schedules), and close out reports.
• You have experience with risk assessment and risk management skills.
• You have consulting skills to provide advice, gain collaboration, facilitate project discussions and make effective recommendations.
• You have leadership skills to lead multiple, large scale, complex, multi-stakeholder projects while managing conflicting deadlines.
Communication and Interpersonal Skills:
• You can prepare and effectively deliver various visual and written materials to support senior level decision-making.
• You have relationship-building skills to provide leadership on projects and work teams to identify and achieve milestones.
• You can liaise and collaborate with a broad range of diverse internal/external contacts and lead stakeholder consultation processes.
• You have advisory and collaborative skills to develop and maintain working relationships, promote effective use of project management tools and promote project management capacity.
• You have knowledge of adult education techniques and best practices.
Analytical and Problem-Solving Skills:
• You have the ability to conduct ongoing research and evaluation of best practices, emerging trends and developments in the field of project management and transformation oversight
• You have the ability to conduct research and analysis to support senior-level decisions around strategic alignment and prioritization of ministry-wide transformation projects
• You demonstrate the ability to take action on innovative ideas, seek out new ideas, and adapt methodology and ideas quickly
Health Care System Knowledge and Other Skills:
• You have knowledge of the health care system and the ability to acquire knowledge of the objectives, mandate, legislation and health care delivery.
• You have ability to gain, understand, interpret and apply knowledge of legislation, policies, public administration principles and practices.
• You have working knowledge of project management technologies (i.e. MS Project, on-line collaboration and document management tools, and automated tools/software) and are proficient with common software applications (e.g., MS Office, Internet, Intranet).