Project Manager – IS

An individual in a Project Manager role is responsible for the management of one or more small to medium-sized, moderately complex projects. This role will develop the project scope, define project guidelines, obtain business and information systems sponsor approvals and coordinate the resources necessary to successfully complete the project. The incumbent will serve as a liaison between the business community and the IS organization to translate business needs into IS requirements. In this way they will also act as a business analyst in the early phases of certain projects.

Medical Teams International Calling:

Daring to love like Jesus, we boldly break barriers to health and restore wholeness in a hurting world.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Project Planning:

• Develops, and continually updates, project plans and schedules.
• Identifies project dependencies prior to the start of the project.
• Works with the client and other stakeholders to define/refine the project scope.
• Prepares all project management baseline products.
• Ensures that the project deliverables reflect the goals of the client.

Resource Management:

• Determines staffing requirements and forms project teams.
• Develops budget requests for resources.
• Works with resource managers in order to effectively align resources across projects.
• Provides work direction and leadership to assigned projects, including scheduling, assignment of work and review of project efforts.
• Assists with identifying which resources need to be procured outside the organization.

Communications:

• Develops a communication plan to convey project scope, goals, milestones, budget, risk, status, change requests and critical issues to the client and project team.
• Assesses the effectiveness of the interaction and communication with the client and project team.

Risk Management:

• Identifies the elements of risk in a project.
• Maintains issue list, proactively escalating issues to project and departmental leadership to mitigate risk.
• Recommends and takes action to direct analysis and solution of problems.

Budget:

• Estimates costs associated with a project including physical, financial and human capital costs.
• Refines project cost estimates and confirms funding sources.
• Monitors and controls the actual cost of a project versus the budget.

Business Requirements:

• Assesses client needs utilizing a structured requirements process (gathering, analyzing, documenting, and managing changes) to assist in identifying business priorities and advice on options.
• Develops, and writes business requirements and functional specifications for the implementation of business solutions.
• Analyzes customers operations to understand their strengths and weaknesses to determine opportunities for improvements.

Business Process:

• Analyzes and recommends improvements to business processes and models.

Other Duties:

• Ensure the Safeguarding of program participants and employees through promoting an environment of awareness and upholding the code of conduct provisions of Medical Teams Protection from Sexual Exploitation & Abuse, Child & Vulnerable Adult protection, and harassment-free workplace policies.
• Other duties as assigned.
• Utilize volunteers whenever possible.

EDUCATION, LICENSES, & CERTIFICATIONS

Required:

• Bachelors Degree in business, Information Technology (IT), computer science, or closely related field.

Preferred:

• Masters Degree.
• Project Management, Agile or Change Management certification.

EXPERIENCE

Required:

• Five years experience in project management
• Experience in business systems analysis, system implementation, and change projects with information systems. Note: Qualifying experience above the required years might substitute for years of education.
• Technical experience in measuring participation rate and utilization quality of information systems.
• Experience gathering and managing business and technical requirements for system implementation in geographically dispersed organizations.

Preferred:

• Previous applicable experience in non-governmental organization (NGO) or health care and/or human services management environment.
• International experience with national staff in developing countries.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & ABILITIES

• Commitment to Medical Teams International Calling Statement and Core Values.
• Knowledge of change management best practices, methodologies and tools.
• Ability to clearly communicate concepts and ideas to a variety of audiences both verbally and in writing.
• Knowledge of system implementation and deployment best practices, principles and skills.
• Knowledge of project management best practices, principles, and skills.
• Knowledge of business process improvement best practices, principles, and skills.
• Ability to design and implement organization-wide change projects.
• Ability to work in a demanding, fast paced environment with multiple deadlines.
• Ability to work collaboratively with others.
• Advanced skills with Microsoft Office.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS & WORKING CONDITIONS

Physical Requirements:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Frequent use of a personal computer, database and digital platforms, and other office productivity machinery, such as a copy machine and computer printer.
• Frequently uses hands, fingers, and arms to reach, handle, touch or feel equipment, medical instruments, materials, computer.
• Frequent communication and exchange of information among colleagues and persons of concern which requires the ability to speak, hear, convey and express oneself.
• Frequent close vision and the ability to adjust focus.
• Occasionally ascends/descends stairs, steps, or ladder
• Occasionally move about inside an office to access file cabinets, office machinery, meet with colleagues, etc.
• The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 10 pounds.
• Seldom to occasionally positions self to stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.
• If in travel status, occasional to frequent traversing over rough or steep terrain in either a motor vehicle or on foot.

Work Environment:

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• The noise level in the work environment is usually moderately quiet.
• The employee may be required to travel to remote areas of the world where there are potential health hazards and risks, limited hygiene facilities, extreme weather, and very basic living conditions.