Assistant French Speaking Project Coordinator (London)

Salary up to £23K (depending on experience) & Generous benefits
Permanent Full Time / Monday- Friday

Our client, a leader within professional services is looking to hire an Assistant French Speaking Project Coordinator to join their team in their London office.

You will assist in providing coordination for the full lifecycle of any assignment of the project, including the following key processes: Proposals, Contracting, Planning, Reporting & Billing.  The Assistant Project Coordinator is allocated specific clients and works closely with the respective Project Coordinators and Project Managers.

Job Role:

• Assist with proposal and tender submission, including preparing project budgets and schedules, ensuring that all proposals are submitted within the respective deadline and liaising with prospective staff
• Ensure that contracts are as per the issued proposals
• Monitor and track project progress and on our ‘Control Schedule’
• Act as the point of contact for all stakeholders
• Assist with planning the fieldwork of the project
• Draw up contracts between the client and any subcontracted firm
• Monitor and track project progress and on our ‘Control Schedule’ to ensure all stakeholders are kept up to date with any project developments
• Assist the manager in any report-writing tasks that may be required & deliver final product to client
• Monitor internal staff working hours & expenses incurred, to ensure project budgets are adhered to
• Assist in client billing, ensuring that all bills issued are as per the contractual terms
• Check and process external suppliers’ invoices, making sure all days worked and expenses incurred are within the agreed budget,
• Create and maintain comprehensive project documentation
• General: translate documents, maintain filing system of documentation by client and by assignment, assist with training new project coordinators, archive files when necessary

Person Specification

Essential:
Speak English and French to a business fluency
Prior experience in a project coordination role
Degree educated
Strong IT skills
Strong organisational and time management skills
Able to prioritise, organise and multi-task
Excellent communication skills both verbal and written
Able to work under pressure with accuracy and focus

Desirable:
Experience of working in Financial Services or for a large International Institution

MUST HAVE ELIGIBILITY TO WORK IN THE UK

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