Project Coordinator (1 Year Contract)

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Job Profile Summary:

A project coordinator is responsible for the day-to-day management of a project, including organizing tasks, monitoring progress, communicating with team members, and ensuring deadlines are met, essentially acting as a support system to the Programme Lead to keep the project running smoothly and on track.

Job Description:

• Handles daily project tasks.
• Coordinates actions of team members.
• Manages project calendars.
• Ensures employees meet deadlines.
• Communicates with coworkers.
• Mandatory management reporting (including risk & issue).

Who we are looking for:

• Organizational Skills: Excel at organizing tasks, schedules, and resources. Manage project documents, budgets, and scope statements to ensure everything runs smoothly.
• Administrative Proficiency: Manage administrative tasks such as setting up meeting schedules, recording minutes and actions, and overseeing the project delivery process.
• Effective Communication:  Serve as intermediaries between project teams (including product owners) and stakeholders/SMEs. Meet with stakeholders to understand their needs and ensure effective communication of project progress throughout its lifecycle.
• Reporting: Ensure that project status is communicated to stakeholders and accurately documented.
• Collaboration and Teamwork: Work closely with project owners, project managers, product owners, team members, and stakeholders. Effective teamwork is crucial for successful project execution.
• Risk Management: Ability to identify and working with the business to mitigate risks.
• Interpersonal: Demonstrates friendliness, empathy, courtesy, understanding, and politeness towards others, aligning with Prudential values.

Education & Experience:

• Diploma or Degree with at least one year of working experience.
• Preferred candidates should have experience handling project-related work in the financial industry.

Language:

• English

Prudential is an equal opportunity employer. We provide equality of opportunity of benefits for all who apply and who perform work for our organisation irrespective of sex, race, age, ethnic origin, educational, social and cultural background, marital status, pregnancy and maternity, religion or belief, disability or part-time / fixed-term work, or any other status protected by applicable law. We encourage the same standards from our recruitment and third-party suppliers taking into account the context of grade, job and location. We also allow for reasonable adjustments to support people with individual physical or mental health requirements.