Project Coordinator at Central Research, Inc. – Augusta, Georgia

Requisition ID: 1725

Position Title: Project Coordinator
Job Category: FULL TIME
Position Type: Professional
Location: Augusta, GA, US

Salary Range: $68,000.00 To $74,000.00 Annually

Description:

Central Research, Inc. (CRI) is hiring a Project Coordinator. The Project Coordinator provides direct support to the Project Management Office (PMO) for the U.S. Department of Education’s USDS contract. The coordinator plays a vital role in organizing project activities, tracking progress, managing documentation, and supporting communication between federal stakeholders, technical teams, and contractor personnel. This role helps ensure projects meet Department of Education requirements, comply with federal standards, and align with USDS principles of user-centered design, agile delivery, and continuous improvement.

This is a remote position, but to qualify you must live within a 75-mile radius of a CRI deployment facility (Martinez, GA, Lowell, AR, Hendersonville, TN). The reason for this is you must be available to pick up equipment and obtain the required PIV card for security clearance.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities:

• Support Project Managers and the PMO in planning, coordinating, and tracking project tasks aligned with the USDS engagement.
• Maintain integrated project schedules, sprint calendars, and milestone trackers for both internal teams and ED stakeholders.
• Coordinate meetings, workshops, demos, and stakeholder checkpoints; prepare agendas, take minutes, and track action items.
• Assist with monitoring project risks, issues, and dependencies; help ensure appropriate escalation and mitigation steps.

Documentation & Compliance:

• Maintain all project documentation in accordance with ED and federal contracting requirements.
• Prepare project status reports, sprint summaries, dashboards, risk logs, and progress updates for both leadership and government stakeholders.
• Ensure compliance with PMO standards, contract requirements, user-centered design guidelines, and agile frameworks.
• Maintain version control of deliverables and facilitate document reviews and approvals with ED teams (e.g., program office, OCIO).

Stakeholder Engagement & Communications:

• Serve as a coordination point between contractor staff, ED program offices, and technical teams.
• Assist in managing stakeholder communications, ensuring timely distribution of information, decisions, and updates.
• Support user-centered engagement activities such as design sessions, workshops, and feedback cycles in alignment with USDS practices.

Process Improvement & PMO Operations:

• Contribute to the development of PMO processes, templates, workflow improvements, and standard operating procedures.
• Promote agile methodologies, transparency, and continuous improvement across PMO functions.
• Assist with onboarding new team members and supporting cross-team collaboration.

Minimum Requirements (Education & Experience):

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Management, Information Systems, Public Administration, or related field (or equivalent experience).
• 1–3 years of project coordination or PMO support experience, preferably on federal government contracts.
• Strong organizational, communication, and documentation skills.
• Proficiency with MS Office, SharePoint, Teams, or other digital collaboration tools.
• Experience supporting agile teams, digital services, or data-focused projects is highly desirable.
• Ability to obtain and maintain required ED Public Trust security clearance.
• Must be a US Citizen
• Must live within 75-miles of CRI deployment facility

Preferred Requirements (Education & Experience):

• Experience supporting projects within the U.S. Department of Education or other civilian federal agencies.
• Familiarity with federal IT modernization, digital service design, or USDS principles.
• Understanding of federal contracting life cycles, FAR guidelines, and contract reporting requirements.
• CAPM, PMP, CSM, or similar certification (or working toward one).
  

Minimum Requirements (Knowledge, Skills & Abilities):

• Detail-oriented and highly organized.
• Strong coordination and time-management skills.
• Ability to communicate clearly with technical and non-technical audiences.
• Proactive and resourceful; able to work independently and as part of a cross-functional team.
• Commitment to public service, user-centered design, and improving government services.

Equal Opportunity Employer, including veterans and individuals with disabilities. Know Your Rights Poster can be found here: https://www.eeoc.gov/sites/default/files/2023-06/22-088_EEOC_KnowYourRights6.12.pdf

NOTE: This job description is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties, responsibilities or qualifications associated with the job. It is intended to describe the general nature and work responsibilities of the position. This job description and the duties of this position are subject to change, modification, and addition as deemed necessary by the Company.

Please note: We are currently unable to consider applicants residing in California, New York, Oregon, Washington, Illinois, and the city of Philadelphia. Thank you for your understanding.