Position: IT Project Manager
Department: Technology Services
Position Type: 24-month Limited Term Contract, Full-Time
Date Posted: September 6, 2024
Application Deadline: September 22, 2024 at 11:59pm
Competition #: 24-38-AU
Benefits: Our total compensation package includes a health plan, life insurance, AD&D insurance, employee and family assistance program, free gym facility membership, vacation, sick leave, university paid holidays including winter break closure.
Acadia seeks an IT Project Manager in our Technology Services Department to fill a 24-month limited term contract. We are looking for an innovative, strategic, and collaborative person with the ability to effectively create decision and action-focused plans from start to completion. The person in this role will work with other departments across the organization as well as third-party vendors to ensure alignment and integration of projects and goals.
As the IT Project Manager, you will have the exciting opportunity to lead and focus on several key projects underway in our Technology Services department, with a focus on assisting Acadia as we transition to a new payroll system, Dayforce. Working within the Technology Services Department, specific responsibilities of the position include:
- Prioritizing and assigning work to achieve project timelines and objectives.
- Assessing and prioritizing risk and developing risk mitigation plans.
- Propose spending within designated project budget.
- Create clear communication for the parties involved on the project purpose, objectives, scope, and resource commitments.
- Produce detailed and accurate documentation to plan and track the project.
- Effectively lead team meetings with consideration of schedules, agendas, and project materials.
- Bachelor's degree with a minimum of 5 years' experience as a project leader.
- Project management training and certification is considered an asset.
- Strong organizational and time management skills.
- Experience with organizational change efforts.
- High level of accuracy and attention to detail.
- The successful applicant will have demonstrated problem solving, consultation, analysis, and collaboration skills with the ability to handle parallel assignments and priorities.
- Experience with and knowledge of change management principles, methodologies, and tools.
- Exceptional communication skills, both written and verbal.
For further information or to request a detailed job description, please contact Keilani Tupper at [email protected].
TO APPLY: To apply for this opportunity, click on the "Apply Now" button and upload your cover letter, resume, and references.
Please be advised that only those invited for an interview will be contacted. The University reserves the right not to fill this position. A six-month eligibility list may be established from this competition to fill future vacancies for identical positions.
The University invites applications from all qualified individuals; however, Canadians and permanent residents will be given priority. Acadia University is committed to employment equity and diversity in the workplace and welcomes applications from Aboriginal people, African Nova Scotians, persons with disabilities, visible minorities, women, and persons of any minority sexual orientation or gender identity. Consistent with the principles of employment equity, the primary criterion for appointment to a position is qualifications and professional excellence. Candidates who identify as a member of one of the afore-mentioned groups, and who wish to have the application considered as such, are invited to submit the online Employment Equity Voluntary Self-Identification Form as part of their application package.
The university will provide support in its recruitment processes to applicants with disabilities, including accommodation that takes into account an applicant's accessibility needs. If you require accommodation because of a disability or for any other reason during the interview process, please contact [email protected].
