Social Services Program Manager (679019)
About the Opportunity
- We are only considering US Citizens and Green Card holders for this position. We are unable to sponsor for this role.
- We are only considering local candidates who currently reside within 45 minutes of postal code 17120
- No Third Party Agencies
- $80 per hour 1099, $68 per hour W2 + benefits
- 100% On-site in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
- Job Id: OST-679019
- Must be able to provide proof of COVID-19 vaccination plus booster shot
- Contract Term: Till end of the 2023 fiscal year with yearly extension based upon performance
Short Description
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania’s Department of Human Services (DHS) Office of Children, Youth, and Families (OCYF) is seeking a Social Services Program Manager to assist with multiple large-scale initiatives directed to improve services to vulnerable populations. The ideal candidate will possess 7+ years of managing initiatives, 7+ years of budgeting and problem solving, and 7+ years of leadership, communication, negotiation, and organization.
Required Skills/Years of Experience
- Bachelor’s degree in IT or related field
- 7+ years of experience managing initiatives with large complement of project team members
- 7+ years of experience budgeting, problem solving, team building, and using interpersonal skills
- 7+ years of experience with leadership, communication, negotiation, and organization
- 2+ years of experience with programs and issues relative to health and human services
- 1+ years of experience working for a state or federal level social program
Desired Skills/Years of Experience:
- 1+ years of experience working for Pennsylvania government
Complete Description
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania’s Department of Human Services (DHS) Office of Children, Youth, and Families (OCYF) is seeking a Social Services Program Manager to assist with multiple large-scale initiatives directed to improve services to vulnerable populations. The ideal candidate will possess 7+ years of managing initiatives, 7+ years of budgeting and problem solving, and 7+ years of leadership, communication, negotiation, and organization.
The Social Services Program Manager will be tasked to:
- Develop estimates for the enhancement, business process re-engineering, or development effort in planning, analysis, design, construction, testing, and implementation
- Work with team leads to adjust and revise project estimates
- Ensure new project estimates are approved by the client and agreed upon
- Develop the detailed Project Management Plan for the enhancement, business process re-engineering or development effort
- Deliver all work tasks identified in the Project Management Plan
- Manage and track the project progress against the project schedule
- Develop work planning and scheduling work
- Monitor project milestones and phases and take action to ensure project is on schedule
- Monitor and track the project budget and advise necessary stakeholders
- Plan, organize, prioritize, and manage multiple work efforts across the project team
- Notify team leads of project timelines, milestones, phases, work requests target dates, and approved executable work packages
- Schedule or monitor status reviews, project management inspections, and software quality assurance work product and process reviews with stakeholders
- Capture and report required project management metrics
- Analyze and distribute reports on project metrics associated with work items for improvement
- Ensure all changes to scope follow processes outlined in the Change Management Plan
- Prepare status reports on a periodic basis for the project team, team leads, group leads, sponsor, and appropriate stakeholders
- Tailor and baseline all project templates
- Ensure process and activities are followed
- Communicate and work with users and client as necessary
- Anticipate issues and proactively address them
- Build and maintain relationships with key stakeholders and customer representatives
- Serve as the primary point of contact for all project-related issues and resolution
- Communicate effectively with customers and software/hardware suppliers
- Communicate to team members how their work assignments relate and help achieve project objectives
- Perform final project management evaluation review with stakeholders
Hiring Expectations
- We are only considering US Citizens and Green Card holders for this position. We are unable to sponsor for this role.
- No Third Parties
- Right to Represent authorization is required
- Expect technical interview screening
- Expect F2F interview
- Background check and/or credit check will be required