Project Coordinator

Rami:
Thanks for sharing this question; I'll share my personal experience.
How? I'd say the easy answer is with sponsor approval. The sponsor is accountable and PM is responsible for success of the project delivery of value, Also, organizational maturity plays a big part in what competencies a PC Coordinator may be able to perform in a variety of roles with required skillsets/behaviors.

Why?
So many reasons: i.e. Create a career path to create bench strength, keep PM strategic focused not tactical, create a pm culture at all levels, engagement, innovation at all levels, and more. Possible roles for purpose of discussion: http://www.cupe.co.uk/pmo-roles-and-responsibilities.html

Let's peel the onion back a little to open this question up.
Value is something that is important, useful and worthwhile. The makeup of a project team sometimes includes a village for a large complex project in size, scope and budget.
PMs today should be focusing on delivering value, benefits and ROI so the approach for the makeup of a team is important. Organizations should be focusing on a project culture which would make it easy to tap into resources to fulfill pc coordinator roles.

First of all a pc coordinator could simply be defined as an administrator level staff, little to no project experience, task oriented focus and journey level.


Internal staff inside the organization:
PM may be assigned to a project with a variety of team members selected or assigned to the project. Lower level staff with limited project experience (pc coordinator) can fill a variety of roles to aide the PM in the management and control of the project.

External Contractor/Systems Integrator:
In the public, private and nonprofit sector a pc coordinator is normally a journey-level role with no certification, intern, limited hours of training and experience managing task oriented assignments. Many contracts will provide additional lower level staff to support the internal/external PM and the core team.

Gig economy: A PC coordinator can do anything from managing communication to managing a project.

While I think that communication is certainly a ton of work on a large project, I would resist the urge to delegate those tasks to a PC because the relationships developed through communication management are vital for the success of a project.

For me, I look for opportunities to extend the reach of the PM. Attending meetings where there is a conflict in the PMs schedule. Researching issues/risks that may require in-depth analysis. Keeping documentation up-to-date. Perhaps adding value to a project that would be useful for the organization (Earned Value, test case oversight, gathering project metrics, etc.)

For stretch opportunities, I think managing one of the sub-teams would be a great chance to grow. Giving them the opportunity to handle some status updates for mid-level stakeholders would also be a great opportunity.

Hope that makes sense...

I could not agree more, Michael. PC can play significance role in big projects at release some pressure of work from PM and help out on tight deadlines. I had myself played this part in past and Honestly saying I have learned a lot regarding project management. I believe putting a PC in place also gives an opportunity to have future PM with very strong skills and experience. Hope I am on the right path..

Naomi,

I truly appreciate your input, this is just great and you've touched so many good points. I very much like the Why explanation.

For the how, I meant how a PC can add value him or herself even though it is the sponsor and the PM responsibility.

Rami:
All team members should aspire to do this. I'll share my quote from John Estrella's book; "Be a STAR – Self motivated, Team player, Always, Ready to Shine ..." Cheers!

Generally the roles and responsibilities of project coordinator is well defined in projects execution. As I have seen in projects, the project coordinator executes day to day co-ordination of project requirement, , preparation of reports, followup procurement actions etc.

Great question Rami

It is not necessary to have PC , as each and every member in the project team has clear responsibility and roles so again what is the PC roles in the project ?