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Fiji Program Support Platform (FPSP)

• Seeking a qualified Mining adviser with at least 7 years experience in the mining sector (in the Asia/Pacific region is an asset)
• Working with the Ministry of Lands and Mineral Resources
• 12-month contract commencing February / March 2025
• Located in Suva, Fiji
• Open to International and National applications, however relocation and housing benefits will not be available. 

FPSP Overview: 

The Fiji Program Support Platform (FPSP, or the ‘Platform’) is a Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) investment that contributes to the delivery of Fiji’s national development priorities, in line with the Australia’s International Development Policy, the Fiji-Australia Vuvale Partnership and the Development Partnership Plan. 

The Platform delivers key bilateral programs, such as health, education, scholarships, social infrastructure, governance, climate and emergency preparedness and response. Platform activities will identify and address climate risks, promote climate action, and gender equality, disability and social inclusion (GEDSI) across and beyond the sector programs. 

The Platform has three functional Outcomes: 

1. The Platform has delivered its sector program outcomes, including through supporting strategic coherence, planning, partnerships management, data and learning across the portfolio of investments.
2. The Platform has prioritised gender equality and disability-inclusive development, and climate and disaster resilience, in its systems and practices. This includes in how it undertakes sector programming and its engagement with selected Government of Fiji agencies.
3. The Platform administers timely and efficient programming that is: value for money; maximises use of local supply chains; and supports good governance and public diplomacy, effective decision making and risk management. 

Background:

The Mining Division of the Ministry of Lands and Mineral resources is Fiji’s lead agency in attracting private investment in resource exploration and development. The Division provides geoscientific information on minerals resources as well as management of an equitable and secure titles systems for the mining, petroleum and geothermal industries. It also carries prime responsibility for regulating extractive industries in Fiji, including the collection of royalties, and ensuring that safety, health and environmental standards are consistent with relevant regulations. In addition, the Mining Division is committed to educating the community about resource development and regulation in respective resource sectors. It is also focused on delivering key strategies to ensure the continued growth of the resources industry and to maximize the economic and social return to all Fijians. 

The regulation of the mineral sector is provided for under the Mining Act 1965, which had undergone a review process in the late nineties and early 2000 resulting in the development of the Mineral Exploration and Exploitation Bill (MEEB). The MEEB is currently in its eleventh draft which was finalised in 2007. It addresses the outdated mining law of Mining Act 1965, with improved safety, best practise regulation and mining tenement administration. The Bill also reflects the new laws, such as Environment Management Act 2015, Employment Relations Act 2007, Fair Share Mineral Royalties Act 2018 and the Occupational Health and Safety at Workplace Act as well as conventions that Fiji has ratified relevant to the mineral sector (United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification, United Nations Convention on Biodiversity and United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea etc.).  Further input is needed to align the Bill to the 2013 Constitution.

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