Project Coordinator

**Schedule**
8:30 am - 4:30 pm, Monday - Friday

**Education Level**
Bachelor's Degree

**Career Level**
4 year's relevant experience

Should the successful applicant be a Unifor Unit 1 bargaining unit member, who meets the eligibility conditions of Article 19.02 of the Unifor Unit 1 Collective Agreement, then the Limited Term Assignment will be defined as a Career Growth Opportunity in accordance with Article 19 of the Unifor Local 5555 Unit 1 Collective Agreement.

**Join our team in the Department of Radiology at McMaster University**

We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced **Project Coordinator** to join our team and support the many major initiatives/projects our department is currently working on to propel us to new heights and deliver on our strategic plan.

If you’re an experience project coordinator with a mindset of curiosity, value the project life cycle, and have a willingness to charter new territory and build something new, this is a great opportunity for you to explore. This position is a hybrid role, with a combination of in-office and remote work.

**About McMaster University**

Ranked as one of the world’s top 70 universities, McMaster University is known for teaching and research excellence. In our teaching, research, and scholarship, we are committed to creativity, innovation, and excellence. We value integrity, quality, inclusiveness, and teamwork in everything we do.

McMaster consistently ranks among the top universities in Canada for its research initiatives and is one of four Canadian universities ranked as among the top 100 universities in the world.

**About the Department of Radiology**

The Department of Radiology consists of faculty from a regional network of hospitals and facilities and provides medical imaging teaching from undergraduate through to postgraduate students. The Department has two Royal College accredited postgraduate programs in Radiology and Neuroradiology with approximately 33 trainees per year, as well as a very strong Fellowship Programs with approximately 15 clinical and research Fellows per year. There are 7 Divisions in the Department of Radiology: Body Imaging, Breast, Musculoskeletal, Neuroradiology, Pediatrics, Interventional and the addition of Nuclear Medicine in 2020. Division Heads are responsible for the academic development of faculty members as well as standardization of procedures and protocols, quality assurance and quality control.

The Department of Radiology crosses all disciplines working collaboratively with all departments of the Faculty of Health Sciences and our hospital partners across Hamilton and Regional campuses and supports international outreach with the SJHH International Outreach Program (IOP) with Guyana, Uganda and as well with Zurich and Afghanistan partners to name a few.

The Department of Radiology strives to advance excellence in research through collaborative, novel and inter-disciplinary research in the pursuit of new ideas through the systemic investigation of facts leading to a positive impact within the field of Radiology.

This role will support the various projects and commitments as outlined in the Departmental Strategic Plan.

**Job Summary**:
This Project Coordinator position is a 24 month contract and assists in implementing strategic projects in support of departmental/ faculty objectives. The Project Coordinator coordinates multiple concurrent projects, meeting high quality standards, budget constraints, timelines and to the of clients and key stakeholders. Assists in defining business processes, satisfaction developing realistic goals and ensuring a smooth implementation to ongoing business operations.

**Purpose and Key Functions**:

- Coordinate multiple concurrent projects, develop and maintain project plans, prepare project status reports and keep management, clients and other project stakeholders informed of the project’s status.
- Accountable for coordinating all aspects of the project from inception to analysis and development, to production acceptance and post implementation reviews.
- Work with departmental/faculty leadership to define project components that must be completed to ensure the overall project goal is achieved.
- Work with all project stakeholders to obtain buy in and sign off to deliverables, timelines and implementation methods.
- Review and recommend project budgets, timelines and milestones for presentation to department/faculty leadership.
- Track and report on project progress between milestones.
- Identify and select development strategies to maximize the efficiency and effectiveness of project work while minimizing negative impacts on stakeholders such as managing project and task dependencies so they work together for both the business and technology strategic plans.
- Ensure proper setting of priorities, problem resolution and incorporation of changing events and conditions into the project from business, technical and political perspectives.
- Ensure that