Project Coordinator (Remote)

$90,000 - $110,000/Yr

GovCIO - Tallahassee, FL

posted 4 months ago

Full-time
Remote - Tallahassee, FL

About the position

GovCIO is seeking a versatile Project Coordinator to support the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) in the Office of the Chief Technology Officer (OCTO). This position is fully remote, allowing for flexibility and adaptability in a dynamic work environment. The Project Coordinator will play a crucial role in supporting a variety of initiatives across a vast and dynamic IT organization. The ideal candidate must be a self-starter who can quickly understand new assignments, conduct research, provide relevant content, and offer solutions. The role requires strong client interaction skills to ensure coordination and desired outcomes are accomplished, as the client needs are often evolving. Flexibility and forward-thinking views are essential for success in this position. The Project Coordinator will liaise across a diverse, multi-disciplined IT organization that serves millions of end-users and Veterans. Responsibilities include assisting external teams by providing clear, concise communication and instructions to prepare their presentations, creating graphics, transitions, and animations in PowerPoint to support verbal presentations, and enhancing messaging. The candidate will also support Technical Tuesday events as a production crew member and assist with event support tasks. A problem solver by nature, the Project Coordinator will conduct research to address a wide range of topics and successfully accomplish the work. Professional communication of ideas and updates to senior executives is a key aspect of the role, as is assessing issues and developing resolutions to meet productivity, quality, and client-satisfaction goals and objectives. The candidate will gather information through research, statistical reports, and interviews, organizing the data into meaningful content for a variety of audiences and stakeholders, while also addressing backlog items on various topics.

Responsibilities

  • Support a variety of initiatives across a vast and dynamic IT organization.
  • Conduct research and provide relevant content and solutions.
  • Ensure client interactions are effective and desired outcomes are accomplished.
  • Liaise across a diverse, multi-disciplined IT organization.
  • Assist external teams with clear communication and instructions for presentations.
  • Create graphics, transitions, and animations in PowerPoint to enhance messaging.
  • Support Technical Tuesday events as a production crew member.
  • Conduct research to address a wide range of topics and accomplish work.
  • Communicate ideas and updates to senior executives professionally.
  • Assess issues and develop resolutions to meet productivity and client-satisfaction goals.
  • Gather information through research and organize data into meaningful content.
  • Address backlog items on a variety of topics.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in engineering or a related scientific or technical discipline is required.
  • 8+ years of experience (5 years of additional relevant experience may be substituted for education).
  • Experience synthesizing concepts from different efforts to educate and enhance success.
  • Advanced PowerPoint skills using graphics, transitions, animations, master slides, infographics, etc.
  • Experience with using SharePoint templates and editing pages.
  • Experience managing video recordings on SharePoint using MS Stream.
  • Experience creating Section 508 accessible content in writing, presentations, and for posting online.
  • Experience creating infographics from base data to simplify and illustrate complex ideas.
  • Experience with basic video editing concepts.
  • Proficient with creating and using Excel spreadsheets to collect and analyze data and statistics.
  • Strong analytical and investigative skills with the ability to make connections and identify customer needs.
  • Experience taking imprecise requirements and delivering robust solutions, products, and/or recommendations.
  • Experience with organization-wide communication.
  • Experience facilitating meetings, collecting action items, and following up to ensure tasks are completed in the required timeframe.
  • Flexibility, ingenuity, creativity, diplomacy, and a willingness to learn and adapt.
  • Experience working within distributed teams and remote environments.

Nice-to-haves

  • Experience with VA OIT.
  • Experience with Jira or similar tool to capture project tasks, risks, and progress.
  • Experience with graphic design.
  • Understanding of Human Centered Design principles.
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