NOTE: This position is currently listed as "Onsite"; however, the Assignment under this request will provisionally be "Hybrid", working 7.25 hours per calendar day, sometime between 8:00-5:00 PM (excluding lunch breaks) Monday to Friday inclusive, unless otherwise identified. These conditions are subject to change as the OPS reflects on its current situation. During the duration of the assignment you will be under the discretion of the Hiring Manager's requirements for the Project you are assigned to.

Must have skills:

• Project Management Skills
• Technical and Communication Skills
• Team player, Relationship Management, Political Acuity and Acumen

Description

• The VOR Master Service Agreement which expires on April 5, 2025, leaves some Contracts with funding unassigned for fiscal 2025-26. If the current statement of work expires March 31, 2025, the remaining funds can be used to exercise an option to extend the SOW beyond March 31, 2025 based on business case approvals. Such extensions will be allowable, only if the Master Service Agreement is extended beyond April 5, 2025 and be upon the same terms, conditions, covenants contained in the SOW.
• SCOPE: JTS requires a temporary dedicated Project Manager L2 with 5+ years experience. It is expected that the consultant resource will have the necessary Project Management skills and demonstrated experience to provide leadership in the creation of a comprehensive business case and application solution requiring possible integration of commercial off the shelf solutions, product(s), Azure Cloud and .NET modules and other custom build components.
• Leading the project team to work effectively and efficiently toward project objectives in a complex and diverse environment with multiple stakeholders and changing priorities to ensure high quality deliverables

Experience and Skill Set Requirements

Deliverables

• Leading the project team to work effectively and efficiently toward project objectives in a complex and diverse environment with multiple stakeholders and changing priorities to ensure high quality deliverable
• Leading technical teams by reviewing their work and resolving day to day issues
• Developing, maintaining and effectively executing integrated project plans throughout project life cycle in accordance with OPS project management methodologies factors Communicating and controlling the scope, time and cost of the project
• Ensuring issues are identified, tracked, reported and resolved in a timely manner Identifying, analyzing, prioritizing, mitigating and communicating project risks throughout project lifecycle. Making recommendations based on the technical evaluation of risks and issues along with an understanding of the business implications.
• Ensuring documents are maintained in a shared repository and that knowledge is shared among team members.
• Assisting in the facilitation of team, vendor, and client meetings Communicating effectively to identify needs and evaluate solutions to complex business and technical issues
• Working collaboratively to resolve interdependencies between other projects/work streams Reporting on progress and provides timely status updates on assigned projects.
• Developing and managing the project schedule, decomposing the project scope into measurable tasks, with responsibilities, timelines, dependencies, and costs Identifying resource requirements and providing project resources/cost estimates
• Defining, clarifying roles and responsibilities and setting deliverables/quality/ performance expectations for project resources Resolving resourcing conflicts and negotiating changes to resourcing needs.
• Proactively planning and prioritizing tasks effectively to respond to numerous and diverse challenges and demands Managing internal and external expectations in line with project critical success

Skills and Knowledge:

• Leading technical teams by reviewing their work and resolving day to day issues
• Developing, maintaining and effectively executing integrated project plans throughout project lifecycle in accordance with OPS project management methodologies
• Developing and managing the project schedule, decomposing the project scope into measurable tasks, with responsibilities, timelines, dependencies, and costs Defining, clarifying roles and responsibilities and setting deliverables/quality/ performance expectations for project resources Resolving resourcing conflicts and negotiating changes to resourcing needs.
• Proactively planning and prioritizing tasks effectively to respond to numerous and diverse challenges and demands Managing internal and external expectations in line with project critical success factors
• Communicating and controlling the scope, time and cost of the project Ensuring issues are identified, tracked, reported and resolved in a timely manner Identifying, analyzing, prioritizing, mitigating and communicating project risks throughout project lifecycle.
• Making recommendations based on the technical evaluation of risks and issues along with an understanding of the business implications.
• Ensuring documents are maintained in a shared repository and that knowledge is shared among team members.
• Assisting in the facilitation of team, vendor, and client meetings Communicating effectively to identify needs and evaluate solutions to complex business and technical issues Working collaboratively to resolve interdependencies between other projects/work streams
• Reporting on progress and provides timely status updates on assigned projects. Lead the development of a solution requirement specification for the options analysis component of the business case
• Assist in the detailed evaluation of build/procurement options for input into the business case Review technical practicability of alternative solutions that are available and most cost effective
• Conduct, assess, evaluate and document stakeholder interests and business needs Define business and/or functional requirements Options Analysis Costing analysis Business Case
• Demonstrate alignment with the program area requirement and associated business and logical architectures Provide architectural guidance, technical leadership and assistance
• Prepare project plans, charters, and other related project deliverables following the PMO methodologies in accordance with the JTS and Corporate PMO policies
• Detailed Project Plan including planned activities, major milestones, deliverables and target completion dates as directed by Solutions Portfolio Manager Other JTS PMO documentation, as required Utilize PM Tools and repositories to manage and track required project artefacts
• Ensure alignment and adherence to Ministry of Government Services' processes and standards Lead the project through the Enterprise Architectural governance checkpoints at the cluster level and, where applicable, the corporate level
• The consultant resource will interface directly with the program area staff and management, is accountable for ensuring customer satisfaction, development concurrence, and addressing the status of concerns to the customer
• The consultant will provide a detailed list of all work/artefacts completed on the project Ensures knowledge transfer to internal staff that is, upon leaving the project, the consultant will transfer over all information/research to the client Attend any meetings related to the resolution of any request as required Presentations (as required) Briefing Notes (as required) Status reports (as required) Skills, Knowledge and Qualifications Project Management experience at the specified experience level
• Experience in structured methodologies for the design, development, implementation and maintenance of applications Leadership experience in one or more of the following areas: Multi-tiered application development Selecting and establishing technical architectures Design and development of large or medium corporate applications Managing the implementation activities associated with large IT projects Experience in the use of project management software Excellent analytical, problem-solving and decision-making skills Excellent verbal and written communication skills;
• Highly developed interpersonal and negotiation skills A team player with a track record for meeting deadlines

CRITERIA (100 MAXIMUM)

Criteria 1 - Project Management - 40 points

• 5+ years Project Management experience managing large, complex application development projects and associated challenges;
• Demonstrated experience with creation of project schedules, project plans, issue + risk logs, status reports and associated artefacts.
• Demonstrated Understanding of the Systems Development Life Cycle Demonstrated experience with Agile development concepts
• Demonstrated ability to manage project resources (team members) by aligning skills to tasks, evaluating progress against schedule and adjusting efforts as required.
• Demonstrated knowledge and ability to apply project management methodologies, tools and techniques
• Demonstrated experience identifying, analyzing, prioritizing, mitigating and communicating project risks throughout project lifecycle

Criteria 2 - Technical Skills - 30 points

• Demonstrated experience working with Mission Critical application such as OTIS (Offender Tracking Information System)
• Demonstrated experience with managing technical teams using Azure Cloud, Mobile technology, .Net, Oracle, SQL server
• Demonstrated experience identifying, analyzing, prioritizing, mitigating and communicating project risks throughout project lifecycle.
• Demonstrated experience in rollout strategies of Mobile solutions

Criteria 3 - Leadership, Facilitation and Interpersonal Skills - 10 points

• Demonstrated prior experience leading project teams, facilitating interactions with clients and among the project team, especially in a complex, multi-stakeholder environment
• Demonstrated experience planning and prioritizing tasks effectively to respond to numerous and diverse challenges and demands
• Demonstrated experience controlling the scope, time and cost of the project

Criteria 4 Team player, Communication and Relationship Management - 10 points

• You have demonstrated success fostering collaborative relationships within the team, multiple diverse clients and business partners.
• You have superior written and verbal communication skills to provide briefings, advice, and effective presentations to a variety of audiences.
• You have proven consultation and negotiation skills to positively influence stakeholders to support the organization's goals and initiatives.

Criteria 5 Political Acuity - 10 points

• You demonstrate political acuity and sound judgement to support and advise the team, stakeholders and senior decision makers.
• You demonstrate political acumen and understand organizational politics, with the ability to work across the organization and to anticipate and resolve concerns effectively and tactfully.