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Hidalgo Co.

Application Project Manager III

Hidalgo Co., Edinburg, Texas, us, 78540


Salary:

$58,528.00 Annually

Location :

Edinburg, TX

Job Type:

Regular Full Time

Job Number:

2024-02566

Department:

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

Opening Date:

10/08/2024

Closing Date:

Continuous

Work Hours::

8:00am - 5:00pm

Status::

External Advertisement

Open Positions::

01

Grade::

14

Advertisement details and/or special instructions::

This position will participate in providing on-call service to the Sheriff's Office and Hidalgo County. Please submit a resume with application.

General Description

Individual performs highly advanced tasks with the overall responsibility of three or more information technology driven projects. This position will be responsible for all facets of the assigned project. The Project Specialist is responsible for assessing, planning, and documenting projects for the Hidalgo County Information Technology Department under the directive and leadership of the Information Technology management. This individual will perform project management, research and data analysis and will be responsible for all facets of their assigned projects. In addition, this individual creates reports based on project needs, required deliverables and data obtained. The Project Specialist will work with management on executing changes and/or updates to the project tasks.

Examples of Work Performed

Responsible for maintaining assigned projects within their assigned timeline and within their allocated budgets.

Keep track of funding and budgetary expenditures for project.

Supervise departmental staff assigned to specific project tasks.

Perform data analysis of required project specifications and related project data.

Map out project objectives, timelines and resource projections.

Create and maintain documentation of all phases of the project.

Good organizational skills are required in order to keep proper maintenance records and allocate resources to individual tasks within the project.

Knowledge of and or exercise of proper safety procedures are required.

Some evening and weekend work may be required.

Performs such other duties as may be assigned.

Regular attendance is a must.

Education and Experience

Graduation with a Bachelor's Degree from an accredited college or university in Information Technology.

Two (2) years of related experience may be substituted for one (1) year of education.Three (3) years of experience in the information technology field.

Certificates, Licenses and Registration:

Project Management Professional certification/license preferred but not required.

Must have a current valid Texas motor vehicle operator's license.

Must be able to be insured by the County's insurance carrier.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

Broad experience, understanding, and knowledge of general project management technical skills and experience with project management systems for planning, organizing, performing, reviewing and completing projects.

Comprehensive knowledge of and experience using Microsoft Office or Google G-Suite and cost, estimating, scheduling, or issue tracking computer applications (e.g., Excel, MS Project, Google Sheets).

Experience with one or more Information Technology disciplines (e.g., operating systems, networks, cyber security, software, databases).

Experience working independently with multi-disciplinary teams managing multiple simultaneous projects in a highly complex environment.

Experience serving as a technical team lead on projects, achieving positive results, and driving projects to closure on time and on budget.

Experience with Project Management tools (Gantt Charts/Project Timelines).

Requires the ability to compare and/or judge the readily observable, functional, structural, or composite characteristics (whether similar to or divergent from obvious standards) of data, people or things.

Requires the ability to read a variety of reports, correspondence, technical manuals, forms, logs, charges, etc.

Requires the ability to prepare a variety of reports using prescribed formats and conforming to all rules of punctuation, grammar, diction, and style.

Requires the ability to speak to people with poise, voice control and confidence.

Requires the ability to apply principles of logical or scientific thinking to define problems, Collect data, establish facts and draw valid conclusions; to interpret and extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagrammatically form; and to deal with several abstract and concrete variables.

Requires the ability to deal with people beyond giving and receiving instructions.

Must be adaptable to performing under minimal level of stress when confronted with persons acting under stress.

Employee may be assigned other duties in addition to those listed; duties may change according to the changing needs of the County.

The County of Hidalgo offers a full range of employee benefit programs for eligible employees, retirees, and their families. For more information, please Click Here

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Did you graduate with a Bachelor's Degree from an accredited college or university in Information Technology?

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Do you have three (3) years of experience in the information technology field?

YesNo

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How many years of experience do you have in this field?

Required Question