University of Toronto
Job title:
Project Manager
Company
University of Toronto
Job description
Date Posted: 06/19/2024
Req ID: 38063
Faculty/Division: Temerty Faculty of Medicine
Department: Office of the Associate Dean, MD Program
Campus: St. George (Downtown Toronto)
Position Number: 00052998Description:About us:Home to over 40 departments and institutes, the University of Toronto’s Temerty Faculty of Medicine lies at the heart of the Toronto Academic Health Science Network and is a global leader in ground-breaking research and education, spanning clinical medicine, basic science and the rehabilitation sciences sectors.Your opportunity:The MD Program trains the next generation of doctors by delivering a comprehensive learning experience to our students. We have been at the forefront of medical education innovation and scholarship, as well as life-changing health research and innovation, since we were established in 1843. Thanks to the contributions made by our faculty and staff, we are consistently recognized as the top medical school in Canada, and among the best in the world.As Project Manager, you will play an instrumental role in leading and coordinating IT project plans, including the implementation of a new IT platform across Temerty Medicine’s undergraduate medical education programs. Applying your exceptional project management and communication skills, along with your robust technical knowledge, you will also be responsible for continuous quality improvement, analyzing user needs and troubleshooting complex systems issues. Your proven track record of successfully leading projects from conception to completion in a fast paced, results-oriented environment will enable our academic success.Your responsibilities will include:
- Providing project leadership and coordination including planning and implementing components of IT project plans and preparing project progress reports
- Evaluating new technologies or new and modified businesses processes to determine enhancement requirements
- Liaising with IT departments and clients regarding translation of business requirements into technical specifications
- Analyzing, troubleshooting and testing highly complex systems and ensuring system changes are consistent with business processes
- Developing and implementing database testing plans, scenarios and environments
- Assessing and determining methodologies for data retrieval, manipulation and reporting.
- Interpreting highly complex and technical data and handling complex and/or sensitive information.
- Facilitating educational workshops and seminars
Essential Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s Degree in Business or acceptable combination of equivalent experience.
- Minimum five years providing IT project leadership and coordination preferably within an academic institution.
- Demonstrated project management experience, including scoping projects and directing the development cycle from conception to completion
- Experience facilitating educational workshops and seminars.
- Experience conducting needs assessments to identify and evaluate systems requirements and translate project plans
- Experience monitoring project budgets and planning and estimating resources for projects
- Demonstrated database management experience
- Excellent knowledge of Microsoft Office applications, IT Project Management applications, and Learning Management Systems (i.e. Blackboard, Quercus, Elentra, etc.)
- Superior oral and written communication, organizational, time management, interpersonal and problem-solving skills
- Ability to manage projects and relationships in a fast-paced environment, with competing priorities and a complex stakeholder group
- Ability to work well as either a leader or member of a project team
- Demonstrated commitment to accuracy and attention to detail
- Ability to use tact, discretion, maintain confidentiality, flexibility and sound judgment
To be successful in this role you will be:
- Accountable
- Cooperative
- Goal oriented
- Meticulous
- Organized
- Team player
This is a term role until December 2025.Closing Date: 06/27/2024, 11:59PM ET
Employee Group: USW
Appointment Type: Budget – Term
Schedule: Full-Time
Pay Scale Group & Hiring Zone:
USW Pay Band 15 — $93,752 with an annual step progression to a maximum of $119,892. Pay scale and job class assignment is subject to determination pursuant to the Job Evaluation/Pay Equity Maintenance Protocol.
Job Category: Information Technology (IT)
Recruiter: Amanda Di FonzoLived Experience Statement
Candidates who are members of Indigenous, Black, racialized and 2SLGBTQ+ communities, persons with disabilities, and other equity deserving groups are encouraged to apply, and their lived experience shall be taken into consideration as applicable to the posted position.All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however, Canadians and permanent residents will be given priority.Diversity StatementThe University of Toronto embraces Diversity and is building a culture of belonging that increases our capacity to effectively address and serve the interests of our global community. We strongly encourage applications from Indigenous Peoples, Black and racialized persons, women, persons with disabilities, and people of diverse sexual and gender identities. We value applicants who have demonstrated a commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion and recognize that diverse perspectives, experiences, and expertise are essential to strengthening our academic mission.As part of your application, you will be asked to complete a brief Diversity Survey. This survey is voluntary. Any information directly related to you is confidential and cannot be accessed by search committees or human resources staff. Results will be aggregated for institutional planning purposes. For more information, please see .Accessibility StatementThe University strives to be an equitable and inclusive community, and proactively seeks to increase diversity among its community members. Our values regarding equity and diversity are linked with our unwavering commitment to excellence in the pursuit of our academic mission.The University is committed to the principles of the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA). As such, we strive to make our recruitment, assessment and selection processes as accessible as possible and provide accommodations as required for applicants with disabilities.If you require any accommodations at any point during the application and hiring process, please contact .
Expected salary
$93752 per year
Location
Toronto, ON
Job date
Fri, 21 Jun 2024 01:03:51 GMT
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