Project Coordinator | Project Management Office

Position Summary
Interior Health is hiring a permanent full-time Project Coordinator, Project Management Office (PMO) who is passionate about making a difference in healthcare.

Location: This position is flexible within the Interior Health Region.

What we offer:
• An attractive remuneration package
• Excellent career prospects
• Employer paid training/education
• Employer paid vacation
• Employer paid insurance premiums
• Extended Health & Dental coverage
• Work-life balance
• May be eligible to contribute to MPP

Salary range for the position is $67,861 to $97,550. Interior Health establishes salaries within the minimum and maximum of the salary range based on consideration of the qualifications, experience of the applicant, and an internal equity review of the salaries of other employees.

Come join our team and see why we’re one of Canada’s Top 100 Employers! Explore our extensive benefits, career growth opportunities, and lifestyle in one of the most beautiful and diverse regions of Canada. Ready to love where you live and work? Join our team today!

How will you create an impact:
The Project Coordinator is responsible for assisting Digital Health and other departments with the development, planning, execution, and closure of projects utilizing best practices in project management methodology. This position recommends the necessary structure and methodology required to ensure project success, works to define project requirements, suggests design solutions, assists in acquiring project resources and coordinates the efforts of the project team members, contractors, and vendors to deliver projects according to plan.

In alignment with IH’s Occupational Health & Safety Program, employees shall adhere to all Occupational Health and Safety policies and procedures at all times and attend all required training. Employees are responsible to report any identified hazards, unsafe conditions or incidents to your manager or supervisor immediately.

What will you work on:
• Produces clear, concise, and legible documentation including project charters, plans, requirements, proposals, workflow, functional design, status reports, presentations, knowledge articles and affected party communications.

• Coordinates project tasks as required: meets with managers to review current methodologies; identifies resource requirements; identifies project milestones and deliverables; performs feasibility studies and cost/benefits analyses; conducts project planning; maintains project documentation, evaluation criteria, and authorizations.

• Ensures that tasks are completed correctly and on schedule for completion of projects by monitoring task management systems.

• Supports the project management office with preparation of project and procedural documentation and maintains repositories and administration of the project management system.

• Meets with Interior Health clients to assess their needs, and define project requirements, acceptance criteria, project timelines, and key performance indicators.

• Leads the project team through assignment of task to team members, ensuring common understanding of the undertaking and performance management to ensure project milestones and deliverables are met.

• Responsible for managing, defining, budgeting, and scheduling for Digital Health projects.

• Supervises the project procurement process working with vendors to ensure contract requirements are met for project delivery and service level agreements are in place.
• Acts as an administrator for the project management tool by monitoring the quality assurance standards, creating appropriate project management templates and dashboards, and providing support to end users.

• Creates and assists with documentation, developing standards, policies, and procedures.

• Acts as a resource for project management administration and documentation to Directors, Managers and staff from Digital Health, Clinical Operations, and other departments within Interior Health

• Works with the project team to drive change adoption with employees and staff where the project creates changes in their daily work.

• Performs other related duties as required.

Interior Health strives to create an environment where you enjoy the work you do, the place where you work, and the people around you. Together, we create great workplaces. Apply today!

Honouring Interior Health’s commitment to Truth and Reconciliation and the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act (DRIPA), and Pursuant to Section 42 of the BC Human Rights Code, preferential consideration and/or hiring will be given to qualified applicants who self-identify as Indigenous (First Nations, Métis, or Inuit).

Qualfications
Education, Training and Experience
• Graduation from a recognized degree in Business, Computer Science, or health related discipline.
• Three (3) to five (5) years of recent, related healthcare experience, including experience in project coordination and evaluation.
• Clinical operations experience is considered an asset.
• Or an equivalent combination of education, training, and experience.

Skills and Abilities
• Demonstrated ability to guide individuals and groups while maintaining group cohesion, motivation, commitment, and effectiveness.
• Demonstrated ability to effectively introduce and manage change that is consistent with the vision, purpose, and operating principles of Interior Health.
• Demonstrated ability to plan, develop, implement, manage, and evaluate programs.
• Excellent negotiation skills to relate effectively with members of the interdisciplinary team.
• Ability to define own continuing education needs and maintain competency through reading literature, management workshops, seminars, and available educational offerings.
• Demonstrated ability to identify strategies and opportunities in a dynamic environment that lead to identified outcomes using evidence-based practice.
• Demonstrated ability to communicate clearly and concisely in written and verbal forms.
• Demonstrated program and project management skills and proficiency with a variety of pertinent computer software.
• Ability to present ideas and concepts of a technical nature to non-technical audience.
• Demonstrated ability to plan, implement, organize, and evaluate using critical thinking and problem solving skills.
• Demonstrated ability to collate/analyze data and proficiency in Excel spreadsheets and graphing.
• Ability to work both independently and as a strong team player with an aptitude for working in a collaborative environment.
• Strong customer service orientation and quality focused mindset.