IT Project Consultant

JD : 

This position will support the Bureau of Infectious Diseases and Office of Management Information Services at the Ohio Department of Health (ODH).
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 item / 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 previous experience working with ODH IT applications

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

· Must have knowledge and understanding of the ODH applications used for immunization registry

· Must be familiar with the ODH RFP process

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