The Australian Infrastructure Financing Facility for the Pacific (AIFFP) is Australia’s largest and most significant infrastructure investment in the Pacific. This $4 billion infrastructure initiative is actively engaging with countries in the region to significantly boost Australia’s support for infrastructure development in Pacific countries and Timor-Leste. The Facility uses grant funding combined with loans to support the development of high priority, quality infrastructure.

Over the next 5 years AIFFP plans to finance over $1 billion of Ports, Roads and Electrification infrastructure projects requiring expertise including skilled engineers, builders, electricians, plumbers, environmental scientists, accountants and project managers.  AIFFP intends to open up job opportunities for young Pacific Island professionals to develop their skills and experience in delivering the large-scale infrastructure works it finances. This is in addition to the opportunities which have been available during the project design and preparation phases i.e. with consulting teams contracted by AIFFP to undertake feasibility studies and deliver infrastructure designs.

AIFFP, through the AIFFP Support Unit (SU), requires external assistance by a PNG-based consultancy/service provider to identify, screen and create a database of potential recent and near graduates to supply a pool of work ready candidates to the contractors/consultants responsible for AIFFP project delivery.

AIFFP is seeking delivery of services through a PNG-based or substantially PNG-based firm or organisation to ensure local knowledge and insight in the identification of relevant graduates from both a location and sectoral basis.  The services and this requirement are to advance delivery of the AIFFP Local Content principle of maximising the use and upskilling of local labour and the private sector.

Interested suppliers are invited to respond to the attached Request for Proposal (AM11998), noting the conditions and scope of work within it, along with the following timeline. A Word version of Part E Suppliers Response From is provided for ease of response.

Abt Global is seeking a highly qualified individual to fill the role of Economic Adviser to be based in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea and open to all applicants.

Abt Global is seeking a suitably qualified individual to fill the role of Pharmaceutical Society of Papua New Guinea Office Administration Manager to be based in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea.

The Australia Papua New Guinea Economic Partnership (APEP) is an eight-year, multi-sectoral investment which commenced in April 2022. APEP is delivered as part of the broader Australia Papua New Guinea Partnership which brings strong alignment and integration with the development priorities of the government of Australia and Papua New Guinea (PNG).

APEP will work collaboratively with other Australian investments and development partners, to deliver impactful and sustainable development outcomes across five key engagement areas:

• EOPO 1 - Safeguarding Macroeconomic Stability
• EOPO 2 - Strengthening Public Financial Management for Improved Service Delivery and Inclusive Growth
• EOPO 3 - Supporting More Efficient and Inclusive Markets
• EOPO 4 - Fostering Inclusive Growth and Expanded Livelihoods
• EOPO 5 - Catalysing Economic Research and Dialogue.

Gender equality, disability, social inclusion (GEDSI) and women’s economic empowerment (WEE) are central to APEP and integrated across all engagement areas and activities. cross-cutting themes are climate and ensuring the perspectives of First Nations Australians are embedded into APEP planning and implementation.

Regular reflection, reporting, learning, and adaptation are applied to all engagement areas through APEP’s MERLA system.

Abt Global is seeking a highly qualified individual to fill the role of Economic Adviser to be based in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea and open to all applicants.

Abt Global is seeking highly qualified individuals to provide Expressions of Interest to join a pool of Legal Policy Advisers, based in Port Moresby, PNG and open to all applicants.