IT Project Manager 2 – 20038868

OFFICE OF INFORMATION SERVICES:

Our mission is to provide exceptional customer service to our partners and consumers utilizing innovative technologies.

Under direction, manage project(s), with or without sub-projects (e.g., Office of Workforce Development (OWD) Ohio Workforce Case Management System (OWCMS) changes for Retaining Employment and Talent After Injury/Illness Network (RETAIN) program; OWD OWCMS Enhancements/Task Order; OWD OWCMS Department of Labor Participant Individual Record Layout (DOL PIRL) quarterly updates; OWD OWCMS Labor Exchange Enhancements; OWD OWCMS providing data dump for Montgomery County Electronic Document Management System (EDMS); OWD Comprehensive Case Management and Employment Program (CCMEP) Life Phase 2 Deployment 2; OWD Eligible Training Provider (ETP) Annual Reporting; Office of Employee and Business Services (OEBS) Forms Input-Output (IO) Analysis; Office of Fiscal and Monitoring Services (OFMS) Hotel Booking Application and Email Confirmation) that covers all phases of project management (i.e., integration management; scope management; time management; cost management; quality management; human resource management; communication management; risk management; procurement management) with activities and responsibilities involving organizations/entities external to assigned agency, whose primary stakeholders are executives and/or local (e.g., county, city) political organizations/individuals (e.g., US Department of Labor; Ohio Department of Education, Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation; Ohio Governor’s Office; Office of Budget and Management; County Departments of Job and Family Services), work directly with agency executives and organizations responsible for service/product delivery, focus on coordination of projects with other services/projects, direct, implement and monitor policy and ensure compliance, and market benefits to organizations/executive management: develops and/or directs development and implementation of planning document(s); implements and coordinates project phases; coordinates multitude of tasks and/or subprojects with internal and external stakeholders; determines if changes need to be made for optimum service delivery; interviews stakeholders to determine needs and expectations and maintains regular contact with stakeholders to market product or service and obtain feedback; manages and negotiates change (e.g., cost; assignments; objectives) within project; determines need for division of given project into subprojects, distribution of work for subprojects (e.g., outside source), and oversees activities conducted within each subproject; defines project requirements, quality standards and time lines; determines and evaluates risks that may affect project; defines specific activities to be performed to produce project deliverables; evaluates deliverables and ensures project is ready to move on to its next phase; addresses any problems found in testing/piloting; ensures scheduled time frames are met; provides regular progress reports; determines and allocates resources and assists in budget planning; determines and evaluates testing and/or pilot program and/or project; oversees implementation schedule; defines scope/material/product; establishes selection criteria; conducts bidder conferences; directs evaluation of bid/proposals; recommends bid/proposal selection; executes valid contract and manages bid procurement document.

Serves as agency representative for project in public forums (e.g., focus groups; other state agencies; county agencies); makes project presentations to educate/train end users.

Performs other related duties as required (e.g., participates in, and makes presentations at, meetings and conferences and/or workshops; consults with program/policy staff on developing new procedures/policy; operates personal computer to produce correspondence, reports, and other documents; maintains logs, records and files).

Successful completion of 2 yrs. post-secondary education majoring in business administration, public administration, computer science/information technology, social science, or health, with major being commensurate with project to be assigned; 12 mos. exp. in budgeting & calculating cost projections of program/projects; 12 mos. exp. in project management (i.e., management & development of project/program requirements, design, development, testing/pilot, training & full scale implementation).

Knowledge of public policy management or public administration; public finance; public budgeting; project management; life cycle methodologies; time management; matrix management; public relations;interviewing; market trends; supervisory/management techniques*.Skill in operation of personal computer & applicable software (e.g., Gantt chart/project planning software, presentation software, spreadsheet applications)*. Ability to manage multiple demands or tasks on projects or programs; solve problems involving several variables in unique situations; review & evaluate project progress; develop & deliver presentations; communicate effectively on project information in a team setting.