Project Management

Ismahan Ali, PMP Candidate

Phone: 416-***-**** E-Mail: ***.*******@*****.***

SUMMARY

Over 7 years of professional coordination experience with strong project management skills with expertise in time, people and change management.

Strong leadership and problem solving skills with excellent experience within a fast-paced environment.

Excellent communication, organization, and time management skills. Able to work collaboratively and independently.

Fast learner with strong analytical and conceptual understanding skills.

CORE COMPETENCIES

Project Coordination Communication Plans Status Reporting Schedule Planning & Preparation Regular, Status, Ad-Hoc Reporting Conflict Resolution Project Planning Project Repository Management – SharePoint Experience Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, PowerPoint, Visio, Word)

EDUCATION

Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification December 2016 - Present

University of Toronto

Bachelor of Health Studies Honours Degree (BHS) September 2008 – April 2012

York University

WORK EXPERIENCE

Project Coordinator January 2015- January 2017

Shoppers Drug Mart

Responsible for coordinating, monitoring and tracking project activities in the Pharmacy department.

Managed and coordinated various activities in a project life-cycle (from initiation to closing) in support of large-scale IT projects with medium to high scope, impact, risk and complexity.

Communicated project pre-requisites, deliverables and timelines to project teams and individuals to ensure the integrity of each scheduled activity.

Tracked and reconciled financials and prepared month end financial reports to address variance.

Responsible for creating various status reports to management at different levels, i.e. executive Steering Committee, weekly status reports, etc.

Proven expertise in project planning, securing and scheduling resources, developing, implementing and supporting the reporting, forecasting and planning requirements on integrated projects involving multiple stakeholders

Responsible for creation and maintenance of share point site and document depositories

Responsible to track project changes and produce updated schedules based schedule as agreed with project team

Perform variance analysis against the program baseline (cost and schedule impact- actual vs. baseline) and participate with the team in root cause/corrective action.

Able to successfully work on competing priorities meeting tight deadlines

Strong experience in MS Office (advanced experienced with Excel, Powerpoint, Word, etc)

Project Coordinator July 2011- December 2014

SOYAT Community Centre, Toronto, Ontario

Worked as a Project Coordinator responsible for the end to end coordination for medium to large initiatives developed and implemented by SOYAT or in partnership with other local NGOs

Developed creative and innovative campaigns to raise awareness for various initiatives and recruitment involvement participants from local communities and external partners

Assisted the Sr. Manager with the preparation of monthly Compliance status report, which is provided to all Stakeholders and Senior Executive Team.

Monitored the completion of project milestones and if necessary reassignment of project priorities to maintain the project schedule.

Lead the research, planning and execution of workshops and programs and monitored and controlled project activities including: risk, issues, status, communication, planning and execution

Periodically solicited participant and stakeholder feedback to projects and initiatives through qualitative and quantitative methods and proposed recommendations and adjustments to project plan to incorporate feedback

Develop and maintain strong relationships with external non-for-profit organization in Ontario

Extensive experience working with Microsoft Suite (Project, Visio, Word, Powerpoint, Excel, etc)

Project Lead July 2008- July 2011

Dixon Community Services, Toronto, Ontario

Worked as Project Lead responsible for strategic planning and youth policy development and implementation of various projects and initiatives to raise awareness and address issues of education and youth empowerment

Prioritized program and project deliverables by creating detailed project plans tracking project schedule, risks and dependencies

Managed resource and cost plans to ensure on track delivery of key performance indicators

Lead project delivery end to end by monitoring and controlling project deliverables and provided project status updates to management

Developed creative outreach materials and promoted upcoming projects at relevant community events and through social media (Facebook, online monthly newsletter and youth blog)

Planned, organized, and implemented unique activities for participants’ social development and utilized data to pinpoint and target endemic challenges

Maintained and updated project document repository and oversaw the compliance of team members to processes and procedures

Conducted post implementation lessons learned to maximize success of initiatives and organized forum groups to discuss issues present in the community to create new programs or make necessary adjustments to existing programs

Reported on client profiles, service trends, programs and services, needs and gaps in services

Managed project budget and was able to reconcile forecast vs actuals and able to report on variances

Extensive experience working with Microsoft Suite (Project, Visio, Word, Powerpoint, Excel, etc)

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