IT Associate Project Coordinator

  • Contract

Company Description

Here at CiNQ Recruitment, we believe in finding the right fit, for you and our clients. Whether you seek long-term employment solutions for your business or your next career move, we understand the importance of individual and business needs. With over 30 years of successful staffing and recruiting experience, we excel at providing passive candidates with the right skills and cultural fit for specialized positions. Here is the opportunity to work with an exciting pharmaceutical company.

Job Description

Pay Rate: $20-$22/hr

Monday- Friday: 8:00am to 5:00pm, 1 hour lunch

Responsibilities:
Responsible for assisting in the management, planning and administering of the operational and administrative activities of an Information Technology project and/or program or leading small projects under the guidance of a Senior Project Manager. Under the direction of the Project/Program Manager, assists with maintaining and reporting accurate budget, schedule, and performance information. Provides support to project/program presentations, meeting agenda/meeting minutes and action items follow-up and administrative tasks associated with maintaining project information in Sciforma, the Project and Portfolio Management Tool

Essential Job Functions:

  1. Assists or leads with use of approved processes, templates, and tools, (Sciforma) for project delivery.
  2. Assists with forecasting, management, and reporting on project financials, planned and actual project schedule, and resources utilization.
  3. Assists with creation/management of project budget and schedule to ensure final approval within budget allocations (dollars across specified months) and assists in performing monthly reconciliation of budget versus actual for project expenditures, (Capital Budget).
  4. Assists with maintaining project work plans and drafts for required deliverables.
  5. Assists with maintaining the project/program dashboard/metrics.
  6. Assists with managing issues, risks, and changes using appropriate and agreed upon processes and tools.
  7. Assists with deploying Sciforma to other departments within IT as well as within Business Units.

Scope/Financial Responsibility will include:

  1. Schedule will vary depending on defined scope with typical projects running anywhere from 2 to 9 months in duration.
  2. Financial costs of projects can vary from no cost to Major Projects exceeding $500K with oversight provided by Project Manager or Program Management Office.

Qualifications:

  1. Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, or a related discipline or equivalent
  2. Worked within a Program Management Office providing input to improving key processes.
  3. Demonstrated proficiency in MS Office Suite of products, i.e. Visio, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, etc.
  4. Project management experience
  5. 1+ years of experience in a Project Lead role with a strong background in team development  
  6. 1+ years of experience in business analysis, system analysis, and design or infrastructure design/development/support.
  7. Familiar with Sciforma or other Portfolio / Program Management Software

Additional Information

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.