Project Coordinator

Project Manager

Overview : Previous workday experience desirable.

Job Description Summary : Manages small to medium-sized projects within the Information Services department. Performs project management for any projects small to medium in scope which require good management and organization to be successful. Performs feasibility study projects to prove the need for future project funding.

Essential Functions :

• Lead project teams to ensure scope, timelines, deliverables, budgets, and quality are meeting and exceeding expectations.
• Lead project teams through all phases of life cycle development on small to medium-sized projects.
• Lead multiple small to medium-sized projects and project teams simultaneously.
• Develop a project plan in accordance with industry standard and NCH IS-specific methodologies.
• Develop a project plan which details the begin / end dates, tasks, resources, milestones, and expectations of all project resources.
• Maintain the accuracy of the project plan in conjunction with vendors, resource managers, and key stakeholders.
• Create and maintain project documentation as appropriate for every project assigned.
• Provide feedback on assigned team members' performance routinely to the resource managers.
• Contribute to the definition of project goals, alignment of those goals with organizational goals, and ensure success criteria are defined during project initiation.
• Appropriately set and manage customer and team expectations.
• Establish meeting agendas in advance of project meetings, coordinate attendees and their contributions / deliverables for each meeting, manage meeting times and topics.
• At the end of each meeting, summarize important decisions made, what action items are due and by whom, and when the next meeting will occur.
• Maintain an issues list and manage the deliverables and resolution of those issues in an effective and timely manner; use judgment in escalating issues when appropriate.
• Effectively utilize appropriate tools to communicate project information to a broad audience.
• Ensure system test plans are developed, approved, and implemented.
• Assure effective project hand-off to support teams.
• Assure disaster recovery, security, and availability is addressed as a part of the project.
• Assist in managing the vendor(s) relationship; manage vendor work effort to contract and scope document.
• Actively engaged and utilizing new project management tools and methodologies such as agile methodology.

Education Requirement : Bachelor's degree required.

Licensure Requirement : (not specified)

Certifications : Project Management Certification desirable. Completion of a structured project management training program preferred.

Skills :

Experience :

Physical Requirements :

OCCASIONALLY : Climb stairs / ladder, Lifting / Carrying : 010 lbs, Lifting / Carrying : 1120 lbs, Standing, Walking

FREQUENTLY : (none specified)

CONTINUOUSLY : Audible speech, Computer skills, Decision making, Flexing / extending of neck, Hand use : grasping, gripping, turning, Hearing acuity, Interpreting data, Problem solving, Repetitive hand / arm use, Seeing far / near, Sitting

Additional Physical Requirements performed but not listed above : (not specified)

The above list of duties is intended to describe the general nature and level of work performed by individuals assigned to this classification. It is not to be construed as an exhaustive list of duties performed by the individuals so classified nor is it intended to limit or modify the right of any supervisor to assign, direct, and control the work of employees under their supervision. EOE M / F / Disability / Vet