HRIS & HR Systems Implementation Project Manager (Consultant)

• Reports to:Director of Global Operations and Human Resources
• Position type:Consultant
• Location:New Haven, Connecticut
• Deadline to apply:April 30, 2013

Desired start date and commitment:ASAP; minimum 3 months

Innovations for Poverty Action (IPA), is an international non-profit research organization. Based in New Haven, CT, with offices in Washington, D.C. and worldwide, IPA works with development partners and academic researchers to create and evaluate approaches to solving development problems, to communicate "what works" in development and to scale up successful projects in a variety of fields, including health, education, microfinance, governance and agriculture.

Position Summary:

IPA seeks a qualified Project Manager to carry out a minimum three-month assignment to ensure the implementation, take-up and efficient use of an HRIS solution for the organization, including but not limited to HRIS, time and labor, retirement platform and benefits tracking. The Project Manager will be accountable for delivering application development, as well as plan and direct the project lifecycle activities (project planning, scheduling, tracking, reporting and documentation) for multiple, concurrent components. This position reports to the Director of Global Operations & Human Resources, and will coordinate with Finance, HR, IT and Research staff.

Responsibilities:

Analysis & Documentation

• Investigate and gather organizational business requirements and determine how these translate into system programming and overall information flow;
• System evaluation, including investigating and documenting the chosen system's full scope of capabilities (note: platform subject to reconsideration);
• Work with supervisor and other key personnel to design and execute an implementation plan that meets the required completion time frame within budget, including but not limited to System Specifications, Process and Information Flow Diagrams, and Entity Relationship Diagrams.
• Identify resource requirements (defined skills, competencies, roles and responsibilities) and assemble the project team; suggest revisions to Job Descriptions for staff as needed.
• Manage/primary contact with vendor as required.

Deployment

• Direct all activities for the deployment of the project, including data collection, scrubbing, uploading and collaborating cross-functionally in the organization as needed;
• Overseeing and motivating staff, ensuring timely delivery of equipment and supplies needed and documenting the process.
• Troubleshoot problems/challenges as needed;
• Train staff on systems, products or services with maximum efficiently (administrative functions and user functions); and
• Produce full user documentation and system implementation documentation.

Desired Qualifications

• 4 year degree or relevant technical qualifications;
• 7 – 10 years of experience in IT; at least 5 years demonstrated Project Management experience;
• Experienced with training staff;
• Demonstrated prior experience implementing an HRIS system;
• Experience with Paychex and/or Salesforce;
• PMP certification preferred;
• Non-profit and HR industry experience preferred;
• Independently motivated and self-directed; and
• Good communication skills and team-oriented.