Project Coordinator

- 3 MONTH CONTRACT
- LARGE GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION
- CONVENIENT LOCATION

My client is a large government organization seeking a Project Coordinator to provide high level support and compliance to the Project Manager in coordination of a significant government program.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES:

- Develop and maintain a detailed project schedule under the direction of the Project Manager (both Gantt Charts & Milestone charts). This will require meeting with each of the stream leads on a weekly basis to review progress against the baseline and adding tasks to project schedule on a day-to-day basis.
- Identify any schedule slippages, impacts or risks to the overall project timeline.
- Update the RAID register on a daily basis. Follow up resources to gain updates on key action items, and add actions to project plan as required.
- Provide Project Manager regular updates on project progress, risk/issue status and action status.
- Coordinate and chair various Project based meetings as required by the Project Manager including project status meetings/risk review meetings/stream meetings.
- Extend and adopt the Program document versioning & file storage process & act as document librarian of key project documentation.
- Write letters, procurement memos and approval memos on behalf of Project Manager and Program Director.
- Create written project reports - including Project Status Reports, Steering Committee reports, Memo status & procurement reports.
- Create purchase orders, processing accounts payable invoices, as required by the Project Finance & Probity Manager
- Minute taking of key project meetings including Steering Committee Meeting, Vendor meetings, Project Team meetings, Business Program meetings.
- Prepare project deliverables to a level that requires minimal Project Manager Intervention or updates.
- Provide support to the Program Director as required.
- General Office coordination

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