Project Manager - Information Systems Specialist I

• Assist with project planning and implementation, defining project scope, goals, and deliverables that support business goals in collaboration with senior management and stakeholders.
• Work under close direction in coordinating the efforts of team members and third-party contractors or consultants to deliver projects according to plan, while managing project budget and resource allocation.
• Monitors and reports on project progress to all stakeholders, utilizing tools to track project performance, specifically to analyze the successful completion of short and long-term goals.
• Assist in identifying and managing project dependencies and critical path, ensuring that project milestones are met and aligning project objectives with company goals.
• Facilitating team communication and collaboration across functional areas to ensure project success and organizational integration.
• Assist in overseeing project engineering and technical personnel, fostering a collaborative environment where each role contributes to project objectives.
• Assist in implementing project changes and interventions to achieve project outputs as necessary, while managing the change request process and updating project documentation.
• Ensuring quality assurance processes are integrated into the project life cycle, meeting all regulatory, legal, and quality standards.
• Engaging in continuous learning, staying abreast of new technologies and methodologies that may impact project outcomes.
• Other responsibilities as necessary.

• Requires working knowledge of systems design and implementation, including the way programs are written, compiled, and tested, the methods of operating computers, and the way data is transcribed into a form suitable for reading by computer.
• Requires working knowledge of the devices for capturing data for computers and the means available for receiving and transmitting data from remote locations to a computer.
• Requires working knowledge of the advantages and limitations of computer communication, and information retrieval systems as management information tools.
• Requires working knowledge of the methods, procedures, and techniques of conducting feasibility studies for converting to computer applications.
• Requires the ability to organize facts and findings, analyze data logically and to present results with clarity and comprehension, orally, in written or graphic form.
• Requires the ability to use and understanding of appropriate methods, tools, applications, and processes.
• Requires the ability to approach work in a rational and organized manner.
• Requires the ability to exercise sound judgement in analyzing, appraising, evaluating, and solving problems of a procedural, organizational, administrative, and technical nature.
• Requires ability to adhere to organizational standards for security, privacy, and ethics.
• Requires willingness to travel and possession of a valid Illinois driver’s license as required by individual positions within the class.
• Requires the ability to perform physical activities such as lifting, carrying, and pushing/pulling items weighing up to 50lbs.

• Please visit https://ilsos.applytojob.gov/apply to apply by completing the online application; you may also upload a resume or other attachments as needed.
• Preference will be given to Illinois residents in the hiring and selection process, in accordance with the Illinois Secretary of State Merit Employment Code.
• Questions regarding this posting or Illinois Secretary of State employment practices may be directed to Job Counselors at our Personnel offices in Chicago (312-793-5515) or Springfield (217-782-4783).  

Salary : $5,593 - $10,407