IT Project Manager - Toronto, Canada - Legal Aid Ontario

Legal Aid Ontario

Verified Company

Toronto, Canada

1 week ago

Posted by:

Sophia Lee

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Description

Company Bio

Legal Aid Ontario employees are committed to making a difference in the lives of our clients.
As an integral partner in the Justice system, working at Legal Aid Ontario is more than just a job.

It's an opportunity to help people who need it the most; to ensure each client receives the access to justice afforded to them under the law.

If you are looking for a new challenge in your already meaningful career with a team dedicated to justice, and innovation in a flexible and supportive work environment consider this opportunity below.

Primary function

The IT Project Manager is responsible for organizing, coordinating IT projects and system services related initiatives across the entire project lifecycle from initiation to closure, and will be required to have hands-on approach and executing administrative support tasks within the project plan.

Common project tasks include setting up and organizing project meetings, preparing agenda and minutes, coordinating tasks, engaging stakeholders, establishing milestones, monitoring progress, summarizing and reporting the project status through weekly project reporting or agree frequency.

The IT project manager will work closely and support the Lead, IT Programs, Products and Project delivery services based on assigned product & services area.

Home Office:
Provincial Office - Toronto

Secondary/Other Locations:
N/A

Reporting to:
Manager, IT Programs, Products and Project Delivery Services

LAO is in the process of developing an organization-wide hybrid workplace model, taking into consideration the range of services and roles performed throughout the organization.

During this development phase, the work of this role is hybrid and structured to provide greater remote work, but some in-person presence will be required.

Key accountabilities

Maintaining and monitoring project plans, project schedules, budgets and related project expenditures
Developing work breakdown structures utilizing MS Visio and detailed project plans using MS Project plan
Create detailed project management plan as per the IT framework identified deliverables using MS Project plan for fulfilling each goal and objective
Organizing, attending and participating in project meetings
Documenting and following up on important actions and decisions from meetings
Preparing necessary presentation materials for meetings using Power Point
Ensuring project deadlines are met
Determining project changes, and maintaining change logs and completing change requests
Providing administrative support as needed
Undertaking project tasks as required
In consultation with the Manager and Lead, determine the best project delivery approach strategies, based on the IT PMO standard delivery methodologies: waterfall, incremental, iterative or agile
Ensuring projects adhere to IT Programs, Products and Project Delivery frameworks and all documentation is maintained appropriately for each project
Assess project risks and issues and provide solutions where applicable
Chair and facilitate meetings where appropriate and distribute minutes to all project team members

Required skills & experience

University Degree in Information Technology or Business Administration, or a minimum of 5 years equivalent experience
Experience in managing complex enterprisewide system implementations including Oracle PeopleSoft ERP Projects.
Experience and\or knowledge with all aspects of infrastructure
ISPs, networks, servers, switches, vmware, security monitoring and tools, IT monitoring tools, telephony
Experience delivering projects using either predictive, iterative and incremental lifecycles
Proven experience with managing a project budget, including purchasing practices thorough RFS, RFQ, RFP process
Proven experience with mass rollouts and implementations within an organization and across numerous diverse
Considerable ability to give clear and consistent instructions to team members
Project experience working in an agile environment with crossfunctional teams
Strong sense of customer service
Demonstrated ability to manage multiple projects concurrently
Excellent knowledge of modern Project Management principles and methodologies
Extensive knowledge of PMI PMBOK and PMP certification is an asset
Extensive working knowledge of MS Visio, MS Project plan, Power Point as well as MS Word, Excel and Outlook
Excellent oral and written communication skills

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Equity Statement

Legal Aid Ontario values integrity, respect, responsiveness, excellence, independence, accountability, openness and consistency. Our recruitment process reflects our commitment to diversity and inclusion. Accommodations are available upon request.
Legal Aid Ontario encourages applicants from equity seeking groups, including but not limited to individuals who are First Nations, Inuit or Métis descent, persons with disabilities,