- Job Title: IT Project Manager/Food and Nutrition Manager
- Location:1227 11th Ave, Helena, MT 59601, United States
- Duration: Contract
Helena, Montana (Local candidates or candidates willing to relocate as this is 100% Onsite)
Deliverables
- The Project Manager addresses enhancements to usability, sustainability, and performance of the systems, as well as plans for system updates arising from changing federal regulations and upgrades to current systems.
- The Project Manager monitors USDA grant project scope, tracks schedules/costs/resources, monitors for quality assurance, and submits progress reports.
- The Project Manager also determines if grant project goals, objectives and activities are increasing efficiencies in technology systems to improve program and data integrity.
Please ensure the resume has following areas covered
Does the Project Manager have Project Management Institute Project Manager Professional (PMP) certification?
- What are their skills in general project management including monitoring and altering project schedules?
- What is their experience with diverse project methodologies?
- Are they user experience focused?
- Do they have a proven ability to deliver on time with limited non-critical defects?
Will the Project Manager be able to work onsite at the OPI office in Helena Montana?
- What is their familiarity with OPI’s standard IT tools and operations?
- What is their experience working cross agency IT projects?
- What is their experience overseeing the work of a contracted developer?
- What is their knowledge of SABHRS interface protocol?
- What is their experience with Legislative Finance Committee reporting?
- What is their experience writing and evaluating RFPs?
Does the Project Manager have a minimum of 10 years of experience working with USDA Child Nutrition Programs at the State agency level including the following:
- Working with USDA FNS software and vendors.
- Working with USDA FNS policy and personnel.
- Working as a business analyst and systems analyst.
- Conducting requirements management, systems testing, data analytics, federal reporting, systems design, systems integration.
- Conducting continuous systems and business process improvement.
- Managing multiple projects across several systems simultaneously.
- Creating systems technical training documentation, webinars, and live sessions.
- Preparing process documentation and standardized project documentation.
- Federal grant writing and reporting.
- Federal, State legislative, and internal audits and management evaluations.
Does the Project Manager have extensive knowledge of the School Nutrition Program’s business processes, changing USDA policy, applied technology, and customers?
- What is the Project Manager’s experience with specific system needs for the National School Lunch Program, School Breakfast Program, Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program?
- What does the Project Manager know about the needs for new programs including Summer EBT; Non-Congregate Summer meal option; Medicaid Direct Certification for free and reduced-price school meal eligibility.
- Can the Project Manager adapt to environmental changes and challenges? For example, making program and programming changes to respond to program administration during COVID years such as use of the Seamless Summer Option.
Does the Project Manager have knowledge of the Direct Certification process?
- What is their knowledge of SNAP, TANF, Medicaid policy and systems?
- Have they developed or maintained an online free and reduced-price school meal application for use by Local Education Agencies and families?
How will the Project Manager efficiently and effectively manage USDA technology grant budgets and deliver scope within budget and on time?
- Do they have grant application skills?
- Do they have grant reporting skills?
Is the Project Manager known by USDA staff as an IT systems expert?
- Do they receive requests for system demonstrations to other states and/or requests to conduct training at national technology conferences?
Does the Project Manager have experience with vendor management including managing vendor project lifecycle documentation and activities?
Is the Project Manager willing to take on other duties as assigned?
The OPI School Nutrition Programs Direct Certification Application includes Personally Identifiable Information and determining security rules for system access.
Does your organization have a process for conducting background checks of potential employee
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: $70.00 - $80.00 per hour
Schedule:
Education:
Experience:
- Nutrition: 10 years (Required)
- Food: 10 years (Required)
- Federal Acquisition Regulations: 10 years (Required)
- Child Nutrition: 5 years (Required)
- Grant writing: 10 years (Required)
- Project management: 10 years (Required)
License/Certification:
Ability to Commute:
- Helena, MT 59601 (Required)
Ability to Relocate:
- Helena, MT 59601: Relocate before starting work (Required)
Work Location: Hybrid remote in Helena, MT 59601