Summary
Location: Koror, Palau
Summary
KEY INFORMATION
Position: Team Leader
Sector: Facility Management, Expert Deployment Mechanism and Framework Agreements
Duration: 25 months
Base City: Hanoi, Vietnam
Start Date: 10 June 2025
Reports to: Contractor Representative, Cowater
Contractual arrangement : Eligible for both Vietnamese residents/citizens and international applicants.
SUMMARY OF THE PROJECT
The Gender Responsive Equitable Agriculture and Tourism (GREAT) Program is a flagship initiative of the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT). The Program promotes sustainable women’s economic empowerment (WEE) in the ethnically diverse north-west region of Vietnam by applying a market systems development (MSD) approach. The primary beneficiaries are women living in the provinces of Son La and Lao Cai, while an overarching emphasis is placed on the inclusion of women from ethnic minority communities.
The Program is in its second five-year (2022-2027), AUD 33.7 million, phase (GREAT 2) continuing its focus on agriculture and tourism - sectors that lend themselves to opportunities for advancing WEE. The Program works with multiple private and public sector stakeholders to address constraints, generate opportunities, drive market growth and increase the productive value of the sectors. Cross-sector strategies such as women’s leadership, access to finance, digital transformation, policy advocacy, climate change adaptation and mitigation, and social norm and behaviour change inform and complement sector interventions.
The Program works in close collaboration and coordination with provincial government agencies to ensure alignment with national and provincial Government of Vietnam plans and goals.
Summary
The Australian Water Partnership (AWP) is seeking an experienced and qualified professional to fill the role of AWP Pacific Coordinator based in the Pacific region. The position will remain open until filled.
The AWP Pacific Coordinator will support AWP in the implementation of allocated DFAT funds under the Agreement and provide AWP with a physical presence in the Pacific subregion, in proximity to DFAT Posts, Pacific governments, regional organisations, and stakeholders.
The position will preferably be based in the Pacific, ideally in Fiji, Samoa, the Solomon Islands or Vanuatu. Other locations within the Pacific region will also be considered.