Program Associate
Current• Work collaboratively with business partners to identify risks and continuous improvement opportunities. • Utilize project management methodologies to ensure that projects are delivered on time, on budget, and that they also adhere to high standards• Monitor and assess the potential impacts of proposed changes in legislation, policy, process, or adoption of new trends on divisional plans, initiatives, budget and resourcing.• In liaison with change management partners, identify and evaluating current and future change requirements; conducting change impact assessments and identifying change implications of current and future business initiatives on people, process and technology and recommending strategies to mitigate impact; ensuring projects are effectively planned, managed and executed to ensure positive adoption of new processes and/or system by staff and clients• Utilize the outputs of detailed analysis and research to weigh impacts to the organization and make decisions and/or recommendations on changes to business model, processes, organization practice, budget and resourcing• Support the business planning process by conducting research, gathering information and make recommendations that will inform planning decisions regarding initiatives, timelines, and resourcing across the division• Monitor on-going and planned business initiatives to ensure that they are in line with WSIB strategic goals, identify progress and roadblocks towards achieving various milestones, and provide recommendations on how they may be dealt with to meet business and clients’ needs.• Develop testing plans and participate in testing to ensure system changes and processes meet business requirements prior to implementation