Junior Project Manager

Job summary

The Junior Project Manager supports the project life cycle by maintaining documentation, tracking milestones, and coordinating between technical and business teams. They are responsible for preparing status reports and assisting with budget tracking and tool administration.

Job details

Working with ISM will work wonders for your career! The Junior Project Manager is an entry-level role that provides foundational experience in the project management profession. Working under the guidance of senior project managers, this position supports multiple concurrent projects and a range of Project Management Office (PMO) functions. Key activities include maintaining project documentation, updating project plans, and participating in meetings, workshops, and other PMO initiatives. The role requires a basic understanding of the project life cycle that includes initiation, planning, execution, and closure, as well as familiarity with project management tools, techniques, and methodologies. The Junior Project Manager collaborates with internal and external customers, vendors, technical and business teams, and subject matter experts. The work location for this position is Alberta, Canada. Responsibilities: Support project initiation, planning, execution, monitoring, and closeout activities. Maintain project plans, schedules, charters, status reports, meeting minutes, action logs, risk and issue logs, and related records. Coordinate meetings, workshops, resources, vendors, access, and deliverable handoffs across business and technical workstreams. Track tasks, milestones, dependencies, risks, issues, decisions, and follow-up actions; escalate concerns promptly. Prepare concise status updates and reports for project leadership and stakeholders. Support budget tracking, forecasting, time and expense validation, and invoice preparation. Help administer collaboration and delivery tools, including Microsoft Project, JIRA, Confluence, SharePoint, and Project Online. Build effective working relationships with customers, vendors, team members, and subject matter experts. Qualifications: One to three years of IT project coordination or project management experience, or an equivalent combination of education and practical experience. Formal education or training in project management is preferred. Commitment to pursuing the Project Management Professional (PMP)® designation is required. Basic knowledge of project lifecycles and Agile and Waterfall delivery approaches. Proficiency with Microsoft Office; experience with Microsoft Project, Visio, JIRA, Trello, Confluence, or SharePoint is an asset. Strong organization, communication, documentation, time-management, and problem-solving skills. Ability to manage competing priorities, take direction, collaborate across teams, and follow through on commitments. Customer-focused approach and confidence, participating in project meetings. To view the full job description and submit your application, visit the ISM Careers Portal: https://www.ismcanada.com/careers

What you’ll do

The Junior Project Manager supports the project life cycle by maintaining documentation, tracking milestones, and coordinating between technical and business teams. They are responsible for preparing status reports and assisting with budget tracking and tool administration.

Requirements

Candidates need one to three years of IT project coordination experience and a commitment to pursuing the PMP designation. Proficiency in Microsoft Office and familiarity with Agile and Waterfall methodologies are required.

Listed skills

• Time management · Preferred
• Project Coordination · Preferred
• Problem solving · Preferred
• Organization · Preferred
• SharePoint · Preferred
• Jira · Preferred
• Risk Management · Preferred
• Documentation · Preferred
• Communication · Preferred
• Agile · Preferred
• Project management · Preferred
• Stakeholder Management · Preferred

Other relevant skills

Identified from the job description. Confirm important requirements above.

• Project Management
• Project Coordination
• Agile
• Waterfall
• Microsoft Project
• JIRA
• Confluence
• SharePoint
• Budget Tracking
• Risk Management
• Stakeholder Management
• Documentation
• Time Management
• Problem Solving
• Communication
• Organization

Job areas

• Management & Leadership
• Technology
• Consulting
• Administrative