Business Operations Specialist 99

Ariel Partners; New York (NY); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Ariel Partners is seeking a Senior Project Manager to lead strategic modernization initiatives for court system IT projects in New York. The role focuses on coordinating long-range plans, managing cross-functional teams, and ensuring compliance with federal, state, and city guidelines.

The ideal candidate brings extensive PM experience in government IT environments, strong requirements gathering skills, and a track record of delivering multi-deliverable programs on time and within scope.

Qualifications

• Experience overseeing medium to large scale IT projects with multiple deliverables.
• Experience with web or client/server projects and PM tools.
• Act as the primary contact for Issuing Entity for status, meetings, and reporting.
• Knowledge of PM methodologies and team management.
• Experience in Government (Federal, State, City) social services IT environments.
• Document business requirements and develop logical data models.
• Create lead cases, execute tests, and record results for web applications.

Responsibilities

• Develop comprehensive project management methodology.
• Lead planning and implementation of projects; evaluate operations for compliance with policies and guidelines.
• Define scope, goals and deliverables.
• Define project tasks and resource requirements.
• Develop full-scale project plans.
• Provide project quality assurance and identify process improvements.
• Develop QA metrics to measure outputs.
• Implement and manage project changes and assess results.
• Provide evaluations and management reporting.
• Facilitate learning sessions with operations teams to improve case processing.
• Monitor progress and report to stakeholders.
• Present reports on progress, problems and solutions.
• Publish project meeting agendas and minutes.

Skills

Program leadership

Project management

Stakeholder management

PM methodology

Govt IT experience

Requirements gathering

Testing & QA

Job description

PROJECT DESCRIPTION

The project deals with Strategic Modernization of OCSS Web, Conversion of Mainframe processes into OCSS Web, this is a .NET Framework, based web application. Case Management System for CLU (Centralized Locate Unit) to manage their case load efficiently. Case Management for Enforcement helps identify work assignments for the Enforcement team and streamline referral assignment. It will also track aging of requests and changes in priorities. Parent Support Program (PSP) Participant Tracking System is to find the most effective way to assist the PSP Resources Coordinator to easily track NCPs who are participating in Parent Support Program when client shows up for his/her appointment and provides timely progress reports back to the court. Child Support Snapshot (CSS) gives Community Based Organizations (CBOs) the tool to assist the NCP (noncustodial parent) with their Child Support case. Automated Mailing System (AMS) is to automate the current manual process of printing and mailing court documents and inserts to the Custodial Parent (CP)/Assignor and Noncustodial Parent (NCP)/ Respondent in non-e-Filed support cases. OCSE Web legacy (CSTrack). These projects involve designing specifications for processes to fetch and process data from Court Messages, designing and implementing custom applications to utilize the retrieved data, generating reports, and ensuring the timely execution of scheduled jobs.

Tasks & Duties

• Develop comprehensive project management methodology
• Lead the planning and implementation of project - Evaluates operations to ensure compliance with all applicable policies, procedures and guidelines, including testing of child support procedures
• Facilitate the definition of project scope, goals and deliverables
• Define project tasks and resource requirements
• Develop full-scale project plans
• Provide project quality assurance - Evaluates current procedures and processes and
• identifies and recommends procedures and workflow improvements and collaborates with the operations team(s) to implement the necessary changes
• Develop quality assurance metrics to measure outputs
• Implement and manage project changes and interventions to achieve project outputs
• Provide evaluations and assessment of results
• Provide management reporting and information dissemination - Facilitates hands-on learning sessions with the operations team(s) to improve case processing and to enable staff to meet consistent quality standards. Assists with knowledge transfer to new staff and assists with curriculum and procedure review
• Constantly monitor and report on progress of the project to all stakeholders
• Present reports defining project progress, problems and solutions -Using technical expertise of the child support computer system troubleshoots like case populations as well as individual problem cases
• Publish project meeting agendas and minutes from discussions

MANDATORY SKILLS/EXPERIENCE

Note: Candidates who do not have the mandatory skills will not be considered

• A minimum of 4 years of experience with the following skill sets:
• Overseeing medium to large scale projects comprised of sub-projects and distinct deliverables
• Managing web or client/server systems projects and using project management tools.
• Focal point of contact for Issuing Entity regarding project status, meetings, reporting requirements, scope changes, and issues and concerns raised by consultant staff or Issuing Entity
• Project Management Methodology, Business Management, Team Management Experience Project Management Methodology Curriculum preferred
• Working with Government (Federal, State, City) Social Service agencies in complex IT environments
• Documenting business requirements and developing logical database models
• Creating lead cases executing tests and recording results for web or client server applications

At Ariel Partners, we solve the most difficult problems that inhibit technology from enabling our customers to achieve their goals. Our vision is to be recognized by our stakeholders as an elite provider of IT solutions, so when they have their biggest challenges, we are on their short list. We are looking for team members who share our values of: Integrity to do the right thing even when it hurts; Commitment to the long-term success and happiness of our customers, our people, and our partners; Courage to take on difficult challenges, accept new ideas, and accept incremental failure; and the constant pursuit of Excellence. Ariel Partners is an Equal Opportunity Employer in accordance with federal, state, and local laws.