Project Coordinator

Summary about this job

Detail information about job Project Coordinator. Terms and conditions vacancy

• Competitive Salary - Close to Transport - Free gym and lap pool
• Join a market leader in the Financial Services industry
• Excellent building and office location

About us:

Link Group offers innovative solutions and processes, combined with our proprietary technology to deliver a comprehensive financial data solution to all our Superannuation clients, servicing an underlying stakeholder base of over 10 million superannuation account holders. We support clients across all superannuation fund sectors including government, industry, retail and corporate.

Our team will work with our clients and members every step of the way and help achieve superior outcomes through effective solutions.

We currently have a great permanent opportunity for a Project Coordinator to join our Technology & Innovation in either our Melbourne of Sydney office.

Purpose of Role
The Project Coordinator is an integral member of the project team, The type of projects that the Project Coordinator will be involved in will have a high strategic importance to the organisation, with varying degrees of complexity, risk, organisational impact, political sensitivity and/or media exposure.

Within this position, the candidate will play a key role within the team by providing business benefits through supporting program and project managers, reporting and analysis of project & program metrics and improving project and program manager processes and tools. In this role you will:

Key Accountabilities

• Prepare governance reports, project status reports, presentations, agendas and minutes, and maintain logs and registers.
• Proactively maintain a current awareness of the project activities and status.
• Take an active part in the project issue/risk management process, by contributing to the identification and prioritisation of existing and potential issues and risks, and helping to develop strategies and controls to mitigate these. Use sound judgement to identify which issues and risks should be escalated to governance groups, and prepare relevant reports/documentation.
• Monitor, analyse and report on budgets and forecasts to the Portfolio Manager and/or Business Manager, highlighting any variances, and providing suggestions for resolution.
• Manage project plans (sometimes multiple plans) using (MS Project), reviewing the plans regularly to ensure tasks and milestones are being achieved in a timely manner. Follow up on any actions, quickly address any difficulties, and escalate issues where necessary.
• Adherence to Link Group Project Methodology and continual Process Improvement.
• Support corporate specific project management & business analysis processes, tools and disciplines in accordance with the project delivery team.
• Ensure accurate and timely capture of information.
• Ensure project management tools and repositories support the accurate capture and reporting of project metric information.
• Communication – Accurately and clearly convey timely information and ideas, using a style and manner of presentation appropriate to the target audience

The above list of key accountabilities is not an exhaustive list and may change from time-to-time based on business needs.

Ideal Candidate Profile

Essential Skills, Capabilities and Experience

• 5-7 years of experience supporting Project Managers in the delivery of projects.
• Proficient in MS Project and MS Office Suite of products.
• Effective communication skills including verbal, written and presentation skills.
• Proven ability to work effectively both independently and in a team based environment.
• Visual Basic skill sets to produce accurate reporting.
• Demonstrated willingness to be flexible and adaptable to changing priorities.
• Ability to operate in an environment of uncertainty and incomplete information and make well-reasoned decisions.
• Research, analysis and decision making – comprehensive reaching, analysing and summarising of information, making sense of large amounts of information and complex situations and getting to the heart of the problem.
• Writing of clear concise reports.
• Self-motivated and able to work unsupervised.
• Empathy for environmental issues and a genuine desire to enhance the natural environment.

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