Responsibilities:

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  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.
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  Communicates effectively, diplomatically and tactfully with
  multiple stakeholders and Ministry branches
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  Facilitates business process change using a methodical approach,
  methods and techniques for the both the project and Ministry’s success.
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  Plan and lead project deliverables using Agile and Digital
  approaches

General Skills:

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  Leads organizational development, strategy development, business
  planning, and Ministry funding requests.
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  Gathers and develops requirements in order to create and maintain
  a detailed project schedule and/or integrated plan.
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  Ability to monitor and forecast project costs and provide
  reporting and input to ensure targets are met
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  Experience developing and managing project schedules,
  deliverables, and scope
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  Ability to promote I&IT project management best practices and
  adherence to standard methodologies
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  Demonstrated experience directing project teams to ensure project
  deliverables are delivered on time and adhere to government and ministry
  standards
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  Extensive experience coordinating and monitoring project
  processes, and developing/communicating guidelines and procedures
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  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.
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  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.
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  Develops complex project budgets based on multiple funding
  channels and cross ministry dependencies.
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  Effectively manages large project budgets and ensures a high level
  of fiscal control and accountability including estimates, forecasts and
  reconciliation/confirmation of actuals.
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  Proactively identifies potential risk events and issues before
  they occur so that proper mitigating strategies can be developed.
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  Articulates and prioritizes issues and risks at senior executive
  levels and recommends mitigation strategies for decision makers.
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  Establishes and participates in steering committee and stakeholder
  forums
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  Provides, project, program, and/or portfolio reporting to
  multi-stakeholders at senior executive levels.
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  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.
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  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:

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  Knowledge and understanding of Project Management’s Institute’s
  Project Management Body of Knowledge
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  Knowledge and understanding of Information Management principles,
  concepts, policies and practices
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  Knowledge and understanding of Accessibility for Ontarians with
  Disability Act (AODA) and related regulations and standards
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  Ability to make recommendations on the acquisition of software,
  hardware, and technology resources
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  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

Requirements

Experience and Skill Set Requirements:

Must Haves:

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  10+
  year of experience
• 
  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

Skill Set Requirements:

Mandatory Skills:

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  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