Fiji Program Support Platform (FPSP)

• Locally Engaged Role - commencing May 2025 to May 2027 with possibility of 2-year extension  
• Based in Suva, Fiji

Abt Global is seeking a suitably qualified individual to fill the role of GEDSI and Women’s Economic Empowerment Adviser to be based in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea.

Fiji Program Support Platform (FPSP) 

• Seeking two qualified Infrastructure Senior Project Managers (SPM); one SPM to work on education infrastructure projects, and one SPM to work on health infrastructure projects, including the CWM Hospital redevelopment work
• Long term personnel – commencing January 2025 – 30 June 2027 with possible extension
• Open to Fijian and International applicants  
• Suva, Fiji with travel to Divisions 

FPSP Overview: 

The Fiji Program Support Platform (FPSP, or the ‘Platform’) is a Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) investment that will contribute 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 will deliver 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. 

The Platform implements over fifty percent of Australia’s bilateral development support to Fiji across a range of sector programs in education, health, Australia Awards, disaster response, cyclone recovery, social infrastructure and technical assistance to improve public sector governance in Fiji.   

The Platform integrates cross-cutting themes, including gender equality, disability and social inclusion (GEDSI), climate and disaster resilience, across sectoral programs. In particular, the Platform seeks to strengthen program outcomes by better addressing the needs of targeted beneficiaries including those who are often marginalised. 

Infrastructure Programs Overview:

The Australian Government is currently delivering three social infrastructure programs (Infrastructure Programs) in Fiji: 

• The Cyclone Recovery Program will deliver infrastructure upgrades at Taveuni and Kadavu hospitals. The program will conclude 31 December 2025. 
• The Colonial War Memorial (CWM) Hospital Redevelopment Master Plan will deliver a comprehensive masterplan for a new national referral hospital. 
• Fiji Social Infrastructure Program (FSIP) will support upgrades to school infrastructure, commencing with priority schools identified through an audit of Suva-Nausori school infrastructure; and provide technical assistance to the Ministries of Education and Health to uplift their systems, process and capacity for maintenance and upgrades over the medium term. 

The Social Infrastructure team will also manage the Platform’s Infrastructure flexible fund. These programs will be delivered through the Platform, and compliment other infrastructure investments that are delivered through the Australian Infrastructure Financing Facility for the Pacific (AIFFP).   

Long Term Role- Commencing January 2025. Based in Suva, Fiji

The Performance, Learning and Communications (PLC) Hub will facilitate cross-program learning, including through communities of practice, to drive continuous program improvement and strategic decision-making .The Hub is responsible for oversight of all sector programs, to optimise development results, the strategic coherence of the portfolio, a balance between individual sector diversity and consistent attention to cross-cutting issues, particularly GEDSI and climate change, efficient use of resources across programs and portfolio level attention to risk management and effective communications and public diplomacy.  

Program Background

The Human Development Monitoring and Evaluation Services (HDMES) program is funded by the Australian Government Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) in Papua New Guinea (PNG) and implemented by Adam Smith International in collaboration with Clear Horizon. HDMES has been in operation from 2019, with current contract until 30 June 2025 and a subsequent 2 year option period. Through the PNG Aus Partnership, HDMES provides high quality monitoring, evaluation, and learning (MEL) services to DFAT at both the portfolio and investment level, in the health and education sectors.
HDMES provides advice and independent assessment of the performance of investments and undertakes appraisals of progress reports, monitoring, and evaluation plans (MEPs) and frameworks (MEFs), strategy documents, conducts independent reviews and evaluations of investments, and assists with ensuring the quality of DFAT PNG strategic documents. HDMES also undertakes analytical work and produces communication products. 
 

Overall Responsibility

The Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist will support the Team Leader to ensure excellence in HDMES services to DFAT PNG, including in processes, procedures, and products and will work collaboratively and professionally with the Team Leader and other technical and operations personnel and consultants.