INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SPECIALIST I

Job Description and Duties

Come join our team of extremely talented, good-hearted, and fun spirited professionals. Whoever said changing the world was easy?

It’s not. If you are up for the opportunity, you need to apply for this position. At DTSC, it is our mission to improve our California by protecting our environment from toxic and hazardous waste.

We serve because we care!

As an Information Technology Specialist I you will have the opportunity to :

• Manage IT projects using the Project Management Institute, Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMI-PMBOK), California Project Management Framework (CA-PMF) and departmental project management methodology, ensuring customer needs are met, departmental standards are followed, and project milestones and deliverables are accomplished in order to deliver IT projects on-time and within budget
• Define and manage a project approach for specific projects or IT Project Concept Request initiatives to implement best practices for Agile Project Management, Waterfall or a hybrid approach
• Lead the interdisciplinary project management team in the development of project management plans in order to efficiently communicate the project goals and expectations with the stakeholders, project sponsor, and team
• Produce periodic status reports to communicate the project progress and issues with the stakeholders, project sponsor, and team.

Independently manages project activities against the schedules and resources allocated by the approved project plans

Desirable Qualifications We Look For :

• Certification or exam eligibility for Project Managent Professional (PMP)
• Ability to work under pressure and manage multiple projects concurrently
• Well developed verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to analyze data and situations, identify and solve problems, reason logically, draw valid concusions, and develop effective solutions
• Experience facilitating and leading groups in the disscussion of complex problems and proposed solutions
• Ability to develop and maintain excellent customer service
• Ability to work independently but within a collaborative team environment

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Working Conditions

This position is located at Headquarters office in Sacramento, CA.

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Special Requirements

This Job posting will be used for current and future vacancies

Statement of Qualification (SOQ) Instructions

A Statement of Qualifications (SOQ) is required for the hiring manager’s review. Applications submitted without an SOQ may be disqualified.

The SOQ should be no more than 2 page(s) in length, be clearly written and well-organized, contain no more than (five) grammatical and spelling errors, and Arial font size 12.

Your SOQ should address the following question(s) :

Describe your experience working as a Project Manager on complex, multi-year information technology projects involving one or more business organizations / departments / agencies.

Provide the number of months / years of experience working as a Project Manager and whether you are Project Management Institute,Project Management Professional (PMP) certified or eligible.

Describe your experience performing IT project contract management and oversight activities for complex, multi-year projects implemented across a businessenterprise.

Provide the number of months / years of experience working in IT project contract management and oversight.

Describe you experience with conducting project status presentation with executive sponsors and stakeholders? What tools do use for your presentation andwhat information do you provide?

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