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Under general supervision, is responsible for overseeing and controlling the initiation, planning, executing, and closing the work of projects and programs to achieve specific goals and meet specific success criteria; to develop the project scope, define project guidelines, obtain business and information technology sponsor approvals and coordinate the resources necessary to successfully complete the project.

• Develops and maintains a productive working relationship with business owners, project sponsors, project teams, resource managers, vendors and key clients;
• Works with resource managers to ensure resource availability and commitment, and effectively aligns resources across projects;
• Develops and maintains the project management plans including risk management plan, communications plan, change management plan, test plans etc.;
• Assists in project audits to assess the health of the projects;
• Manages the project change management process;
• May be assigned as a Disaster Service Worker, as required;
• Identifies which resources need to be procured outside the organization and assists in the development of SOW;
• Utilizes established project standards, procedures, contributes to the development and continuous improvement of tools, and participates in the Project Management Community of Practice;
• Gathers the information required for the scope, level of effort analysis to estimate project cost, resources, time and deliverables;
• May lead projects in a scrum master capacity using agile methodology;
• Conducts formal review at project completion with business sponsor to confirm acceptance and documents lessons learned for future reference and learnings;
• Performs other related duties as required.
• Develops baselines for cost and schedule, and continuously monitors actual against planned baseline; develops/updates charter to be submitted for approval;
• Prepares and presents project status updates including detailed status reports periodically and as requested;
• Conducts project meetings, communicating individual roles, project expectations and desired outcomes;
• Makes sure that all project team members have the tools and training required to perform effectively;
• Evaluates the progress of project on a regular basis and identifies, analyzes and prioritizes any issues/risks;
• Develops and maintains risk mitigation plans, processes and systems;
• Facilitates the resolution of complex problems by meeting with customers, vendors, and technical staff to identify problems and potential solutions;
• Monitors project spend, delivery, service levels, value, and contractual compliance;

Sufficient education, training, and experience to demonstrate the possession and direct application of the following knowledge and abilities:
Training and Experience Note:
Possession of a Bachelor's Degree from an accredited college in Computer Science, Information Systems, Business Administration, Public Administration, or a related field of study

• Project Management Professional (PMP) certification or successful completion of a recognized project management curriculum is desired.
• Ability to travel to alternate locations in the course of work. If driving, possession of a valid California Driver's License prior to appointment and the ability to qualify for and maintain a County driver authorization.
• Depending on the position, related certifications may be desirable.

• Project change management process;
• Accepted standards and tools for estimating, tracking and controlling projects;
• Work breakdown structures;
• Project spend, delivery, service levels and contractual compliance;
• Project planning;
• Resources procured outside the organization;
• Risk mitigation planning, processes and systems;
• Analysis methods to estimate project cost, resources, time and deliverables;
• Actual cost versus budget cost;
• Critical path scheduling which shows the sequence of events compatible with work breakdown structure;
• Conflict resolution;
• Project standards and procedures.
• Factors that may potentially cause cost changes;
• Risks and mitigation strategies;

• Maintain project schedules;
• Draft the critical path schedule which shows the sequence of events compatible with work breakdown structure;
• Provides the team with constructive feedback as it pertains to project performance.
• Document a detailed cost baseline from cost estimates;
• Negotiate conflicts and resolves issues;
• Prepare and present reports related to project planning;
• Perform project planning;
• Research and gather information necessary for project planning;
• Manage all phases of the project life cycle and project plan;
• Prepare and maintain necessary project documentation;
• Interact with a variety of levels of personnel both within and outside the organization;
• Work well on a project team;
• Communicate effectively both orally and in writing;
• Track and document project spend, delivery, service levels and contractual compliance;
• Manage the project change management process;