Senior Information Management (IM) Consultant

Job Description

Systemscope Inc., a premier strategic consulting firm serving the federal public sector in the National Capital Region, is looking for a proven Senior IM Consultant to serve as both a practitioner and the second-in-command (2IC) for its IM Practice. The role involves acting as the senior IM practitioner on various IM projects, leading and managing project teams on those assignments, and managing the client relationship for the duration of the assignment. The role also involves sharing with the IM Practice Lead various operational and business development tasks related to the overall management of the IM Practice.

As a member of the Systemscope team, the chosen candidate will enjoy:

  • an excellent working environment
  • challenging, high-profile, and influential projects
  • working with great clients within the public service
  • offices in the Byward Market area
  • competitive salaries, bonuses, professional development and company benefits.

The ideal candidate will have:

  • 10 years of consulting or work experience in IM-related fields
  • 10 years of consulting or work experience in the Canadian federal government context
  • Minimum bachelor’s degree, post-graduate preferable (MLS and/or IM subject matter certifications an asset)

Proven experience in:

  • Development of such typical business documentation as: project plans, charters, business cases, reports, proposals, communications plans etc.
  • Development of formal government documentation such as policies, directives, standards, guidelines
  • Development and delivery of presentations for middle management and senior executives
  • Planning and conducting consultations with government stakeholders, clients, senior management
  • Project and project team management
  • Business development and client relationship management

Skills/abilities:

  • Excellent communication and facilitation skills – both verbal and written in English
  • Client relationship management and business development skills in a professional setting
  • Facilitation and presentation skills
  • Strategic and critical thinking skills
  • Ability to support senior government IM professionals in advancing their business agendas
  • Ability to effectively lead small to medium-sized project teams (project management, thought leadership, people manager, active practitioner)
  • Ability to lead multiple projects simultaneously
  • Ability to work effectively on project teams
  • Ability to manage both end-client and business requirements
  • Ability to manage time effectively and work with minimal supervision

Areas of knowledge (please apply a ranking: none, some knowledge, good knowledge, excellent knowledge):

  • Government of Canada (GC) IM policy landscape
  • Records management – paper
  • Records management – electronic
  • RDIMS
  • EDRMS and/or Case Management Systems
  • Enterprise content management
  • IM awareness and education
  • Taxonomies/classification
  • Metadata (GC publishing, structural, administrative)
  • Web information architecture (includes knowledge of user-centered IA design methodologies)
  • Web content management
  • Content modeling (structured and unstructured)
  • Other information architecture (data architecture, enterprise information architecture)
  • Library renewal/electronic libraries
  • Government of Canada service transformation agenda
  • Portals

Other assets:

  • Bilingualism (French and English) a significant asset
  • Client network/IM community name recognition
  • Experience working in a consulting environment
  • Security clearance (secret)

Conditions:

Full time employment or subcontractor, salary negotiable.
Location of work is the National Capital Region.
Candidates should have current valid Government of Canada security clearance, or ability to obtain clearance.

Please submit resumes to: fraser@systemscope.com quoting “Senior IM Consultant.”

We thank all applicants for their interest. Only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

If you do not meet the above criteria, but have significant IM, IA and related skills, please forward your resume to hr@systemscope.com for consideration as a Systemscope associate.