**Job Title**: Project/Program Coordinator I
** Location**: San Jose, CA (Remote)
**Duration**: 4 months
**Contract Type**: W2 only
**Pay Rate**: $33.39/Hour
Assist project manager in all aspects of project management including project planning, data gathering, analysis, development, communication, status tracking, implementation, monitoring, and follow-up.
Coordinates project activities with project manager and communicates to key project stakeholders.
**Responsibilities include**:
- Tracking the progress of project(s), including milestones, budget, action items and issues.
- Developing project work break down structures using MS-Project following a project management life cycle methodology.
- Designing and implementing MS-Project templates and filters for project plan tracking and reporting.
- Analyzing master project plan(s) for conflicting tasks, timeline consolidation, and resource allocation.
- Designing and distributing templates to facilitate project tracking, change control, metrics, and issue decision management.
- Follow-up on project issues with project manager(s) to assist in the development of solutions.
- Following through on action items generated from project team meetings.
- Assist in technical, financial, and organizational issues by researching issues, and providing recommendations.
- Acting as liaison between various stakeholders, departments, outside agencies, or collaborators, providing status reports and data analysis and ensuring flow of communication between groups.
- Performing ongoing maintenance of the project knowledge base and PMO document archives.
- Recommending and developing operational or process improvements for the performance and successful functioning.
- Ensuring project work complies with practices, policies and standard operating procedures
- Participating in required meetings, activities, and related projects and relevant interdepartmental activities.
- Performing special projects as requested by supervisor.