Program Overview

Project Management for Administrative Professionals

Overview

This course is designed for executive assistants and other administrative professionals to learn tools and techniques for planning, organizing, and delivering projects on time and on budget.

Course Details

• Duration: 2 days
• Location: UBC Robson Square, 800 Robson Street, Vancouver, BC V6Z 3B7
• Tuition Fee: $2,390 + tax (5%)
• Course Start Dates:
  • Feb 11 - 12, 2026 (IM816 W26 A)
  • Sep 9 - 10, 2026 (IM816 F26 A)
• Days and Times: In person at Robson Square: 8:30am-4:30pm (PT)

Who Should Attend

This course is ideal for:

• Executive assistants
• Office administrators and administrative assistants
• Coordinators
• Customer service representatives
• Clerks and record-keepers

Why Choose This Course

• Build skills in planning, prioritizing, monitoring, controlling, and evaluating projects
• Make sound decisions about how and where to direct your time and energy
• Get greater control over your to-do list by differentiating project tasks from daily ongoing tasks
• Apply project management communication processes for supporting multiple people and projects
• Practice building a project schedule and task list
• Use PM tools to solve common project challenges such as effective meeting management
• Get the job done while meeting the expectations of your boss and team

Benefits for Your Organization

• Increase project management know-how within the company to support organizational objectives
• Hone staff ability to manage projects more independently
• Bring a fresh project management perspective to smaller projects
• Empower people to participate more actively and better support larger organizational projects
• Elevate client satisfaction through more efficient project delivery

Course Content

• Introduction to Project Management: Key PM concepts and terminology
• Project Initiation: Creating a kick-off document that captures the goals, completion criteria, and all of the work to be done; identifying and communicating with project stakeholders
• Project Planning: Using a work breakdown structure to better plan tasks and check points; applying project templates to develop communication, risk, and task management plans; generating a realistic project schedule
• Project Managing: Tools for tracking and controlling projects; responding proactively to challenges; improving your team leadership skills in a project environment
• Project Closing: Closing out project activities successfully

Meet the Instructor

Tracy Page, Senior Associate, is a certified project management and change management consultant with over a decade of experience leading programs in project management, communication, and leadership at UBC Sauder. She brings the latest evidence-based strategies in team and project management while applying best practices in adult learning.