About Us:
The mission of the Ohio Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services (OhioMHAS) is to provide statewide leadership of a high-quality mental health and addiction prevention, treatment and recovery system that is effective and valued by all Ohioans.
OhioMHAS Values:
- Contribute and Collaborate
- Serve Compassionately
- Deliver Quality
- Be Accountable
At OhioMHAS, we strive to attract and sustain a diverse workforce by recruiting, hiring, developing, and retaining high-performing employees who work collaboratively to balance efforts toward providing prevention and recovery supports and fostering inclusion that inspires innovation, encourages respect, and promote unlimited success.
OhioMHAS Information Services is the technology arm of the third largest cabinet level agency in the state of Ohio. We support more than 3,200 employees within six regional inpatient behavioral health hospitals, Ohio Pharmacy Services, and Central Office. We develop and support technology for several critical business solutions used by the agency as well as by county and local behavioral health care providers across the state.
We are accepting applications for an IT Project Manager 1 in the Office of Information Services, headquartered at the James Rhodes State Office Tower, 30 East Broad Street, Floor 33, Columbus, Ohio, 43215.
What You’ll Do:
- Execute projects using the Software Delivery Life Cycle
- Understand the business drivers and requirements of projects
- Development of project plans using waterfall, agile, and rapid application development methodologies
- Implement project management lifecycle processes and methodologies to ensure projects are delivered on time and within budget
- Formal project-level status, metrics, issues, and risks reporting
- Strong working knowledge of MS Project
- Excellent client-facing and internal communication skills
- Excellent written skills
- Sense of urgency
What’s in it for you:
At the State of Ohio, we take care of the team that cares for Ohioans. We provide a variety of quality, competitive benefits to eligible full-time and part-time employees. For a list of all the State of Ohio Benefits, visit our Total Rewards website ! Our benefits package includes:
Medical Coverage
- Quality, affordable, and competitive medical benefits are offered through the available Ohio Med plans.
Dental, Vision and Basic Life Insurance
- Dental, vision, and basic life insurance premiums are free after completed eligibility period . Length of eligibility period is dependent on union representation.
Time Away From Work and Work/Life Balance
- Paid time off, including vacation, personal, and sick leave
- 11 paid holidays per year
- Childbirth/Adoption leave
Employee Development Funds
- The State of Ohio offers a variety of educational and professional development funding that varies based on whether you are a union-exempt employee or a union-represented employee.
Ohio Public Employees Retirement System
- OPERS is the retirement system for State of Ohio employees. The employee contributes 10% of their salary towards their retirement. The employer contributes an amount equal to 14% of the employee’s salary. Visit the OPERS website for more information.
Deferred Compensation
- The Ohio Deferred Compensation program is a 457(b) voluntary retirement savings plan. Visit the Ohio Deferred Compensation website for more information.
Additional Benefits
- Participation in the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program.
- Flexible work schedules (currently working 90% of the time), and so much more!
Ohio is a Disability Inclusion State and strives to be a Model Employer of Individuals with disabilities. The State of Ohio is committed to providing access and inclusion and reasonable accommodation in its services, activities, programs and employment opportunities in accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and other applicable laws.
Qualifications
The following are the minimum qualifications for this position. For further consideration, applicants must clearly identify how qualifications are met with the education and/or experience sections of the application.
The ideal candidate, at minimum, must have the following:
Alternative 1:
- 3 yrs. exp. in project management (i.e., management & development of project/program requirements, design, development, testing/pilot, training & full scale implementation), with experience to be commensurate with project/program &/or position description on file (e.g., specific human service program area, management information sciences, fiscal); 12 mos. exp. in budgeting & calculating cost projections of program/projects.
Alternative 2:
- Successful completion of 2 yrs. post-secondary education majoring in business administration, public administration, computer science/information technology, social science, or health, with major being commensurate with project to be assigned; 12 mos. exp. in budgeting & calculating cost projections of program/projects.
Alternative 3:
- Equivalent of Minimum Class Qualifications for Employment noted above.
Job Skills: Project Management
Professional Skills: Collaboration, Interpreting Data, Decision Making, Problem Solving