Project Manager - Halifax, Canada - Province of Nova Scotia

Province of Nova Scotia

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Halifax, Canada

3 weeks ago

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Sophia Lee

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Description

Department:
Service Nova Scotia and Internal Services

Location:

HALIFAX

Type of Employment:
Permanent

Union Status:
NSGEU - NSPG

Closing Date:14-Aug-23 (Applications are accepted until 11:59 PM Atlantic Time)

About Us:

Department of Cyber Security and Digital Solutions* (CSDS), as part of the Government of Nova Scotia, puts people first. CSDS is large, diverse, and passionate about making a difference in peoples' lives. We believe in user-centered iterative digital service design, and practice Internet-era ways of working.

Working at CSDS means you will be a part of a team of caring, compassionate, and highly skilled people whose work makes a difference through designing, continuously improving and delivering the programs and services that people need.

_At CSDS, we don't just accept difference - we celebrate a supportive culture of diversity, inclusion and belonging_
The people who use government programs and services come from all walks of life.

It is important that CSDS reflects the people that we serve - so we can deliver better, and more accessible, and inclusive public services.

We work hard to create an environment where different perspectives and experiences are valued. We are committed to helping diverse talent thrive.
- _Formerly known as the Nova Scotia Digital Service (NSDS) group, a part of the previous named Department of Service Nova Scotia and Internal Services._

About Our Opportunity:

Do you want to make a difference? Do you like to make a big impact? Do you want to be a part in transforming the way we serve our citizens and bring a WOW digital experience to our citizens and employees in government and health? If the answer is, "Yes" then we have the opportunities what will challenge and excite you.

We are looking to strengthen our rapidly growing team with the addition of a Project Manager.

This position is part of the Digital Collaboration team that enables and accelerates modern workplace productivity and collaboration adoption, promotes awareness and usage of digital collaboration and productivity apps and provides end-to-end support, through the delivery of modern digital experience across:

Individual productivity
Team productivity
Community enablement
Organizational productivity

Reporting to the Manager of Digital Collaboration, the Project Manager will be responsible to manage and provide oversight a wide variety of projects that deliver impactful solutions for client departments across the Provincial Government, Nova Scotia Health (NSH) and IWK, as well as to the citizens of Nova Scotia.

The Project Manager identifies, defines, and manages overall projects that impact multiple internal and external stakeholders.

The Project Manager is responsible for consultation, promotion, budgeting, contract management, communications, and/or development of the overall project and project plans.

Primary Accountabilities:

The Project Manager is responsible for:

Manages and delivers required outcomes for one or more projects. Provides direction and/or development of the project and project plans including project scope development, business requirements analysis, advising on procurement, methodology selection, project management strategies, and resource and capacity management of direct and indirect project resources.
Develops and/or delivers a plan for significant aspects of internal and external communications. This includes ongoing monitoring and reporting of projects and providing processes and tools to provide the required information for inclusion on reports.
Identifies shortcomings and suggests improvements to existing processes, systems and procedures, then delivers a plan for a small element of a change management program in collaboration with project team.
Takes responsibility for delivering a prescribed budget for the project and conducts complex analyses on budget progress while working within established procedures. Allocates resources to appropriate places and develops strategies to ensure project management capacity meets the requirements. Delivers prescribed outcomes for a designated area of financial control. Develops action plans to address budget and/or operational business/project plan deviations as they occur throughout the fiscal year.
Delivers on the established outcomes by managing daytoday relationships with clients, contract service providers, and project team while working within an established contract management plan.
Delivers outcomes by mentoring, coaching, and monitoring the project team to facilitate project objectives and ensures appropriate project management methodologies and best practice are followed.

Qualifications and Experience:

As the Project Manager, you will have a relevant degree and at least six (6) years of relevant and progressive experience.

You can demonstrate with evidence your experience with the following.