Position Title: Senior Policy Advisor – Sustainable Finance Program: KINETIK Hub (The Indonesia–Australia Climate and Infrastructure Partnership) Location: Jakarta, Indonesia Reports to: Team Leader – KINETIK Hub Employment Type: Consultant
Consultant role desk based with potential travel to PNG Up to 30 days from October 2025 to January 2026
Full time opportunity in Suva, Fiji.
Full time opportunity in Port Moresby, PNG.
Ensuring a strong GEDSI lens throughout GREAT’s programming is critical to achieving WEE and inclusive MSD impacts. Cowater is seeking a highly qualified technical advisor on GEDSI (Gender Equality, Disability and Social Inclusion) to support the implementation of GREAT 2 Program.
GREAT’s GEDSI Strategy and Sub-Strategy for Disability Equity highlights our two-prong approach for both targeted and mainstreamed GEDSI interventions. Our targeted GEDSI project investments include women’s entrepreneurship and leadership and behaviour change for inclusive markets. Our GEDSI mainstreaming includes ensuring GEDSI measures are integrated across:
all sector and subsector projects in their design, implementation and evaluation
sector strategies, policies and partnerships
systems and processes for capacity building, stakeholder engagement, safeguarding, communications,
monitoring, evaluation, research and learning (MERL).
The GREAT program includes a GEDSI unit to drive the above agenda and provide technical support to project teams and partners implement their projects. The GEDSI Technical Advisor will join this unit to manage a targeted investment, act as the technical focal point for selected investments for effective GEDSI mainstreaming and support the unit in general implement GREAT’s GEDSI agenda.
Program: Strongim Bisnis
Location: Honiara, Solomon Islands with provincial travel as required
Duration: Full-time, initial contract until 30 June 2027 with possible extension to 2029
Reports to: Team Leader
Direct Reports: Logistics, Operations and Finance personnel (4-6 locally engaged staff)
Background
Strongim Bisnis is an innovative pro-business program funded by the Australian Government. Strongim Bisnis supports Solomon Islands businesses to increase productivity, access greater income earning opportunities and higher value markets; with the intention of enabling greater resilience and creating jobs. Poverty reduction will be the desired result. Strongim Bisnis also supports the private sector and the Solomon Islands Government to work together effectively to increase opportunities for trade and investment and accelerate business growth. A key focus of the program ensures that Solomon Islands women, youth and peoplewith disability have increased economic opportunities.
In its third phase of implementation, Strongim Bisnis works with over 40 private sector businesses, civil society organisations and government departments across the country. The program is delivered by a team of 30 personnel, led by a diverse senior management team.
Position Summary
The DTL - Operations will oversee the day-to-day operations and administration of the Strongim Bisnis program, ensuring that all activities are supported by effective administrative, procurement, logistics, financial, and information-technology systems. Working closely with the Team Leader, the role provides strategic leadership to ensure operations meet donor requirements, governance standards, and internal policies.
Leading the Operations Team, including Finance, Logistics, and Procurement staff, the DTL - Operations will set objectives, manage performance, and build team capacity. This position will strengthen and implement operational policies and processes, oversee partnership procurement, and coordinate recruitment, mobilisation, and IT support for personnel.
The position also carries responsibility for supporting program-wide planning and budgeting with a particular focus on ensuring value for money, reducing fraud and other financial risk, and compliance with DFAT regulations. The DTL - Operations will maintain security and workplace health and safety protocols, monitor operational risks, and ensure accurate financial oversight and reporting.
This is a full-time leadership role based in Honiara, Solomon Islands, with occasional regional travel. The successful candidate will be expected to lead both directly and through influence, promoting a culture of accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement across the program.
We are seeking a Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) Adviser to drive evidence-based impact across the Mekong region. In this pivotal role, you will lead the design and delivery of innovative MEL systems that empower teams, inform decision making, and shape the future of resilient, inclusive communities.
Operations & People Lead
About Pacific Labour Mobility Support Program
The Pacific Australia Labour Mobility (PALM) scheme is a signature initiative for the Australian Government that enables workers from 9 Pacific Island Countries (PICs) and Timor- Leste to work in priority sectors in Australia. The Pacific Labour Mobility Support Program’s (PLMSP) role is to provide the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) and governments in 9 PICs and Timor-Leste with support to enable workers to access PALM scheme in inclusive ways that maximise the benefits for the workers and national economies while minimising risks from labour mobility participation. Palladium is contracted to deliver PLMSP on behalf of DFAT.
This Opportunity
The Operations & People Lead, as a member of the PLMSP Senior Leadership Team (SLT) is responsible for ensuring efficient and effective delivery of all support services across the project. With the support of the Deputy Team Leader, the role will provide high quality operations management, fostering high performance program outcomes and a team culture of inclusion across a complex regional program. The role will provide direct management and oversight of operations including program finance and budgeting, procurement and contracting and project human resources team including talent acquisition, capacity and performance development, and health, risk and safety.
This is a fixed term opportunity required to September 2028, based in our Brisbane office.
Make a meaningful impact in a stunning location, with a team that’s passionate about change.
Contribute to a world where people, communities and the planet thrive.
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We’re seeking an experienced and strategic Operations Manager to join a warm and genuine team driving education reform in Vanuatu. This full-time role, based in Port Vila, offers the opportunity to contribute to national development priorities through effective program operations and leadership.
The opportunity
Location: Dili, Timor-Leste
