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<h3><strong>Location: </strong>Herdon, VA</h3>
<h3><strong>Job ID:</strong> 2221</h3>
<h3><strong># of Positions: </strong>1</h3>
<h2>Overview:</h2>
Our client seeks Master Project Scheduler who will learn the client's business better than they know it and become a trusted advisor to them. You are a leader who can provide subject matter expertise in proper scheduling for major federal IT investments, including applicable governance work in an Integrated Master Schedule (IMS) (i.e., E300/CPIC work, Federal Enterprise Architecture (EA/FEA) work, Information Security and Privacy work, System Development Life Cycle (SDLC) work).

<h2>Responsibilities:</h2>
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	<li>    Participates on a team of employees to manage the acquisition and implementation of a major Federal IT project</li>

    	<li>Creates a Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) and uses it to create and maintain a complex Integrate Master Schedule in MS Project 2003</li>

 	<li>Uses generally accepted best scheduling practices</li>

	<li>Works with inexperienced stakeholders to identify detailed tasks, durations, dependencies, and resources to build the schedule</li>
    <li>Builds “dynamic” project schedule with minimum task constraints</li>
	<li>Performs Critical Path Analyses (CPA)</li>

	<li>Performs both Pre-Award and Post-Award Integrated Baseline Reviews (IBR) to help ensure the IMS (and overall program plan) is thorough, complete, and realistic</li>

 	<li>Performs manual resource leveling and Resource Critical Path Analysis</li>

  	<li>Implements Earned Value Management (EVM) in accordance with client requirements and ANSI/EIA Standard 748, including identification of EV methods for individual work packages, alignment with the Spend Plan, and tracking EVM metrics for this multi-contractor program</li>

    	<li>Establishes schedule baseline and Performance Measurement Baseline (PMB)</li>

    	<li>Documents and manages the schedule progress update and modifications process</li>

    	<li>Documents, analyzes, and reports on contractor EVM reporting.</li>

    	<li>Prepares the client for quarterly control reviews of EVM and project data</li>

    	<li>Analyzes contractor schedule for best practices in dynamic scheduling and potential “hiding” of problems</li>

   	<li>Assesses  schedule performance and advises  the team and client on status and preventive/corrective actions required</li>

    	<li>Tracks actual vs. planned/forecast vs. baseline</li>

    	<li>Creates tracking reports out of MS Project 2003 for various levels of client management</li>
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<h2>Qualifications</h2>

<strong>Required Skills:</strong>
<ul><li>Six (6+) years total experience</li>
<li>Three (3+) years of MS Project-based scheduling experience.</li>
<li>Bachelor’s Degree or four (4) additional years experience is required (Or Associate's Degree plus two (2) years)</li>
<li>Ability to pass client security clearance requirements</li></ul>

<strong>Desired Skills:</strong>
    	<ul><li>Strong consulting (3+ years consulting experience), writing, and client handling skills</li>

    	<li>Prior experience using a deliverable oriented WBS to create project schedules.</li>

    	<li>Prior experience in creating and maintaining MS Project 2003 schedules in excess of 1500 tasks with external dependencies</li>

     	<li>Strong oral and written communication skills and the ability to present a polished, professional, and diplomatic image to clients</li>

    	<li>Strong analytical skills – assertive and inquisitive manner that allows the individual to take indirectly related and orally communicated information and transform it into actionable information (e.g., a project schedule)</li>

    	<li>Expert skill with MS Project Professional 2003</li>

    	<li>Substantiated skill in Earned Value Management (EVM) in accordance with ANSI/EIA Standard 748, particularly establishing control accounts and EVM methods/types for individual work packages</li>

    	<li>Experience with Deltek COBRA a plus</li>

    	<li>Experience scheduling for federal government programs</li>

    	<li>Understanding of / experience with federal CPIC process and related reporting to OMB, especially writing business cases/Exhibit 300s</li>

    	<li>International Institute of Learning (IIL) “Orange Belt” or higher certification on Microsoft Project 2003</li>
	<li>
    EVM certification from SCEA or PMI College of Performance Management a real plus</li>

    	<li>PMI certification (PMP, CAPM, or PMI-SP) a real plus, but not required</li>
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