Lead Project Coordinator

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Type of Employment: Contract

Title: Lead Project Coordinator

Term: 6 months + possible extensions

Location: Remote for now/ Ontario

Job ID number: C1191

Job Description

• Direct and coordinate project activities to ensure project progress on schedule.
• Work with project team members to log and track issues or action items, and provide advice to resolve problems
• Update Mercer project management tools to accurately reflect project status and coordinate schedule changes as required with the support of the Mercer project delivery team and consultants.
• Summarize projects status and project issues to report to Project Management Office (PMO)
• Assist in preparation of requirements documentation throughout the project lifecycle using templated documents and prescribed logs to document needs
• Review requirements documentation and logged change requests to check for completeness, accuracy, and compliance with product functionality.
• Identify and escalate requests for non-standard, out-of-scope work to designated project team members and PMO for guidance.
• Conduct quality assurance testing of sites to ensure that the content (text, links, images/widgets, etc.) have been configured as per the request and/or fixed as necessary
• Oversee QA and UAT logs and liaise with consultants on testing status
• On occasion, perform simple updates/fixes to web content on Mercer’s systems using Sitecore’s content management system as needed to minimize issues logged.

Skills & Experience

• Ability to support and work with multiple team members simultaneously, to deliver high-quality services to clients
• Ability to prioritize and manage individual tasks independently, being able to work to scheduled deliverables under tight deadlines
• Ability to prioritize and manage issues, escalating complex issues when needed
• Strong administrative skills with a focus on details
• Ability to work well under pressure
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Must be proactive, accountable, collaborative, and externally client-focused
• Experience with Microsoft Office: Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and Sharepoint
• Some experience with web content editors preferred

Additional Skills:

• Contract Review
• Business Process
• Microsoft Project
• Project Management
• Lifecycle Management
• Business Administration
• Process Improvement
• Project Planning and Development Skills
• Microsoft Visio
• Systems Development Life Cycle (SDLC)
• Change Management
• Staff Management
• Microsoft SharePoint
• Data Analysis
• Quality Assurance and Control