Job Description
Responsibilities:
Draft elements of project review reports and presentations to support delivery of the review process.
Carry out delegated activities to support the production of workstream and project plans that identify and organize all the activities needed to deliver project objectives and that comply with the organization's project management framework.
Prepare moderately complex documents using a variety of applications for technology devices, such as standard office software. Also responsible for gathering and summarizing data for reports.
Identify, elicit, and document user/project requirements, using appropriate modeling technique, if required. Analyze requirements and validate with original users, eliminating confusion. Outline verification criteria to ensure requirements are met. Maintain documentation and traceability throughout project.
Support stakeholder engagement by arranging meetings, events, and other stakeholder engagement activities.
Contribute to the management of risks and issues by maintaining and distributing project and program risk registers and issue logs.
Contribute to reviewing existing operations in own area of work, and generate new ideas to assist in identifying continuous improvements.
Contribute information and analysis to support the specification of project deliverables.
Carry out a range of contract management tasks.
Draft elements of product documentation and user training to support handover to business as usual. Contribute to post-project reviews and identification of lessons learned.
Contribute to management of resources by maintaining and distributing records of project and program budgets, actual spend, and resource utilization forecasts.
Develop and maintain excellent process or technical skills by participating in assessment and development planning activities as well as formal and informal training and coaching.
Skills:
Negotiates without supervision and provides technical guidance when required on how to help the organization by obtaining consensus between two or more internal or external parties who may have different interests.
Works at an intermediate level to prioritize components of a project, program, or portfolio work in @context with risks, activities, stakeholders, etc. across the life of the project or program. Typically works with guidance.
Works without supervision and provides technical guidance when required on analyzing data trends for use in reports to help guide decision making.
Works with full competence to ensure timely and appropriate planning, collection, creation, distribution, storage, retrieval, management, control, archiving, and disposition of project information. Typically works without supervision and may provide technical guidance.
Works without supervision while providing technical guidance when required on managing projects and/or programs within desired cost, time and quality parameters.
Works without supervision and provides technical guidance when required on identifying, assessing, prioritizing and managing project-related risks.
Uses clear and effective verbal communications skills without supervision and provides technical guidance when required on expressing ideas, requesting actions and formulating plans or policies.
Works with full competence to estimate and manage the effort and finances to complete the work within budget. Typically works without supervision and may provide technical guidance.
Works with full competence to estimate each of the components of project, program, or portfolio work, including costs, activity durations, resource needs, risks, stakeholders, etc. across the life of the project or program. Typically works without supervision and may provide technical guidance.
Works with full competence to identify, define, unify, and coordinate the various processes and activities to integrate the project management activities. Typically works without supervision and may provide technical guidance.
Works with full competence to manage the work that determines the quality policies, procedures, and responsibilities so the work satisfies the needs for which it was undertaken. Typically works without supervision and may provide technical guidance.
Works with full competence to identify, acquire, and manage the resources (physical and human) for the project. Typically works without supervision and may provide technical guidance.
Works without supervision and provides technical guidance when required on sequencing and scheduling tasks into a project plan.
Works without supervision and provides technical guidance when required on measuring and reporting progress toward intermediate targets to make sure a project stays on track to achieve its ultimate goals.
Works with full competence to create the rules for requirements and design quality, perform verification activities, and maintain quality control. Typically works without supervision and may provide technical guidance.
Works with full competence to orient work in a workflow to plan, organize, and execute the steps it takes to achieve a goal to achieve higher efficiencies. Typically works without supervision and may provide technical guidance.
Works with guidance (but not constant supervision) to identify, manage and control project-related changes.
Works at an intermediate level to identify, verify, and manage changes to the scope of the project or program, utilizing the most appropriate approach. Typically works with guidance.
Works at an intermediate level to lead facilitated sessions for requirements elicitation, focus groups, and user acceptance testing. Typically works with guidance.
Works at an intermediate level to manage the documentation, archiving, traceability, changes, and approvals of requirements throughout the project life cycle. Typically works with guidance.
Works at an intermediate level to identify assumptions in order to manage risk, assess the success with measurable evaluation criteria, and evaluate alignment of requirements with solution scope to support value delivery. Typically works with guidance.
Education
Bachelor's: Business Administration, Bachelor's: Computer and Information Science, Bachelor's: Construction Management
Work Experience
General Experience - 4 to 6 months
Certifications
PMI Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM) - Project Management Institute (PMI)
Travel
Less than 25%
Workstyle
Hybrid
At Raymond James our associates use five guiding behaviors (Develop, Collaborate, Decide, Deliver, Improve) to deliver on the firm's core values of client-first, integrity, independence and a conservative, long-term view.
We expect our associates at all levels to:
Grow professionally and inspire others to do the same
Work with and through others to achieve desired outcomes
Make prompt, pragmatic choices and act with the client in mind
Take ownership and hold themselves and others accountable for delivering results that matter
Contribute to the continuous evolution of the firm
At Raymond James - as part of our people-first culture, we honor, value, and respect the uniqueness, experiences, and backgrounds of all of our Associates. When associates bring their best authentic selves, our organization, clients, and communities thrive. The Company is an equal opportunity employer and makes all employment decisions on the basis of merit and business needs.
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