Project Assistant III

Description:

*** Max Bill Rate - XX38.95**
* This is a remote position. The manager lives in the Raleigh/Durham area and travels to Indianapolis quarterly, so candidates in those areas would be great but are not required.

Standard business hours. There are global meetings quarterly, so there may be an occasional early morning meeting.

Education and Experience:

3-5 years experience with a college degree OR 5+ years work experience without a college degree.

Areas of Support/Tasks
-Impact Validation Project - 30%

* Review and validation of all CPW impacts from
CPW Ambassador Program TEAMS engagement - 25%

* Development of a CPWA engagement plan for 2025
-CPW Connect Site Refresh - 20%

* Redesign layout

* Update site with refreshed content
-International Day of the Girl strategy execution - 15%

* Support execution of communications strategy and global program development

* IDG 2026 Planning
-CPW administrative support/2026 annual planning - 10%

* General tasks, i.e., recording meeting minutes, etc.

* Lead meeting scheduling for all global regions

* 2025 impact validation

Skills/Expertise needed
-General tasks + Planning

* Microsoft Office, Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Teams, Sharepoint, Copilot

* Operational logistics support, i.e., reports, scheduling, recording meeting notes/minutes, email, etc.

* Tech savvy

* Creative

* Project management skills

* Research and information sourcing (use of AI)

* Information assessment and analysis

* Project and strategy implementation skills (individual contributor)

* Effective communications skills (business writing, editing, developing content, storytelling, presentations, etc.)

* Summarizing information into reporting and presentation formats

* Supportive and eager to learn

* Resourceful

* Solution-oriented

* Self-motivated; action-oriented

* Customer-focused; great relationship management skills

* Trustworthy

* Friendly

* Planning proficient

* Great listener/aligns

* Self-awareness
-Validation project

* Detail oriented

* Math skills (general math, determining percentages)

* Data and trends analysis
-Ambassador Program

* Social media proficient (Linked In, IG, Twitter, FB)

* Online community maintenance

* Communications planning

* Online community engagement
-Connect site

* Webpage/site content inventory

* Sharepoint page layout and content development

* Webpage/site maintenance
-IDG 2025

* Communications plan development

* Program and event planning

Job Summary:

Applies developing business process and project management skills within an area of business or technical specialty under the supervision of a project manager. Develops skills to manage small portions of well defined projects. Provides administrative and logistics support for a project team and project manager.

Key Responsibilities:

Serves as a support resource on projects and work assignments; developing basic knowledge of effective project management and general business understanding. Assists in identifying, tracking, and working with others to resolve project issues while developing skills to do this independently. Helps to monitor and communicate project status to project team while developing skills to do this independently. Assists with budget planning and tracking, research, and analytical support;

provides administrative support for the design and development of project plans and timelines. Assists with managing project risk; developing how to use quality tools to identify areas of risk. Supports documenting and sharing team learnings with other teams; uses lessons learned from other sources to enhance the success of the project. Maintains project notes, databases, and other records; monitors measures and communicates with Project Manager on status of specific projects and assignments.

Qualifications and Competencies

Competencies:

Communicates effectively - Developing and delivering multi-mode communications that convey a clear understanding of the unique needs of different audiences. Plans and aligns - Planning and prioritizing work to meet commitments aligned with organizational goals. Customer focus - Building strong customer relationships and delivering customer-centric solutions. Resourcefulness - Securing and deploying resources effectively and efficiently. Manages complexity - Making sense of complex, high quantity, and sometimes contradictory information to effectively solve problems.

Manages conflict - Handling conflict situations effectively, with a minimum of noise. Schedule Management - Manages the project schedule using the recommended project management tools and processes to drive completion within the agreed timeline. Scope Management - Manages a list of project deliverables (scope) using the recommended project management tools and processes to ensure that the project includes all the work required and only the work required to complete the project successfully.

Project Resource Management - Develops resource (expense and headcount) plans using recommended project management tools and processes to manage resources effectively. Project Issue and Risk…