Childcare Residential Construction Coordinator

Association of Village Council Presidents•Bethel, AK

6d•Onsite

About The Position

The Tribal Construction Coordinator Position plans, schedules, budgets, directs, and coordinates activities concerned with the construction of Residential Construction program projects in the AVCP region. Participates in the conceptual development of a construction project and oversees its organization, scheduling, implementation, and close-out. The Tribal Construction Coordinator position is a Bethel based position. This role supervises and collaborates with Tribal Construction Lead Carpenters, encouraging open two-way communication with staff to enhance job satisfaction and overall morale. It also involves developing and maintaining a culturally sensitive work environment, ensuring staff have the necessary tools and training, and monitoring all phases of construction to ensure planning, design, ROW acquisition, environmental compliance, and proper policies and procedures are in place and suited to meet project and community needs. The position is also responsible for updating existing departmental policies and creating new ones to improve project management procedure standardization and enhance systemized processes, as well as compiling, reviewing, and approving construction employees’ timesheets for submission to payroll and conducting performance evaluations of Childcare Lead Carpenters.

Requirements

Must have strong project management skills.
Must have a thorough understanding of the culture and the needs of the Tribes of the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta region.
Strong written, oral, organizational, and analytical skills are required.
High school diploma and 2 years field construction, management or administrative experience is preferred.
Applicants must provide the required knowledge, skills and abilities for the position and demonstrate aptitude for growth in the position.

Nice To Haves

Bilingual Yup’ik/English preferred.

Responsibilities

Enforce project contract provisions.
Assist in performing home assessments for Tribal construction projects.
Assist in developing scope of work for individual homes and counseling homeowners on anticipated scope.
Formulate Tribal construction reports concerning such areas as daily and weekly work progress, costs, and scheduling.
Interpret and explain plans and contract terms to Tribal construction administrative staff, workers, and clients.
Work with Tribal Construction lead carpenters to plan, organize and direct activities concerning construction projects.
Compile Tribal construction project records and reports upon completion in accordance with established program procedures, regulations, and statutes (i.e., Davis - Bacon Certified payrolls, etc.).
Establish Tribal Construction project objectives, policies, procedures, and performance standards within boundaries of company policy and contract specifications.
Confer with supervisors and foremen to discuss such matters as work procedures, complaints, and construction problems.
Initiate and maintain liaison with owners and other contacts to facilitate Tribal construction project activities.
Monitor and control project through administrative direction of on-site superintendent/foremen to ensure project is completed on schedule and within budget.
Investigate potentially serious situations and implement corrective measures.
Work with contract administrator to manage financial aspects of contracts to protect company’s interest and simultaneously maintain good relationship with the community.
May requisition supplies and materials to complete project.
Work with Tribal construction lead carpenter and Director to assign workers to construction sites to work on specified projects.
Travel extensively throughout the region via small aircraft, boat, snow machine, or truck to conduct site visits of projects ranging from a couple days to weeks.
Perform/prepare electronic travel requests and reports with AVCP’s 3rd party travel vendor.
Other duties as assigned.