PROJECT COORDINATOR FOR VANCOUVER HEAD OFFICE (Waterfront Station )

Project Coordinator -- Mexico Region

The Refinery Leadership Partners are seeking a full-time Project Coordinator to coordinate our efforts with Mexican Clientele. Project Coordinators will typically be individuals with demonstrated background and competency in administrative activities involving multiple stakeholders. The primary role of a Project Coordinator in the firm is to ensure successful delivery of consulting activities by supporting the coordination and communication between The Refinery and Refinery clients. Our company provides a form of management consulting and therefore the sort of clients who would be coming to these events require someone with more business experience and a higher degree of sophistication than would be the case for a social event planner.

The role of the Project Coordinator is to plan, execute, and finalize projects according to deadlines and within budget and may have other event planners reporting to the Project Co-ordinator. The budgeting includes acquiring resources and coordinating the efforts of team members and third-party contractors or consultants in order to deliver projects according to plan. The Project Coordinator will also define the project's objectives with the team and oversee quality control throughout its life cycle.

The Project Coordinator will liaise with project stakeholders on an ongoing basis, conduct project debriefs and create a recommendations report in order to identify successful and unsuccessful project elements, and develop best practices and tools for project execution and management. The Project Coordinator will assist in site selection and attend to related details, confirm and co-ordinate participants, facilitators and external logistics and lead and supervise the Project Assistant.

The Project Coordinator will direct and manage project development from beginning to end and manage and plan multi-year complex projects. This includes acquiring resources and coordinating the efforts of team members and consultants in order to deliver. The responsibilities of this role include issuing and debriefing quarterly and yearly expense reports to Mexicans Clients, allocating the workshops' budget and negotiating this with the client.

Requirements
Pieces of paper: Undergraduate degree is strongly preferred, preferably in business or related field (accounting, economics, IS/IT, psychology). However, any undergraduate degree is potentially a fit. Experience in budgeting/accounting required.

Attitude: Can-do! Quality orientation, enjoys communicating but happy to work alone. Willing and able to jump into any work that will help ensure successful and error-free project delivery. Ability to supervise staff and coordinate the efforts of team members and consultants.

Skills: This position requires strong communication -- verbal and written, and an eye for detail. The Project Coordinator is often the communication "hub" between the firm and clientele. As such, strong communication ability is critically important. The Project Coordinator -- Mexico region also requires a high degree of self-organization. It is critical that individuals in this role are able to use currently available mechanisms (e.g, The Wiki) or create new mechanisms to keep tabs on Refinery project work with high degree of consistency and accuracy. The position requires good capability with MS Office.

Background: The Project Coordinator -- Mexico Region will need to have a current working knowledge of Mexican business practices. As this role requires a lot of client interaction, having worked in a professional context in Mexico is a must. Of course, fluency in Spanish is required.

The Job: Under the direction of the Director of Client Services, to ensure smooth and successful delivery operations for Refinery client projects. This will involve working closely with Client Leads in Mexico on assigned projects, developing and managing schedules, booking meetings, ensuring materials are delivered, etc. Ultimately, a Project Coordinator is accountable for the successful logistics/coordination of any project assigned to him or her. Travel to Mexico and other Latin America countries will be required.

The Program: The sessions are not for the general public. The Leadership Training and Management seminars are specialized programs for Supervisors, managers and corporate executives from mostly mining companies. The participants are highly specialized and the Project Coordinator must have knowledge of mining terminology and the cultural expectations in Mexico. The Project Coordinator will contact participants before each program to discuss the programs, methods of delivery and the leadership and management style of the consultants. The Project Coordinator must have knowledge of each program and be able to communicate effectively with our clientele.

The Company: At The Refinery our vision is to become the coolest, little, big organizational performance company in the Americas, helping organizations and their employees become healthy, authentic and successful. We are growing rapidly and we are looking for a project coordinator who cares as much about this work as we do.
In our work, we become partners with our clients to create customized learning experiences that challenge others to redefine leadership and to engage in the practice of becoming leaders that their organizations need in order to thrive in an evolving and unpredictable age. Our competency ranges across all business disciplines. We believe leadership must be developed holistically. We are equally adept and comfortable working with managers on financial acumen as we are on interpersonal communication, leadership vision, values and emotional intelligence.

Location: 375 Water Street, Vancouver, BC

Compensation: $32,000-$38,000, Employment will include all necessary materials for effective work. These employment terms also include some health benefits, vacation time, and the opportunity to receive a bonus.

• Location: Waterfront Station
• Compensation: Salary Range: $32,000-$38,000
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