Project Management Specialist

Washington DC
December 20, 2024
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Job Description

Position Title: Project Management Specialist

Position Type: Full-time (W-2)

Salary: Competitive

Company Description:

Technical Assent is passionate about services in government, business, and not-for-profit. We design exceptional service experiences, engineer them to be robust, and deliver real capability and business outcomes for our clients. You will be working on government programs that have strategic importance to our clients. Your team will work IN and ON the client’s core mission- helping them deliver their services day-to-day while simultaneously looking for opportunities to improve. Our work is Driven by Evidence, Grounded in Understanding, and Focused on Impact.

Our consultants combine the creative and pragmatic to deliver the results that matter most to our clients. We see beauty when art and science come together. We seek self-starters, people who are confident in tackling challenges independently and bringing this to high-performing teams. We continually seek feedback from our customers and employees, looking for opportunities to grow. As a small company, our employees have an essential voice in shaping our culture. You help grow our culture and, in turn, grow from the experience.

Job Description:

As project controller, you have financial oversight on a portfolio of federal government client projects. You work together with project managers and report directly to the vice president of accounting and vice president of delivery. You are a critical component of getting new projects off the ground quickly and setting them up for success from the start. The number of projects assigned will depend on the complexity, lines of effort, and number of employees on the given projects. Our ideal candidate is analytic, accurate, and works with a sense of urgency. They have a customer-service mindset when working with peers and supervisors, as well as clients. They have the ability to flow between different projects as well as the different versions of apps and software that the projects use.

The successful candidate will have the ability to:

  • Develop, implement, and monitor project budgets 
  • Review deliverables for quality and contract requirements before submission  
  • Maintain project schedules
  • Support project knowledge management (organization of files, access management, etc.)
  • Ensure project invoices are correct before submission to project managers
  • Create monthly financial reports at budget level  
  • Monitor project-employee timesheet submissions as well as travel expenditures and other expenses charged to the project
  • Support project kick-off to include managing the kick-off checklist, developing the schedule, establishing a plan for deliverable submission, and obtaining security badges for contract personnel 
  • Share knowledge with internal and external peers through writing and speaking opportunities 
  • Contribute to organizational capability by building reusable process assets, templates, and tools that improve the consistency of our services
  • Support business development by playing an active role in researching customer needs and the competitive environment as well as supporting proposal efforts.  

Minimum Qualifications:

  • Bachelor’s degree
  • 5+ years professional work experience in a government contracting setting 
  • Trustworthy with personal, proprietary, and confidential information
  • High level of skill in Excel and a strong user of Microsoft Word and PowerPoint and Google equivalents
  • Strong understanding of how government contracting project budgets work
  • Understands how government contract and subcontract award and modifications work
  • Clear, confident communicator who uses correct tone and grammar when communicating with government clients.
  • Experience tracking schedules and budgets
  • Can engage with technology with comfort and ease (Power Point, Word, Excel, Teams, Monday, Slack, Mural, etc.)  

Preferred Qualifications:

  • CAPM or PMP certified  
  • Prior experience doing contract modifications alongside project managers  
  • Prior experience managing business travel in government contracting environment 

Job Location and Travel Expectations:

  • This position is remote. Some travel (25%) is anticipated.
  • Some meetings will be conducted on-site with customers in Washington, D.C.

Additional Information:

Come as you are – Technical Assent is committed to a workplace free of discrimination. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status.

We offer a highly competitive benefits package to all full-time employees that includes:

  • Flexible PTO
  • Healthcare coverage (medical, dental, vision)
  • FSA and HSA
  • Short and long-term disability
  • 401(k) with employer contributions, training and wellness allowances, and commuter benefits.

In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act Amendments Act (ADAAA), if you have a disability and would like to request an accommodation in order to apply for a position with Technical Assent, please call or email [email protected].

For more information about our company, please visit our website at www.technicalassent.com.