Description

Position Summary

Only submit local candidates for this opportunity.  The contractor will be required to be onsite a minimum of 2 days/week.  

The State of Iowa is seeking a Project Manager responsible for coordinating various information technology initiatives for the Iowa Department of Education. The successful candidate must have prior project management experience and have demonstrated knowledge and experience managing technology infrastructure, data systems, application deployments, or similar services. The IT Project Manager will lead meetings, solve problems, facilitate and coordinate communication between the parties, document project status, and ensure that the team members have the support needed to perform their work towards a successful project outcome. This is an opportunity to work in a mission-driven environment supporting Iowa’s statewide educational data collection and reporting systems.

 

 

Requirements

●Five or more years of progressively responsible IT project management experience
●Experience with major defined project management methodologies, e.g., waterfall, agile, hybrid.
●Demonstrated experience working with diverse teams and managing a variety of IT projects, including technology infrastructure, data systems, application deployments, or similar services.
●Knowledge of project management methodology and experience or familiarity with major program management approaches (for example, PMI, agile, etc.)
●Excellent written, verbal and interpersonal communication skills
●Experience managing projects of a size and complexity similar to the size and complexity of the Department
●Certification in project management (e.g., PMP)
Desirable Qualifications
●     Experience working in Stategovernment, academic institution, or similar organization Manager and work with large enterprise initiatives.

 


 

Required/Desired Skills


 

SkillRequired /DesiredAmountof Experience
IT Project Management experience .Required5Years
Experience with major defined project management methodologies, e.g., waterfall, agile, hybrid.Required5Years
Demonstrated experience working with diverse teams and managing a variety of IT projects, including technology infrastructure, data systems...Required0 
application deployments, or similar services.Required5Years
Knowledge of project management methodology and experience or familiarity with major program management approaches (for example, PMI, agile, etc.)Required5Years
Experience managing projects of a size and complexity similar to the size and complexity of the DepartmentRequired5Years
Certification in project management (e.g., PMP)Required5Years
Experience working in State government, academic institution, or similar organizationHighly desired5Years


 

Questions


 

No.Question
Question1The Contractor must report any disciplinary action, misdemeanor or felony convictions to the State for any temporary IT staff provided. Do you agree to this requirement?
Question2Absences greater than two weeks MUST be approved by CAI Management in advance, and contact information must be provided to CAI so that a resource can be reached during his or her absence. The client has the right to dismiss the resource if she or he does not return to work by the agreed upon date. Do you accept this requirement?
Question3This requirement falls under the E-RTR process. The candidate MUST submit their Right to Represent electronically following the process to be considered. Do you accept this requirement?
Question4Please list candidate's email address.
Question5NA NA. Do you accept this requirement?
Question6INTERVIEW DATES: Interviews will be conducted on [March 5, 6, 7, 8] only to submit candidates available for interviews on the date(s) provided.
Question7PROVIDE CANDIDATES CURRENT PHYSICAL LOCATION [HERE]
Question8SHOW YOUR WORK - In the summary of qualifications field under the details tab of the candidate's profile, you should explain why your candidate is the best fit for this position. Please confirm that you have thoroughly validated and attested to the accuracy of the credentials listed throughout this candidate's VectorVMS profile and resume according to Section 5.2.5 of ITS-00NA40. Do you confirm? Candidates will get rejected if an agency cuts and pastes the candidates' resumes into this field.
Question9DOM DoIT contractor personnel are now required to undergo additional background check investigations (run by DOM DoIT) before starting, requiring the completion of several waiver forms & fingerprint processes. The selected candidate will be responsible for completing all the necessary waiver forms, scheduling and completing the fingerprinting process, and returning all completed items to DOM DoIT for processing. Please confirm you have discussed this with your candidate, and he/she will comply if selected.

Key Skills
Education

Any Gradute

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