Contract Administrator
What the work is
Prepares, interprets, maintains, reviews and negotiates contracts and contract variations on behalf of an organisation.
Would you enjoy the work?
These are the main tasks in the official description. Mark how each one sounds to you.
- Develops, reviews and negotiates contracts and contract variations, ensuring compliance with company policies, and laws and regulations
- Reviews insurance requirements
- Resolves contract-related enquiries and issues
- Manages and maintains paperwork associated with contracts
- Oversees work by contractors and reports on variations to work orders
- Manages contract renewals, extensions and terminations
- Prepares and reviews organisational activity submissions and reports
Try it
A simulation and a case study from this kind of work, set in the head office of a mid-sized building company that hires many subcontractors. They are fictional.
The kind of days you could have
Good days
- You catch a gap in a contract before it costs anyone anything
- A tense negotiation ends with both sides saying the terms are fair
- A project manager tells you they trust your read of the paperwork
Hard days
- A start date is fixed and the paperwork is nowhere near ready
- Someone senior asks you to wave something through that you are not comfortable with
- Reading page after page of fine print when the answer is hiding in one clause
Written by Career Calling as a general guide. Real roles vary by employer and place.
Work a mission
Step into a simulated workplace in this field, with a brief from your manager.
Description and tasks: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Occupation Standard Classification for Australia, 2024, Version 1.0 (opens another site), occupation 511131, used under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence. The skill guide above is our plain English summary.