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Project coordinator
A project moves forward because someone holds the schedule, chases contributors, prepares steering meetings and writes down what was decided. The project coordinator holds that quiet, decisive seat, present in every sector.
Moving things forward without commanding
The coordinator works with people who do not report to them, and that defines the job. They keep a living schedule, chase tactfully, spot a blockage before it costs a week. They prepare steering meetings: a useful agenda, up-to-date figures, decisions to take rather than a report to listen to. After the meeting they write — decisions, owners, deadlines — and that document becomes the shared reference until the next one.
- Build a realistic schedule and keep it current week after week
- Track progress, identify a risk and propose a response
- Prepare and run a steering meeting, then circulate the decisions
- Hold a project budget and flag an emerging variance
Projects that need coordinating
- Infrastructure projects and public equipment programmes
- IT rollouts and changes of management system
- Donor-funded programmes and international organisations
- Site, subsidiary or new outlet openings
- Industrial projects: a new line, a major shutdown, a compliance upgrade
What you know before committing
The catalogue publishes these four values for every programme, and it publishes them before any application. A candidate knows what they are buying, an employer knows what they are funding, a panel knows what it is assessing. One set of figures travels through the whole file, which makes every step predictable.
- qualification level
- 5
- months of programme
- 10
- taught hours
- 700 h
- credits
- 70
- competency blocks
- 5
Senior technician and supervisor
Led by an instructor.
1 credit = 25 h of work, 10 of them taught.
Framework of the « Project Coordinator » qualification, code TP49.
The detail of the assessed skills
Assessment covers these blocks, one by one, and nothing else. Each has its taught hours, its exercise and its validation criterion. That transparency has a direct effect on preparation: you work on what will be assessed, in the proportions in which it will be, and you measure your progress block after block.
- Framing and planning
- 190 (27 %)
- Monitoring delivery
- 180 (26 %)
- Budget and procurement
- 160 (23 %)
- Risks and stakeholders
- 130 (19 %)
- Professional conduct
- 40 (6 %)
- Framing and planning · 190 h — Objectives, scope, breakdown, schedule, milestones, resources
- Monitoring delivery · 180 h — Progress, meetings, minutes, actions, alerts
- Budget and procurement · 160 h — Budget tracking, commitments, orders, suppliers
- Risks and stakeholders · 130 h — Risk register, communication, coordinating contributors
- Professional conduct · 40 h — Diplomacy without line authority, follow-up, documentary rigour
Learning to run a project
Here are the paths open to this occupation, with their real cost and duration. A long programme installs the full base; a certificate targets a precise function and can be taken while keeping your job. Both strategies work, and the table gives what you need to choose between them.
| Programme | Duration | Credits | Taught hours | Fees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Project Management Certificate · Professional certification | 6 months | 18 | 180 h | 2 900 000 GNF in total |
| Management and Project Management programme — Bac+5 level · Master's degree | 2 years | 120 | 1200 h | 6 500 000 GNF per year |
A few useful clarifications on this path
Does this occupation exist in every sector?
In every sector that runs time-limited operations, which is nearly all of them. That is what makes the skill particularly portable: project method moves from construction to IT or health without needing to be relearned.
Is a project management certificate needed?
The project management certificate runs over six months while keeping your job, and it is often the first step. The level 5 qualification extends it by adding budget, risk and running a steering committee.
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