Senior Project Manager
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- Central Administration
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- Sep 02, 2024 Post Date
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$111,454 - $86,025 Note: This position is not represented by a union. The salary range for this position is
The School District of Philadelphia is committed to becoming the fastest improving District in the country and transforming the educational opportunities it offers to our city’s more than 200,000 students. The District seeks leaders who have a passion for working with schools and communities who are committed to ensuring all students achieve. Serving a population as diverse as ours requires creativity, commitment and vision. Will you join us?
Job Summary
This is administrative and managerial project work, overseeing all components of large-scale Talent Operations projects and initiatives, inclusive of project scope preparation, return on investment (ROI) analysis, financial projection, project and life cycle implementation, staffing coordination and/or management, contract administration, and budget oversight. Employees in this class are responsible for facilitating dialogue between internal customers, technology staff, developers, central office staff, vendors, external agencies, schools and community partners. Work involves meetings with clients to discuss their needs and documenting business rules for various projects and/or identifying and implementing professional learning with central offices, schools and community partners. Serves as a point of contact for clients and key stakeholders with projects in progress. Work additionally involves formally employing industry-recognized projects management principles, techniques, and best practices, to develop, monitor, report, and coordinate all aspects of a project from inception to post-implementation support. Ensures that actions are strategic and include a plan on the evaluation of progress. Project oversight activities may additionally include coordination of support activities inclusive of training, outreach, and customer relationship management. Ensures that data pertaining to programmatic activities is systematically collected, reviewed and analyzed. Projects in this class are classified as large and complex enterprise-wide information service, application software, technology infrastructure initiatives or administrative educational initiatives characterized by multi-year life cycles.
Essential Functions
● Manages the strategic planning process for implementation of Accelerate Philly Strategic Action 5.3 – creating streamlined onboarding processes that significantly decrease the amount of time candidates spend in the onboarding process with differentiated strategies to support high-needs schools.
● Leads the coordination and implementation of employee staffing, transfer, and placement processes
● Leads team-wide and project-specific after-action reviews and continuous improvement efforts.
● Coordinates cross-team and cross-office strategic projects related to Talent Operations (onboarding, staffing, compensation, and employee data/systems).
● Creates systems and structures for collaboration and accountability with a focus on data-informed outcomes/deliverables and equity.
● Develop and implement change management strategy for assigned projects
● Develop data monitoring strategy for assigned projects
● Manages relationships with key stakeholder groups such as principals/hiring managers, union partners, departmental leadership, teachers and staff, community members and organizations.
● Develops strategies for appropriate scopes of work.
● Participates or directs contract negotiation and/or preparation.
● Plans and manages timelines, and monitors progress of various projects and work streams; provides progress updates to project leads.
● Works with selected teams on specific aspects of meeting project goals in a timely manner.
● Prepares, manages, audits, and maintains direct responsibly for project budgets.
● Prepares reports related to project status and projections.
● Directly supervises project or department staff as required.
● Participates in confidential and/or sensitive matters and/or projects at every level of the enterprise.
Minimum Requirements
● Completion of a bachelor’s degree program from an accredited college or university.
● Six years of full-time, paid, professional, experience in human resources, operations, finance, education, information technology or related field which has included serving as a team lead or project manager.
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● Any equivalent combination of training and experience determined to be acceptable by the Office of Talent.
NOTE: An applicant who does not meet the minimum education or work experience requirements listed above may be considered if, at the sole discretion of the Talent Office, they have a unique combination of education and work experiences that indicates potential for success in this role.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
● Demonstrated knowledge of:
o the procedures and methods utilized to implement systemic change in a timely, accurate, and effective manner.
o Asana Project Management, FileMaker Pro Advanced, Excel or Microsoft Project, Google Sheets,Vision and/or other productivity and scheduling tools.
● Demonstrated ability to:
o manage large or complex projects and/or budgets.
o plan, organize, and direct project activities and allocate staff resources to tasks efficiently.
o analyze and resolve complex problems.
o represent a superior at meetings and conferences.
o present ideas effectively, both orally and in writing.
Disclaimer
The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this classification. They are not to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required of personnel so classified.
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