Project Coordinator - Institute for Sustainability, Energy, and Environment

The University of Illinois is seeking a full-time Project Coordinator for the Institute for Sustainability, Energy, and Environment in Urbana, IL. Responsibilities include administration, pre- and post-award management, project management, and communications. The role involves supporting the I-Regen director with proposals, budgets, reporting, and stakeholder communications, as well as maintaining project files and facilitating meetings.
Duties & Responsibilities
• Administration (60%)
• Pre-award management
• Develop and maintain a calendar of I-Regen funding opportunity timelines
• Support I-Regen director in drafting and editing funding proposals
• Support I-Regen director in drafting and editing proposal budgets
• Coordinate with other university units related to proposal submission
• Post-award management
• Develop and maintain a calendar of I-Regen funding reporting timelines
• Support I-Regen director in drafting, editing, and submitting grant reports
• Support I-Regen director in communications with funders and stakeholders
• Coordinate with University units to maintain I-Regen spending summaries and projections
• Coordinate with Extension, ISEE, IGB, Crop Sciences to achieve funded objectives
• Monitor progress toward project objectives, identify and mitigate project risks, and maximize efficient use of I-Regen resources
• Project management
• Schedule, summarize and facilitate meetings
• Maintain collaborative online resources (MS teams, slack, websites)
• Maintain organized team and project files
• Develop and maintain contacts list
• Coordinate with staff from related organizations and projects
• Communications (30%)
• Develop blogs, factsheets, videos, websites and modules using initial content created by others
• Coordinate communication dissemination with other university units and I-Regen stakeholder partners
• Support organization and execution of extension events like field days and webinars
• Other duties as assigned (10%)