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On behalf of our public sector client, Affinity is seeking a Part-time Project Manager to help drive coordinated planning and execution across a diverse portfolio of strategic initiatives. The Senior Project Manager will provide high level advisory, planning, and integration support, ensuring initiatives are well structured, aligned, and decision ready. Working closely with executive and operational teams, the role will help establish project governance, enable cross ministry consistency, and develop executive quality materials that translate strategic direction into clear, actionable roadmaps.

Key Responsibilities

1. Strategic Integration & Transformation Support

• Lead integration of multiple concurrent workstreams across ALA, the Ministry, and system partners.

• Translate strategic direction into coherent, executable plans, milestones, and deliverables.

• Identify and manage cross dependencies, risks, sequencing considerations, and system impacts.

2. Project Planning & Execution

• Develop and maintain integrated workplans and critical paths for ALA’s transformation agenda.

• Ensure transformation initiatives are scoped, structured, sequenced, and resourced appropriately.

• Monitor progress, anticipate issues, and ensure proactive escalation and resolution.

3. Governance & Decision Making Support

• Establish and operationalize governance structures (steering committees, working groups, decision logs).

• Prepare high quality decision ready materials for senior executives and cross ministry partners.

• Clarify roles, accountabilities, and decision rights across ALA and interdependent workstreams.

4. Executive Quality Deliverables

• Produce briefings, presentations, options analyses, and implementation roadmaps aligned with executive expectations.

• Synthesize complex information into clear, concise recommendations and decision supports.

• Ensure alignment of key messages and deliverables across internal and external stakeholders.

5. Stakeholder Engagement & Cross Ministry Coordination

• Coordinate with Ministry divisions, ALA leadership, and external stakeholders to ensure alignment.

• Facilitate collaboration across ministries participating in system level transformation (e.g., Health, Seniors, Housing).

• Act as a central point of integration for transformation activities.

6. Risk Identification & Mitigation

• Identify transformation risks early and develop mitigation strategies.

• Provide expert advice on project controls, scope discipline, quality assurance, and timeline management.

• Ensure that risks related to governance gaps, unclear accountability, or fragmented planning are proactively addressed.

Required Skills:

Must Have:

• Bachelors Degree and Project Management Designation e.g. (PMP)

• 10+ years direct experience in a non-IT project management role

• 5+ years experience developing change management deliverables including Change Strategy and Plans, Training Strategy and Plans, Stakeholder Impact Assessments, Communication Strategy and Plans.

• 5+ years experience developing project deliverables including project charters, business cases, briefing notes, status reports, risk logs, project closures, dashboards.

• 8+ years experience planning, organizing, scheduling and monitoring concurrent projects.

• 5+ years experience working with change management, policy changes, staffing changes, or other organizational change as part of service transformation and implementation.

• 5+ years experience leading project governance, change management and communication activities.

Nice to Have:

• 5+ years demonstrated experience in executive stakeholder relationship management and engagement (i.e. determining the needs of senior stakeholders and understanding business priorities and pressures).

• 5+ years familiarity with how housing, food security, income, mobility, and access to care directly influence outcomes

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About Affinity: 

Affinity Group is a technology and business consulting and services company. We believe in creating long term relationships between clients and consultants that foster a mutually beneficial partnership. Affinity is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, merit and business need.

For more information on Affinity, please visit www.affinity-group.ca

Job Number: 13175