Short Description:
The District of Columbia (District) Office of the State Superintendent of Education (“OSSE”), seeks Project Management services to support to the implementation of the Nutrition Services solution.
Complete Description:
Perform duties under general supervision and responsible for all aspects of projects for the life of the project.
Lead and direct cross-functional teams to deliver projects within the constraints of schedule, budget and resources.
Demonstrate sufficient knowledge and experience to appropriately apply a methodology to projects that have reasonably well-defined project requirements and deliverables.
Responsible for the overall direction, coordination, implementation, execution, control and completion of specific projects ensuring consistency with company strategy, commitments and goals.
The IT Consultant PM will lead the planning and implementation of project to include facilitating the definition of project scope, goals and deliverables. In addition, the PM will define project tasks and resource requirements and develop a full scale project plan which includes schedule project timelines.
Behavior Characteristics:
Candidate must possess outstanding organizational, verbal and written communications skills; demonstrate superb leadership, supervision, project management, planning, problem solving, coaching, and communication skills.
Skills:
Skill
Required / Desired
Amount
of Experience
Expertise Rating
Bachelor’s degree in computer science or equivalent experience
Required
Familiar with public and charter school student information systems
Required
5
Years
3 - Expert
Financial management systems for invoice and payment systems
Required
5
Years
3 - Expert
Relevant Project Management experience
Required
5
Years
3 - Expert
Managing operational support for COTS & custom implementations
Desired
5
Years
3 - Expert
Knowledge of web ops/server ops policies and procedures for tier 3 maintenance Support
Desired
5
Years
3 - Expert
Project Mgt lifecycle oversight for COTS and Custom software implementation
Desired
3
Years
2 - Proficient
Knowledge of Student Longitudinal Education Data Systems (SLED) process
Required
4
Years
2 - Proficient
Overall experience as an IT Consultant
Required
10
Years
3 - Expert