Property & Construction Project Administrator

Job description

Assemble Recruitment has partnered exclusively with a New Zealand-based property and asset management company to identify a highly organised and proactive Property & Construction Project Administrator to support a busy project services team.

This role provides essential coordination across project delivery, documentation, financial administration, and team operations across commercial, retail and some residential assets.

You will play a key role in ensuring projects run smoothly by maintaining accurate records, supporting communication, and helping track project performance, allowing project leaders to focus on delivery and outcomes.

Key responsibilities:
  • Traffic Management: Monitoring and prioritising incoming communications across email, web, and voice platforms
  • Maintain organised project documentation, records, and registers (risks, issues, actions)
  • Coordinate meetings, prepare agendas, and produce accurate minutes and communications
  • Provide financial administration support including invoicing, expense tracking, and project claims
  • Support scheduling, progress tracking, and reporting across multiple projects
  • Assist with systems, workflows, and day-to-day team coordination
Experience:
  • Proven experience in office or project administration
  • Basic understanding of accounts processes, preferably experience in using Xero
  • Outstanding organisational and time management skills with an understanding of work and project flow
  • High attention to detail and accuracy
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills
  • Exposure to property or construction is desirable
  • Experience taking minutes or transcribing meetings, ideally PCG and Body Corp meetings
  • Strong Microsoft Office skills (Word and Excel)
  • Confident using systems and contemporary digital tools e.g. intermediate capability in use of Ai tools & platforms
Personal attributes:
  • Proactive, reliable, and highly organised
  • Able to manage multiple priorities and deadlines
  • Professional and able to maintain confidentiality
  • A team player who can also work independently
This is a strategic role that supports the project services team while keeping you hands-on, with real opportunity to grow your property and construction skills within a contemporary, digitally centric real estate asset management business.

If you’re interested to learn more about this opportunity please submit your CV in Word Format via the link above, or alternatively for a confidential conversation contact Amy Walker on 027 274 2655.