"Project Coordinator-Department"

Job Summary

The Project Coordinator will manage department level projects and provide support on large, complex, enterprise-level projects. This position will use proven and best practice project management processes to ensure effective implementation of assigned projects. The project coordinator will be responsible for the overall direction, coordination, implementation, execution, control and completion of assigned projects ensuring consistency with organizational strategy, commitments, and goals. The project manager will also provide support for people change/adoption management on all assigned projects and support or lead departmental lean process improvement initiatives.

Responsibilities

TEAM LEAD: Coordinate and lead team meetings working closely with project leadership. Ensure members are presented with current information on the status of all current projects by executing the project communications plan (providing oral and/or written status reports, team lead and team member project schedule task reports, etc.).

PROJECT MANAGEMENT: Implement IE's standardized project management methodology and templates to plan and manage a variety of large, complex, university-wide, and enterprise-level projects simultaneously. Create and execute project charters and project management plans (scope statement, deliverables, budget management plan, project budget, organizational charts and/or team charters, risk management plan, risk log, issue management plan, issues log, work breakdown structure, resource allocations, project schedule, vendor management plan, project training plan, project communications plan, project change management, etc.) and review as appropriate with project leadership to meet changing needs and requirements. Facilitate overall project assessment (lessons learned). Identify, negotiate, and ensure adequate resources are available and allocated to projects by working with the departmental resource managers. By following IE's project management checklist and procedures, help guide team members and team leaders through IE's project management process. When needed, engage the IE Director for Institutional Project Management and/or an IE project manager to provide training or mentoring on project management best practices and techniques for team members and team leaders.

Perform other duties as assigned.

Required Qualifications

Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university in a related field of study with a minimum of two years of experience OR Associate's degree from an accredited college or university with five years of experience.

Preferred Qualifications

Project management experience in an academic or hospital/clinical setting. Institutional knowledge or experience in higher education with the variety of types of projects that serve the educational, research, and service missions. Project Management Professional certification (PMP) or Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM). Experience with Waterfall project management methodology. Experience in using Microsoft Project or another scheduling software.

Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities

SKILLS
Detail-oriented with strong prioritization and organizational skills.

Shift/Salary/Benefits

Shift: Days; M-F (Work outside of the standard business hours may be required)
Pay Band: B12
Salary: $62,300/annually-$65,208/annually
Salary to be commensurate with qualifications of the selected candidate within the established range (generally minimum-midpoint) of the position
Recruitment Period: Until Filled

Augusta University offers a variety of benefits to full-time benefits-eligible employees and some of our half-time (or more) employees. Benefits that may be elected could include health insurance, dental insurance, life insurance, Teachers Retirement System (or Optional Retirement Plan), as well as earned vacation time, sick leave, and 13 paid holidays. Also, our full-time employees who have been employed with us successfully for more than 6 months can be considered for the Tuition Assistance Program.