Junior Project Coordinator

About the role

Looking to build your career in project coordination and business operations? This 2-year remote contract opportunity is a great way to gain hands-on experience supporting market research projects, coordinating with vendors and internal stakeholders, managing project workflows, and developing valuable skills in a corporate business environment.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate market research projects from intake through completion, tracking milestones, deliverables, approvals, purchase orders, and follow-up actions.
• Maintain project trackers, shared inboxes, documentation, and workflow information to keep projects moving.
• Monitor outstanding items, identify bottlenecks, follow up with stakeholders, and escalate issues when needed.
• Communicate with suppliers, Procurement, project owners, researchers, and internal business partners to gather information and resolve questions.
• Pull reports and help review and reconcile project data, documentation, approvals, and financial information for accuracy and completeness.
• Coordinate training and onboarding activities, including scheduling, invitations, logistics, and follow-up.
• Support the team with meeting preparation, workload tracking, administrative tasks, troubleshooting, reporting, documentation, and special projects.
• Contribute to process improvements and cross-functional initiatives while building strong working relationships across the organization.

Requirements

• College degree preferred; equivalent experience in project coordination, operations, vendor coordination, procurement support, documentation, or stakeholder communication may be considered.
• Strong Microsoft Office skills, particularly Outlook, Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.
• Ability to quickly learn internal systems, workflow tools, reporting platforms, and document repositories.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Excellent organization, attention to detail, follow-through, and time management.
• Ability to prioritize work, meet deadlines, solve problems, and escalate issues appropriately.
• A self-starter who works well under pressure and can work with minimal guidance.

Benefits

Depending on the position, benefits may include medical, dental, and vision coverage; retirement and savings plans; paid holidays and time off; supplemental insurance; and additional wellness or incentive programs and include anything reportable for federal tax purposes.

Pay

The base pay range listed reflects what we reasonably expect to offer for this role. Actual pay may vary based on location, experience, and performance.