AddressProject Manager - Expression of Interest
*The Digital Health Division of the Newfoundland and Labrador Health Services is anticipating permanent and/or temporary Project Manager vacancies in various departments in the upcoming months and is seeking applications from candidates interested in joining our team. This competition will be used to fill both permanent and temporary vacancies for the foreseeable future.
Competition Number: 2024 PM EOI 006 (please quote in application)
Location: Newfoundland and Labrador
Salary Scale: HL-21 ($71,215-$92,579)
Closing Date: February 16th, 2024
About Us
As part of the Newfoundland and Labrador Health Services, Digital Health provides quality information to health professionals, the public, researchers, and health system decision makers. Through collaboration with the health system, we support the development of data and technical standards, maintain key health databases, carry out analytics and evaluation, and support health research. We support healthcare within Newfoundland and Labrador, including patients and communities through the delivery of information technology (IT) and digital health services applied in the healthcare system to provide quality care. Our mandate includes the development and implementation of a confidential and secure provincial electronic health record as well as other provincial clinical information programs, including the change management required to support adoption by end user clinicians.
About the Role
Reporting to the Project Delivery Manager, you will be responsible for:
- Providing direction, coordination, implementation, execution, and completion of projects, while remaining aligned with strategy, commitments, and goals of the organization and various stakeholder groups.
- Developing, managing, and reporting on schedules, costs, resources, risks, and project objectives at various levels of the organization.
- Leading project teams to meet objectives and stakeholders' expectations and providing direction and clear communication of the vision for project success.
- Developing and executing risk management and mitigation plans.
- Balancing competing goals of project stakeholders to achieve consensus on project outcomes while maximizing business value of the project.
- Collaborating with stakeholders from various health organizations throughout the province to ensure successful change management and adoption in addition to a successful transition to operations.
About You
Your education and experience include:
- Bachelor's degree in business administration, information technology, or another related field.
- Project Management Certification or Designation
- Minimum 5 years' direct experience in project management, preferably supplemented with demonstrated experience in:
- Project plan development and execution
- Leading large-scale projects and teams
- Quality assurance and testing methodologies
- Experience in digital health related projects
You have the following skills and abilities:
- Ability to proactively anticipate and manage changes in project scope
- In-depth knowledge of both traditional and agile project management tools, techniques, and methods
- Superior communication and interpersonal skills
- Demonstrated ability to lead project teams in a matrix environment and engage diverse groups of stakeholders
- Strong awareness of privacy and confidentiality
- Knowledge and experience in Quality Assurance and Testing Methodologies
- Proficiency in project management software tools
Demonstrated equivalencies may be considered.
Other Information
We can offer you a respectful and engaging workplace that provides:
- Meaningful work
- Medical and dental benefits
- A defined benefit pension plan
- Flexible work arrangements (flex time; compressed; remote/hybrid work (within NL))
- Work-life balance
- A generous paid leave program (six weeks)
- An active social club
- An employee and family assistance program
- An innovative, energetic, and forward-thinking workplace culture
If you are interested in this challenging and rewarding career opportunity, please apply through https://www.nlchi.nl.ca/index.php/careers.
Please note: We frequently post or see our job ads on job aggregators, which are essentially search engines for job postings. In most circumstances these aggregator sites ask you to apply for the posted job directly on their platform and we will not directly receive your application. To ensure your application is received and reviewed, we kindly ask that if you have an interest in applying with the Newfoundland and Labrador Health Services that you do so by visiting https://www.nlchi.nl.ca/index.php/careers.
We thank all candidates for their interest; however only those selected for further consideration will be contacted.
Any offer of employment will be conditional upon completion of required background checks including acceptable professional reference checks, provision of a satisfactory certificate of conduct, confirmation of educational credentials, and validation of legal entitlement to work in Canada, if applicable (valid work permits should be attached with your application).
For more information, please visit www.nlhealthservices.ca or www.nlchi.nl.ca.
Applicants agree that by providing personal information in response to this ad, they consent to the collection, use and disclosure of personal information required for the purposes of recruitment. Personal information will be used solely for the purpose of recruitment considerations for a period of one year following closing date of this competition, unless otherwise noted by the applicant.
