# Research Project Operations Coordinator

> Elite Talent · Baghdad, Iraq · Full-time · Posted 2025-10-30

**Workplace:** on_site

## Description

We’re hiring a highly organized **Research Project Operations Coordinator** to keep multiple research projects structured, on schedule, and well-documented. You’ll own the project tracker, run meeting rhythms, coordinate across research, data collection, and business development, enforce quality/formatting standards, and surface bottlenecks early so leadership can focus on insight quality and client outcomes.

## Requirements

**Project Tracking & Coordination**

-   Maintain the master **Project Tracker** (Notion/ClickUp/Asana) with daily updates on scope, deadlines, owners, and status.
-   Monitor progress against deliverables; flag delays/risks with clear recommendations.

**Meeting Cadence & Communication**

-   Schedule weekly planning/progress/review meetings; prepare agendas, take minutes, and track **action items** with owners and due dates.
-   Streamline internal communication between Research Associates, Analysts, and Field/Data Collection leads.

**Operational Organization**

-   Build timelines, task boards, and checklists per project.
-   Ensure briefs, survey links, datasets, and draft deliverables are correctly filed, version-controlled, and accessible.

**Quality & Delivery Support**

-   Track review/feedback cycles and enforce formatting/submission standards across all reports.
-   Compile inputs from teams and assemble draft client deliverables; verify completeness before submission.

**Process & System Improvement**

-   Identify recurring workflow gaps; help standardize **SOPs, templates, and checklists** with measurable adoption.
-   Maintain accurate databases of clients, projects, and research resources.

**Reporting**

-   Issue a concise **weekly operations summary** (status, delays, risks, next-week plan).
-   Produce a **monthly dashboard** of project performance and bottlenecks.

### Qualifications:

-   Bachelor’s degree in **Business Administration, Project Management**, or related field.
-   **2+ years** in **project coordination/operations** (multi-project or PMO environment).
-   **Arabic and English:** excellent written and spoken communication.
-   Proficiency with **Notion / ClickUp / Asana** (or similar), plus **Excel/Google Sheets** and Docs.
-   Demonstrated discipline in tracking timelines, deliverables, and action items (24-hour follow-up).
-   Strong organization, attention to detail, and stakeholder coordination skills.
-   Experience in **research/consulting/data-driven** projects.
-   Familiarity with research workflows (surveys, field ops, data QA/cleaning, analysis, reporting).
-   Process mindset: able to design/roll out **SOPs, templates, checklists** and simple KPI dashboards.
-   Proactive, accountable, and comfortable working with limited supervision.

## Benefits

-   Pension Plan
-   Paid Time Off
-   Training & Development

## Apply

[Apply at Elite Talent](https://apply.workable.com/elite-talent/j/82970F64DF/apply)

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