Position Title

Project Manager

Required Application Type

School Related Personnel

Salary/Pay Scale

$90,000 - $135,000

Job Description

PRIMARY PERFORMANCE RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Develops project proposals, cost estimates and budgets, timelines and schedules.
• Prepares and obtains bids from outside vendors and estimates project costs.
• Coordinates the pre-installation activities including specifying and bidding equipment, software and services.
• Tracks the progress of all items involved in the project, e.g., equipment and software.
• Creates project timelines and schedules events such as hardware delivery and installation, software installation and testing and applications training.
• Acts as a liaison between district and contractors involved in project implementation and assures that all contracted work is completed to the satisfaction of the district.
• Coordinates all personnel, vendors, contractors, as well as district buildings and grounds, etc., necessary to complete the project.
• Provides detailed status reports and coordinates meetings with appropriate personnel in the district to update on progress of projects and to discuss strategic and tactical concerns in the implementation of projects.

Civil Service Title

Project Manager

Job Qualifications

CIVIL SERVICE QUALIFICATIONS:

• Graduation from high school or possession of a high school equivalency diploma and seven (7) years of work experience in which the primary function of the position was managing computer technology projects, including planning, project coordination, evaluation, and direct contact with client/end user in either local or wide area network environment.
• SUBSTITUTION:  Satisfactory completion of thirty (30) credits towards a Bachelor’s Degree or Master’s Degree may be substituted on a year-for-year basis for up to three (3) years of the work experience described above.
• DEFINITION: A project manager, also known as a project leader, is defined as someone who has responsibility for the enforcement of a project’s goal. Project Management is defined as “a specific assignment that has a beginning and an end date, in which technical assistance, direction, planning and scheduling would be provided to a team to the successful completion of a project.”
• Priority given to candidates who are currently on a Civil Service eligibility list for this title.
• Candidates must have either taken or be eligible to take the Civil Service exam for this title.

Job Category

Technology

Job Location

Harrison - LHRIC

Additional Information