Project Coordinator

United Way for Greater Austin

Project Coordinator

Department:
Systems and Operations

Regular, Full-time, Non-Exempt

United Way for Greater Austin brings our community together to break economic barriers and build opportunity for all. We break the cycle of economic hardships for families and individuals, striving to create a vibrant, thriving community. Recognizing the urgency of addressing economic challenges, we focus on increasing the availability of high-quality early care and education and access to pivotal resources to address financial barriers in Central Texas.

Our united front includes dedicated donors, volunteers, corporate and civic partners, staff, and a connected network of neighbors. Together, we leverage data, community alliances, services, and public engagement to transform Central Texas, responding to urgent needs with lasting, impactful solutions.

We are seeking a detail‑oriented and action‑driven Project Coordinator to support the successful execution of projects within our Operations department. Reporting directly to the Director of Systems and Technology, this role will focus on maintaining project plans, tracking milestones, and ensuring effective communication among stakeholders. In this role, you will provide essential administrative support, manage documentation, and assist with resource allocation to keep projects on schedule and within scope.

This position requires strong collaboration skills, as you will work closely with cross‑functional teams to streamline processes, monitor progress, and ensure the timely delivery of project objectives that advance United Way for Greater Austin’s mission to engage constituents effectively in the Central Texas region.

• Action‑oriented: Readily takes action on challenges, without unnecessary planning. You identify and seize new opportunities. You display a can‑do attitude in good and bad times and step up to handle tough issues.
• Resilient: You are confident under pressure and maintain a positive attitude despite adversity. You manage crisis effectively, bounce back from setbacks, and grow from your hardships and negative experiences.
• Collaborates: You work cooperatively with all departments across the organization to achieve shared objectives and represent their interests while being fair to others and their area. You partner with others to get work done and credit others for their contributions and accomplishments - you garner the trust and support of others.
• Communicates effectively: You are effective in various communication settings: one‑on‑one, small and large groups, or among diverse styles and position levels. You attentively listen to others and adjust to fit the audience and the message. You provide timely and helpful information to others across the organization. You encourage the open expression of diverse ideas and opinions.
• Cultivates innovation: You come up with useful ideas that are new, better, or unique and introduce new ways of looking  can take a creative idea and put it into practice and you encourage diverse thinking to promote and nurture innovation.
• Customer focus: You gain insight into customer needs and identify opportunities that benefit the customer. You build and deliver solutions that meet customer expectations. You establish and maintain effective customer relationships.
• Resourcefulness: You marshal resources (people, funding, material, support) to get things done. You orchestrate multiple activities simultaneously to accomplish a goal. You get the most out of limited resources and apply knowledge of internal structures, processes, and culture to resource efforts.

• Maintain project plans, schedules, and status reports.
• Track deliverables, milestones, and deadlines.
• Update project management tools (e.g., Jira, Trello, Asana).
• Collaborate with internal resources on optimizing the SharePoint environment.
• Assist in the administration, maintenance, and enhancement of Salesforce and all other internal applications.

• Serve as a point of contact between team members, stakeholders, and vendors.
• Schedule and organize…