Research Project Operations Coordinator

About the role

We are looking for a highly organized Research Project Operations Coordinator to keep multiple research initiatives structured, on schedule, and well‑documented. You will own the project tracker, run meeting rhythms, coordinate across research, data collection, and business development, and surface bottlenecks early so leadership can focus on insight quality and client outcomes.

Key responsibilities

• Maintain the master project tracker (Notion, ClickUp, Asana or similar) with daily updates on scope, deadlines, owners, and status.
• Monitor progress against deliverables, flag delays or risks, and provide clear recommendations.
• Schedule weekly planning, progress, and review meetings; prepare agendas, take minutes, and track action items.
• Streamline communication between Research Associates, Analysts, and Field/Data Collection leads.
• Build timelines, task boards, and checklists; ensure briefs, survey links, datasets, and drafts are version‑controlled and accessible.
• Track review/feedback cycles, enforce formatting standards, and verify completeness of client deliverables.
• Identify workflow gaps, help standardize SOPs, templates, and checklists, and maintain databases of clients, projects, and research resources.
• Produce a concise weekly operations summary and a monthly dashboard of project performance and bottlenecks.

Required profile

• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Project Management, or a related field.
• 2+ years of experience in project coordination or operations, preferably in a multi‑project or PMO environment.
• Excellent written and spoken Arabic and English.
• Proficiency with Notion, ClickUp, Asana (or similar), Excel, Google Sheets, and Google Docs.
• Demonstrated discipline in tracking timelines, deliverables, and action items with rapid follow‑up.
• Experience in research, consulting, or data‑driven projects and familiarity with survey, field operations, data QA/cleaning, analysis, and reporting workflows.
• Ability to design and roll out SOPs, templates, checklists, and simple KPI dashboards.
• Proactive, accountable, and comfortable working with limited supervision.

Required skills

• Notion
• ClickUp
• Asana
• Microsoft Excel
• Google Sheets
• Google Docs

What we offer

• Pension plan
• Paid time off
• Training and development opportunities