Project Coordinator (10-month FTC), Teddington
Client: LGC Group
Location: Teddington, United Kingdom
Job Category: Other
EU work permit required: Yes
Job Reference: 23c42391538d
Job Views: 67
Posted: 18.02.2025
Expiry Date: 04.04.2025
Job Description:
Company Description
As the National Measurement Laboratory (NML), we are the UK’s designated institute for chemical and bio-measurement and support the work of the Government Chemist. Our work addresses fundamental and emerging measurement challenges, helping to foster innovation and promoting productivity and economic growth.
The Business Development & Resourcing Team’s responsibilities include:
* Shape business opportunities from customer requests to project initiation for measurement services, including training, consultancy and RM production services.
* Collect customer feedback from measurement services.
* Prepare large scale grant-funded and competitive tenders, including development of appropriate financial models for contracted projects.
* Manage industry accounts.
* Monitor the financial performance for individual teams against divisional targets.
* Support delivery of strategic projects across NL division.
Job Description
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the team as a Project Coordinator. This is a dual-purpose role supporting both the day-to-day business development activities of the team (40%), while also facilitating delivery of a major transformational infrastructure project – ‘Project Emerald’ (60%). Project Emerald will see the NML relocate from its current home in Teddington to a new purposed-designed facility on the Surrey Research Park in Guildford.
You will work alongside Programme/Project Managers and the Programmes Coordinator to ensure effective planning, management and delivery of our commercial services and special/CI projects. You will also work in conjunction with the Project Emerald core team supporting workstream leads across areas including design and build, IT, people, move logistics, and communications.
Key Responsibilities
* Ownership of key Project Management tool (Smartsheet), to ensure that project data is kept up to date and accurate.
* Coordination of project updates from workstream leads and other key stakeholders.
* Supporting reporting of project outcomes to the Project Emerald Teams and Executive Leadership Team.
Business Development activities:
* Support the Programmes & Commercial Management team to effectively manage various commercial projects.
* Additional administration and general support to the Programmes & Commercial Management Team.
* Assist Project Managers with planning and updating project information on the company’s ERP system (IFS), CRM system (Salesforce), and contract management system (IronClad).
* Assist project managers with continuous improvement activities.
* Monitoring of government procurement portals and calls for tenders to identify potential business opportunities.
* Organise meetings and take minutes (after training).
Qualifications
Knowledge, Experience and Technical Skills
* Strong IT skills (competent in MS Office (Word, Excel and PowerPoint)).
* Proven ability to work to deadlines.
* Good interpersonal skills and ability to work with a wide range of stakeholders.
* Excellent organisational skills, including meticulous record keeping and attention to detail.
* Strong prioritisation skills with the ability to manage competing demands.
* Able to multitask and complete work to tight deadlines.
Additional Information
The job holder will be able to demonstrate the following behaviours in line with LGC’s values:
* Passion for organisation and delivering challenging tasks to time.
* Curiosity to understand support systems and procedures.
* Integrity to develop relationships with internal and external customers.
* Brilliance to identify innovative approaches to improve delivery.
* Respect for all colleagues and collaboration with a range of individuals including programme/project managers, lab staff and senior management.
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