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About Us Augusta University is Georgia's innovation center for education and health care, training the next generation of innovators, leaders, and healthcare providers in classrooms and clinics on four campuses in Augusta and locations across the state. More than 12,000 students choose Augusta for educational opportunities at the center of Georgia's cybersecurity hub and experiential learning that blends arts and application, humanities, and the health sciences. Augusta is home to Georgia's only public academic health center, where groundbreaking research is creating a healthier, more prosperous Georgia, and world-class clinicians are bringing the medicine of tomorrow to patient care today. Our mission and values https://www.augusta.edu/about/mission.php make Augusta University an institution like no other.
Job Details Job ID:
293031
Location:
Augusta University
Full/Part Time:
Full Time
Job Summary The Project Coordinator will manage department level projects and provide support on large, complex, enterprise-level projects. This position will use proven and best practice project management processes to ensure effective implementation of assigned projects. The project coordinator will be responsible for the overall direction, coordination, implementation, execution, control and completion of assigned projects ensuring consistency with organizational strategy, commitments, and goals. The project manager will also provide support for people change/adoption management on all assigned projects and support or lead departmental lean process improvement initiatives.
Responsibilities
Team Lead: Coordinate and lead team meetings working closely with project leadership. Ensure members are presented with current information on the status of all current projects by executing the project communications plan (providing oral and/or written status reports, team lead and team member project schedule task reports, etc.).
Project Management: Implement IE's standardized project management methodology and templates to plan and manage a variety of large, complex, university-wide, and enterprise-level projects simultaneously. Create and execute project charters and project management plans (scope statement, deliverables, budget management plan, project budget, organizational charts and/or team charters, risk management plan, risk log, issue management plan, issues log, work breakdown structure, resource allocations, project schedule, vendor management plan, project training plan, project communications plan, project change management, etc.) and review as appropriate with project leadership to meet changing needs and requirements. Facilitate overall project assessment (lessons learned). Identify, negotiate, and ensure adequate resources are available and allocated to projects by working with the departmental resource managers. By following IE's project management checklist and procedures, help guide team members and team leaders through IE's project management process. When needed, engage the IE Director for Institutional Project Management and/or an IE project manager to provide training or mentoring on project management best practices and techniques for team members and team leaders.
Perform other duties as assigned.
Required Qualifications
Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university in a related field of study with a minimum of two years of experience OR Associate's degree from an accredited college or university with five years of experience.
Preferred Qualifications
Project management experience in an academic or hospital/clinical setting.
Institutional knowledge or experience in higher education with the variety of types of projects that serve the educational, research, and service missions.
Project Management Professional certification (PMP) or Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM).
Experience with Waterfall project management methodology.
Experience in using Microsoft Project or another scheduling software.
Skills Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities
Detail-oriented with strong prioritization and organizational skills.
Shift Days; M-F (Work outside of the standard business hours may be required).
Salary $62,300–$65,208 annually (Salary to be commensurate with qualifications of the selected candidate within the established range).
Recruitment Period Until Filled
Benefits Benefits that may be elected could include health insurance, dental insurance, life insurance, Teachers Retirement System (or Optional Retirement Plan), as well as earned vacation time, sick leave, and 13 paid holidays. Full‑time employees who have been employed with us successfully for more than 6 months can be considered for the Tuition Assistance Program.
Conditions of Employment All selected candidates are required to successfully pass a Background Check review prior to starting with Augusta University. If applicable for the specific position based on the duties: the candidate will also need to have a credit check completed for Positions of Trust and/or approved departmental Purchase Card usage. Motor vehicle reports are required for positions that are required to drive an Augusta University vehicle. For Faculty Hires: Final candidates will be required to provide proof of completed academic degree(s) as well as post‑secondary coursework in the form of original transcript(s). Those candidates trained by a foreign institution will also be required to provide an educational/credential evaluation. All employees are responsible for ensuring the confidentiality, availability, and integrity of sensitive information by exercising sound judgment and adhering to cybersecurity and privacy policies during their employment and beyond.
Other Information This position is also responsible for promoting a customer‑friendly environment and providing superior service to our patients, students, faculty, and employees. "Augusta University is a patient‑and family‑centered care institution, where employees partner every day with patients and families for success." Augusta University is a tobacco‑free environment, and the use of any tobacco products on any part of the campus, both inside and outside, is strictly prohibited.
Equal Employment Opportunity Augusta University is proud to be an equal opportunity employer welcoming applicants from underrepresented groups, including individuals with disabilities and veterans.
How To Apply Consider applying with us today! https://www.augusta.edu/hr/jobs/ Select University Faculty & Staff > External Applicants if you are a candidate from outside the university. Select University Faculty & Staff > Internal Applicants if you are a current university employee. If you need further assistance, please contact us at 706‑721‑9365.
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Project Coordinator-Department
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About Us Augusta University is Georgia's innovation center for education and health care, training the next generation of innovators, leaders, and healthcare providers in classrooms and clinics on four campuses in Augusta and locations across the state. More than 12,000 students choose Augusta for educational opportunities at the center of Georgia's cybersecurity hub and experiential learning that blends arts and application, humanities, and the health sciences. Augusta is home to Georgia's only public academic health center, where groundbreaking research is creating a healthier, more prosperous Georgia, and world-class clinicians are bringing the medicine of tomorrow to patient care today. Our mission and values https://www.augusta.edu/about/mission.php make Augusta University an institution like no other.
Job Details Job ID:
293031
Location:
Augusta University
Full/Part Time:
Full Time
Job Summary The Project Coordinator will manage department level projects and provide support on large, complex, enterprise-level projects. This position will use proven and best practice project management processes to ensure effective implementation of assigned projects. The project coordinator will be responsible for the overall direction, coordination, implementation, execution, control and completion of assigned projects ensuring consistency with organizational strategy, commitments, and goals. The project manager will also provide support for people change/adoption management on all assigned projects and support or lead departmental lean process improvement initiatives.
Responsibilities
Team Lead: Coordinate and lead team meetings working closely with project leadership. Ensure members are presented with current information on the status of all current projects by executing the project communications plan (providing oral and/or written status reports, team lead and team member project schedule task reports, etc.).
Project Management: Implement IE's standardized project management methodology and templates to plan and manage a variety of large, complex, university-wide, and enterprise-level projects simultaneously. Create and execute project charters and project management plans (scope statement, deliverables, budget management plan, project budget, organizational charts and/or team charters, risk management plan, risk log, issue management plan, issues log, work breakdown structure, resource allocations, project schedule, vendor management plan, project training plan, project communications plan, project change management, etc.) and review as appropriate with project leadership to meet changing needs and requirements. Facilitate overall project assessment (lessons learned). Identify, negotiate, and ensure adequate resources are available and allocated to projects by working with the departmental resource managers. By following IE's project management checklist and procedures, help guide team members and team leaders through IE's project management process. When needed, engage the IE Director for Institutional Project Management and/or an IE project manager to provide training or mentoring on project management best practices and techniques for team members and team leaders.
Perform other duties as assigned.
Required Qualifications
Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university in a related field of study with a minimum of two years of experience OR Associate's degree from an accredited college or university with five years of experience.
Preferred Qualifications
Project management experience in an academic or hospital/clinical setting.
Institutional knowledge or experience in higher education with the variety of types of projects that serve the educational, research, and service missions.
Project Management Professional certification (PMP) or Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM).
Experience with Waterfall project management methodology.
Experience in using Microsoft Project or another scheduling software.
Skills Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities
Detail-oriented with strong prioritization and organizational skills.
Shift Days; M-F (Work outside of the standard business hours may be required).
Salary $62,300–$65,208 annually (Salary to be commensurate with qualifications of the selected candidate within the established range).
Recruitment Period Until Filled
Benefits Benefits that may be elected could include health insurance, dental insurance, life insurance, Teachers Retirement System (or Optional Retirement Plan), as well as earned vacation time, sick leave, and 13 paid holidays. Full‑time employees who have been employed with us successfully for more than 6 months can be considered for the Tuition Assistance Program.
Conditions of Employment All selected candidates are required to successfully pass a Background Check review prior to starting with Augusta University. If applicable for the specific position based on the duties: the candidate will also need to have a credit check completed for Positions of Trust and/or approved departmental Purchase Card usage. Motor vehicle reports are required for positions that are required to drive an Augusta University vehicle. For Faculty Hires: Final candidates will be required to provide proof of completed academic degree(s) as well as post‑secondary coursework in the form of original transcript(s). Those candidates trained by a foreign institution will also be required to provide an educational/credential evaluation. All employees are responsible for ensuring the confidentiality, availability, and integrity of sensitive information by exercising sound judgment and adhering to cybersecurity and privacy policies during their employment and beyond.
Other Information This position is also responsible for promoting a customer‑friendly environment and providing superior service to our patients, students, faculty, and employees. "Augusta University is a patient‑and family‑centered care institution, where employees partner every day with patients and families for success." Augusta University is a tobacco‑free environment, and the use of any tobacco products on any part of the campus, both inside and outside, is strictly prohibited.
Equal Employment Opportunity Augusta University is proud to be an equal opportunity employer welcoming applicants from underrepresented groups, including individuals with disabilities and veterans.
How To Apply Consider applying with us today! https://www.augusta.edu/hr/jobs/ Select University Faculty & Staff > External Applicants if you are a candidate from outside the university. Select University Faculty & Staff > Internal Applicants if you are a current university employee. If you need further assistance, please contact us at 706‑721‑9365.
Seniority level
Entry level
Employment type
Full‑time
Job function
Other
Industries
Online Audio and Video Media
#J-18808-Ljbffr