Project Coordinator - Randstad USA

job summary:

The Project Control Specialist responsibilities are as follows:

• Participate in the program's financial management and administrative activities, such as budgeting, manpower and resource planning and financial reporting.
  
  
• Ensuring projects are on track, on schedule and on budget.
  
  
• Make recommendations to ensure the project meets the cost expectations.
  
  
• Perform complex evaluations of existing procedures, processes, techniques, models, and/or systems related to management problems or contractual issues.
  
  
• Provide detailed reporting on issues identified by the program manager inclusive of suggestions/recommendations to improve or rectify underlining issues.
  
  
• Assist with developing work breakdown structures, prepare charts, tables, graphs, and diagrams to assist in analyzing problems.
  
  
• Assist program manager and supporting managers in the planning of workflows identify areas of program and communicate recommendations where training and/or new technologies will improve the overall productivity of the program.
  
  
• Work collaboratively with the Program Management team and Team Leads with activities.
  
  
• Risk Management, identifying project risks and developing strategies to mitigate them. Conducting risk assessments, implementing risk management plans, and monitoring risk factors throughout the project lifecycle.
  
  
• Development of dashboards and financial reports.
  
  
• Support the development of status reports as assigned.

Qualifications:

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Must be detail-oriented, organized, and can work under tight deadlines.
  
  
• Have experience with cost analysis, budget management, accrual accounting and procurement.
  
  
• strong verbal, presentation and reporting skills with use of clear data visualization.
  
  
• Experience developing Power BI reports and dashboard.
  
  
• Experience using advance Excel techniques, DAX.

Technical Requirements (required and desired - specify):

Required-

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to communicate very well with users, peers and managers.
  
  
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office, Microsoft Project, PowerPoint and SharePoint software programs and/or similar tools.
  
  
• 2+ years progressive experience as a Program Control Specialist in a federal government IT service delivery operation chartered with large scale, multi-faceted IT support.
  
  
• Good experience and familiarity of federal government operations and environment.

Desired:

• NIH experience
  
  
• ITIL4 Certified

• Knowable and implementation of ITIL4 best practices.

Training and Certifications:

Education:

• Bachelor's degree in business administration, Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, or Business with 5+ years of experience demonstrated related work experience in a large multi-platform Information Services environment.
  
  
• PMP certified, other similar management certification or Lean Sigma Blackbelt or ability to obtain related certification within 6 months.

Other:

• Must be able to obtain and/or pass a public trust background check.
  
  
• Must be able to work flexible hours and hybrid schedule.
  
  
• Meet monthly at corporate office in Fairfax, VA.

 
location: Bethesda, Maryland
job type: Contract
salary: $35 - 42 per hour
work hours: 8am to 4pm
education: Bachelors
 
responsibilities:

The Project Control Specialist responsibilities are as follows:

• Participate in the program's financial management and administrative activities, such as budgeting, manpower and resource planning and financial reporting.
  
  
• Ensuring projects are on track, on schedule and on budget.
  
  
• Make recommendations to ensure the project meets the cost expectations