Senior Project Co-ordinator

Opencast; Newcastle upon Tyne; Hybrid; GBP 34,000 - 44,000; Full time

Job summary

Opencast, a tech consultancy, seeks a skilled Project Coordinator to enhance project management and reporting. This role involves collaboration across departments, facilitating workshops, and ensuring timely data management. Ideal candidates will thrive in a dynamic environment, have strong communication skills, and excel in using Microsoft 365 tools.

Benefits

Competitive pension

Health cash plan

Share options

Discretionary bonus

Flexible hours

25 days' holiday

Generous training budget

Qualifications

• Experience coordinating multiple projects in parallel.
• Detail-oriented with strong communication skills.
• Enthusiastic and inquisitive problem-solver.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with delivery leads and client teams to manage robust reporting.
• Support onboarding of consultants and manage project records.

Skills

Microsoft 365

Excel

Time management

Problem-solving

Communication

Team collaboration

Tools

Teams

Workday

Job description

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Ready for a new challenge?

Are you looking for work that makes a difference? Do you want to work with people who learn and grow together?

If so, Opencast could be the place for you. We're a growing tech consultancy that creates user-centred solutions with purpose for our clients in government and business.

The role

We're looking for a project coordinator to join our Delivery Management Office. The role involves collaborating with delivery leads, workforce allocation teams and our client experience teams to ensure the preparation and ownership of accurate and timely data management and the consolidation of reports into various functions for all levels of the organisation. You will be confident to take the lead on facilitating workshops, improving processes with internal and external stakeholders.

The ideal candidate will be comfortable working with information in various formats, predominantly excel, to produce reporting for various stakeholder groups including the key account teams and the executive team.

You'll be working with a group of stakeholders across different departments to create a well-rounded view of the project landscape. You will help ensure the success of outcomes for our clients by managing internal project records. In addition to this, you'llsupport the onboarding of consultants to client projects and handle any administration surrounding this (updating reporting and notifying clients and partners of start dates and consultant details).

Essential experience:

- Working with Microsoft 365, particularly Teams and Excel

- Coordinating multiple projects in parallel

- Managing and prioritising your workload with good time management skills

Other essential skills:

- Have a keen eye and are detailed oriented

- Want to learn and are naturally inquisitive

- Are a problem-solver and enjoy challenging the status quo

- Have strong written and verbal communication skills

- Are a team player and collaborate well with others

Other helpful experience:

- Experience in a project focused role in a consultancy environment

- Preparing reports for c-suite and business leaders

- Working with ERP tools such as Workday

Salary

Salary range: £34,000 - £44,000

What our offer includes

A competitive pension, health cash plan, share options and discretionary bonus.

Flexible hours and 25 days' holiday. Generous training budget.

People to support you every step of the way.

Where you'll work

Our hybrid model means you could work from our HQ, a city hub, a client site or home.

We include you

We won't discriminate on age, disability, ethnicity, family status, gender, race, religion or sexual orientation. We'll consider applicants from overseas.

Interview

Job interviews are on Microsoft Teams. We'll make any adjustments to help you.

Want to know more?

Visit our website or email [e-mail].

£34,000 - £44,000 a year