Site Administrator

Open 17d

Role purpose

The job holder is responsible for planning, organizing and controlling all aspects of administrative and logistical work on site in order to support the construction and controls function in the most efficient and cost effective manner.

Key accountabilities

  1. Supervise staff, plan, organize and prioritize workloads
    Supervise staff, plan, organize and prioritize workloads within area of specialty so that resources are used effectively and work is completed within set deadlines.
    Effectiveness in planning, organizing and supervising work
    Delays in executing work
  2. Oversee day-to-day activities of subordinates
    Oversee the day-to-day activities of subordinates in order to ensure that policies and procedures are correctly followed and duties are completed on time and to the required standards/specifications, taking appropriate actions as required.
    Conformity to preset policies and procedures
    Ability to identify non-conformities/work discrepancies
    Quality of corrective actions taken
  3. Coordinate with the head office for staffing and administration
    Coordinate with the head office for processing staffing needs, handling, collecting, verifying and updating administrative documents and records, receiving and integrating new people and providing assistance to administer salaries to the project workforce.
    Level of coordination with the head office
    Delays in processing staffing needs
    Delays in preparing new staff documents
    Error free time attendance data
    Error free payroll
  4. Provide prompt logistical services
    Provide prompt logistical services that include but are not limited to accommodation, catering, transport, telecommunication, conduct audits as needed and react promptly to problems in order to secure the well-being of workers.
    Delays in providing logistical services
    Accidents/incidents due to a bad quality of service
    Prompt reaction to problems
  5. Liaise with external parties for logistical service provision
    Liaise with external parties for logistical service provision (food, accommodation, cleaning, etc.), supervise the quality of the provided service, solve minor/day-to-day problems and escalate major ones.
    Supervisory skills
    Ability to solve minor problems
  6. Supervise time attendance and overtime control
    Supervise the collection, reconciliation and reporting of time attendance data, control overtime levels and absences/vacations and notify the Project Manager of any abnormalities to optimize the overtime cost and monitor the productivity rate.
    Error free time attendance data
    Accuracy in computing the overtime rate
    Efficiency in controlling absences/vacation leaves
  7. Control site purchases and inventory
    Control site purchases and inventory control practices, safeguard purchased materials and supplies by supervising their proper reception, storage and dispatch to prevent products disruptions and/or unusual expenses.
    Stock shortages
    Purchasing delays
    Products deterioration/shrinkage
    Expenses due to poor stock management
  8. Control petty cash and on-site payments
    Control the project's petty cash, monitor and verify on-site payments, handle cash discrepancies and submit reports to the Project Manager in order to control expenses and prevent any potential irregularity.
    Accuracy of on-site payments
    Accuracy of the petty cash amount
    Quality of control on expenses
  9. Manage administrative documents and records
    Manage the proper handling and control of administrative documents and records, make sure that relevant data is entered on BIS and provide required information to internal customers on specific departmental or functional issues in order to support ongoing construction and controls activities.
    Up-to-date data on BIS
    Accuracy of provided data and information
    Timely provision of requested data and information
  10. Develop a culture of customer focus and customer care
    Develop a culture of customer focus and customer care at site administration level and provide recommendations on how to improve provided services to optimize customers satisfaction.
    Coaching skills
    Ability to promote a customer focus and customer care culture
  11. Provide guidance and support to subordinate staff
    Provide guidance and support to subordinate staff and act as a point of expertise and reference within own area of specialty.
    Quality of provided guidance and support
    Availability whenever needed by subordinates

Qualifications, experience and skills

BA with a minimum of 10 to 15 years of experience.
Computer literate.
Good interpersonal and analytical skills.
Good English language skill.