Junior Project Coordinator

Summary

This position is being offered with the support of United Nations Association in Canada’s Youth Breaking Barriers to Employment program, funded in partnership with Employment and Social Development Canada.

⁠LetsStopAIDS is a Canadian youth-HIV charity that focuses on HIV prevention and knowledge exchange by engaging young people and fostering leadership. Since 2004, we have been creating a global network of youth-HIV leaders.

We are looking for a strong leader to join the National Team as Junior Project Coordinator. The successful candidate will oversee and lead projects from ideation through to completion, and help put in place processes & policies for project management. The Junior Project Coordinator will also provide training to the National Leaders on the fundamentals of project management with the aim of autonomously managing their own project portfolio. The Junior Project Coordinator will ensure project initiatives meet the goals and objectives set forth by the VP, National and Leadership team.

Responsibilities

• Partner with National Leaders to plan and define scope of projects
• Set project priorities, identify project issues, and recommend solutions, and approve changes to projects as they arise
• Train team members on project onboarding process, setting them up manage projects autonomously, including creating training sessions, materials and structures for knowledge transfer
• Establish project timelines and provide time & cost estimates including but not limited to activity/resource planning and sequencing and developing project budgets
• Conduct risk analysis and manage risks on an ongoing basis
• Maintain up to date project portfolio reports, schedules, milestone dates, risk logs, issue logs, change logs and decision logs
• Perform quality control for project deliverables
• All other duties as assigned

Qualifications

• Demonstrated experience in project management in a dynamic, complex environment
• Exceptional organizational, analytical, problem-solving and multi-tasking skills
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment with competing deadlines
• Ability to build, influence and motivate teams
• Strong leadership and relationship building capabilities
• Proficiency in Google Docs & GSuite applications
• Citizen or Permanent Resident of Canada or a refugee living in Canada
• Have been out of school for 6+ months

Dedication and Compensation

The position offered is a 6-month contract for a full-time role paid at $17.60/hr based out of our Toronto office. The successful candidate will be required to work from our downtown Toronto office. This role may sometimes require irregular hours, particularly in times of need.

LetsStopAIDS is dedicated to being representative of the communities in which we work and live. All interested individuals are encouraged to submit their application.