Project Coordinator - Toronto, Canada - University of Toronto

University of Toronto
University of Toronto
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Toronto, Canada

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Description

Date Posted:05/26/2023


Req ID: 31468


Faculty/Division:
School of Management


Department:
Joseph L. Rotman School of Management


Campus:
St. George (Downtown Toronto)


Position Number:


Description:


About us:


The Rotman School of Management is part of the University of Toronto, a global centre of research and academic excellence at the heart of Canada's commercial and financial capital.

Rotman is a catalyst for transformative learning, insights and public engagement, bringing together diverse views and initiatives around a defining purpose:
to create value for business and society.

We make a fundamental promise - Here's where it changes - to our students, our partners and the broader community.

Everyone at Rotman, faculty and staff, plays a role in bringing that promise to life.


Your opportunity:


The BMO Financial Group Finance Research and Trading Lab is a high-tech facility that enables students, faculty and staff to interact with the global financial community and its resources in a real-time setting.

This state-of-the-art multi-function laboratory creates new opportunities for training, teaching, research, product and curriculum development.

The FRT-Lab provides a focal point for research and training in a range of financial disciplines including:
investment strategy and portfolio management; financial engineering and risk management; trading; and, analysis of the microstructure of markets.


Your responsibilities will include:


  • Developing or modifying project schedules
  • Reviewing and assessing requirements needed to meet project timelines
  • Researching, analyzing and recommending solutions to project challenges
  • Coordinating tasks forprojects and other strategic initiatives with stakeholders
  • Gathering information in preparation for planning reports
  • Drafting progress reports for project leader's review
  • Resolving issues identified in project planning reports
  • Implementing project communications plans

Essential Qualifications:


  • Bachelor's Degree (Finance, MIS, Project Management, Management, Economics, Marketing); or acceptable combination of equivalent education and experience
  • Minimum five (5) years recent and relevant experience in a project coordination role
  • Experience developing project plans, strategic plans, and/or other project coordination documents
  • Excellent oral and written communication skills to facilitate community consultations and build stakeholder relationships
  • Experience organizing activities for events and/or programming including workshops, seminars, and small conferences
  • Experience coordinating meeting schedules, agendas, materials, action and followup items
  • Experience with financial record keeping including reviewing invoices and tracking budgets
  • Experience with, or exposure to, grant writing
  • Advanced skills and experience using Microsoft Office suite, including Excel, PowerPoint, Word, Outlook, Forms, etc.
  • Experience with updating websites and social media accounts, including drafting and editing content for print and/or online communications channels
  • Flexibility and demonstrated initiative to work in a fastpaced, ambiguous, and changing environment
  • Proven ability to work independently as well as in a team environment

Assets (Nonessential):


  • Completed,or on track to complete, PMI-PMP Certification or a certified project management course

To be successful in this role you will be:

  • Approachable
  • Multitasker
  • Organized
  • Problem solver
  • Resourceful
  • Tactful

Notes:

This is a 2-year term


This role is not currently eligible for a hybrid work arrangement, pursuant to University policies and guidelines, including but not limited to the University of Toronto's Alternative Work Arrangements Guideline.


Closing Date: 06/05/2023, 11:59PM ET


Employee Group:

USW

Appointment Type:
Budget - Term


Schedule:
Full-Time


Pay Scale Group & Hiring Zone:


Job Category:
Administrative / Managerial


Recruiter:
Jen Salerno

**Lived Experience Statement
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