Advisor/ Program Management - Ottawa, Canada - EDC

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Advisor/ Program Management (P3 or P4) W


Posting Date:
Mar 22, 2023, 10:12:30 AM


Primary Location:
Ontario-Ottawa


Job Type:
Permanent


Schedule:
Full-time


Export Development Canada (EDC) is a financial Crown corporation dedicated to helping Canadian businesses make an impact at home and abroad.

EDC offers financial products and knowledge to help Canadian businesses confidently enter new markets, reduce financial risk, and grow their business.


When you join our team, you'll be helping Canadian businesses learn the endless possibilities that open to them through export and help bring their vision, passion, and innovation to the world.

Your knowledge and expertise will support more than 25,000 Canadian businesses and their customers in as many as 200 markets worldwide.

You'll work amongst the best and brightest in an inclusive, collaborative environment that fosters professional development and success.

And you'll know that you're making an impact every day - for businesses, for Canada and for the people you work with.


Are you ready to make an impact? Join EDC, recognized as a Top 100 and Top Family-Friendly Employer, as we take on the risk so Canadian businesses can take on the world.

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Advisor/Program Management


This position resides in the Special Initiatives (SI) team, which oversees the Canada Emergency Business Account (CEBA) program developed, delivered, and administered on behalf of the shareholder under the Canada Account.

When you join our team, you'll be supporting the program that brought funding to over 890K businesses on behalf of the Government of Canada.


The SI team provides program management oversight and support, including liaising with external partners and providers who facilitate the delivery of programs, managing program risk, and partnering with various internal stakeholders, including finance operations and technology.

As well as working with several stakeholders and vendors to ensure programs meet the needs of Canadian businesses as determined by the Government of Canada, as applicable.


The Advisor/Program Manager will report to a Director of the Program Enablement Team as part of the Special Initiatives group, accountable for oversight and execution of programs required to realize our group strategy and outcomes.


The incumbent will:


  • Will enable and plan, monitor, and manage initiatives or groups of projects from initiation through completion to ensure completion on time, following specifications of outcomes and outputs, within budget and timelines.
  • Be responsible for ensuring partners and vendors' activities are tracking to plan using a virtual huddle board using Lean Kit and Power BI
  • Use formal project/program management processes and Agile Frameworks to manage resources, budgets, risks, schedules, and changes.
  • Be concerned with projects or smaller scope or identifiable elements or functions within a larger project.
  • Work towards or have achieved certification in project management.
  • Support the management of risk, program financials and documentation, including controls monitoring.

Key Responsibilities

  • Supports directors with all project management processes.
  • Supports the team by assisting in the preparation of project/program documents, schedules, logistics and communications.
  • Validate initial project scope and effort estimates and manage the change order process, if needed
  • Support Vendor by enabling Program processes
  • Facilitate process improvements and problem solving
  • Facilitate and lead various forums
  • Review incoming process requests and triage accordingly based on requirements, scope, third party deliverables and stakeholder requirements.
  • Develop, organize and maintain detailed team documentation for both internal and external stakeholders.
  • Approach process and tool challenges with critical thinking skills to identify opportunities for optimization
  • Support Program Audit and Policy requirements

General Project Management

  • Ensure scope is delivered in full and with quality throughout the program life cycle
  • Ability to support the project financials; monitor, interpret and communicate project budget
  • Ensuring ontime and on scope completion of project deliverables from each stakeholder

Risk Project Management

  • Assume a leading role in performing and overseeing the risks associated with the program objectives while working closely with colleagues and other business stakeholders
  • Identifying and escalating project hurdles to appropriate stakeholders, ensuring risk to completion is actioned proactively
  • Identify, document, track, and communicate project risks and issues and assist in bringing to resolution or mitigation
  • Lead and facilitate internal and external meetings, adapting communication style and medium to fit audience needs as they relate to Risk Management
  • Updates and manages risk register and supports the documentation of the decision and change request log
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