IT Project Consultant in Public Health management information System

The ideal candidate will have the skill specified below:

·         Excellent communication and leadership skills both written and oral.

·         Strong influence, collaboration and negotiation experience.

·         Ability to collaborate with supporting resources across business and/or functional lines.

·         Have excellent organizational skills, proven analytical, planning, problem solving, and decision-making skills.

·         Must meet productivity standards, complete work in timely manner and strive to increase productivity.

·         Experience defining and developing quality standards.

·         Conduct reviews according to schedule.

·         Communicate and work with customers and other personnel as necessary.

·         Report progress on action items / defect resolution and possible risk areas and ensure action items are addressed and closed in a timely manner based on agreed dates and activities.

·         Ensure that defined processes are followed.

·         Organize and prepare work effectively to facilitate proactive resolution of problems, rather than reactive.

·         Mentor and share knowledge with State staff.

·         Experience in developing Requests for Proposals for IT system contracts with the State of Ohio.

·         Must have experience with RFP oversight at OPDH

·         Must have experience with creating RFPs for ODH along with each of the required sections in the RFP

·         Must have knowledge of ODH departments and how to collect RFP requirements from the affected users

Day-to-Day responsibilities include but not limited to:

·         Assist ODH Immunization Program and ODH IT in the process of drafting an RFP per State of Ohio guidelines for a vendor for the state’s Immunization Information System.

·         Provide feedback to project teams regarding process/procedure improvement opportunities and other potential areas for improvement discovered during project activities.

·         Advise teams as they gather and document requirements.

·         Technical leadership in identifying and documenting items needed by the project, including system architecture and platform migration.

·         Advise about implications of requirements as related to vendor management after contract award.

·         Contribute to the establishment of and meet quality goals and objectives for the project.

·         Contribute to all aspects of quality assurance for the project including establishing relevant metrics, applying industry best practices, and developing new tools and processes to ensure quality goals are met.

·         Review project’s required work products to ensure compliance with approved tailored procedures and standards.

·         Perform detailed reviews of interim and final tasks as appropriate.

·         Advise about components of evaluation process and required documents such as Service Level Agreements and Data Recovery Plans.

·         · Use technical understanding to assist ODH in seeing opportunities for growth and resource management in contract span

Experience

6 years IT project consulting experience in Public Health Management Information Systems.

Mandatory Requirements/Skills

6 years required experience developing Business Requirements for IT systems

6 years IT project leadership

6 years vendor management

Desired Requirements/Skills

Education

4-year college degree or equivalent technical study.