Project Coordinator

Our Why
Datacom works with organisations and communities across Australia and New Zealand to make a difference in people’s lives and help organisations use the power of tech to innovate and grow.
About the Role (your why)
What you’ll do - The Project Coordinator is responsible for coordinating all aspects of a project or product delivered by Project Managers or service offering project for clients from inception to delivery and installation.
The Project Coordinator is responsible for (but not limited to):

- Providing administrative support to relieve executive, administrative, and line and staff managers of complex details and advanced administrative duties.
- Maintaining and coordinating documentation, design and development of projects.
- Assisting with the preparation of reports.
- Coordinating project schedules and helping ensure that projects are delivered within given timeframes, meet user requirements, and are easily maintainable.
- Coordinating activities between departments and outside parties.
- Contacting company personnel at all organisational levels to gather information and prepare reports. Interacting extensively with sales, systems engineering, product development, and other members of cross-functional teams.
- Assisting and providing support for the project team to deliver maximum levels of productivity.
- Assisting with the reporting on the progress against project timeframes, milestones and budget.
- Analysing problems, determining approach, compiling and analysing data, and preparing reports/recommendations. Takes reasonable care that their actions (or inactions) do not harm the Health and Safety of self or others.
- Reports all incidents, hazards or unsafe work practices as per Datacom policy

What you’ll bring
- A strong client focus with experience in relevant IT projects is highly desirable
- Demonstrated planning and organisational skills including exceptional attention to detail.
- Demonstrated ability to manage multiple tasks at one time, achieve required outcomes and meet deadlines in a high-pressure environment.
- Demonstrated understanding and working knowledge of administrative support techniques and methods.
- Knowledge of finance management practices, with a clear understanding of the relationship between costs, utilisation and project revenue.
- 2-4 years of relevant project administration or coordination experience.
- Project coordination skills, deploying project management disciplines and processes.
- Ability to successfully deliver projects, coming in on time, to scope, quality and within budget.
- Ability to work on assignments requiring considerable judgement and initiative.
- Assures adherence to budgets, schedules, work plans, and performance requirements.
- Ability to work in large collaborative teams to achieve organisational goals, and act as informal leader and mentor developing employees.
- Proven analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Effective presentation skills with the ability to convey technical information across various levels.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills.

Why join us here at Datacom?
Datacom is one of Australia and New Zealand’s largest suppliers of Information Technology professional services. We have managed to maintain a dynamic, agile, small business feel that is often diluted in larger organisations of our size. It's our people that give Datacom its unique culture and energy that you can feel from the moment you meet with us.
We care about our people and provide a range of perks such as social events, chill-out spaces, remote working, flexi-hours and professional development courses to name a few. You’ll have the opportunity to learn, develop your career, connect and bring your true self to work. You will be recognised and valued for your contributions and be able to do your work in a collegial, flat-structured environment.
We operate at the forefront of technology to help Australia and New Zealand’s largest enterprise organisations explore possibilities and solve their greatest challenges, so you will never run out of interesting new challenges and opportunities.
We want Datacom to be an inclusive and welcoming workplace for everyone and take pride in the steps we have taken and continue to take to make our environment fun and friendly, and our people feel supported.