Element
Project Coordinator
TLDR
Provide full-time administrative support for a federal government contract while ensuring efficient coordination across project teams and stakeholders using modern collaboration tools.
Key Responsibilities
Provide full-time administrative and logistical support, ensuring efficient coordination across project teams and stakeholders.
Schedule and coordinate all team meetings, working sessions, and governance forums, ensuring appropriate attendance, agendas, and follow-ups.
Maintain and manage action item logs, ensuring timely tracking, updates, and closure of tasks and decisions.
Support development and maintenance of project plans and schedules, including updates to milestones, dependencies, and delivery timelines.
Use Confluence and Jira to manage project documentation, track work items, and support Agile delivery processes.
Develop and maintain documentation and collaborative content using Google Docs and Google Workspace tools.
Assist with onboarding of new resources, particularly those supporting CMS contracts, ensuring access, documentation, and orientation materials are complete.
Support risk and issue tracking, including logging, updating, and escalating program risks and blockers as needed.
Prepare and distribute status reports, summaries, and updates for internal teams and government stakeholders.
Support technical document review and editing, including grammar checks, formatting consistency, and clarity improvements for program documentation.
Coordinate with project managers, product owners, technical teams, and stakeholders to ensure alignment on deliverables and timelines.
Maintain organized records of project artifacts in accordance with federal documentation and compliance requirements.
Minimum Requirements
Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Project Management, Information Systems, Communications, or related field (or equivalent experience).
4+ years of experience in project coordination, project support, or program administration roles.
Experience working in federal government contracting environments, preferably supporting CMS or healthcare-related programs.
Demonstrated experience supporting project plans, schedules, and delivery tracking in complex environments.
Proficiency with Jira and Confluence for Agile project tracking and documentation management.
Strong experience using Google Workspace tools (Docs, Sheets, Drive, Calendar) for collaboration and documentation.
Experience supporting CMS contract onboarding processes, including resource setup, documentation access, and compliance requirements.
Familiarity with Agile or SAFe environments.
Experience with risk and issue tracking, including maintaining logs and supporting mitigation follow-up.
Experience preparing and distributing status reports and executive summaries.
Experience supporting technical reviews, editing, and documentation quality assurance.
Strong organizational and multitasking abilities.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
High attention to detail and accuracy in documentation and tracking.
Ability to work effectively in fast-paced, deadline-driven environments.
Strong interpersonal skills and ability to coordinate across multiple teams and stakeholders.
US Citizenship or Permanent Residency required.
Must reside in the Continental US.
Depending on the government agency, specific requirements may include public trust background check or security clearance.
Preferred Qualifications
Experience supporting large-scale federal IT or healthcare programs.
Experience using reporting or dashboard tools (e.g., Excel, Power BI).
Project Management Professional (PMP) or CAPM certification (preferred but not required).
Our People
We invest in the lives of our employees, both in and out of the workplace, by providing competitive pay and benefits packages. Benefits offered may include health care, dental, vision, life insurance; 401(k); paid time off including PTO, holidays, and any other paid leave required by law.
Location
Be in your Element. We are a remote first company based out of Washington, DC.
Element is an equal opportunity employer All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status, marital status, protected veteran status, or any other legally protected class.
We believe in a world where solutions we build improve the lives of those who use them.
Element crafts tailored user experiences that bridge innovation with the specific needs of government and commercial clients. By focusing on practical solutions, we empower our partners to enhance their services and engagement strategies.
- Industry
- Internet Software & Services
- Total raised
- $18M raised
Project Coordinator