Senior Project Control Officer

AMANST Inc. is looking forSenior Project Control Officerfor a contract opportunitywith Ontario Government.

Requisition# RQ05843

Estimated Business Days:398 days

Submission Deadline: 01 Aug 2023 at 01:00 pm

Must Haves

• Experience developing project status reports and maintaining and monitoring status reporting logs.
• Demonstrated Project Management software skills and experience (e.g., MS Project, Planview, etc.).
• Demonstrated experience working in a professional environment supporting multiple Project Managers and critical projects for mainframe/legacy systems
• Experience working alongside Managers and Project Managers to provide updates, escalate issues where required, identify risks, and lead/coordinate project document deliverables
• Exceptional analytical, problem solving and decision-making skills.
• Effective consulting skills to engage with all stakeholders with proven track record for building strong working relationships.
• Demonstrated strong interpersonal, verbal and written communication, and presentation skills.
• 7 - 10 years of experience coordinating projects.

Nice to have

• Experience working in the public sector on a mainframe/legacy system.
• Public Sector Experience

Description

• Provide assistance to Managers, Project Managers and project team, in coordinating, planning, communicating, and executing the delivery of core project components.
• Process Workflow Management from ticketing, and risk/issue management.
• Manage project/work plans, tracking and analytics for the program/project execution.
• Responsible for creation and/or maintenance of management dashboards and executive summaries.

General Skills:

• Demonstrated experience working in a professional environment supporting multiple Project Managers and critical projects.
• Experience working alongside Managers and Project Managers to provide updates, escalate issues where required, identify risks, and lead/coordinate project document deliverables.
• Experience with monitoring a project document repository and ensuring all documents are reviewed and maintained in the repository.
• Experience developing project status reports and maintaining and monitoring status reporting logs.
• Experience scheduling meetings.
• Experience collaborating with various groups to gather updates and maintaining project budgeting, progress reporting, action items, risk management updates, etc.
• Demonstrated understanding of project methodologies (e.g., Waterfall/AGILE) through-out the software development life cycle.

DesirableSkills:

• Demonstrated Project Management software skills and experience (e.g., MS Project, Planview, etc).
• Experience with mainframe/legacy systems.
• Experience with SCRUM an asset.
• Understanding of Project Management concepts (e.g., project goals, risk, scope, participant roles, planning, cost and quality management).

Experience and Skill Set RequirementsCore Skills and Experience – 40%

• Experience scheduling meetings.
• Experience developing project status reports and maintaining and monitoring status reporting logs.
• Experience monitoring project document repository and ensuring all documents are reviewed and maintained in the repository.
• Experience facilitating meetings.
• Experience collaborating with various groups to gather updates and maintaining project budgeting, progress reporting, action items, risk management updates, etc.
• Experience working alongside Managers and Project Managers to provide updates, escalate issues where required, identify risks, and lead/coordinate project document deliverables.
• 7 - 10 years of experience coordinating projects.
• Demonstrated experience working in a professional environment supporting multiple Project Managers and critical projects for mainframe/legacy systems.

Project Management Skills – 40%

• Understanding of Project Management concepts (e.g., project goals, risk, scope, participant roles, planning, cost and quality management).
• Demonstrated Project Management software skills and experience (e.g., MS Project, Planview, etc.).

General skills – 15%

• Strong interpersonal, facilitation and negotiation skills with ability to build rapport with stakeholders and drive negotiations to a successful outcome.
• Demonstrated ability to apply strong listening skills to facilitate issue resolution.
• Effective consulting skills to engage with all stakeholders with proven track record for building strong working relationships.
• Exceptional analytical, problem solving and decision-making skills.
• Excellent customer service skills, including tact and diplomacy to ensure client needs are managed effectively.
• A motivated, flexible, detail-oriented and creative team player with perseverance, excellent organization and multi-tasking abilities, and a proven track record for meeting strict deadlines.
• Demonstrated strong interpersonal, verbal and written communication, and presentation skills.
• Proven troubleshooting and critical thinking experience.

Public Sector Experience – 5%

• Experience working in the public sector on a mainframe/legacy system.