Program Coordinator

Career Area: Business Management and Operations

Occupation Group: Project and Program Managers

Salary

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An example would be the 25th percentile, 25 percent of workers employed in that occupation earn less and 75 percent earn more than the estimated wage value. At the 75th percentile, 75 percent of workers employed in that occupation earn less and 25 percent earn more than the estimated wage value.

A typical Program Coordinator earns the following wages (national and state):

State

The average salary in North Carolina for those pursuing this career is $48,630

National

The average salary in the United States for those pursuing this career is $49,725

What Does a Professional in this Career Do?

Coordinates ongoing program activity, or a group of related projects, for a company or organization, usually performing administrative or human resources tasks.

Employment Trends

The job demand and job growth statistics shown here were derived from job posts over the past year. Expected job growth projections are extrapolated from year-over-year job post listing history.

Job demand and job growth is expected at the following rates:

Skills

A professional in this position typically utilizes the following skills in the course of everyday work in this exciting and challenging field:

Baseline Skills

The following are baseline skills every Program Coordinator is expected to have in order to experience success in this field:

• Communication Skills: The ability to convey information to another effectively and efficiently.
• Organizational Skills: Experience with a systematic process of structuring, integrating, co-ordinating task goals, and activities to resources in order to attain objectives.
• Planning: Working experience with the process of thinking about and organizing the activities required to achieve desired goals.
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• Teamwork / Collaboration: Experience working in collaborative efforts with a team to achieve a common goal or to complete a task in the most effective and efficient way.

Specialized Skills

These skills are specific to working in this career:

• Scheduling: Working experience making schedules, which are basic time-management tools, consisting of a list of times at which possible tasks, events, or actions are intended to take place withing an organization.
• Budgeting: Experience planning how the financial resources of a business or department are to be allocated during the next business period.
• Project Management: Project management is the discipline of initiating, planning, executing, controlling, and closing the work of a team to achieve specific goals and meet specific success criteria.
• Staff Management: Working experience with the management of subordinates in an organization.
• Administrative Support: Working experience providing various kinds of administrative support and services to people and groups in business operations. These include mailing, scanning, maintaining an electronic and hard copy filing system, performing data entry, managing calendars, etcetera.

Distinguishing Skills

Any Program Coordinator that possesses the following skills will stand out against the competition:

• Program Management: Program management or programme management is the process of managing several related projects, often with the intention of improving an organization's performance.
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• Mental Health: Mental health is a level of psychological well-being, or an absence of mental illness.
• Developmental Disabilities: Developmental disability is a diverse group of chronic conditions that are due to mental or physical impairments.
• Event Planning: Event management is the application of project management to the creation and development of large scale events such as festivals, conferences, ceremonies, formal parties, concerts, or conventions. The process of planning and coordinating the event is usually referred to as event planning and which can include budgeting, scheduling, site selection, acquiring necessary permits, coordinating transportation and parking, arranging for speakers or entertainers, arranging decor, event security, catering, coordinating with third party vendors, and emergency plans.

Experience

This position typically requires the following level of experience. The numbers presented in the pie charts below were derived from actual job posts over the past year. Not all job postings list experience requirements.

Common Job Titles

It is possible to find work in this field in positions commonly listed as the following job titles:

• Program Coordinator
• Program Administrator
• Program Lead
• Program Coordinator III
• Program Security Administrator

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