Margie Roberts

Margie Roberts

$35/hr
Project Coordination & Admin powerhouse
Reply rate:
-
Availability:
Part-time (20 hrs/wk)
Age:
60 years old
Location:
Champaign, IL, United States
Experience:
15 years
MARJORIE ROBERTS 5116 Jacks Blvd., Champaign, IL 61822 ~- ~-OVERVIEW: I am a seasoned project coordinator with over a decade of experience. Coupling excellent communication and organizational skills, I provide comprehensive project management support, enabling project managers, executives and teams to drive their efforts to a timely and successful execution. SKILLS • Build and maintain project plans • Coordinate cross-team coordination of timelines and dependencies • Develop and update dashboards, report milestones and status (progress and budget) • Identify, assign, and track action items • Lead team meetings, facilitate daily stand ups PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Self – Employed Virtual Assistant (May 2016 - Current) • Provide comprehensive executive level support (email inbox shadowing, travel and event planning, scheduling) • Project coordination and Project Management Office support (reporting and metrics) • Freelance assignments in IT telecom, finance, venture capital and real estate Tek Systems, Bloomington, IL (July 2013 - May 2016) Systems Project Coordinator – Assignment: State Farm Insurance • Conducted work planning sessions to develop project schedules and milestones • Lead regular team meetings to facilitate status gathering, identify potential roadblocks, discuss progress • Maintained project dashboard and published weekly status • Monitored project plan to track progress; updated timelines • Created and maintain project Sharepoint pages and document repositories Amdocs, Inc. Champaign, IL (May 2012 - July 2013) Project Coordinator – Group Lead • Supported senior management with budget adherence and project management • Lead regular meetings (F2F and teleconference) with teams and management to collect and convey updates on project status • In-depth tracking and analysis of budget vs. actual performance across multiple accounts and sites • Monitored and reported key KPI’s • Maintained multi-project/multi-site dashboards Amdocs, Inc. Champaign, IL (July 2004 - May 2013) PMO Office - Project Officer – IT Systems • In-depth tracking and analysis of IT team performance metrics • Maintained dashboards for multi-project key milestones, risks, dependencies, and progress • Coordinated with project managers to build and maintain project plans • Monitored budget and assured proper time/account reporting • Point of contact for inter-departmental coordination of dependencies SOFTWARE • Microsoft Office and Google suites • Project Management: Microsoft Project, Basecamp, Asana, Wrike • Online Presence Tools: Mailchimp, Shopify, HooteSuite, Buffer, LinkedIn, Facebook • Tools for working remotely: Citrix, VPN, virtual desktop, Skype, Zoom, Teamwork, Google Hangouts EDUCATION Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL - B.A. Mass Communications
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