Who we are…

The mission of the Ohio Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services (OhioMHAS) is to provide statewide leadership of a high-quality mental health and addiction prevention, treatment and recovery system that is effective and valued by all Ohioans.

OhioMHAS Values:

• Contribute and Collaborate
• Serve Compassionately
• Deliver Quality
• Be Accountable

At OhioMHAS we strive to attract and sustain a diverse workforce by recruiting, hiring, developing, and retaining high-performing employees who work collaboratively to balance efforts toward providing prevention and recovery supports and fostering inclusion that inspires innovation, encourages respect, and promotes unlimited success.

OhioMHAS Information Services is the technology arm of the third largest cabinet level agency in the state of Ohio. We support more than 3,200 employees within six regional inpatient behavioral health hospitals, Ohio Pharmacy Services, and Central Office. We develop and support technology for several critical business solutions used by the agency as well as by county and local behavioral health care providers across the state.

Role Overview:

As an IT Project Manager supporting Epic Systems Implementation at OhioMHAS, many opportunities are offered to impact family, friends, and the residents of the State of Ohio. The Project Manager in this role will primarily work with the initial implementation of the Epic System and then support the system and end user to make sure the technology is optimized for our Regional Psychiatric Hospital for enhanced work processes and overall patient care. We are a close-knit community of IT staff and develop applications which allows mental health and addiction providers to serve our community in need. Our applications support, regulate, fund and collect data to allow our organization the ability to respond to those in crisis as well as those needing continuity of care.

At OhioMHAS, our IT staff is motivated by the agency’s mission, and we are accepting applications for an IT Project Manager within the Office of Information Technology, headquartered at the James Rhodes State Office Tower, 30 East Broad Street, 33rd floor, Columbus, Ohio 43215.

What you will do…

• Provides project management and communication for the implementation of the application, application area or specialized team
• Manages the scope, schedule and quality of the project in a specific assigned application area
• Works closely with the Program staff and other Project Managers to coordinate activities
• Advises team members on governance, project issues, project risks, decisions, key success factors of the project and lessons learned
• Manages teams to consensus decisions that support organizational objectives
• Understand the business drivers and requirements of projects
• Development of project plans using appropriate methodologies
• Formal project-level status, metrics, issues and risks reporting
• Strong working knowledge of MS Project to plan team members' work and assigns tasks and monitor progress
• Excellent client-facing and internal communication skills
• Excellent written skills

This position will require out-of-state training.

What’s in it for you:

At the State of Ohio, we take care of the team that cares for Ohioans. We provide a variety of quality, competitive benefits to eligible full-time and part-time employees. For a list of all the State of Ohio Benefits, visit our Total Rewards website! Our benefits package includes:

Medical Coverage

• Quality, affordable, and competitive medical benefits are offered through the available Ohio Med plans.

Dental, Vision and Basic Life Insurance

• Dental, vision, and basic life insurance premiums are free after completed eligibility period. Length of eligibility period is dependent on union representation.

Time Away From Work and Work/Life Balance

• Paid time off, including vacation, personal, and sick leave
• 11 paid holidays per year
• Childbirth/Adoption leave

Employee Development Funds

• The State of Ohio offers a variety of educational and professional development funding that varies based on whether you are a union-exempt employee or a union-represented employee.

Ohio Public Employees Retirement System

• OPERS is the retirement system for State of Ohio employees. The employee contributes 10% of their salary towards their retirement. The employer contributes an amount equal to 14% of the employee’s salary. Visit the OPERS website for more information.

Deferred Compensation

• The Ohio Deferred Compensation program is a 457(b) voluntary retirement savings plan. Visit the Ohio Deferred Compensation website for more information.

Additional Benefits

• Participation in the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program.
• Flexible work schedules (currently teleworking 90% of the time), and so much more!

Ohio is a Disability Inclusion State and strives to be a Model Employer of Individuals with disabilities. The State of Ohio is committed to providing access and inclusion and reasonable accommodation in its services, activities, programs and employment opportunities in accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and other applicable laws.

Do you have the desire to make a difference? Join our Team! #teamOhioMHAS

The following are the minimum qualifications for this position. For further consideration, applicants must clearly identify how qualifications are met within the education and/or experience sections of the application.

The ideal candidate, at minimum, must have the following:

Alternative 1:

• Successful completion of 2 yrs. post-secondary education majoring in business administration, public administration, computer science/information technology, social science, or health, with major being commensurate with project to be assigned AND
• 12 mos. exp. in budgeting & calculating cost projections of program/projects

Alternative 2:

• 3 yrs. exp. in project management (i.e., management & development of project/program requirements, design, development, testing/pilot, training & full scale implementation), with experience to be commensurate with project/program &/or position description on file (e.g., specific human service program area, management information sciences, fiscal) AND
• 12 mos. exp. in budgeting & calculating cost projections of program/projects

Alternative 3:

• Equivalent of minimum class qualifications for employment noted above.

Additional preferred qualifications:

• Previous end-to-end experience in a project management role leading Epic software implementation
• Experience creating analytics assets/implementing analytics projects such as Cogito

This is an unclassified position, and, as such, serves at the pleasure of the Director of OhioMHAS.

All responses to the supplemental questions must be answered completely and supported by the work experience/education provided on your civil service application.

The final candidate selected for this position will be required to undergo a criminal background check. Criminal convictions do not necessarily preclude an applicant from consideration for a position. An individual assessment of an applicant's prior criminal convictions will be made before excluding an applicant from consideration.

The final candidate selected for this position will be required to submit to urinalysis prior to appointment to test for illegal drug use. An applicant with a positive test will not be offered employment.

The State of Ohio and OhioMHAS provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristics protected by federal, state or local laws.

If you are an applicant who is selected for an interview and require an accommodation, please contact the Human Resources Office so proper arrangements can be made.