Senior Project Control Officer (6+ years) to update status, risks, head counts, contractors and support PMs for multiple projects for a Public Sector Client

Our valued public sector client is seeking a Sr. Projet Control Officer for an initial 6-month contract in Toronto (2 days/week onsite)!

Responsibilities may include but are not limited to:

• Ensuring program and project control procedures and policies within a program or project are executed
• Maintaining project schedules
• Developing and maintaining issue and risk logs
• Creating and maintaining project repositories of documents
• Preparing documents for various recurring meetings including minutes, issue logs, etc.
• Developing presentation documentation as required for project teams
• Development of management-level and client-level presentations
• Providing regular status reporting to the project management team
• Developing consolidated program or project status reports
• Gathering, reviewing and providing key program/project data
• Being responsible for monitoring and reporting on program and/or project thresholds
• Facilitating planning and scheduling activities under the guidance of the Program or Project Manager
• Delivering required controls, including communication plans, quality plans, issue and action logs, risk management plans, and change control plans
• Ensuring business and assignment risks are identified, monitored and managed to achieve minimal disruption to delivery and success
• Complying with standard policies and procedures and working across practices to share lessons learned and best practices
• Contributing to the professional community through production and reusable content from other projects and lessons learned
• Ensuring that the customer's requirements are met by the project and delivered to the agreed project definition
• Making recommendations which may impact the work assigned to individuals or phases of projects

Must have:

• 6+ years experience as a Project Control Officer
• Strong proficiency in Accounting and Microsoft Excel.
• Significant competency in typical PM and office productivity software (Microsoft Project, Visio, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, etc.)
• Strong planning, scheduling, communication and customer facing skills
• Strong financial acumen
• Ability to update status, risks, head counts, contractors, etc., against 20-30 projects
• Experience working with project and senior project managers.

 
Education:

• University degree or equivalent experience
• CAPM or PMP certification strongly preferred