Project Coordinator

---

Are you looking for a great career and rewarding future where you can make a difference to the lives of Ontarians? IT Source is a professional services organization that offers the Ontario Public Service (OPS) I&IT Community a modern, effective approach to resource acquisition.

You will have the opportunity to work with leading technologies on an interesting and diverse range of projects. The project assignments with IT Source will vary in lengths and will be located in a variety of locations throughout the GTA and Oshawa.

We are proud to have been chosen as:

• Canada's Top 100 Employers
• Greater Toronto's Top 90 Employers
• Canada's Best Diversity Employers
• Canada's Greenest Employer
• Top Employer for Canadians over 40

---

About the job

As Project Coordinator, you will:

• provide project leadership to small projects supporting OPS I&IT initiatives
• provide project and technical delivery to project managers and project teams, supporting medium to large scale OPS I&IT initiatives, including: coordinating project teams, monitoring and forecasting costs, risk and issue management and customer relationship management

Please note: This position is located at 222 Jarvis Street, Toronto.

---

What you bring to the team

Project Management Knowledge and Experience:

• you demonstrate the ability to lead all phases (concept, definition, planning, implementation, and closeout) of small, routine I&IT projects, or to provide support to Senior Project Managers for medium to large scale I&IT projects
• you have experience planning, scheduling, tracking and managing project plans
• you are able to develop and maintain a detailed and resource loaded project schedule with predecessors.
• you have knowledge of PMI and project management methodologies, standards, and best practices
• you have knowledge of the service management framework based on ITIL
• you have knowledge and experience with standard project management tools, including MS Project

Technical Knowledge:

• you have knowledge of I&IT technologies and industry trends to support project deliverables
• you have knowledge of systems design methodology to enable sound project administration
• you are able to plan and coordinate business systems solution testing and implementation

Communication Skills:

• you have excellent interpersonal, negotiation, collaboration, oral and written communication skills to support project deliverables
• you demonstrate the ability to develop and maintain effective client relationships, and to support Senior Project Managers
• you have experience analyzing and communicating the impacts of risks to the project, direct partners, stakeholders, customers and staff in order to facilitate effective decision making

Organizational and Problem Solving Skills:

• you have experience identifying and making recommendations on inherent and developing project risks and issues
• you demonstrate procurement skills to support the acquisition of software solutions, hardware and services
• you have proven skills in financial and controllership management to administer, prepare, monitor project budgets and identify activities required to meet financial targets
• you demonstrate experience monitoring projected versus actual project expenditures and reports on project progress/status in comparison to project burn rate

Leadership Skills:

• you are able to provide technical supervision, guidance and consultation to assigned project personnel
• you demonstrate leadership skills to plan, organize and coordinate human, financial and material resources

---

Additional information:

Note:

• The successful candidate will be required to undergo a satisfactory criminal reference check prior to the commencement of employment.
• T-MG-50125/13
  
  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.

---

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.