Project Management & Support

Success in difficult operating environments is heavily dependent on effective project support which can be the difference between a project delivered on-time and within budget, and one that is stalled because of problems with logistics, personnel, security or accountability.

This is particularly true in high risk and remote locations where conditions can be unsafe, unpredictable, and vary greatly between different villages or communities within the region.

Sometimes an organisation is unable (or unwilling) to undertake all of the project elements using in-house resources. This can be because it is not cost effective for the organisation to engage the skill-set on a short term basis, or where a particular type of skill is necessary e.g. language skills or geographic knowledge of the project area, or where the organisation lacks sufficient expertise to operate safely and effectively in a high risk or difficult environment.

By outsourcing selected project components or positions, organisations can focus on core contract and operational outcomes while essential project enablers are looked after by people with the right skills and experience.

Axinto can provide support in three ways. We can provide personnel through our Recruitment Services (see tab) who are employed by the client or employed by us to work with the client. We can be sub-contracted to provide specific project components (such as risk management, security, logistics, facilities, medical and communications). Finally, we can be contracted to deliver the entire project.

In all cases Axinto engages people who are able to live, work and cope within a high risk or difficult environment.

Attracting, developing and retaining the right people can be difficult at the best of times but recruiting for projects in high risk, challenging or remote environments can be problematic given the need for culturally and geographically diverse teams comprised of local and expatriate employees and contractors.

Building and maintaining an effective workforce in an isolated, unstable or hostile environment requires considerable workforce planning, legal understanding, careful recruitment and selection, pre-deployment preparation and training and ongoing administrative and financial management of staff throughout the project.

We assist our clients to find and engage experienced personnel capable of working in remote, difficult and high risk environments. We provide advice on workforce planning, training and capacity building, shift rotations, contracts and insurance and assist in the identification, selection, preparation and deployment of experienced people who have the ability to perform their primary role and contribute to the safety and security of their team.

The skills sets we provide include project management, construction and engineering, facilities management, risk and security management, communications and IT, medical and first aid, transport and logistics and landmine clearance.

Axinto recruits personnel for commercial, government and humanitarian organisations. We recruit people for direct employment by the client or we will engage people on behalf of the client and manage deployment preparation, training, salary and allowances, insurance, travel and other HR and administrative functions.

Businesses are increasingly sending employees overseas for work, but many organisations are ill-prepared for the potential risks to individuals and corporations when employees are working in dangerous, unfamiliar or complex environments or where fatigue or a lack of oversight exists.

Well-prepared organisations significantly reduce the risk to their travelling employees while also assisting directors, executives and senior managers to meet their duty of care obligations. These organisations maintain their focus on core business activities rather than wasting valuable time and resources to remedy problems that can be avoided.

We assist clients to protect travelling employees through the development of corporate travel policies, insurance assistance, risk assessments, personal safety devices, monitoring and incident response. Our practical advice will assist travellers to undertake travel with a clear understanding of the potential risks and the knowledge of what to do in order to remain safe.

Axinto provides travel safety planning advice for 222 countries around the world. We go beyond DFAT Smartraveller and other government and subscription travel advice by providing effective strategies to mitigate potential safety, health and security problems. Contact us to obtain our travel planning advice.