Senior Project Management Consultant

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Are you an experienced project management professional who wants to showcase your leadership and expertise? Do you enjoy leading complex, multi-disciplinary projects in a fast paced environment? Consider this opportunity to join and help us build project management capacity within the ministry by providing expert project management advice and training in our Project Management branch.

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About the job

In this role, you will:

• Provide project management leadership and expertise on complex, priority projects;
• Advise senior management and project teams on project management tools, methodologies, and best practices;
• Provide hands-on project management support on key health care transofrmational projects;
• Communicate with project teams to obtain project status updates;
• Brief the senior ministry executives on the progress of ministry projects;
• Lead project management training programs for ministry staff.

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What you bring to the team

Project Management Knowledge and Skills:

• You know project management principles, theories, best practices, standards, techniques, and tools;
• You have experience leading large, complex, and multi-disciplinary or cross-divisional projects;
• You can develop, implement, and evaluate strategies to strengthen the ministry's project management capacity;
• You can advise clients on strategies and techniques to manage project scope, quality, risks, and resources.

Communication, Leadership, and Relationship Management Skills:

• You can develop and maintain business relationships across the ministry;
• You can develop best practice tools, templates and guidelines, project reports, presentation materials, issues and briefing materials;
• You know adult education techniques to develop and deliver training and learning sessions related to project management;
• You can provide leadership and expertise to project teams.

Healthcare Knowledge:

• You understand the healthcare sector, delivery systems and administration in Ontario;
• You can acquire knowledge of public administration principles, practices and procedures.

Research, Analytical, and Risk Management Skills:

• You can conduct quality control of projects and develop mitigation and contingency plans;
• You can conduct ongoing research of best practices, emerging trends and developments in project management.

Computer Skills:

• You are proficient in common software applications (i.e., MS Office, databases, internet, intranet);
• You can use project management softwares (i.e., MS Project).

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Additional information:

Note:

• The successful candidate will be required to undergo a satisfactory criminal reference check prior to the commencement of employment.
• Please Note: If you have applied for Competition No. T-HL-48719/12, you do not have to apply to this position. Your application will be considered.

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Language requirements and assessment:
All external Ontario Public Service (OPS) job ads are posted in English and French. Check the "position(s) language" section at the top of each job ad for the language requirements. For all roles, candidates are assessed in English, the business language of the OPS. If the position is bilingual (English/French), you'll also need to pass a French-language proficiency test.

Exigences en matière de langue et évaluation:
Toutes les offres d'emploi externes de la fonction publique de l'Ontario (FPO) sont affichées en français et en anglais. Consultez la section « Langue du ou des postes » en haut de chaque offre d'emploi pour connaître les exigences linguistiques. Pour tous les postes, les candidats sont évalués en anglais, la langue d'affaires de la FPO. Si le poste est bilingue (anglais/français), vous devrez également passer un test de compétences linguistiques en français.