ILO Group

Senior Project Coordinator

United States · Senior · Full-time

Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 30 days ago

Project ManagementLogisticsCadenceLeadershipCommunicationProblem SolvingOrganizational Skills

About the role

The successful candidate is highly organized, anticipates needs before they arise, and takes ownership of keeping complex projects moving across multiple stakeholders, timelines, and workstreams.
The Senior Project Coordinator serves as a central hub across teams, maintaining visibility into project progress, ensuring accountability, and providing leaders with accurate, timely information.
This is a hands-on role for someone who enjoys creating structure and driving momentum.

Responsibilities

Scheduling & Coordination Own the scheduling of client on-sites, project meetings, working sessions, and recurring syncs across internal teams and external vendors, contractors, and partners, resolving conflicts and protecting the cadence that keeps work moving.
Drive meeting preparation end to end, producing agendas, pre-reads, and materials, then capturing and tracking action items so every commitment is followed through.
Build and maintain strong working relationships with internal and external stakeholders, serving as a reliable point of coordination and ensuring timely follow-up on commitments and decisions.
Tracking & Deliverables Own the integrity and accuracy of project management systems, ensuring deliverables remain current, visible, and aligned to project timelines, owners, and priorities.
Communication & Vendor Coordination Serve as a central coordination hub for cross-functional project communication, helping route information between academic, operations, technology, and external partner teams.
Drive weekly status reporting and meeting logistics for internal and external stakeholders, keeping documentation current across all active workstreams.
Onboard vendors and contractors to project systems and expectations, and help keep external partners on pace against agreed milestones and deliverables.
Support client-facing project coordination activities, helping ensure a high-quality experience for partners while maintaining visibility into timelines, deliverables, and commitments.
Strong judgment and problem-solving skills, with the ability to anticipate challenges and proactively drive solutions.
Ability to operate independently, manage complex stakeholder dynamics, and deliver high-quality work with minimal oversight.

Company info

ILO Group is a proudly women-owned education strategy and policy firm.
We are a dedicated team of strategic partners and specialists who support school districts and states in executing on their biggest bets and highest-priority efforts.
We work as members of our partners' teams, operating side by side with the country's leading educators, experts, and government partners.
Our work is as diverse as our partners' ambitions are bold.
We work across leadership development, comprehensive project management and implementation support, systems transformation, and more.
We enable education leaders to be catalysts for enduring change that benefits their students, schools, and communities.
In addition to technical assistance to districts and states, our expert team provides the capacity and expertise to power difference-making partnerships of our own, including Women Leading Ed and The Forum for Educational Leadership.
Who we are looking for This is a high-trust, execution-focused role for a seasoned project coordinator who thrives in fast-paced environments where precision, follow-through, and proactive communication are essential.
Through exceptional coordination, scheduling, and follow-through, this individual helps ensure teams and partners stay aligned and work moves forward seamlessly.
Why ILO Group Our clients include state education agencies, school districts, and adjacent education organizations, including nonprofits and foundations, who are committed to improving student outcomes.
In this role, you will be at the center of our most complex projects, ensuring work across internal teams and external partners remains visible, up to date, and on track.

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