Workforce Coordinator - PNG

About the role

We are seeking a Workforce Coordinator to support workforce planning, recruitment, onboarding, mobilization, rostering, payroll administration, and employee records for projects in Papua New Guinea.

Key responsibilities

• Coordinate workforce requirements, recruitment, selection, onboarding, and mobilization.
• Maintain staff rosters, attendance records, timesheets, and workforce schedules.
• Coordinate credentialing, work permits, visas, medical registrations, and deployment documentation.
• Coordinate travel, uniforms, PPE, and staff mobilization requirements.
• Track vacancies, roster gaps, workforce movements, and credentialing status.
• Provide accurate workforce information and payroll inputs to HR, Finance, Operations, and project teams.
• Maintain confidential employee and workforce records in HR, payroll, rostering, and document‑control systems.
• Support employee off‑boarding, exit processes, redeployment, and workforce debriefing.
• Identify and escalate workforce, compliance, documentation, and deployment risks.

Required profile

• Experience in workforce coordination, rostering, recruitment administration, HR administration, payroll support, or project mobilization.
• Strong organizational and time‑management skills with excellent attention to detail.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to manage confidential employee information and maintain accurate records.
• Knowledge of PNG employment, immigration, work permits, onboarding, or credentialing processes, or ability to learn quickly.
• Ability to work effectively with HR, Payroll, Finance, Operations, Project Managers, and external stakeholders.
• Experience with HR, payroll, rostering, document‑control, or ERP systems is desirable.
• A qualification in Human Resources, Business Administration, Workforce Planning, Project Administration, or a related field is desirable.