Project Manager

Project Manager for IT Team

The Idaho Department of Juvenile Corrections (IDJC) is currently seeking a highly skilled and experienced Project Manager to join our IT Team in support of the modernization of the Idaho Juvenile Offender System - IJOS 2.0.

Important Notes - Read Fully:

• Onsite Requirements and Work Locations: This is a fully onsite position. While this position is based out of the Nampa office, the resource will be expected to work onsite between both the Nampa and Boise offices as necessary to successfully manage this project.
• Contract Duration: This is expected to be a short-term contract position with an initial duration of 3 months. There is a possibility it could extend beyond that, but candidates submitted MUST be aware and comfortable accepting a position that may only last for a 3-month duration.
• Expected Weekly Hours: Contractor is expected to work 32 hours per week. Make sure you have made this clear to your candidates and they are comfortable with this 32 hour/week expectation prior to submitting them.
• Local Candidates: Because this is a fully onsite position with a short-term duration, ONLY SUBMIT CURRENTLY LOCAL CANDIDATES who are able to work onsite and comfortable with a short-term project.
• Background Checks: In addition to those required by the contract, IDJC requires additional background checks and fingerprinting that must be completed. As long as the required checks noted as part of the compliance tab come back clear, they are able to begin while going through the process of these additional checks that will be run by the client, but please make your candidates aware of the additional checks so they know these will be required (and of course that continued employment would be contingent on these additional checks also coming back clear).

IDJC is seeking staff augmentation of a seasoned IT Project Manager who has skilled expertise in achieving results coordinating, gathering, documenting, driving, status updating and communicating project progress on all deliverables and related relevant work being performed by a cross functional team of both contracted and state staff. This is the expert-level project manager for a large IT modernization project. This project requires the incumbent be an expert in project management, including the planning, development, implementation, and taking action on critical items in a large, complex projects. Incumbents must coordinate across several groups and will provide recommendations and direction to a large and diverse project team in the final phase of the IJOS 2.0 modernization project. They will be responsible for the achievement of project goals, work plans, timelines, and results driven strategies. They are responsible for identifying critical path decision-making issues, coordinating amongst key stakeholders, contributing to a culture of focused team engagement and support in prioritizing and pushing toward the ultimate objective, an IJOS 2.0 Go-Live event, and providing critical post go-live customer support. This role will be required to sustain stakeholder and/or community support, feedback and communication with project team members, and project partners and summarize and escalate to IDJC leaders for decision making on critical issues.

This position will drive results for the final phase of this project, some duties and responsibilities will include, but are not limited to:

• Updating, maintaining and ensuring the accuracy of Feature Delivery/Testing/Acceptance/Migration Tracking
• Issue/Bug-Fix Status & Resolution Tracker
• Engage with technical staff to gather, document, centralize and communicate to project staff, leadership and other stakeholders & customers
• Triage & Attend Progress Update Meetings
• Develop Customer Communications, Quarterly Newsletter etc.
• Development of a cohesive documentation framework for knowledge transfer:
• Coordinate Technical Documentation Development
• Develop Training Documentation / User Manual Development based on training videos

Skill matrix: Idaho - IDJC - Project Manager (733507)

Skill - Required / Desired - # Year of Experience Required

IT System Development Project Management - Required - 5

Experience coordinating large IT system modernization projects. - Highly desired - 5

PM experience driving clear action steps that achieve results across multi-functional project teams. - Required - 8

Experience preparing and presenting oral presentations to groups, briefing leadership and stakeholders. - Required - 5

PM experience managing a high volume of details from a multi-functional team and summarizing for efficiency and effectiveness. - Required - 5

PM experience monitoring, tracking and communicating the status of critical information for decision making and follow up. - Required - 8

Exceptional communication skills (written & verbal) required as this role will interface with team members of all levels across the agency. - Required

Technical knowledge and experience with development tools/technology like: SQL, SSRS, API's, DevOps, Git Version Control, Angular/Web UI - Nice to have