Job Brief
Location: Indonesia

About the Proposal

The Samoa Public Service Commission (PSC) is the Constitutional advisor to Government on human resource matters. It serves as the central agency for human resource management in the public service and provides advice on human resource planning, development, policy formulation, monitoring, and evaluation of HR practices. The PSC is also the lead agency for the Public Administration Sector and the focal point for the UN Convention Against Corruption (UNCAC).

This assignment will support PSC in strengthening its institutional systems to ensure they are fit for purpose, sustainable, and aligned with current and emerging public sector needs. The adviser will collaborate with the Public Service Commission (PSC) to conduct a comprehensive review and enhancement of the competency framework for senior executives and general staff, refining salary classification tools and methodologies, and optimizing the organizational structure to better fulfill legal and strategic responsibilities. Key areas of attention also include Public Service Performance, leadership development, sector governance, communications, corporate services, and IT support

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Job Brief
Short term advisor opportunity in Apia, Samoa.

Job Brief
Short term advisor opportunity in Samoa.

Katalis Phase II (2026–2031) is a partnership between the governments of Australia and Indonesia, funded by the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT), and implemented in collaboration with the Government of Indonesia. The program strengthens bilateral economic engagement under the Indonesia–Australia Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (IA‑CEPA) through two mutually reinforcing pillars:
Pillar 1: IA‑CEPA institutional architecture & policy reform (secretariat and implementation support).
Pillar 2: Skills, Businesses & Inclusive Growth, including the Katalis Business Partnership Fund (KBPF) to test, scale, and commercialize inclusive, climate‑smart business models with Indonesian SMEs and Australian partners.

The Australian Infrastructure Financing Facility for the Pacific (AIFFP) is the Australian Government’s specialist infrastructure financing program within the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. The AIFFP is an AUD4.55 billion facility investing in transformational infrastructure across a range of sectors in the Pacific and Timor‑Leste, including maritime, airports, energy, telecommunications, road transport and urban infrastructure. Export Finance Australia acts as the lender of record. The AIFFP provides financing to deliver quality infrastructure with a focus on strong social and environmental safeguards, generating local jobs and responding to the priorities of diverse communities. The AIFFP builds on Australia’s longstanding partnerships with the Pacific and its experience delivering quality aid programming that supports sustained development outcomes for communities. The AIFFP began operating on 1 July 2019 and has 57 signed infrastructure projects across the Pacific and Timor-Leste.

The AIFFP is managed by the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, with support from Tetra Tech (the Support Unit). The AIFFP Support Unit provides advice and services to support the delivery of the AIFFP and its objectives.

AIFFP is seeking to engage a client-side advisory (‘the Consultant’) to support PNG Telikom Limited (‘Telikom’) with the contracting, implementation and integration of a Business Support System (BSS) with Virtual Wallet functionality (VW) (‘the New System’). Telikom is the project proponent and has overall responsibility for project delivery. 

Telikom is currently using two BSS systems. Telikom seeks to switch to a new, modern single BSS. Telikom envisages the new BSS will streamline billing processes, improve operational efficiency, and support long-term growth. It also wants to ensure a secure and trusted network that meets high-level industry standards during integration and ongoing operation. Telikom has conducted a procurement process for the New System and has identified a preferred supplier (‘the Supplier’). 

Telikom and AIFFP have identified a need for Telikom to be supported by the Consultant through the process of finalising a contract with the Supplier (‘Supply Contract’) and technical implementation and integration of the New System into Telikom’s existing IT environment and infrastructure. The Supplier would hold overarching contractual responsibility for implementation and integration of the New System. 

Services will be required from May until end June 2026, with a possible extension until 30 June 2027. The full requirements are set out in the terms of reference at Part B.

Principal

Tetra Tech International Development Pty Ltd, (ABN 63 007 889 081), a duly registered Australian company located at 422 King William Street, Adelaide, SA, 5000 Australia, referred to as ”Tetra Tech International Development” or “Tetra Tech International Development” as the managing contractor of the Humanitarian Logistics Capability (HLC) program on behalf of the Australian Government’s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT)

Requirements

Tetra Tech International Development Pty Ltd with the intention of forming a pre‑screened supplier panel for HLC, invites suppliers of critical logistics services to apply for this EOI. Services include air charter, freight forwarding, customs clearance, cargo screening, trucking, in country and other incidental services including storage and support. The panel will enable rapid mobilisation for humanitarian cargo movements while ensuring proportionate due diligence and appropriate corporate oversight of residual contractual risks.

SIAP SIAGA, a partnership between the Governments of Australia and Indonesia, has long supported the strengthening of disaster management systems at the national and subnational levels. Central to this effort is empowering communities to enhance resilience through the Disaster Resilience Village (DRV) framework that integrating community-based disaster risk management with climate change adaptation, and promoting and incorporating the Gender Equality, Disability, and Social Inclusion (GEDSI) principles. 

In NTT, SIAP SIAGA has worked closely with provincial and district governments, civil society organizations, and local communities to foster inclusive and adaptive disaster risk management strategies. By leveraging multi-stakeholder collaboration, the program seeks to enhance institutional capacities, promote evidence-based policy development, and ensure that disaster preparedness measures are responsive to the needs of vulnerable groups, including women, people with disabilities, and marginalized communities.

This RFP seeks to support two key initiatives— Building Community Resilience to Volcano Eruption through partnerships with local civil society organizations (CSO) in NTT Province.

The DRV component aims to enhance community resilience through inclusive planning, technical assistance, policy development, capacity building, and mobilizing local resources to create sustainable and adaptive community-based solutions. This initiative emphasize collaboration with CSOs, local governments, and customary institutions to ensure sustainability and long-term impact by leveraging local capacities and aligning with broader policy frameworks.

For more details please click the link of this RFP provided.

Strategic communications and public diplomacy play a central role in supporting SWLT’s End of Program Outcomes, including enhancing Australia’s trusted and visible development partnership with Papua New Guinea and strengthening understanding of system reform over time.

Through this Request for Proposal Process, SWLT will establish a pre-qualified pool of copywriters and editors to provide high-quality writing, editing, and editorial advisory services on an as-needed basis. Services will support implementation of the SWLT Communications and Public Diplomacy Strategy and will contribute to the development of clear, evidence-informed, audience-led communications products aligned to agreed priorities and AHC clearance processes.

All written outputs will reflect disciplined narrative positioning, plain-language clarity, inclusion, safeguarding principles, and the Papua New Guinea–Australia partnership framing.