68059804 - SYSTEM PROJECT CONSULTANT

State of Florida; Tallahassee (FL); On-site; USD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

State retirement options

Paid annual leave

Nine holidays + 1 personal day

Tuition waivers

Job summary

The State of Florida's Agency for Health Care Administration is seeking an experienced SYSTEM PROJECT CONSULTANT to manage complex IT initiatives, align with project sponsors, and drive delivery across the full project life cycle.

Responsibilities include shaping requirements, creating schedules, and ensuring compliance with IT PMO standards, while coordinating with stakeholders and testing with customers. This role may involve disaster readiness and mission-essential duties.

Qualifications

• Minimum one year of professional project management experience.
• Familiarity with IT PMO processes and documentation standards.
• Ability to coordinate multiple projects and meet deadlines.

Responsibilities

• Manage complex IT projects using industry-standard methodologies.
• Control project scope, budget, and implementation activities to deliver on time and budget.
• Develop project schedules for full project life cycle and coordinate stakeholders.
• Transform requirements into features, user stories, and functional specs.
• Coordinate user acceptance testing with customers.

Skills

Project management

Jira

Azure DevOps

Microsoft Project

Visio

SharePoint

Communication skills

Analytical thinking

Tools

Jira

Azure DevOps

Microsoft Project

Visio

SharePoint

Job description

The State Personnel System is an E-Verify employer. For more information click on ourE-Verify Website.

Requisition No:875247

Agency: Agency for Health Care Administration

Working Title: 68059804 - SYSTEM PROJECT CONSULTANT

The Agency for Health Care Administration is Florida's chief health policy and planning entity.

The Agency is responsible for administering the Florida Medicaid program, the licensure and regulation of nearly 50,000 health care facilities, and empowering consumers through health care transparency initiatives.

Under the direction of Secretary Shevaun Harris, the Agency is focused on advancing Governor DeSantis’ vision for Florida’s health care system to be the most cost-effective, transparent, and high-quality health care system in the nation.

Agency Objectives:

HIGH QUALITY

Emphasizing quality in all that we do to improve health outcomes, always putting the individual first.

TRANSPARENT

Supporting initiatives that promote transparency and empower consumers in making well informed healthcare decisions.

COST-EFFECTIVE

Leveraging Florida’s buying power in delivering high quality care at the lowest cost to taxpayers.

Your Specific Responsibilities:

• Manage complex projects that support the Agency's business needs by following industry standard project methodologies.


• Manage project scope, project budget, and implementation activities to deliver projects on time and within budget.


• Ensure that the project team delivers high quality solutions that meet business needs.


• Collaborate with the project sponsor to determine project vision and scope.


• Articulate the conceptual, logical, and physical design of the solution.


• Develop and manage a project schedule for the full project life cycle.


• Conduct planning, scheduling, and implementation activities to complete project goals.


• Work with project team members to identify the tasks needed to complete the project, estimate the level of effort to complete the tasks, and assign tasks to team members.


• Complete IT Project Management Office (IT PMO) project documentation as required.


• Ensure that the project team complies with IT PMO processes, technical standards, and documentation standards.


• Communicate project status to stakeholders, Agency management, and team members in a timely and clear fashion.


• Develop collaborative relationships with team members and customers to achieve project goals.


• Identify and manage technical and non-technical issues and risks that could impact the project.


• Use problem solving skills to remove obstacles, resolve conflicts, and mitigate risks when possible.


• Escalate issues to management when appropriate.


• Perform business analyst activities as needed.


• This includes but is not limited to conducting Joint Application Development (JAD) sessions and interviews to gather and document business requirements, workflow diagrams, and process maps.


• Transform business requirements into features, user stories, wire frames, functional and non-functional requirements.


• Test and validate work products.


• Coordinate user acceptance testing with the customer.

This position has been identified as mission-essential.

The incumbent in this position may be required to work during the weekend or on holidays.

In addition, mission essential personnel will be required to work during disasters, to include but not limited to, work before, during and/or beyond normal work hours or days in the event of an emergency.

Emergency work may involve the incumbent working in another county or staffing location to assist other State Agencies with emergency work.

Emergency duties may include, but not limited to, responses to or threats involving any disaster or threat of disaster, man-made or natural.

Benefits:

Benefits of Working for the State of Florida:

• Health insurance (i.e., individual and family coverage) to eligible employees


• Life insurance; $25,000 policy is free plus option to purchase additional life insurance


• Dental, vision and supplemental insurance


• State of Florida retirement options, including employer contributions


• Ability to earn up to 104 hours of paid annual leave as a new employee with the State of Florida


• Ability to earn up to 104 hours of sick leave annually


• Nine paid holidays and 1 personal holiday each year


• Opportunities for career advancement


• Tuition waivers (accepted by major Florida Colleges/universities)


• Student loan forgiveness opportunities (eligibility required)


• Shared Savings Program for select medical services

To be considered for the position all applicants must:

Submit a complete and accurate applicant profile and/or resume necessary for qualifying, such as dates of service, reason for leaving, etc. In addition, all applicants must ensure all employment and/or detailed information about work experience is listed on your applicant profile and/or resume (including military service, self-employment, job-related volunteer work, internships, part-time employment, etc.) and that gaps in employment are explained.

Support of knowledge, skills, and abilities should be demonstrated on the applicant profile and/or resume, in the education, in the work experience, in the work sample, in the interview and/or during reference checks.

Applicants who do not provide all information necessary to qualify, will not be considered for this position.

Applicants being considered for employment will be required to submit to a fingerprint-based background investigation, which will include a check of the criminal history records of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Knowledge of project management principles, practices, techniques, and tools to effectively manage IT projects from initiation through project closure.


• Knowledge of basic management principles and practices, methods of data collection and analysis.


• Skilled with application lifecycle management and/or project management tools such as Azure DevOps, Jira, and Microsoft Project, diagramming tools such as Microsoft Visio, and general software such as Microsoft Office 365 and SharePoint.


• Skilled in effectively communicating with technical and non-technical staff and all levels of management, both orally and in writing.


• Must be goal oriented and action focused, pragmatic and self-disciplined with strong analytical and problem-solving skills.


• Ability to formulate project plans for managing and monitoring progress of software development projects; compile, organize, and analyze data to evaluate and monitor project plans and schedules and implement corrective action plans.


• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with others.


• Ability to work independently and in teams.


• Ability to plan, prioritize, organize, and coordinate multiple projects and work assignments to meet deadlines and complete goals.


• Ability to work well under pressure and meet deadlines without sacrificing quality.


• Must be able to learn, understand, and apply new technologies and processes.

Minimum Qualifications Requirements

One (1) year of professional experience managing projects using the Project Management Institutes' methodologies and best practices.

Licensure, Certification, or Registration Requirements

N/A

Contact:

SAVANNAH LACY 850-412-4811

Background Screening

It is the policy of the Florida Agency for Health Care Administration that any applicant being considered for employment must successfully complete a State and National criminal history check as a condition of employment before beginning employment, and, if applicable, also be screened in accordance with the requirements of Chapter 435, F.S., and Chapter 408, F.S. No applicant may begin employment until the background screening results are received, reviewed for any disqualifying offenses, and approved by the Agency. Background screening shall include, but not be limited to, fingerprinting for State and Federal criminal records checks through the Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE) and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and may include local criminal history checks through local law enforcement agencies.

Candidates requiring a reasonable accommodation, as defined by the Americans with Disabilities Act, must notify the agency hiring authority and/or People First Service Center (1-866-663-4735). Notification to the hiring authority must be made in advance to allow sufficient time to provide the accommodation.

The State of Florida supports a Drug-Free workplace. All employees are subject to reasonable suspicion drug testing in accordance with Section 112.0455, F.S., Drug-Free Workplace Act.

Veterans’ Preference

Pursuant to Chapter 295, Florida Statutes, candidates eligible for Veterans’ Preference will receive preference in employment for Career Service vacancies and are encouraged to apply. Certain service members may be eligible to receive waivers for postsecondary educational requirements. Candidates claiming Veterans’ Preference must attach supporting documentation with each submission that includes character of service (for example, DD Form 214 Member Copy #4) along with any other documentation as required by Rule 55A-7, Florida Administrative Code. Veterans’ Preference documentation requirements are available by clicking here . All documentation is due by the close of the vacancy announcement.

For assistance, call the People First Service Center at [phone] Monday - Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., Eastern time. Pursuant to Florida Law, 110.211 F. S., the State of Florida is an EEO employer.