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Job title: Technology Project Specialist
Company: York
Job description: If you are looking to become part of an agile team focused on modernizing procurement processes at York Region – this is the position for you! Reporting to the Program Manager, Project Delivery, is responsible for the coordination and daily support of multiple technology projects; planning, scoping and development of project initiatives, goals, timelines and activities; gathering business requirements to assist in the delivery of process improvement initiatives; leads special projects and provides support to teams for project planning and deployment of products; supports existing systems and the development of improved technological business processes; assists in the development information systems strategy and architecture to meet business improvement plans and operational needs; assists staff in the delivery of the information systems program and projects as related to the Department/Branch.
Major Responsibilities
- Leads and coordinates technology projects from inception through execution following project management practices and industry standards.
- Facilitates the definition of project scope, goals and deliverables and works with management to develop full scale project plans including defining project tasks, resource requirements, planning and scheduling project timelines.
- Assists and provides consultation to management with project budget planning.
- Analyzes end user requirements, generates alternative approaches to information systems design, prepares system prototypes for user consultation and contributes to the design, development, testing, modification and implementation of systems.
- Lead teams and utilizes scrum methodologies and agile principles for the efficient delivery of technology.
- Coordinates specific assigned systems development and implementation activities including the preparation of the user requirements definition, systems analysis, general and details design documents, development prototyping and implementation.
- Participates in planning and formulating strategic business improvement and systems initiatives for service improvements.
- Prepares reports, memos, letters, guidelines and other correspondence and conducts presentations to meet the requirements.
- Performs other duties as assigned in accordance Branch and Department objectives.
Qualifications
- Successful completion of a University Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology or related discipline or approved equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Minimum five (5) years demonstrated experience with information systems project management, including successful completion of technical projects.
- PMP professional designation or CBAP professional designation or approved equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Experience in managing multiple projects and cross-functional project teams.
- Experience in creating all key project governance documents such as project charters, business requirement documents, functional and non-functional requirement documents, project schedules, project plans, communication plans, user acceptance testing plans, risk mitigation strategies etc.
- Demonstrated project management skills to apply project management tools and methodologies (Agile, Scrum, etc.) to assist staff with information systems projects and programs.
- Knowledge and demonstrated ability in corporate core competencies including customer focus, communication, collaboration and personal ownership.
- Experience in developing and monitoring business plans and budgets for information systems programs.
- Experience in gathering, analyzing and documenting business and system requirements, workflows, business processes.
- Experience in preparing use case and entity relationship diagrams, flowcharts, graphs, mock-ups.
- Experience in developing information systems plans and architecture, and relational databases, concepts including Oracle, MS SQL
How to Apply
Please apply online by February 10, 2021. We thank all candidates for their interest; however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted via email.
Expected salary: $55.18 – 59.98 per hour
Location: Newmarket, ON
Job date: Sat, 30 Jan 2021 03:52:36 GMT
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