**Senior Project Management Services (Level 3) (12-24 Month Contract)

Location: Victoria/Hybrid

Staffing Placement Opportunity**

• Education
• Post-secondary degree in a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Project Management certification or designation (e.g., PRINCE2, PgMP, PMP, etc.) preferred.
• Experience
• Proven experience with large-scale Workforce Management System rollouts.
• Public sector or municipal government experience is preferred.
• More than ten (10) years working on IT projects.
• More than five (5) years in a Senior Project Manager role.
• Skills and Expertise

Demonstrated Proficiency And Experience In The Following Areas

• Senior Project Manager experience in large-scale SaaS HR and/or OHS/Disability Management projects. (Other large-scale project experience may be acceptable; however, preference will be given to HR and/or OHS/Disability Management experience.)
• Preparing project charters, master project plans, and conducting risk analysis and risk management.
• Managing scope by defining clear project boundaries and applying structured change control processes.
• Extensive experience with budgeting/cost control, resource management, scheduling (milestone and detailed), and issue management – including escalations.
• Coordinating resources and contractors to achieve project objectives.
• Leveraging technology (e.g., Microsoft Project, PowerPoint, SharePoint, Teams) to support efficient project management and communication.
• Communicating with cross-discipline teams, complex stakeholder groups, and project sponsors with potentially competing interests.
• Presenting project status reports, dashboards, issue logs, and risk registers to project and business leadership.
• Tracking costs against capital budgets.
• Managing sensitive issues with potential impacts across public sector organizations, private sector partners, and citizens.
• Leading stakeholders from multiple groups with diverse interests to achieve consensus on project scope, objectives, and responsibilities.
• Developing strategic communications, organizational change management, stakeholder engagement, and training plans to ensure end-user adoption and involvement.
• Managing dependencies and linkages with concurrent projects.
• Coordinating business-to-business processes with external parties (e.g., regulatory agencies).
• Delivering projects of varying sizes and complexity (some greater than $1M in value and/or lasting more than one year) within a public sector environment.
• Reporting project status and engaging with senior executives (e.g., Senior Managers, Directors, C-Level leaders).
• Applying political acumen to navigate and meet stakeholder needs on sensitive projects with tight timelines.
• Working with IT Security, Privacy, and Records Management teams to ensure compliance with data security and privacy standards.
• Requirements
• The successful candidate will be required to provide a Police Information Check (PIC).
• Preferences

Consideration will be given to candidates with experience in one or more of the following areas (in order of importance):

• Implementation of HR cloud solutions.
• Records management protocols.
• Procurement protocols.
• Organizational change management strategies.

Note; this is an opportunity with a Microserve client.