Position Title: Project Coordinator (PC)
Reports to: Manager, Project Operations
Department: Operations
Experience and Education:
Required
- Bachelor’s degree
The Operations Department supports account team efforts by implementing and delivering projects.
A Project Coordinator (PC) is an entry level position that does not require previous medical education experience, but requires skills such as organization, time management, communication (written and verbal), and multi-tasking. The PC’s primary role and responsibility is to support the Project Manager (PM) with day-to-day implementation of operational tasks for multiple projects, in collaboration with an account team.
Over time, the PC has the ability to successfully support a broad range of projects, and can work on simultaneous projects with input and direction from his/her supervisor and/or PM.
The main duties of a PC are as follows:
Account Team Support
- Draft meeting materials and communications (from templates) for PM and/or AM review
- Support the PM and/or AM with medical/legal/regulatory (MLR) submissions and have some knowledge of the assigned client’s MLR review process
- Develop registration sites via CVENT; develop surveys via SurveyMonkey; set up contracts in DocuSign
- Assist in organizing folders and files on the public server
- Route materials to/from editorial and graphic designers
- Route materials for team review; obtain final approvals for upload/print/distribution
- Prepare and ship all materials to meeting site
Time Management
- Understand the importance and use of a project timeline; assist in developing, updating, and managing project timelines
- Support the PM in managing deadlines and deliverables by working closely with internal departments and account team to ensure timing for deliverables is appropriate
- Work efficiently and with a sense of urgency to ensure projects remain on task
- Enter accurate, billable time on a regular basis
Team Leadership
- Attend kick-off meetings, status meetings, and post-meeting debriefs (internally and with the client)
- Assist in preparing weekly status report and meeting minutes for internal and client meetings
- Assist in researching and managing vendors
Financial Accountability
- Assist in obtaining vendor quotes; negotiate for optimal pricing based on project scope prior to initiating any work; multiple quotes should be solicited prior to vendor selection
- Ensure vendor quotes are within budget (if already set); ensure final invoices are received in a timely manner
- Assist in submitting invoices and job code request forms to finance
Send your resume and cover letter to:
Alexis Malafatopoulos
Manager, Project Operations
240 Cedar Knolls Road, Suite 200
Cedar Knolls, NJ 07927
direct: (973) 867-3848 cell: (201) 819-5916 fax: (973) 507-5927
e-mail: alexis@pvaluecomm.com
Founded in 2004, p-value communications is a privately owned, full-service medical communications agency certified by the Women’s Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC). We are dedicated to providing our clients with significantly different service. We are the right-sized business to provide the strategic, tactical, and executing services of a large organization while operating like an agile, detailed, and efficient boutique firm.
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