Real Estate & Facilities Project Specialist at Columbia Bank — Lake Oswego, OR

About the Role

The Real Estate & Facilities Project Specialist serves as a subject matter expert with responsibility for planning, organizing, administering, and/or leading short-term initiatives of varying scope within a division(s) and/or department(s). The Project Specialist may work on several projects concurrently.

• Develops tactical plans to implement projects.
• Manages resources to ensure that projects are implemented in the most cost-effective manner.
• May negotiate agreements/contracts with outside vendors or entities and ensures commitments are met.
• Communicates the purpose of the project to internal constituencies and/or external customers/community members.
• Develops and implements measures to determine and monitor effectiveness of projects.
• May provide training to others regarding features and benefits of projects. May be required to represent the company in the community.
• Follows standard practices and procedures in analyzing situations or data from which answers can be readily obtained.
• Demonstrates compliance with all bank regulations for assigned job function and applies to designated job responsibilities – knowledge may be gained through coursework and on-the-job training. Keeps up to date on regulation changes.
• Follows all Bank policies and procedures, compliance regulations, and completes all required annual or job-specific training.
• Maintain a working knowledge of Bank's written policies and procedures regarding Bank Secrecy Act, Regulation CC, Regulation E, Bank Security and other regulations as applicable to this job description.
• May be asked to coach, mentor, or train others and teach coursework as subject matter expert.
• Actively learns, demonstrates, and fosters the Columbia corporate culture in all actions and words.
• Takes personal initiative and is a positive example for others to emulate.
• Embraces our vision to become “Business Bank of Choice”
• May perform other duties as assigned.

About You:

• Bachelor's Degree in business, a related field, or equivalent (preferred)
• Less than 2 years — of relevant business experience (Required)
• Strong relationship management and operational abilities, analytical and problem-solving skills, and project management skills.
• Knowledge of products and services in project area.
• Proven track record of success and skills in project area.
• Knowledge of policies, procedures, practices and documentation in project area.
• Proven ability to gain cooperation of others, conducting presentations of technical information concerning specific projects/schedules.
• Excellent written and verbal communication and presentation skills.
• Ability to work effectively with individuals and groups across the company to manage customer relationships.
• Proficiency with personal computers and related software packages such as Word and Excel, and other business machines.
• Ability to train and present to small and large audiences or has the interest in learning to train and present.

Travel Requirements

• Occasional

The pay range for this role is $23.00 - $40.00.

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