Fraser Health Authority Looking for Project Leader at Surrey, British Columbia, Canada Full Time

Why Fraser Health?

Fraser Health is responsible for the delivery of hospital and community-based health services from Burnaby to Fraser Canyon on the traditional, ancestral and unceded territories of the Coast Salish and Nlaka’pamux Nations, and is home to six Métis Chartered Communities.

Our team of nearly 45,000 staff, medical staff and volunteers is dedicated to serving our patients, families and communities to deliver on our vision: Better health, best in health care. Learn more .

We are currently looking to fill a Full Time opportunity for a Project Leader with our Facilities Management team at Central City Tower located in Surrey, BC .

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Fraser Health is proudly recognized as a BC Top Employer . Joining our team offers you opportunities to work in a rapidly growing organization with health professionals who are excellent in their respective fields, career growth and advancement, a competitive compensation package (including four weeks of vacation to start, comprehensive health benefits, and pension plan), and the rewarding opportunity to make a difference every single day in health care.

Effective October 26, 2021 all staff for all positions across health care in British Columbia are required to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 (have received a full series of a World Health Organization “WHO” approved vaccine against infection by SARS-COV-2, or a combination of approved WHO vaccines). Please note this applies to all postings, and there are no exceptions.

Fraser Health values diversity in the work force and strives to maintain an environment of Respect, Caring and Trust. Fraser Health’s hiring practices aspire to ensure all individuals are treated in an inclusive, equitable, and culturally safe manner.

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Detailed Overview

Supporting the Vision, Values, Purpose and Commitments of Fraser Health including service delivery that is centered around patients/clients/residents and families.

The Project Leader provides project management support services to Fraser Health (FH) clients in the areas of strategic business systems planning, business process design and information management; develops plans and strategies to deliver designated projects and initiatives from initial idea stage through implementation to the realization of business benefits; collaborates with managers and staff to implement the overall Health Informatics and Information Technology (HIIT) strategic direction for FH; supports interdepartmental projects by managing project timelines and resources, providing leadership to team members, facilitating transition management and coordinating the procurement and management of external services; develops standards for project practice and for continually improving project oversight.

Responsibilities

• Manages assigned projects and other assigned major FH initiatives through the project management phases using a standard methodology; develops and coordinates project plans and identifies financial implications; identifies project risks and implications and develops risk mitigation plans; ensures the projects and initiatives and the related outcomes are aligned with FH Strategic Plans and with the overall HIIT direction.
• Manages the scope of designated projects and initiatives by reviewing contract deliverables; achieves target project outcomes and ensures project requirements are achieved in a timely manner within budget and resource guidelines; ensures compatibility and consistency with enterprise architectural standards.
• Assembles project teams and identifies other required resources; assigns responsibilities and develops timeframes and milestones to track and facilitate successful completion of project activities and deliverables; provides leadership to team members by providing guidance on project management duties, budget management or technical issues; receives updates from assigned team members on project status.
• Monitors project delivery performance against project plans by measuring and evaluating key outcomes; assesses the performance of project related staff; manages team members by providing work direction and assessing staff performance on projects and assigned responsibilities; reviews and monitors project assignments and provides project management orientation to team members.
• Provides reports to the Project Sponsor, Manager and other stakeholders after reviewing and monitoring project progress through all project phases to ensure overall quality of implemented solutions; provides update on status and all aspects of the project, as required; coordinates cross-functional interfaces between assigned operating department management and service delivery units to ensure interdepartmental issues are effectively managed and issues are resolved in a timely manner.
• Manages project closure activities, coordinates transition activities and participates in cost/benefit analysis of projects and initiatives; measures delivery of benefits against planned outcomes; measures key outcomes, assesses the performance of projects against results and reports on benefits realization to Executives and the project selection processes.
• Champions planning, project methodologies and best practice through mentoring, coaching and communicating with assigned staff, team members and stakeholders.
• Assists with developing the annual goals and objectives for the department, in collaboration with the Manager, ensuring consistency with the FH objectives and strategies.
• Works with the Project Management Office team engaged in setting and maintaining standards for project practice; researches, designs, develops and implements tools and processes informed by industry best practice; keeps current of FH’s requirements for project standards to ensure current and continually improving project delivery.

Qualifications

Education and Experience

Bachelor’s degree in Business, Computer Science, Information Systems or Health Information Science and a professional designation such as a Project Management Professional (PMP), supplemented with five (5) years’ recent related experience working with contemporary project management practice in a large complex organization, or an equivalent combination of education, training and experience.

Competencies

LEADS Capabilities

Demonstrates the leadership practices of the Fraser Health Leadership Framework of Clear, Caring and Courageous and creates the conditions for people to succeed.

Professional/Technical Capabilities

• Knowledge of project management tools, techniques and practices and the application of these in HIIT
• Ability to define, lead, plan, direct and manage projects and to deliver project results
• Ability to successfully manage complex work teams in a dynamic environment with changing priorities
• Ability to work independently and as a member of a team
• Ability to develop and maintain rapport with internal and external stakeholders
• Ability to operate related equipment including applicable software applications
• Physical ability to perform the duties of the position