Put some Famous US Brands on your Resume - Jr Project Manager / Project Management Assistant / VA

WHAT'S IT FOR YOU:

The chance to put some very famous American brands on your resume. (Our clients include: professional sports teams (NBA, NHL, MLS); famous casinos in Las Vegas; a famous major hotel in the Bahamas; one of the largest fast food companies, etc.)

Working with an exciting system integrations and consulting company that has been around since 1995.

A chance to learn and develop highly desirable skills, managing project work concerning Predictive Analytics, SAS and SQL deployments, marketing campaign management, Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning (AI & ML); ETL design; Oracle, SAP, Teradata

The ultimate in flexibility - work from home. This is a remote position. We are 90% remote, so we know how to work well remotely. We currently have 40+ employees mostly in the USA, but also in the Philippines, India, Venezuela, Colombia, and others

Interesting and fun-to-work-with, high-achieving coworkers

Competitive compensation 20,000-40,000/month for full-time (40 hours) based on experience; higher if very relevant experience or certification.

Will pay weekly for the first month, then monthly after

WORKING HOURS:
Somewhat negotiable. Night shift, working somewhere inside our operating hours of 7:00 PM to 5:30 AM Philippine Time. I am also open to less-than-fulltime, part time hours, if that better suits you.

After 6 months, if you are performing well, we can discuss shifting your schedule to only partially overlap.


REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:
- Strong organizational skills - enjoys organizing and documenting
- Able to communicate clearly in English (speaking, reading, writing, listening)
- Flawless grammar/punctuation in writing
- Proactive about improving processes through efficiency
- Able to build a strong working relationship with clients and coworkers
- MS Office Suite (Word, Excel, Powerpoint)
- Reliable - able to work agreed-upon schedule each week, and start each shift on time
- Access to a highspeed internet connection and an absolutely silent place to work from. (The position will require occasional-to-frequent phone calls that cannot have any noise in the background. If you have a child, they will need alternate care during your working hours.)

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:
1+ years of Project Management (project coordinator) experience
Experience using Asana and MS Project, or other project management tools
Experience working with ETL Developers and/or Software Developers
Knowledge of ETL design, DBA (database administrator, database analyst) function
Project Management-related certification
Bachelor's degree a plus; Master's degree a double-plus
QA experience a triple-plus

RESPONSIBILITIES:
This position will be like a VA for Project Management, although if you have good experience and perform well, you will be able to receive increasing leadership in Project Management.

With guidance and training, will handle tasks such as -
- Provide daily, weekly and monthly status workflow and reporting
- Work with Project Manager to define scope, determine initial project estimates and timelines/schedules, assemble project team, and assign responsibilities
- Facilitate internal and external meetings (project planning, daily stand-up meetings, client meetings, sprint retrospectives, sprint and release planning, ticket management, demos, and other activities as needed) - agenda creation, notetaking, writing summaries, etc.
- Monitor job and project queues in Asana to ensure all tasks move seamlessly through the system
- Facilitate communications between team members to inform on issues impacting target deadlines
- Update documentation
- Support and assist the Project Manager as needed
- Be responsible for resolving administrative blockers (such as access) in a timely manner

HOW TO APPLY:

Please submit your resume and cover letter through the email system. Please be sure your email address and physical location (city, not exact address) are on the first page of your resume.

For the cover letter, please do not include anything except the following five bullets, in one full sentence each:

Briefly describe your short-term career goals.
Briefly outline long-term career goals.
State your typing speed in WPM.
State your ideal shift/number of hours per week and start/end times.
State your salary requirements as follows: "I am seeking a monthly salary between (monthly salary + 1/12 of 13th month) and (monthly salary + 1/12 of 13th month)"

E.g. "I am seeking a monthly salary between (12,000+1,000) and (24,000+2,000) pisos."
(If you were requesting monthly salary between 12,000 and 24,000 pisos.)

Applicants who are being asked to move to the next round will be contacted the next business day with a portfolio request and a link to our company website so you can learn more about what they do.

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Job Type: Full-time or Part-time

Salary: 16,000-26,000/month for full-time (40 hours) based on experience; may go higher

Experience: None (Required) - Will train on specific software and processes needed

Education: None (Required)

Job Location: Anywhere, Remote, Work-From-Home