Project Coordinator

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The Medical Council of Canada (MCC) was recognized as a National Capital Region Top Employer for ten consecutive years!

Want to contribute to the health and wellbeing of Canadians? At the MCC, you’ll be part of a dynamic team that ensures that physicians have the competencies to support safe, accessible health care in Canada.

You’ll be immersed in an exceptional work environment that fosters professional development and work-life balance.

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Project Coordinator

Contract ending March 31, 2027

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Hybrid role

Love keeping things on track and making sure nothing falls through the cracks? As our Project Coordinator, you’ll be the glue that holds our strategic projects together. Reporting to the Senior Portfolio Manager, you’ll work side by side with Project Managers and organizational leaders to drive timelines, deliver high-quality results, and keep workstreams running smoothly.

You’ll play a key role in fostering collaboration, connecting the dots between teams, and ensuring seamless handoffs to operational groups—so great ideas become lasting impact at MCC.

What You’ll Do

• Support Project Managers and Leaders in delivering project plans, schedules, budgets, and communication materials to ensure timely and effective execution.
• Coordinate project meetings and learning activities in collaboration with the Senior Portfolio Manager and project leadership.
• Use project management tools to help monitor working hours, budgets, timelines, and expenditures as needed.
• Assist in the development and maintenance of key project documentation, including tracking tools, roadmaps, integrated plans, risk registers, and dashboards.
• Help coordinate cross-functional teams—internal staff, contractors, and subject matter experts—by scheduling working groups and related meetings.
• Facilitate alignment and collaboration across multiple teams to create a cohesive and efficient project delivery environment.
• Work with project leadership to liaise with MCC’s External Relations & Communications team, ensuring accurate and timely stakeholder messaging.
• Support the preparation of reports, presentations, and briefing materials for internal leadership and external partners such as Health Canada.
  
  

Experience

What you need to succeed

• Minimum 3–5 years of progressive experience in project coordination roles.
• Experience assisting with complex, multi-interested party initiatives in a healthcare, education, or public sector environment.
• Experience in training development and delivery projects.
• Experience in a healthcare environment is an asset.
• Familiarity with government-funded programs, particularly related to grants and contribution agreements, is an asset.
• Understanding medical education or health workforce initiatives is an asset.
  
  

Technical Skills

• Knowledge of project and program delivery methodologies.
• Skilled in engaging interested parties and negotiating meeting timelines and agenda priorities.
• Skilled in facilitating alignment of multiple interrelated projects.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office, Teams, SharePoint, and project tracking tools (e.g., MS Project, Asana).
  
  

Competencies

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Strong relationship-building abilities.
• Ability to manage conflicting priorities and facilitate meaningful interested party engagement.
• Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills.
• Strategic thinker with strong tactical execution and problem-solving abilities.
• Exceptional judgement and decision-making abilities.
• Proven ability to work collaboratively with diverse clients and interested parties.
• Demonstrated flexibility and adaptability in managing changing priorities effectively.
  
  

Education

• Degree or diploma in Business administration, education, health administration, or related field
  
  

The following will be considered an asset

• PMP, PgMP, Agile (e.g., Scrum Master, SAFe), Prince2, ITIL, Lean Six Sigma Green Belt, or Black Belt.
  
  

Language

• Advanced oral and written skills in English are required, with oral and written skills in French considered an asset
  
  

The perks

• A defined benefit pension plan
• A complete benefit package your first day on the job
• Three weeks’ vacation right off the bat
• A company paid holiday closure in December – our gift to you!
• A 35-hour work week
• Compressed and telework programs
• Free onsite parking - any day, any time
• Free virtual Mobility and Strength & Conditioning classes
  
  

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The MCC is an equal opportunity employer, co mmitted to diversity and inclusion in the workplace at all levels of its organization.

Accommodations can be provided at all stages of the hiring process; we ask applicants to make their needs known in advance.

Please note that only those invited for an interview will be contacted.