Project Manager

The University of Victoria is one of Victoria's largest employers and one of Canada’s best diversity employers. Together we are more than 5,000 dedicated faculty, librarians and staff supporting the University of Victoria’s diverse academic programs, world-class research and commitment to civic engagement.

The salary range for this position is:

Recruitment range: $73,548- $81,092 starting salary determined by the PEA Collective Agreement.

Performance range: starting salary to max of $95,658 is available through annual performance increases.

*This position is eligible for a Hybrid Work Arrangement*

University Systems serves a diverse client base including students, faculty and world-renowned researchers. We consist of three major units: Academic & Administrative Services, Infrastructure Services, and UVic Online, all working together to provide computing, communications and technology in support of the university's learning, teaching, research and administrative activities. We support high profile research projects like VENUS, NEPTUNE and ATLAS and work as part of the BCNET consortium. We exist in a complex work environment where we must effectively navigate complex, cutting edge and ever-changing technology, and information security and privacy issues in order to be the best information systems organization in the Canadian university system.

The Project Manager's overall responsibility is to research, plan, create and implement new and enhanced functionality for online administrative software systems, and work with the senior stakeholders of administrative areas to incorporate and integrate changes. This position is required to socialize new and enhanced systems into the university fabric; communicate the functional needs of the administrative units to the technical teams within University Systems; and perform and direct quality assurance and control on these new and enhanced systems with operational and technical units outside of University Systems. This role is responsible for the coordination of training clients on applications and technologies within direct operational units as well as clients across all academic and administrative departments, and ensuring that sufficient post go-live support is in place. The Project Manager is the project manager for functional implementations and enhancements, and will manage the initiation, planning and closure of these projects.

This position will be responsible for project activities involving other British Columbia post-secondary institutions, on behalf of BCNET, under the direction of the Project Management Process Manager. BCNET is a not-for-profit, shared information technology services organization that is led, owned, governed and funded primarily by our members, British Columbia's higher education and research institutions.

The Project Manager requires an undergrad degree in a related field and at least 3 years of experience in administrative project implementation and managing projects within a formal project management framework environment; or have an equivalent combination of education, training and experience. Strong leadership skills and demonstrated ability to motivate and sustain change during transition is required to fulfill this role. Knowledge and experience in the administrative and technical functions and requirements of the relevant functional environments is valuable.

Incumbents may come from any combination of education, training and/or experience, with a diverse and varied work experience and background; whether there's a more traditional combination of Computer Science/Engineering and experience, or a Business Administration/Leadership education alongside technical experience.

Preference may be given to experience working in student information systems (in particular Banner and FAST environments) in a university, post-secondary, or comparable large & complex work environment.

Preference may be given to Project management professional certification, e.g. Project Management Professional (PMP).

The following skills and experience are required:

• Expertise within Project Management principles and methodology
• Excellent communication skills, including verbal, written, presentation and training
• Strong problem solving, multi-tasking and organizational skills
• Ability to work independently to gather, analyze, and organize data, define problems and requirements, and recommend solutions
• Ability to build and maintain productive working relationships with diverse stakeholders
• Excellent conflict resolution and negotiation skills
• Ability and willingness to be flexible and adaptable to changing priorities
• Proven ability to work effectively both independently and in a team based environment
• Ability to influence and persuade others and work collaboratively and cooperatively with colleagues in University Systems and other units at UVic to achieve goals

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Equity and Diversity Statement UVic is committed to upholding the values of equity, diversity, and inclusion in our living, learning and work environments. In pursuit of our values, we seek members who will work respectfully and constructively with differences and across levels of power. We actively encourage applications from members of groups experiencing barriers to equity. Read our full equity statement here: www.uvic.ca/equitystatement.

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