Project Manager/Leader (RQ07777) Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry

Description

This is a hybrid work position 3 days a week in any LRC location Sault Ste. Marie, Sudbury, Guelph, Toronto, Peterborough.

As a Senior Project Manager in the Land and Resources Cluster, you will assume a pivotal leadership role overseeing multiple technology platforms within the Technology Services Operations (TSO) division.

Collaborating closely with interdisciplinary teams, I&IT experts, and executive management, the successful candidate will spearhead and facilitate a range of initiatives and a number of projects.

Responsibilities :

• Provides Operational and Project management on large scale, complex, high profile and high risk projects for OPS I&IT initiatives.
• Ensures project deliverables meet clients’ business requirements on time, scope and budget, with a focus on cost-effectiveness, efficiencies and compliance with OPS project management methodologies and frameworks.
• Manage platform technology team(s) to ensure operational status for UAT and Prod infrastructure environments, technology evergreening initiatives (i.

e Oracle, migration to Cloud).

General Skills :

• Leads organizational development, strategy development, business planning, and Ministry funding requests.
• Gathers and develops requirements in order to create and maintain a detailed project schedule and / or integrated plan.
• Ability to monitor and forecast project costs and provide reporting and input to ensure targets are met.
• Experience developing and managing team(s), project schedules, deliverables, and scope.
• Ability to promote I&IT project management best practices and adherence to standard methodologies.
• Demonstrated experience directing project teams to ensure project deliverables are delivered on time and adhere to government and ministry standards.
• Extensive experience coordinating and monitoring project processes, and developing / communicating guidelines and procedures.
• Sources, selects and on-boards team members in various disciplines, clarify roles and responsibilities and set task / deliverable / performance expectations for resources that are both OPS unionized employees as well as fee for service (FFS) consultants.
• Resolves resourcing and inter-personal conflicts, negotiates changes to resourcing, ensures knowledge is shared among team members such as project objectives and deliverables are met.
• Develops complex project budgets based on multiple funding channels and cross ministry dependencies.
• Effectively manages large project budgets and ensures a high level of fiscal control and accountability including estimates, forecasts and reconciliation / confirmation of actuals.
• Proactively identifies potential risk events and issues before they occur so that proper mitigating strategies can be developed.
• Articulates and prioritizes issues and risks at senior executive levels and recommends mitigation strategies for decision makers.
• Establishes and participates in steering committee and stakeholder forums.
• Provides project, program, and / or portfolio reporting to multi-stakeholders at senior executive levels.
• Uses appropriate strategies and actions to overcome resistance to change and capitalize on forces in support of change during all stages of projects concept, definition, planning, implementation and close-out.
• Promotes OPS I&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 I&IT resources.

Desirable Skills :

• Experience in managing operational / infrastructure platform technology teams and projects.
• Knowledge and understanding of Project Management’s Institute’s Project Management Body of Knowledge.
• Knowledge and understanding of Information Management principles, concepts, policies and practices.
• Knowledge and understanding of Accessibility for Ontarians with Disability Act (AODA) and related regulations and standards.
• Ability to make recommendations on the acquisition of software, hardware, and technology resources.
• Experience managing and coordinating project monitoring, anticipates and troubleshoots issues, provides ongoing expertise, resolves problems and provides project effectiveness.
• Ability to identify conflict between project and functional areas and develops responses to successfully address conflict.
• Ability to handle client relationships to manage expectations, provides updates as required, identifies potential conflicts between project and functional areas.

Experience Requirements :

Skill Set Requirements

• Project Management Skills (40%) :
• Expertise in applying project management theory, methodologies and techniques to provide overall direction, coordination, implementation, execution, control and completion of projects ensuring consistency with enterprise mandate, objectives and strategies.
• Knowledge of issues management, communication and change management principles to assist clients and stakeholders with change management activities.
• Experience developing and managing complex projects, estimating resources and preparing / presenting submissions for approval.
• Knowledge of IT systems, tools and databases to develop comprehensive implementation plans.
• Leadership and Political Acuity (20%) :
• Leadership skills to set direction and manage projects, activities and team members throughout the different project phases towards successful completion.
• Well developed organization and planning skills to manage a number of complex and concurrent issues while continuing to deliver results.
• Knowledge of project management and in-depth knowledge of task estimation, scheduling and control to prepare project plans and provide guidance.
• Political acuity to deal with sensitive situations, to work strategically with government stakeholders and develop appropriate responses to ensure projects reflect the overall enterprise objectives and priorities.
• Analytical and Strategic Thinking Skills (20%) :
• Strong analytical and conceptualization skills to deliver, combined with proven skills and experience in change management, project management and issues management.
• Research and problem solving skills to scan the organizational environment, analyze data, identify and assess emerging trends and develop options to strategically manage complex issues and files.
• Ability to think holistically and horizontally about business problems and opportunities and ensure strategic alignment between cross-functional programs / activities.
• Communications and Relationship Management Skills (20%) :
• Excellent communication skills to clearly articulate project vision, facilitate discussions / negotiations, prepare written briefings, presentations and other project related materials.
• Negotiation skills to influence others and find collaborative solutions to complex high-profile issues.
• Ability to build relationships to oversee cross-organizational consultation processes that involve internal and external stakeholders and consultation and collaboration skills to cultivate effective relationships, influence change and bring initiatives to successful conclusion.
• Emotionally intelligent communicator who can engage in tough conversations while remaining calm and unbiased.
• Advanced Office365, Microsoft Teams, Microsoft Project, Office (Word, Excel, Powerpoint), Visio.

Closing Date / Time : 2024-09-17, 3 : 00 p.m.

This is a hybrid work position 3 days a week in any LRC location Sault Ste. Marie, Sudbury, Guelph, Toronto, Peterborough.

Max no of submission- 2(two)

Must haves :

• Expertise in applying project management theory, methodologies and techniques to provide overall direction, coordination, implementation, execution, control and completion of projects ensuring consistency with enterprise mandate, objectives and strategies.
• Knowledge of issues management, communication and change management principles to assist clients and stakeholders with change management activities.
• Leadership skills to set direction and manage projects, activities and team members throughout the different project phases towards successful completion.
• Well developed organization and planning skills to manage a number of complex and concurrent issues while continuing to deliver results.
• Excellent communication skills to clearly articulate project vision, facilitate discussions / negotiations, prepare written briefings, presentations and other project related materials.

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