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Duties & Responsibilities

Project Administrators perform a wide range of project management support and administrative duties. Specific job duties vary with education and experience. Their duties may include:

• Assisting and supporting all activities related to managing projects, including preparation for meetings, project documentation, and monitoring project timelines and deliverables on behalf of the Project Manager, as well as assisting in creating work plans, schedules and meeting agendas
• Coordinating and monitoring project scheduling while updating the project management system
• Maintain documentation including any upgrades to plans, schedules, funding and status reports
• Prepare status reports in order to provide project status updates to management and ensure all procedures are followed for all aspects of projects
• Use project management and other software and applicable templates to prepare documentation, track and monitor information, and maintain databases
• Develop customized project tools e.g., create templates for collecting/reporting information, etc.
• Assist in forecasting, tracking and managing project budgets, purchase orders and invoices