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This role will serve as the lead coordinator for a business process initiative for the Michigan Department of Education (MDE) Michigan Integrated Continuous Improvement Process (MICP). 
Complete Description:  
The Michigan Integrated Continuous Improvement Process (MICP) will provide school districts with a process that integrates the district improvement plan with comprehensive needs assessments and deep dive tools to help implement interventions.  
This person will lead the business side coordination of the MICIP project. This resource will be the liaison between the DTMB Agency Services team and the MDE business team to complete pre-procurement activities for a solution.  Responsibilities include defining the product vision, coordination of the project schedule, stakeholder engagement, oversee the facilitation of product requirements, development of the request for proposal and implementation of the system.  This is a projected to be a 2-year project.
Years of Experience: 5 or more years.
Job Description:
This position applies process improvement and re-engineering methodologies and principles to conduct process modernization projects.  Additional duties may include activity and data modeling, developing modern business methods, identifying best practices, and creating and assessing performance measurements.  Providing group facilitation, interviewing, training, and provides additional forms of knowledge transfer.  Serves as a key coordinator between multiple project teams to ensure enterprise wide integration of re-engineering efforts.
Additional Responsibilities:
Design workflow for purchasing software, collect and analyze statistics/metrics for software purchases, identify gaps in all associated processes and risks, establish memorandum of understanding (MOU’s) where required, maintain SOP's for all processes, and support the client at customer meetings.
SkillRequired / DesiredAmountof ExperienceExperience Analyzing and Documenting current Business Processes along with suggesting Business Process improvementsRequired10YearsExperience with a wide variety of Artifacts including Functional Requirements, Process Analysis, Process ImprovementRequired10YearsExperience with presenting Analysis Results and Recommendations to various levels within the organizationRequired5YearsExperience working as a liaison between the development team and project manager or business client in a software development project.Required5YearsExperience interfacing with technology leadership as well as the business client.Required3YearsAbility to conduct training & information sessions, communicate at a level appropriate to the audience, make oral and written reports and presentationRequired3YearsStrong facilitation, written and communication skills.Required10YearsProficiency with MS OfficeRequired5YearsProficiency with MS ProjectRequired2YearsProficiency with MS VisioDesired1YearsProficiency with MS Team Foundation ServerDesired1YearsExperience with Lean Process Improvement (LPI): conducting and implementingDesired6Months