Specialized IT Consultant - Senior

Description

About Ontario Health:

 

Ontario Health was established pursuant to The Connecting Care Act, 2019 and its objectives include the implementation of the health strategies of the Ministry of Health and the management of health service needs across Ontario consistent with those strategies. For detailed information on Ontario Health, its mandate and its objectives, please go to: https://www.ontario.ca/page/ontario-health-agency

 

Ontario Health is creating a Provincial Health Services Directory (PHSD) which will contain up to date, reliable, and accurate information on primary care providers, specialists, and community services. Through Health811, patients and providers will be able to access the information in PHSD.

 

This is a contract extension for our data governance specialist already working to support the development of the PHSD which will require various data sources from existing data assets and products – Provincial Provider Registry, OTN directory, Healthline, Wait Times, etc. to establish a single source of information on provider information with specialties and locations, among other details.

 

Must haves:

 

·       Minimum 6 years’ experience of providing data/analytics governance or data/information asset management expertise to enterprise level project or programs

 

·       Experience in implementing scalable data management practices based on enterprise level data strategy with multiple project managers and associated matrix team members. Demonstrated experience translating strategic expectations and translating into program deliverables and reporting

 

·       Experience in articulating data management practices to benefit business projects or programs ranging from Directors to data analysts.

 

·       In-depth knowledge of data/information management or stewardship model(s) best scalable practices across broad sectors and in context of broad data & information governance functions

 

·       Experience analyzing program and organization’s environments to identify potential risks and issues; experience articulating and prioritizing issues and risks to senior executives; recommends mitigation strategies to decision-makers to ensure projects are delivered on schedule.

 

·       Experience influencing, negotiating and building positive relationships within the team and external parties.

 

Responsibilities:

 

•         With the support from Data for Connected Health Data Governance (DG) Program, works in partnership with the PHSD team, to implement data governance practices in order to meet their business objectives or overcome problems, and takes into account data already collected through existing IM&IT infrastructure

 

•         Use data governance implementation in the PHSD project to inform enterprise data governance artifacts such as framework, roadmap, and templates

 

•         The I&IT Consultant may be used to provide strategic implementable guidance to the PHSD team and the DG program with regard to data governance tooling implementation (e.g. roles and responsibilities, processes, policy are defined)

 

•         Provides data management subject matter expertise and assistance in their field

 

Desired Skills:

 

•         Acts as the technical advisor/expert on all aspects of deliverables specified above

 

•         Provide the quality assurance/quality control of specified deliverables

 

•         Anticipates and resolves problems to ensure that the deliverables are completed within budget, to the highest quality, meeting or exceeding expectations

 

•         Develops processes and procedures for implementing deliverables

 

•         Prepares reports and presentations including options, recommendations, implementation plans, etc.

 

•         Works with clients to define the scope of a project and to determine requirements

 

•         Defines software, hardware and network requirements

 

•         Analyzes data management and governance requirements, giving independent and objective advice on the use of data governance

 

•         Designs, tests, installs and monitors new systems and develops solutions and implementation of new systems

 

•         Familiar with change-management principles and methodology

 

•         Knowledge and understanding of Information Management principles, concepts, policies and practices

 

Criteria Details 

 

1            Minimum 6 years’ experience of providing data/analytics governance or data/information asset management expertise to enterprise level project or programs       20

 

2            Experience in implementing scalable data management practices based on enterprise level data strategy with multiple project managers and associated matrix team members. Demonstrated experience translating strategic expectations and translating into program deliverables and reporting.        20

 

3            Experience in articulating data management practices to benefit business projects or programs ranging from Directors to data analysts.        15

 

4            Experience in stakeholder engagement with tactful diplomacy, and negotiation skills to overcome resistance to change and capitalize on forces in support of change. 15

 

5            In-depth knowledge of data/information management or stewardship model(s) best scalable practices across broad sectors and in context of broad data & information governance functions           10

 

6            Experience analyzing program and organization’s environments to identify potential risks and issues; experience articulating and prioritizing issues and risks to senior executives; recommends mitigation strategies to decision-makers to ensure projects are delivered on schedule.  10