Project Coordinator Contract

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Client: Government
Type: Contract
Role: Project Control Officer
Term: 1.5 Years + extension
Pay Rate: Negotiable
Start date: ASAP
Req ID: 5843
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On behalf of our Public Sector client, Wirehead has a new contract opportunity for a Project Control Officer / Project Coordinator.

Requirements: What you’ll need

Skills, Knowledge, Experience, and Qualifications
Deliverables:

• Provide assistance to Managers, Project Managers and project team, in coordinating, planning, communicating, and executing the delivery of core project components.
• Manage project/work plans, tracking and analytics for the program/project execution.
• Responsible for creation and/or maintenance of management dashboards and executive summaries.
• Process Workflow Management from ticketing, and risk/issue management.

Skills
Core Skills and Experience

• 7 – 10 years of experience coordinating projects.
• Experience collaborating with various groups to gather updates and maintaining project budgeting, progress reporting, action items, risk management updates, etc.
• Experience working alongside Managers and Project Managers to provide updates, escalate issues where required, identify risks, and lead/coordinate project document deliverables.
• Demonstrated experience working in a professional environment supporting multiple Project Managers and critical projects for mainframe/legacy systems.
• Experience developing project status reports and maintaining and monitoring status reporting logs.
• Experience scheduling meetings.
• Experience facilitating meetings.
• Experience monitoring project document repository and ensuring all documents are reviewed and maintained in the repository.

Project Management Skills

• Demonstrated Project Management software skills and experience (e.g., MS Project, Planview, etc.).
• Understanding of Project Management concepts (e.g., project goals, risk, scope, participant roles, planning, cost and quality management).

General skills

• Exceptional analytical, problem solving and decision-making skills.
• Demonstrated strong interpersonal, verbal and written communication, and presentation skills.
• Proven troubleshooting and critical thinking experience.
• Demonstrated ability to apply strong listening skills to facilitate issue resolution.
• Effective consulting skills to engage with all stakeholders with proven track record for building strong working relationships.
• Strong interpersonal, facilitation and negotiation skills with ability to build rapport with stakeholders and drive negotiations to a successful outcome.
• Excellent customer service skills, including tact and diplomacy to ensure client needs are managed effectively.
• A motivated, flexible, detail-oriented and creative team player with perseverance, excellent organization and multi-tasking abilities, and a proven track record for meeting strict deadlines.

Nice to have:

• Experience working in the public sector on a mainframe/legacy system.

HOW TO APPLY

Please apply for this opportunity by using the Apply button or sending your resume directly to careers@wirehead.com

We thank all candidates for their interest but advise that only candidates selected for interviews will be contacted directly. Rest assured that your resume will be kept on our database and will be considered for all future opportunities.

***This opportunity is in Toronto; preference will be given to local candidates. Wirehead does not offer a relocation package. We encourage you continue to refer to our Job listing page as new opportunities become available and updated on a regular basis. Thank you again for your interest in Wirehead!