RQ08183 Project ManagerLeader

This is a contract position for a for our public sector client.

Work location : 56 Wellesley St. West, 2nd Floor, Toronto, Ontario, M7A 1C1

Duration : 4 months

7.25 hours / day

This is a Hybrid role that requires the candidate to be onsite 3 days of the week (This is a mandatory requirement of the role and is non-negotiable outside of exceptional circumstances.)

Advantages

Good compensation working on projects that will make a difference to the people of Ontario.

Responsibilities

Leadership and Strategic Management

• Provide project management expertise for the planning, coordination, and execution of initiatives in support of the Community Administration Solutions Sunsetting (CASS) initiative.
• Liaise with Ontario Health (OH), Ministry of Health, Ministry of Long-Term Care, Supply Ontario and the Health Services Cluster to identify and manage project dependencies in alignment with the CASS objectives.
• Facilitate multiple project work streams by following sound project management methodology, processes and procedures.
• For each workstream, proactively manage approved plans with stakeholder project teams, and work with relevant parties on risk mitigation strategies to ensure commitments and deliverables are completed as per approvals and stakeholder expectations.
• Develop, manage, and oversee an integrated project plan, project timelines, deliverables, and dependencies, ensuring each workstream adheres to their respective responsibilities and milestones.
• Establish and / or promote governance frameworks, meeting cadences, and reporting structures to facilitate decision-making, change management, and accountability.
• Manage risks and issues escalated from various workstreams, proactively seeking solutions and ensuring effective communication across all stakeholders.
• Provide strategic oversight and guidance to ensure alignment with the overall project goals.
• Drive decision-making processes in governance forums, ensuring timely and effective resolution of escalated issues.
• Develop and maintain strong working relationships with senior stakeholders and project teams to facilitate collaboration and consensus building across multiple governmental bodies and health care service providers.
• Promote OPS IT standards and best practices for project management to facilitate control of system quality, adherence to standard methodology and the control of the use of IT resources.
• Provide direction and advice to team members by establishing tasks, deliverables, and expectations, and ensure that knowledge is shared.
• Provide strategic and operational advice as needed regarding business, resourcing, and financial impacts.
• Prepare and present status reports and updates for any relevant steering committees, advisory panels, working groups, or similar governance bodies.
• Ensure project artefacts and deliverables reflect a superior understanding of :

o Best practices in information technology project management including Agile and Waterfall methods.

o Stakeholder needs.

o Modern ERP solutions and their related technical and business architectures.

Qualifications

Summary

If interested and qualified for this role, please apply today for immediate consideration!

Randstad Canada is committed to fostering a workforce reflective of all peoples of Canada. As a result, we are committed to developing and implementing strategies to increase the equity, diversity and inclusion within the workplace by examining our internal policies, practices, and systems throughout the entire lifecycle of our workforce, including its recruitment, retention and advancement for all employees. In addition to our deep commitment to respecting human rights, we are dedicated to positive actions to affect change to ensure everyone has full participation in the workforce free from any barriers, systemic or otherwise, especially equity-seeking groups who are usually underrepresented in Canada's workforce, including those who identify as women or non-binary / gender non-conforming; Indigenous or Aboriginal Peoples; persons with disabilities (visible or invisible) and; members of visible minorities, racialized groups and the LGBTQ2+ community.

Randstad Canada is committed to creating and maintaining an inclusive and accessible workplace for all its candidates and employees by supporting their accessibility and accommodation needs throughout the employment lifecycle. We ask that all job applications please identify any accommodation requirements by sending an email to [email protected] to ensure their ability to fully participate in the interview process.