BUILDIT ROLE, EXPERIENCE AND DIRECTION

What have you actually been doing?

Job titles only tell part of the story. This assessment builds a picture of the responsibility you actually carry, the environments you have worked in, the breadth and depth of your exposure, and where you want to head next.

Describe the work, not the title.

A Senior Contract Administrator can be running a narrow package on one project and effectively operating as a package commercial lead on another. Neither is inherently better. BUILDIT needs to understand the work behind the title before development or capability evidence means much.

Answer for your current or most recent substantial role unless the question asks about your broader career.

Exposure means meaningful involvement, not simply being present while somebody else owned the work.

Responsibility and autonomy matter more here than job title.

This is professional context. It is not a capability score and there are no preferred career paths.

What this assessment establishes

This gives the rest of BUILDIT a professional reference point so later judgement and practical evidence can be interpreted in context.

Context architecture

Actual responsibilityWhat you genuinely own today, rather than what your position description says.

Breadth and depthWhether your experience is broad across the commercial cycle or concentrated in particular areas.

Project complexityThe scale, interfaces, governance and delivery environments in which that experience was built.

AutonomyHow independently you operate and where decisions still require close review or direction.

People exposureInformal leadership, delegation, review, coaching and responsibility for others.

DirectionWhat kind of work, responsibility and career path you actually want next.

Why this matters: later BUILDIT evidence can distinguish between lack of capability and lack of opportunity. Someone cannot reasonably demonstrate experience they have never been given the chance to build.

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PART 1

What you own now

Responsibility, ownership and the real operating level behind your title.

Current responsibility

Which description is closest to your current commercial responsibility?

01 / 20

AFull CA role: procurement, payments, forecasting, subcontract administration and head contract administration on smaller projects.BFull CA role: selected packages or workstreams within a larger project.CPartial CA role: predominantly downstream subcontract administration.DPartial CA role: predominantly upstream claims or head contract administration.EMultiple packages or workstreams with broad commercial responsibility.FBroad project commercial support across several functions without sole ownership of packages.GCommercial leadership or management across a team, project or major workstream.

Ownership

How much of your current work do you personally own from identifying the issue through to recommendation or resolution?

02 / 20

Decision authority

When a material commercial issue arises in your area, what is closest to your normal role?

03 / 20

AGather information for somebody else to decide.BDevelop the position and recommendation, with a manager making the decision.CMake routine decisions independently and escalate material ones.DOwn most decisions within agreed delegations and keep management informed.EDirect or review the decisions of others.

PART 2

Commercial breadth and depth

Where you have meaningful experience across the commercial cycle and where your strongest depth sits.

Commercial cycle

Which areas have you personally had meaningful responsibility for? Select all that apply.

04 / 20

Depth

Where is your strongest depth of experience today?

05 / 20

AProcurement and subcontract formation.BDownstream subcontract administration and payments.CVariations, claims and commercial correspondence.DForecasting, cost control and commercial reporting.EHead contract or upstream commercial administration.FPackage recovery, disputes or difficult commercial problems.GBroad end-to-end commercial management rather than one specialist area.

Breadth

Across your career, which description best fits the shape of your experience?

06 / 20

ADeep experience in a relatively narrow commercial specialisation.BStrong depth in one area with useful exposure to several others.CBroad CA experience across most of the commercial cycle.DBroad experience across packages, projects and commercial functions.ECommercial management experience spanning people, systems, project strategy and delivery interfaces.

PART 3

Project environment

The scale, interfaces and governance conditions in which your experience has been built.

Project scale

What is the most complex project environment in which you have held meaningful commercial responsibility?

07 / 20

ASmall building, fitout or specialist project.BMid-sized building or civil project.CLarge building, civil or infrastructure project.DMajor project with multiple packages, disciplines and significant governance.ETier 1 major infrastructure, PPP, alliance, JV or similarly complex environment.

Interfaces

Which interfaces have been a regular part of your work? Select all that apply.

08 / 20

Governance

How much experience do you have operating inside formal delegations, approval gates, project controls and corporate governance requirements?

09 / 20

PART 4

Autonomy and difficult work

How independently you operate and your exposure to ambiguity, recovery and messy commercial situations.

Autonomy

How would your manager most likely describe the amount of direction you need?

10 / 20

ARegular direction on both process and commercial position.BClear direction at the start, then periodic review.CMostly independent on familiar work, with support on difficult issues.DIndependent across most work, escalating exceptions and material risks.EI am usually the person providing direction or review to others.

Ambiguity

How much of your experience has involved taking over incomplete, poorly defined or commercially messy work?

11 / 20

Recovery

When you inherit a difficult package or workstream, what level of responsibility have you typically held?

12 / 20

AAssist with defined tasks within the recovery plan.BOwn selected commercial actions under close management.CRebuild parts of the commercial position and recommend priorities.DTake broad ownership of the package recovery and coordinate the required people.EDirect the recovery strategy and allocate work across others.

PART 5

People and influence

Leadership, delegation, development and influence beyond formal reporting lines.

People exposure

What is the highest level of people responsibility you have regularly held?

13 / 20

ANo regular responsibility for other staff.BInformally help or guide graduates, cadets or peers.CDelegate and review work for one or more junior staff.DDirect a small commercial team or package team.EManage managers or a broader commercial function.

Development

How often are you relied on to explain commercial reasoning, review somebody else's approach or help them improve?

14 / 20

Cross-functional influence

How much of your role requires influencing people who do not report to you?

15 / 20

AVery little. Most work is completed within my own function.BOccasional coordination with delivery or other functions.CRegular negotiation and alignment across delivery, commercial and subcontractor teams.DA large part of my role is getting multiple functions or stakeholders aligned.ECross-functional alignment and influence are central to my role.

PART 6

Direction

Where you want to head and which experiences would actually move you forward.

Career direction

Which direction currently interests you most?

16 / 20

ABecome a stronger and more complete Contract Administrator.BBuild deeper specialist commercial expertise.CMove toward Senior Contract Administrator or package commercial leadership.DMove toward Commercial Manager or project commercial leadership.EMove toward senior commercial or operational executive responsibility.FBroaden into project management, delivery, consulting or another adjacent path.GI am not currently trying to move upward. I want to become better at the role I already have.

Next exposure

Which experience would be most useful for you to build next? Select up to three.

17 / 20

Preference

If pay and title were equal, which kind of role would you prefer over the next two years?

18 / 20

AA well-defined package where I can build deep expertise.BSeveral packages with broader responsibility and variety.CA difficult package or project that needs sorting out.DA role with greater client, upstream or stakeholder exposure.EA role where I lead and develop other commercial staff.FA broader commercial management role with less day-to-day package administration.

Readiness

How ready do you currently feel for materially more responsibility than you have today?

19 / 20

Direction

What would make the next two years of your career feel genuinely useful?

20 / 20

Keep it practical. Think about responsibility, exposure, type of work and what you want to become better at.

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Once the questions are complete, this prototype will interpret the shape of your experience. It does not assess whether you are good at the work. Later practical evidence is what begins to answer that question.

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Your role & experience snapshot

Current operating shape

Responsibility

Commercial exposure

Project environment

Working autonomy

People exposure

Direction

What your experience currently suggests

Likely experience gap

Useful next exposure

This is not a capability score. It describes the shape of the experience you reported. BUILDIT can later compare this context with judgement assessments and demonstrated practical evidence to build a more reliable view of readiness and development.

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