Project Manager X 2

Join our Edmonton government client on an initial 24-month contract as they embark on an ambitious initiative to transform child intervention support systems. We are seeking two seasoned Project Managers to lead crucial roles within a "Pathway to Paperless" initiative. This role requires a dynamic blend of strategic vision and hands-on project management to drive non-IT projects that modernize service delivery across the ministry. Ideal candidates will have at least eight years of direct experience in non-IT project management, demonstrating a robust ability to manage project scopes, budgets, and stakeholder relations. If you are looking to leverage your expertise in a meaningful, high-impact environment, we encourage you to apply to contribute to significant changes in public service delivery.

Advantages
• Drive transformative initiatives that significantly improve child intervention services, making a meaningful difference in the community.
• Lead and manage multiple high-stakes projects, enhancing your leadership capabilities and project management skills.
• Work closely with a dedicated team of professionals and stakeholders at all levels, fostering a culture of collaboration and innovation.
• Continuous opportunities for professional development in project management within a public sector context.
• Benefit from a hybrid work model that supports a healthy work-life balance.

Responsibilities
• Provide project management rigor to large, complex and/or politically sensitive strategic initiatives that are not (solely) IT in nature. This can include: identifying an issue or opportunity in the business; introduction of, or changes to, service delivery, policy, or legislation; creation and implementation of new products, programs, or business improvements; or other organizational transformation.
• Oversees all aspects of project planning, execution, delivery, and close. This includes determining the most suitable approach to achieve defined objectives and ensure business needs, quality standards, and data integrity are achieved.
• Collaborate with the business to develop well-defined proposals, project charters, project plans and other planning documents, and project artifacts. Project Plans will need to clearly state the project’s objectives, scope, assumptions, timeline, risks, benefits, budget and estimate resource requirements.
• Manage multiple projects, project resources and project governance.
• Work with project leads to develop a project organization structure with clearly defined roles and responsibilities.
• Develop Strategies, manage projects, document and coordinate project team activities to achieve each project's goals, scope, budget, schedule, quality, and other applicable performance standards.
• Identify project milestones, critical success factors, dependencies, policy and program implications, metrics, and resource requirements.
• Contribute to project deliverables where needed e.g., research, survey design, drafting report writing, etc. to support quality and timely delivery of deliverables.
• Regularly monitor, document and report on project progress against the plan.
• Plan, lead and participate in internal project team meetings, project stakeholder meetings and steering committee meetings.
• Document changes in scope, budget or schedule; coordinate signoffs and communicate changes with sponsor, management, team leads and working groups/committees.
• Ensure that issues, risks, and opportunities are proactively identified with strategies developed and actioned where possible.
• Provide high-level business or process analysis, change management and communication supports to the team as required.
• Complete proper hand-over of project outputs including all relevant project documentation to business area.
• In collaboration with project sponsors, assess whether the project achieved stated outcomes and identify opportunities for improvement for future similar projects.
• Document lessons learned and share with business area.

Qualifications
Mandatory Qualifications:

• Education - Degree, Diploma, Certification (Senior PM)
• 8 years of experience - ability to lead frequent (daily) face-to-face meetings with clients and technical teams.
• 8 years of Experience - defining project scope and goals in collaboration with business stakeholders
• 8 years of Experience - developing project deliverables including project charters, business cases., briefing notes, status reports, risk logs and project closures
• 8 years of Experience - in a project management role
• 8 years of Experience - managing multiple projects concurrently.
• 8 years of Experience - successfully implementing IT solutions in an environment with project resources form across multiple teams or organizations
• 8 years of Experience -working as a Project Manager on a large complex custom software application development project (inhouse) in an enviornmetnt
similar to the size of the Government of Alberta

Preferred Qualifications:

• 4 years of Experience - creating and managing project forecast and actual budgets.
• 4 years of Experience - creating and managing project forecasts in Microsoft Project.
• 4 years of Experience - developing and maintaining positive stakeholder relationships across the organization including executive level
• 4 years of Experience - exercising resourcefulness when making recommendations on highly technical or complex business isssues
• 4 years of Experience - leading and facilitating meetings with stakeholders at all levels.
• 4 years of Experience - leading change management and communication planning.
• 4 years of Experience - working in an enterprise architect environment.
• 4 years of Experience - working in or for the public sector.
• 4 years of Experience - working with information management and cybersecurity policies, directives.

Summary
Join our client and be part of a team committed to shaping the future of public services in Alberta. Apply directly to this job ad or reach out to your Randstad Digital representative immediately

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