Assistant Project Coordinator
Summary
Keeps projects on track for a management office supporting 50+ businesses: maintains the master project tracker, chases task owners before deadlines, runs check-ins, and sends weekly status reports to leadership. Core tools are trackers like Asana/ClickUp/Trello, Excel/Google Sheets, and Google Workspace/M365, working full-time EST hours.
- Keep the master project tracker current: every task, owner, due date and status.
- Break approved projects into tasks and milestones with realistic dates.
- Follow up with task owners before deadlines, not after they are missed.
- Flag blockers early, with a recommended fix, not just the problem.
- Work across departments, remote staff and outside vendors.
- Run recurring check-ins: agenda before, notes during, action items out the same day.
- Chase open items by email, chat or phone until they are actually closed.
- Send leadership a weekly status summary: what moved, what is stuck, what needs a decision.
- Build simple progress reports in Excel or Google Sheets.
- Write and update SOPs and checklists, and keep shared folders organized.
- 2+ years in project coordination, project administration, operations support or a similar role.
- A tracker other people depended on. Asana, ClickUp, Monday.com, Trello, Notion, Smartsheet or a well-built spreadsheet.
- Follow-up discipline. Be ready to explain how you track open items and what you do when someone misses a deadline.
- Strong Excel or Google Sheets: filters, formulas, pivot tables and clean reports
- Confident written and spoken English. You will chase people who outrank you, and it has to land as professional, not pushy.
- Comfortable on video calls and the phone when a message goes unanswered.
- Google Workspace and/or Microsoft 365.
- 50 Mbps download minimum, a laptop or desktop (not a phone), a headset with microphone, and a quiet workspace.
- Full-time EST availability, 8:00 AM to 5:30 PM EST every weekday. No second job, freelance clients or scheduled classes.
- Coordinated remote teams across time zones.
- Worked across several departments at once.
- Automation tools such as Zapier, Make or Power Automate.
- A second monitor and a backup plan for internet or power outages.
- Your resume as a PDF.
- A speed test screenshot with your download number visible.
- A photo of the desk and workstation you will work from.