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Housing Development Agency (HDA) - Project Administrator

The Housing Development Agency (HDA) is a national public sector development agency that acquires and prepares land as well as develop the land and project manage the development of housing and human settlements. We carry out our activities in partnership with a range of stakeholders including national, provincial and local government and municipalities, as well as with communities, developers, financiers and other affected parties. Established in 2009, the Agency was established by an Act of Parliament in 2008 and is accountable through its Board to the Minister of Human Settlements. For more information about the HDA, please visit our website: www.thehda.co.za. 
 
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The HDA has the following permanent position: 
 
Project Administrator
Location: Free State 
Reference: PA-FS-062018 
Main Purpose: To provide effective human settlements projects coordination and communication support to facilitate and enable the effective take-over and handover of units. 

 
Key Responsibility Areas: 
Meeting management: 
 Arrange and facilitate all site / technical and allocation meetings 
 Arrange and facilitate relationship meetings between the contractors and beneficiaries in matters relating to rectifying defects 
 Arrange and facilitate all meetings that lead to the successful completion of the project. 
 
Project coordination: 
 Plan and coordinate inspections as per the Clerk of Works projections 
 Coordinate the collection and collation of project documentation 
 Coordinate the collection and collation of subsidy documentation from the contractors 
 Implement Project Managers’ communication plan 
 Coordinate on-site activities of donor programmes 
 Coordinate and assist in the collation of all project documentation from contractors 
 
Unit handover / takeover: 
 Arrange and coordinate the takeover of units, keys, certificates etc 
 Arrange and coordinate handover of units, keys, certificates etc 
 Coordinate training of residents 
 Coordinate all installations of technical items after beneficiary handover. 
 Manage relationships between contractors and beneficiaries relating to rectification of defects 
 
Requirements:
 A Grade 12 or equivalent qualification 
 Diploma certificate or similar in related field 
 Intermediate competency in Microsoft Project, Outlook, Excel intermediate and Word 
 Two to three years’ experience in a similar role