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Administrative support is the easiest work to contract and the easiest to get wrong on classification, because the arrangement so often looks like employment with a different invoice attached.

This page covers what gets subcontracted in this sector, the credentials worth confirming, and how a job runs on Workforce Marketplace. Early access is open.

What gets subcontracted

The work most often contracted covers:

Bookkeeping, accounts payable and receivable processing
Payroll processing and superannuation administration
Executive and virtual assistant support
Customer service and inbound call handling
Data entry, document processing and records management
Recruitment administration and onboarding coordination
Tender and proposal coordination

Credentials that matter here

Very little of this is licensed, which shifts the checks onto registration, data handling and the shape of the arrangement:

Registered BAS agent through the Tax Practitioners Board, required to charge for BAS services. Bookkeeping and BAS work are different things and only one of them requires registration
Registered tax agent where any tax advice is given for a fee
Professional indemnity insurance for anyone processing payroll or financial data
Evidence of genuine business operation: own equipment, own systems, multiple clients, ability to substitute
Data handling and privacy arrangements in writing, including where data is stored and whether it leaves Australia
Police check where the role has access to financial systems or personal information

Two things bite here. Charging for BAS services without registration is an offence, and offshore data processing triggers obligations under the Privacy Act that most businesses never consider until there is a breach. Ask where the work is actually performed and where the data sits.

What to confirm before work starts

An active ABN. Where a supplier does not quote one, you are generally required to withhold 47 per cent of the payment and remit it to the ATO. Their GST registration also tells you whether the price should carry it.

That the credential is held by the entity you are contracting with. A person can hold a qualification while the business you are paying holds nothing. Check the name on the document against the name on the invoice.

Insurance appropriate to the scope. Public liability is the common one. Depending on the work you may also need professional indemnity, and workers compensation if they carry their own staff.

That the engagement is genuinely a contract for services. Since the Fair Work amendments the test looks at the real substance of the relationship rather than the label on the paperwork, and getting it wrong creates back-pay, superannuation and payroll tax exposure. Contractor vs employee in Australia sets out how it now works.

Writing a scope that gets comparable quotes

Administrative engagements need the deliverable and the access defined. State the tasks and volumes rather than the hours, what systems the contractor accesses and under whose licence, where data is stored and processed and whether it leaves Australia, who owns the work product and records, what the turnaround commitment is, what happens to access and data at the end, and whether the contractor can substitute another person.

How it works on Workforce Marketplace

Post the scope with the payment structure it actually uses, whether that is fixed price, hourly, daily, quoted or split into milestones for staged work. Subcontractors apply, and you compare them side by side rather than chasing callbacks.

Every account is ABN-verified at sign-up. Beyond that, subcontractors can submit licences, certifications and insurance for verification, which we review rather than grant automatically. Their profile shows the status against each credential without showing the document, the licence number or the ABN. Verification is opt-in, so a profile may hold credentials that have not been submitted, and it reflects the document as at the date it was reviewed rather than standing indefinitely.

Applying for work costs nothing and there are no leads to buy. Payment runs through Stripe, and Workforce Marketplace never stores your card or bank details.