The MDE requires professional project management services from a highly skilled individual(s) to provide operational and administrative support in the following tasks: · Responsible for project tracking and reporting services to keep the system implementation process of Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund (ESSER) on task and on budget. · Ensure comprehensive management of defined initiatives that include monitoring of budget, resource availability, and organizational alignment; facilitate advancing of projects and effectively managing issues. The professional activities required for this position includes but not limited to the following: Project/Task Management: · Continuously monitor project and document progress of project teams and contractors related to all timelines, roles/responsibilities, expenditures/costs, and deadlines. · Monitor and communicate with all internal and external stakeholders recording any identified project risks. Financial Management: · Monitor expenditures and provide Director of Business Operations with expenditure and budget projections. · Consolidate and manage financial reports, and provide regular reports to the Chief Information Officer. · Leverage technology, continuous improvement and transformational change initiatives to optimize business processes. Project Documentation: Collect, review and/or develop, and archive the following project documentation components to include the following: · Resource and Staffing Plan to document what resources (people, equipment, materials) and what quantities of each are being used to perform project activities, to include a complete account of key or required staff.
· Develop and implement plan to improve documentation processes required to ensure timely and appropriate generation, collection, dissemination, storage, and ultimate disposition of project information to internal and external stakeholders. · Budget Plan and documents to track and provide a complete accounting of costs for staffing, equipment, software, supplies, consulting, and other costs. A life cycle cost or total cost of ownership, projected out at least 5 years, should be included.
REQUIRED DEGREE:
Bachelor's degree from an accredited four-year college or university in Information Technology or another closely related field.
REQUIRED CERTIFICATION(S):
Project Management Professional (PMP) or Program Management Professional (PgMP) certification from the Project Management Institute (PMI)