DESCRIPTION:

• Manage multiple projects and project resources through the project management life cycle while meeting Health Service Cluster gating and architecture checkpoint requirements.
• Develop project plans, work packages, obtain approvals.
• Develop and execute project charters, integrated project plans, schedules and communication plans, including obtaining approvals
• Maintain the project plan, the communication Plan (communications within the team and between the team and external entities), and the master project schedule.
• Participate in steering committee and stakeholder forums as required.
• Provide project, and/or portfolio reporting to multi-stakeholders at senior executive levels.
• Issue and Risk Management and Mitigation - Proactively identify risks and issues pertaining to the assigned work package, report them to the overall Project Champions and the Portfolio Team. Identify and mitigate strategies and responses to the issues and risks.
• Develop and maintain product backlogs.
• Collaborate and communicate with stakeholders, developers, technical team members, and designers
• Ensure the development and delivery of business cases where applicable (i.e., management board submissions) to seek approval for long term support & maintenance contracts with Ministry vendors.
• Work with Ministry (or assigned) Legal and Procurement entities within the OPS to ensure Ministry processes are adhered to, and Ministry interests are incorporated while establishing the contract.
  Financial management of project - Ensure a high level of fiscal control and accountability for project budget. Forecast changes to the budget and communicates planned vs. actual budget as the project progresses
  Skills
  Experience and Skill Set Requirements

Technical Experience: 30%

• Experience facilitating diverse system stakeholders in highly integrated and complex solution delivery environments, providing leadership and advice to establish common business objectives and solution roadmaps, while developing business standards and realizing system automation.
• Demonstrated experience leading projects that involve system vendor management, issues management, and system integration across multiple vendor solutions.
• Experience identifying and assessing technical project risks, mitigation strategies and contingency plans.
• Knowledge of system and operational standards applied in Public Safety Answering Points (PSASPs) in Ontario
• Understanding proposed NG9-1-1 solution requirements and business standards, experience with the development of technical requirements and specifications for procuring and implementing Canadian Compliant-standards-based technology to support NG9-1-1 platform and systems.
• Demonstrated knowledge and understanding of Interoperability requirements and as directed by, and in the application of, the Canadian NENA i3 principles and Interoperability Continuum.

o Demonstrated knowledge and understanding of the Emergency Incident Data Object (EIDO) requirement and its application among PSAPs.

• Experience, knowledge, and understanding of current and emerging 9-1-1 technologies to fit needs identified by the PSAP user community, including, but not limited to a wide range of Telecommunication technologies for voice, video, text and data, including, but not limited to: Transmission infrastructure, Internet Protocol (IP) based communication related networks, PBX system integration and interconnection technique, and storage
• Familiarity and experience in:

o Centralized Standards-Compliant Canadian NG911 Infrastructure
o Call Handling System and Equipment with ability to incorporate new applications such as text and video
o ESInet and Canadian NG9-1-1Core Services
o PSAP connectivity to the network – legacy and IP systems

o Canadian NG9-1-1 L& R

• Canadian NG9-1-1 Geographic Information System (GIS) such as GIS-based routing and migration paths

Policy/Business Skills: 15%

• Experience in details of the methods identification and assessment of business policy implications and the development of mitigation strategies and contingency plans as it related Canadian NG911 implementation.
• Experience developing business strategic plans and business roadmaps to enable system planning, business case development and system procurements.
• Experience in details of the methods identification and assessment of operational impacts and the development of strategies and contingency plans as it related Canadian NG911 implementation.
• Informed ministry best practices/industry standards in order to have an informed implementation of NG911
• Experience with 911 sector with regard to policy and operational changes required for NG911

Project Management Skills: 30%

• Experience with gathering and developing requirements in order to create and maintain a detailed project schedule and/or integrated plan
• Project Management experience (as appropriate to the specified experience and level) and use of Project Management software (as appropriate to the specified experience level).
• Experience engaging and managing vendor relationships.
• Experience in the development and implementation of project management processes, plans, and communication tools.
• An experienced individual with a proven track record for meeting strict deadlines and supporting cross-functional teams to ensure work on tasks/milestones remains within time and cost constraints.

Communication/Soft Skills: 25%

• Experience with working with complex multi faceted projects with diverse working groups
• Demonstrated experience preparing and distributing project updates, progress reports to project stakeholder while managing expectations pertaining to scope and timeline constraints.
• Demonstrated experience communicating across many functional areas (matrix organization) to actively engage project stakeholders, including vendors, and manage client expectations with diverse interests, technical and non- technical backgrounds using the appropriate level of political acuity and messaging for the audience
• Demonstrated experience identifying a mix of skilled technical resources necessary to complete project assignments/deliverables, including clarifying roles and responsibilities