Health and Public Service - Project Support Specialist

Description

Organization: Health and Public Service

Location: Rosslyn, VA

The Health & Public Service operating group serves health organizations, government agencies, institutions and nonprofit organizations worldwide providing a broad range of consulting, technology, system integration and business processing services.

Service Delivery professionals are responsible for providing service delivery across the breadth of offerings such as accounting, information technology, application development and maintenance, helpdesk services, procurement, learning and training, and human resources. The work that is performed by our delivery professionals may serve one or more clients concurrently and they may be located directly at a client site or within our global delivery network.

Job Description

The Process/Project Support Specialist will support the unit with the transition from an existing delivery methodology to a new Systems Engineering Life Cycle (SELC) methodology while continuing to maintain unit best practices around system development. Specific responsibilities include assisting the unit Lead with:

Analyze and identify templates and/or sections of templates that are best practices and should be carried over in the unit's transition
Analyze and identify processes and procedures that are best practices and should be carried over in the unit's transition
Serve as the unit Subject Matter Expert on Systems Assurance
Develop a draft transition plan and schedule for unit projects to begin following the transition
Develop and present unit overviews and briefings
Determine the communication materials needed for unit transition projects
Develop material to be included in communications such as Systems Assurance Newsletters, unit Today emails, and bulletin board flyers as requested by the unit Systems Assurance Lead
Prepare for meetings (with projects, client, team, etc) by developing agendas and identifying and creating materials needed (briefings, handouts, minutes, etc)
Implement changes to templates, plans, processes, and procedures based on the recommendations identified and approved.
Develop a strong understanding of unit projects in terms of key stakeholders, business objectives, timelines, functionality, etc.
Develop weekly status reports
Peer review of other team member work products and deliverables
Anticipate issues proactively and escalate to unit Lead (and other parties) as appropriate

Qualifications

Basic Qualifications:

Bachelor's degree or 4 additional years of business process change management work experience in lieu of a degree
1 year of process improvement work experience to include technical writing and/or developing process models

Preferred Skill:

Familiarity with system lifecycle development processes and practical application of a methodology
Must have a proactive, self-starter style, with the ability to work independently of management, and work with and across a matrixed team
Effective written and verbal communication skills
Ability to assume responsibility for more than one task and prioritize work based on program schedules and deadlines

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This role requires U.S. Citizenship due to Client Clearance requirements.

Candidates who are currently employed by a client of Accenture or an affiliated Accenture business may not be eligible for consideration.

Applicants for employment in the U.S. must possess work authorization which does not require sponsorship by the employer for a visa.

Accenture is an Equal Opportunity Employer.