PROJECT MANAGER

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If you are enthusiastic and motivated with excellent leadership and project management skills, then come join the Lands and Resources I&IT Cluster!

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About the job

As the Project Manager, you will:

• provide project leadership on multiple projects ranging from medium to large scale, high profile cluster wide information technology initiatives to ministry specific systems projects
• develop and manage project budgets effectively
• analyze and conduct risk and issues management
• develop and maintain relationships with clients
• monitor and implement change management
• promote adherence to OPS I&IT standards and best practices while also participating on different committees

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What you bring to the team

Knowledge:

• You have thorough knowledge and understanding of project management techniques and methodologies.
• You have knowledge and understanding of systems analysis and design principles, methods and techniques.
• You have knowledge of enterprise architecture, information management principles (e.g. logical and physical data modeling, database design and software development lifecycle management tools).
• You are knowledgeable of tendering practices and processes to acquire and negotiate contract agreements.
• You have an understanding of conventional and leading edge technologies.

Project management experience and skills:

• You have highly developed project management skills to lead and develop various projects of various sizes.
• You have demonstrated risk management skills to identify and control risk including applying risk management techniques.
• You demonstrate experience working with vendors and contract management.

Relationship building and communication skills:

• You have proven customer service and interpersonal skills to build, maintain and liaise with various stakeholders and team members.
• You possess well develop consultative and negotiation skills to provide advice and guidance to staff and clients.
• You have proven communication skills to make presentations to client management, to promote innovative processes, to foster cooperation among clients and technical staff and to prepare project information.
• You possess written communication skills to prepare reports, analyze information and report on findings.

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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.
• As a result of the recently agreed to AMAPCEO collective agreement, a new job evaluation system will be implemented on October 1, 2013 and the job code identified in this posting is subject to revision. In the new job evaluation system, the classification level of this position has not yet been determined.

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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.