Project Administrator
About the Role
As a Project Administrator within our PMO, you’ll play a critical role in supporting the end-to-end delivery of projects - working closely with Project Managers, Contract Administrators, and the Head of PMO to keep projects running smoothly, compliantly, and efficiently.
You’ll sit at the centre of operations - coordinating governance, supporting commercial processes, managing documentation, and helping drive consistency across the project lifecycle.
Key Responsibilities
Coordinate PMO reporting, meetings, and action tracking
Maintain key project registers (risk, issues, decisions)
Manage document control across drawings, RFIs, and QA records
Support claims, variations, EOTs, and procurement processes
Assist with cost tracking, POs, and budget inputs
Update schedules, lookaheads, and project reporting
Coordinate meetings, site access, and stakeholder communications
Prepare minutes and track actions to close-out
Support systems, templates, and process improvements across the PMO
About You
Experience in a construction, property, or project environment
Strong coordination skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities
High attention to detail across documentation and reporting
Basic understanding of construction processes (contracts, variations, procurement)
Confident using MS Office + project/document systems (e.g. SharePoint, MS Project, ERP tools)
Proactive, organised, and solutions-focused
Why Join Us
Be part of a growing, purpose-driven builder making real community impact
Work across meaningful housing projects (social, affordable, SDA)
Join a new PMO function — opportunity to shape processes and systems
Exposure to full project lifecycle — from pre-con to delivery and close-out
Modern Hawthorn office with strong team culture
Long-term career growth as Harnest continues to scale
- Division
- Harnest
- Locations
- Hawthorn