Project Coordinator Academic Graduate Appointee (AGA)

We have an opening for an Academic Graduate Appointee. You will support a variety of projects by helping teams stay on track with budgets milestones deliverables and status this role you will work closely with a broad range of internal stakeholders including principal investigators Associate Program Leaders (APLs) and technical staff. This position is in the Energy and Homeland Securitys Cyber and Infrastructure Resilience (CIR) Program within the Global Security Directorate.

This is a one-year appointment with the possibility of being extended to two years.

In this role you will 

• Support principal investigators by tracking schedules milestones deliverables and budgets across projects.
• Assist with basic project budget support by tracking planned versus actuals supporting financial reporting and flagging variances for review.
• Participate in project meetings and ensure tracking and follow up on action items.
  Communicate project status to project teams.
• Coordinate with internal stakeholders to help resolve routine project issues in a timely manner.
• Maintain organized project documentation including schedules meeting notes deliverables and status reports.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Qualifications :

• Bachelors degree in Accounting Business Finance Project Management or other related fields.
• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail with the ability to manage multiple tasks and deadlines.
• Proficiency with MS Office Suite (Excel Word PowerPoint) business analytics tools (Tableau Power BI or similar) and common collaboration tools (Teams SharePoint or similar).
• Effective written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to present and communicate concepts and ideas.
• Ability to work in a team environment.
• Demonstrated exposure through coursework or relevant experience to one or more of the following topics: governmental accounting financial reporting data analysis data visualization large dataset analysis Excel business statistics risk assessment.

Qualifications We Desire

• Familiarity with basic project management concepts (milestones dependencies risks action items).
• Experience creating or maintaining Excel-based trackers and presenting data clearly.

Pay Range 

$5859 - $9282 Monthly

Please note that the pay range information is a general guideline only. Many factors are taken into consideration when setting starting pay including education experience the external labor market and internal equity.

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Position Information

This is a one-year Academic Graduate Appointee open to those who have been awarded a degree at the time of the employment offer.

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• 401(k)
• Relocation Assistance
• Education Reimbursement Program
• Flexible schedules (*depending on project needs)
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  Remote Work :

  No

  
  

  Employment Type :

  Full-time