Toronto, ON - QA Consultant, Part-Time Contract, Posting # 9

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You must meet the following MANDATORY requirements before further
considerations:

1. Legal work status in Canada;
2. Good English communications skills;
3. Possess the skills set and actual work experience
as defined in this posting.

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Posting # 9
Toronto, ON - QA Consultant, Part-Time Contract
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Length of Contract: 2 years part time from around April 2007 to March
2009
Estimated Number of Work Day/Work Hours Per Week: A normal week
consists of 1 day, 8 hours. However, you may be required to work up to
4 days on certain weeks.
Estimated Number of Work Hours Per Year: Present estimate is around
450 hours per year (fiscal year end is March 31st).
Work Location: Our client will allow you to work at your own premises
as much as feasible. However, certain tasks will have to be conducted
at the client's work site in downtown Toronto.

Posted: March 2, 2007
Respond By: ASAP

Note:
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If you are interested, please do answer the questions after the job
specifications below as we are responsible to assess your related
experience and qualifications for our client.

Background
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In order to deliver related services in Ontario for individuals who
have certain disabilities, our client has made a strategic decision to
create a service related database that provides enhanced scheduling,
as well as, offering necessary reporting and consumer access features
to process assignment requests in a timely and efficient fashion.

The database will support the full inclusion of Ontarians with certain
disabilities in all areas of society and the transformation of related
services by providing more accessible and equitable services that is
more accountable and sustainable.

A Privacy Impact Assessment and Threat Risk Assessment were conducted
in August, 2006 to address privacy and risk issues. Both assessments
made a number of recommendations that are to be implemented in the
course of the project.

A Request for Proposal has been published between January 2007 to late
February 2007. By early March 2007, an IT Vendor will be selected to
develop and implement the database. The project will be completed by
March 30, 2009.

The plan for the project requires that an QA Consultant to assist with
the implementation through monitoring the IT Vendor deliverables,
supporting user focus groups and assisting in the testing of the new
system on a part time basis (average of 1 day per week) over the April
2007 to March 2009 period. The QA Consultant will conduct QA reviews
to ensure the accuracy and completeness of the IT Vendor
deliverables.

The responsibility will involve working with a small organization that
is new at implementing improved systems such as the aforementioned
database and which will require mentoring on what their role and
participation should be.

Mandatory:
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* 10 or more years in System and User Acceptance testing;
* 15 or more years with proven ability to facilitate user focus
groups;
* Ability to set priorities and make recommendations to assist in the
achievement
of project deliverables within budget and on schedule;
* Experience working with and monitoring the activities of IT
Vendors;
* Ability to work effectively with our client's management and IT
Vendor staff to perform
necessary escalations, communicate with the PM/PMO and suggest
mitigation
strategies; and
* Excellent analytical, problem solving and troubleshooting skills;
verbal and written
communication skills; interpersonal skills.

Desirables:
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* Experience working with privacy impact assessment and threat risk
assessment.

Responsibilities:
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The following list are the main responsibilities but other tasks may
be assigned as required:

* Ensure that product solutions or services provided meet or exceed
client needs;
* Monitor IT Vendor deliverables to ensure adherence to the contract
(e.g. budget and schedule);
* Support user focus groups and monitoring IT Vendor compliance with
approved changes;
* Participate in the testing of the database in conjunction with the
IT Vendor to ensure all priority defects are resolved;
* Implement continuous improved practices to project work to minimize
privacy and threat risks and the risks of not achieving project
deliverables within budget and on schedule;
* Ensure potential risks that may impact on project deliverables are
identified, suggesting mitigation options and ensuring appropriate
mitigation measures are implemented as soon as possible;
* Support complementary performance, privacy and threat risk
management objectives;
* Perform necessary escalation and communication to the PM and PMO in
a timely fashion; and
* Suggest mitigation strategies to address any identified issues.

How To Respond:
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A). Forward your resume in either MS Word or plain text format (Your
resume
will only be presented to our client after we receive your
agreement);
B). Name your top 3 IT skills and 3 recent work references, preferably
within the past 3 years to substantiate your credibility;
C). Quote posting number mentioned above in SUBJECT LINE for
identification;
D). For other opportunities that you are qualified and interested,
quote the
corresponding posting numbers along with this one. For efficient
service, please do not send multiple resumes with separate
emails.
After receipt, we will compare your qualifications to our
client's
requirements. If there is a match, we will contact you to
discuss
further;
E). Please help us to know your work experience better by answering
the
following questions in your reply:

1. How many years of experience do you have in the following:
a) IT environment (including b below)?
b) QA Consultant?
c) When were the most recent month and year you worked as an QA
Consultant?

and as an QA Consultant with:
(Please specify Years Of Experience, NOT when was the last used)

d) System and User Acceptance testing?
e) Proven ability to facilitate user focus groups?
f) Ability to set priorities and make recommendations to assist in
the achievement
of project deliverables within budget and on schedule?
g) Monitoring the activities of IT Vendors?
h) Ability to work effectively with management and IT Vendor staff
to perform
necessary escalations, communicate with the PM/PMO and suggest
mitigation
strategies?
i) Privacy impact assessment and threat risk assessment?

2. When are you available to start?

3. As this is an average one-day per week work but there are times you
may be required
to work extra days in a week, please explain below will there be
any challenge to fit it
into your on-going work plan, and what are the reasons you think
this is a good match?
You may provide other information as you see fit. Thanks.

4. Are you incorporated, registered partnership, sole proprietorship
or individual?

5. What is your expected hourly rate?
(Note: For non-local resident, you may factor the work area cost
of living in your rate.
However, local market rate usually is one of our client's key
considerations.)

6. If you are a non-local resident, are you willing to commute to the
work area for this
part-time contract assignment? Pleas note that our client will
just pay the billable hour,
no other expenses will be compensated.

Brief Company Profile:
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Year 2007 witnesses our 22nd Anniversary as a leading Canadian-based
IT
consulting and employment placement services company in Toronto, where
TLW continues to be a preferred supplier for numerous organizations
since our inception in 1985. Such organizations include UN global
organizations and the World Bank, all levels of Canadian government,
and many major private corporations. To date, we have ample project
and placement profiles for reference and well above 12,000 IT
professionals
covering a gamut of skill sets registered in our ever-growing network
of
resources. In essence, TLW provides all roles and services for all
platforms
to a wide spectrum of applications.

Human Resources
T.L.W. Enterprise Inc.
255 Duncan Mill Road, Suite 312
Toronto, Ontario M3B 3H9 Canada
416.510.3011 hr.RemoveThis@tlwenterprise.com www.tlwenterprise.com

"22 Dedicated Years in IT Consulting & Employment Placement Services
(1985 - 2007)"

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