IT Project Management Officer

Branch: Technology and Information Management Branch

Employment Type: Indeterminate

Linguistic Requirement: Bilingual (English, French)

Global Linguistic Level: B2

Salary: $118,293 to $133,145 + $1, Bilingual Allowance)

Location: Ottawa Headquarters

Category of Applicants: Internal; Membership; Public

Closing Date: 12/04/2025

Who are we?

Founded in 1966, the Public Service Alliance of Canada represents 250,000 workers in every province and territory in Canada and in locations around the world. PSAC is headquartered in Ottawa with regional offices across the country. PSAC strives to enhance its members' quality of life and has been at the forefront of significant and successful campaigns for workplace and human rights. Learn more about our victories.

We will support your mental and physical health with:

• Flexible work arrangements (hybrid employees may have their own dedicated workstations).
• Group benefits (health, dental, life insurance, disability insurance, employee and family assistance), such as $7,500 for mental health professionals, that are 100% paid by the employer. Defined benefit pension plan (50/50 contribution from you and us).
• Three weeks' vacation to start, plus extra paid leave to support your wellness.
• Generous support for your professional growth and career development.
• $800 per year recreation allowance.

Primary Responsibilities:

Under the general supervision of the Director of Technology and Information Management and as a member of the Information Technology (IT) Section, the IT Project Management Officer is responsible for the development and implementation of IT related projects and coordinating the project-related activities of a diverse implementation team consisting of external consultants, technical staff and end-users.

The IT Project Management Officer evaluates the business and information needs of the organization in order to develop recommendations and manage the implementation of solutions to business and related technology problems.

What you will bring to the table:
Education/Experience

• Bachelors degree in Computer Science or a relevant discipline or a combination of education and experience in project management and structured systems analysis techniques and systems development life cycle methodologies.
• A minimum three (3) years demonstrated working experience in structured systems analysis and design, and project management. Project Management certification would be an asset.
• Proven communication, analytical and problem-solving skills to help identify, communicate and resolve systems issues in order to maximize the benefit of IT systems investments.

Knowledge

• The position requires demonstrated knowledge of project management, systems analysis and systems development life cycle methodologies. Demonstrated ability to use these skills to define problems and to evaluate and implement new solutions, processes or procedures is required.

Abilities

• Proven ability to analyze and understand the functionality of existing database applications is essential.
• Demonstrated ability to provide comprehensive and technically sound advice to management, computer users and technical support staff in specific technical and business process areas.
• Demonstrated ability in creating system and end-user documentation including requirements definitions, flow charts, Gantt charts, data flow diagrams and training documents is required.
• Ability to install, evaluate and implement into production various vendors supplied packages.

Personal suitability

• Interaction with staff at all levels in the organization as well as technology integration consultants and hardware/software suppliers outside of the organization is required.
• Good presentation skills are required to present recommendations to management in order to gain acceptance of plans and proposals.

What you need to know:

• Second language level indicated above is based on the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR). Preferred candidates may have their second language skills assessed as part of the hiring process. However, valid federal government SLE results can be used toward this.
• While we appreciate all the candidates' interest, only those considered in the process will be contacted.
• A full job description is available upon request.

NOTES:

Internal applicants should submit their résumé online through HRMS.

Indeterminate PSAC employees who meet the qualifications of this position can request a transfer in accordance with the relevant collective agreement by submitting an application on or before the closing date. Please upload a cover letter indicating that you are requesting a transfer as well as a resume in your candidate profile (if not previously done) and indicate "Yes" under "Employment Information".

Employment Equity at PSAC is focused on five groups: women, Indigenous peoples, racialized persons, persons with disabilities, and the 2SLGBTQIA+ community. If you belong to one or more of these groups, please consider responding to the voluntary employment equity section of the online application.

All individual information collected from this questionnaire will be kept strictly confidential.

In many cases, you may identify in more than one designated group. For example, you may identify yourself as an Indigenous person and a person with a disability and a woman.

False declarations will be taken seriously and may prompt an investigation or further actions, as necessary.

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