Project Coordinator

Mishcon Global Capability Centre; Gurugram District; On-site; INR 700,000 - 1,100,000; Full time

Job summary

Mishcon Global Capability Centre is seeking a Project Coordinator - Transformation to support delivery of transformation initiatives from Gurgaon. The role involves coordinating day-to-day project activities, maintaining trackers, and ensuring timely action across multiple teams.

You will work closely with the Transformation Manager to monitor plans, risks, and milestones, while preparing updates and governance artefacts.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a related field is required.
• Typically 2–3 years of experience in project coordination or transformation roles.
• Experience supporting projects, workstreams, or transformation initiatives.
• Good understanding of project governance, action tracking, RAID logs, meeting coordination, and status reporting.
• Ability to coordinate across multiple teams, functions, and geographies.
• Exposure to stakeholder engagement and communications.
• Strong organisational skills with managing deadlines and dependencies.
• Good written and verbal communication skills.
• Proficiency in MS Excel, PowerPoint, Teams, SharePoint; familiarity with MS Project, Jira or Asana would be advantageous.
• Desirable project management certifications (PRINCE2, PMP, Agile/Scrum).

Responsibilities

• Support delivery of transformation projects by coordinating day-to-day activities, actions, timelines, and documentation.
• Work with Transformation Manager to track plans, risks, issues, and dependencies.
• Coordinate meetings, prepare agendas, capture minutes, and follow up on actions.
• Maintain project trackers, RAID logs, status reports, and governance artefacts.
• Assist in preparing project updates, steering materials, dashboards, and management reports.
• Coordinate inputs from cross-functional teams to keep activities aligned.
• Engage stakeholders to gather updates, follow up on actions, and escalate blockers.
• Help manage project communications and keep stakeholders informed of progress.
• Identify risks, issues, dependencies, and decisions; escalate as needed.
• Assist with maintaining project documentation, governance standards, and audit-ready records.
• Support resource, meeting, and dependency coordination across teams and streams.
• Contribute to process improvement and transformation initiatives to improve coordination and delivery efficiency.
• Provide structured support to ensure projects are delivered in a controlled manner.

Skills

Coordination

Organisational skills

Communication

Stakeholder engagement

Attention to detail

Cross-functional teamwork

Problem solving

Transformation environment

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Project Management, Operations, Transformation, or related field

Tools

Excel

PowerPoint

Teams

SharePoint

MS Project

Jira

Asana

Job description

Job title: Project Coordinator - Transformation

Work Location: Gurgaon, India

Division/Department: Transformation

Reports to: Service Delivery Leader - Transformation

Full-time Role: Yes

About The Mishcon de Reya Group:
The Mishcon de Reya Group is an independent, international professional services business with law at its heart, employing over 1400 people with over 650 lawyers. It includes the law firm Mishcon de Reya LLP and a collection of leading consultancy businesses that complement the firm's legal services.
Mishcon de Reya LLP is based in London, Oxford, Cambridge, Singapore, Hong Kong and UAE. The firm services an international community of clients and provides advice in situations where the constraints of geography often do not apply. The work the firm undertakes is cross-border, multi-jurisdictional and complex, centred around three increasingly entwined and connected sectors: the Innovation Economy, Private Wealth and Capital, and Real Estate. The firm is known as a disputes powerhouse with a formidable capacity firmwide for dispute resolution.
The Mishcon de Reya Group includes consultancy businesses MDR Discover, MDR Mayfair (in London, Singapore and Dubai), MDR ONE, and MDRi (in Hong Kong). The Group also includes MDR Lab, which invests in the most promising early stage legal tech companies as well as the Mishcon Academy, its in-house place of learning and platform for thought leadership.
In 2024, the Group announced its first strategic acquisition in the alternative legal services market, flexible legal resourcing business Flex Legal. It also acquired a majority stake in Somos, a global group actions management business.
We strive to create a fully diverse and inclusive workplace where all our people are empowered to fulfil their potential. We are proud of our agile working culture and are always happy to talk flexible working.

Education and/or Work Experience Requirements:

• Bachelors degree in Business Administration, Project Management, Operations, Transformation, or a related field.
• Typically 23 years of experience in project coordination, PMO, transformation, operations, consulting, or business support roles.
• Experience supporting projects, workstreams, or transformation initiatives.
• Good understanding of project governance, action tracking, RAID logs, meeting coordination, and status reporting.
• Ability to coordinate across multiple teams, functions, and geographies.
• Exposure to stakeholder engagement, including preparing updates, following up on actions, and supporting communications.
• Strong organisational skills with the ability to manage deadlines, dependencies, and competing priorities.
• Good written and verbal communication skills.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, Teams, SharePoint, and other project tracking tools.
• Exposure to tools such as MS Project, Jira, Asana, or similar platforms would be advantageous.
• Project management certification such as PRINCE2 Foundation, PMP, Agile/Scrum, or pursuing a certification would be desirable but not essential

Duties and Responsibilities:
A hands-on role providing comprehensive support to the Project/ Programme Manager in planning, organising, coordinating resources, and tracking project delivery to ensure successful completion and sustained business value.

• Support the delivery of transformation projects by coordinating day-to-day project activities, actions, timelines, and documentation.
• Work closely with the Transformation Manager and/or Project Manager to ensure project plans, milestones, risks, issues, and dependencies are regularly tracked and updated.
• Coordinate meetings, prepare agendas, capture minutes, document decisions, and follow up on actions to ensure momentum is maintained.
• Maintain project trackers, action logs, RAID logs, status reports, and other governance artefacts.
• Support the preparation of project updates, steering materials, dashboards, and management reports.
• Coordinate across cross-functional teams to ensure required inputs are received on time and project activities remain aligned.
• Engage with stakeholders where required to gather updates, clarify actions, support follow-ups, and escalating blockers appropriately.
• Help manage project communications by ensuring relevant stakeholders are kept informed of progress, risks, decisions, and next steps.
• Support the identification and tracking of risks, issues, dependencies, and decisions, and escalating matters to the Project Manager or Transformation Manager where appropriate.
• Assist with maintaining project documentation, governance standards, version control, and audit-ready records.
• Support resource, meeting, and dependency coordination across different teams and workstreams.
• Contribute to process improvement and transformation initiatives by identifying opportunities to improve coordination, reporting, and delivery efficiency.
• Provide structured support to ensure projects are delivered in a consistent, organised, and controlled manner

Key Skills and Competencies:

• Strong coordination and organisational skills.
• Ability to manage multiple tasks, actions, and deadlines in parallel.
• Clear and professional communication style.
• Confidence in engaging with stakeholders at different levels when required.
• Strong follow-through and ownership of assigned actions.
• Good attention to detail, particularly in documentation, reporting, and governance.
• Ability to work collaboratively across teams and geographies.
• Problem-solving mindset with the ability to spot risks, gaps, and dependencies early.
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced transformation or project environment.
• Ability to balance structure, flexibility, and stakeholder expectations.