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Short Description:

The Project Manager directs, controls, administers, and regulates an enhancement or development program.

Complete Description:

This is a large project to consolidate, gather requirements and implement Core Solutions EMR for Division of Substance Abuse and Mental Health and Division of Public Health. Additional facilities may be added for the development of Business requirements and implementation.. The candidate will be responsible for managing the consolidation of the 2 current  systems. Manage the development of the business requirements for DSAMH and implement the Core Solutions EMR for DSAMH as per the developed business requirements. The Initial assignment is for 6 months. This may be extended.

The Project Manager 3 directs, controls, administers, and regulates an enhancement or development program.  The Project Manager is the individual ultimately responsible to the agency. The Project Manager must ensure that the program is completed on schedule and that the final product meets the business, technical, and established quality requirements.

Preferred Education: 4 year college degree or equivalent technical study. A minimum of 5 years of advanced administrative support experience preferably in large project management environments. Advanced information and task organizations skills. Proven analytical skills. Demonstrated oral and written communication skills. Ability to prioritize and manage multiple tasks in a fast paced environment. Proficient in Microsoft Project and Microsoft Excel.

Years of Relevant Experience: 7 plus years

Role Description:

•Assist the Project Management Team as necessary.

•Review and/or develop project management schedules and plans for use by internal and external stakeholders

•Reviews project proposal and deliverables with the selected vendor, the State Project Managers and other related departments that will be involved to determine proper lead-time, funding limitations, procedures for accomplishing project tasks, staffing requirements, and allotment of available resources to various phases of project.

•Monitor and review any status reports needed to track progress of project activity daily

•Prepares project Status reports for the Sponsors, State Project management team, and others, as prescribed.

•Responsible for working with State Project Director and project staff on updating and refreshing all project documentation.

•Communicate verbally and in writing to multiple project stakeholders internal and external to the organization.

•Coordinate project tracking and reporting.

•Track and Report on project deliverables.

•Track and Report on project budget.

•Track and Report on status, risks, issues, budget and other areas as needed.

•Controlling and organizing the documents generated throughout the project.

•Maintaining the project schedule.

•Ensuring project compliance with applicable regulations.

•Maintaining budget information.

•Perform other duties as assigned.

Skills:

Skill        Required / Desired          Amount               of Experience

Microsoft Project 2007 and above           

Required             5              Years

Microsoft Office 2007 and above             

Required             5              Years

Tracking action items, issues, and risks  

Required             5              Years

Excellent organization and communication skills               

Required             5              Years

Tracking of budget         

Required             5              Years

Experience in the Requirement gathering, planning and implementation of a EMR project

Required             2              Years

EMR Project Experience (> $1 Million)   

Desired                2              Years

Experience as part of a PM team (team player) 

Desired                2              Years

Experience gathering buisnesss requirements. 

Required             5              Years

Experience in implementing a large EMR System across multiple facilities.            

Highly desired   2              Years

Describe your experience with managing projects within a government agency, dept., or program?

What are the largest and smallest teams (headcount) has the candidate worked where he/she was the Project Manager?

What percentage of time has the candidate been responsible for budget vs timeline vs personnel resources on a project?

What was the size/scope of the largest EMR system you were responsible for managing through the entire SDLC?

Describe your experience with managing projects developed via 3rd party vendors?