Project Assistant 23798287

A Project Assistant works under a Project Manager and assists in the planning and execution of a project. Provides assistance in the initiation, development and implementation of projects.

• Maintains schedules/calendars for assigned projects and assists the Project Manager in planning, monitoring and execution of project tasks and reallocation of project resources utilizing Microsoft Project or other appropriate tool.
• Assists in project communications and coordination during meetings, status reporting and stakeholder relationships.
• Provides strong customer service support to internal and external team members throughout the project life cycle.
• Ability to handle fast paced environments and short deadlines.
• Assist project team members in tracking integrated tasks on a daily basis.
• The project coordinator will support a team and their day-to-day workflow.
• This is not a “project manager” or “delivery manager” role as we've hired before. It is a role for someone with skills in coordination of multiple concurrent activities.
• This person will be responsible for managing a workflow of content reviews, requests, and updates
• Attention to detail, workflow/process oriented
• Kanban experience would be a big plus (but no scrum background needed)
• Someone with tech/IT quality assurance background could be a good fit (we'd have to assess based on a candidate's experience – we aren't looking for someone to do test script and test execution).
• When I say they could be a good fit, I think of someone who played a team lead role who understands the importance of being detail oriented and can work with multiple things on a production line.

Requirements

Skills:

• Prior experience with planning and scheduling methodologies is highly desired.
• Demonstrated knowledge and experience with project management tools, e.g. Microsoft Project, project portfolio management systems (Clarity preferred).
• Demonstrated skill in using desktop/office efficiency tools, e.g. MS Excel, MS Word

Education

Associates degree in business, healthcare, finance or other related field with minimum of 3 years business experience required to include participation on a project team.