Project Coordinator

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The team works with the largest organizations in the world (80% of Fortune 500s), helping them move towards the future of work - a blended workforce of full-time employees and freelancers working side by side. We are growing at an accelerated pace and have aggressive growth targets for 2024 and beyond.

Do you want to learn more about technology, and work alongside NASA to help crowdsource tools for Astronauts to use on the International Space Station? Do you want first hand experience coordinating an assortment of technical projects that will be used by Astronauts?

In this role you will be responsible for project coordination of projects through NASA NOIS2 and other public sector opportunities. After 6 months of onboarding and training as the backup on projects, you will take over as the primary point of contact for NASA projects. You will support the creation of project and contest documentation, communicate and work with the variety of internal and client stakeholders to ensure successful project outcomes, create action plans and provide reporting updates and trends on project plans, schedules, budgets, and crowd resources. Additionally, you will also be creating outreach content (e.g., social media, press releases, forums, emails), managing the release schedule, and communicating to contest participants including through documentation.

Must have:

• Strong communication skills with excellent technical writing skills: you can translate business needs into technical requirements and explain technical concepts to a non-technical audience.
• Highly organized, analytical and able to work independently: you can juggle between 5+ projects at the same time, you have a tendency to take ownership and you have a sense for prioritizing features, making estimates and creating timelines.
• Attention to detail and a strong level of customer focus.
• High level of integrity and sense of urgency to “make things happen”.

Nice to have :

• Proven work experience as a Project Manager or Project Coordinator
• Passionate about space exploration
• Ability to read, analyze, and dissect legal, compliance, and technical RFPs and Task Orders.

Benefits:

This won't be a cog-in-the-machine job; you will be joining a global technology company that is a meritocracy, so if you are looking to make a difference and be rewarded for your efforts, this is the place for you.

• Fast-track your career growth – our meritocratic culture is known for promoting from within and producing industry leaders in tech.
• Delicious Friday lunches from a rotating selection of local restaurants.
• Engaging Weekly Town Halls with global presentations and open Q&A sessions with our CEO (feel free to ask him anything!).
• Regular paid social events
• Regular appraisals and personal development plans
• Relaxed dress code
• Fun atmosphere, working with smart people
• Competitive salary; CAD $50k - $55k
• Hack-a-thons - Get hacking and programming in this biannual company-wide event where teams create solutions to existing problems and win prizes. The 2-day event is filled with games, events, shows, food and more.

Just when you thought it couldn’t get any better:

• Change lives every day – Everything we do as part of our jobs contribute to improving the lives of our users on a global scale. Our mission is to provide one billion jobs. Not many companies actually make a difference in providing opportunity and income to people all around the world.
• Fast-track your career - We boast a meritocratic culture, renowned for hiring into senior roles from within and producing many business and product leaders in the technology industry.