korraldustöö

Korraldustöö is an Estonian term meaning work aimed at organizing and coordinating tasks, processes, or resources within an organization or project. The word combines korraldus ("organization, arrangement") with töö ("work"), and is used to describe activities that ensure orderly execution of operations rather than the execution of substantive technical tasks.

Scope and usage: It is used across sectors such as public administration, education, business, and event management, to characterize tasks focused on planning, coordination, and administration rather than direct production or service delivery. In practice, korraldustöö may include planning and scheduling work, arranging logistics, coordinating teams and stakeholders, maintaining documentation and records, ensuring compliance with procedures, and monitoring progress.

Typical responsibilities: developing timelines, assigning roles, arranging resources, managing communications, preparing reports, coordinating between departments, risk assessment, and ensuring safety and quality standards are met.

Skills and qualifications: strong organizational and time-management abilities, project coordination or administration experience, good written and verbal communication, basic data management, familiarity with office software and, in larger settings, project management tools. Proficiency in Estonian is usually required; in some organizations English as a second language is used.

Relation to other concepts: Korraldustöö is distinct from hands-on technical or production work; it focuses on arranging and controlling the workflow rather than performing core production tasks. It is commonly included in job titles such as coordinator, administrator, or project assistant, and used to describe a set of tasks within a broader role.