Job Brief
Bandung, West Java, Indonesia

Teaching and Learning Lead| PNG Secondary Education Program (PSEP)

• Commencement: May 2026 

• Long term role, based in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea

• Open to PNG Citizens 

Are you a strategic, internationally experienced leader with a strong background in international trade, cross border initiatives, complex program delivery and business partnerships? Palladium is seeking a high calibre Team Leader to provide overall leadership for Katalis Phase II, a flagship Australia–Indonesia economic cooperation program. Based in Jakarta, this senior role offers a unique opportunity to lead a high impact bilateral initiative and work at the nexus of government, policy reform and private sector engagement, managing senior level stakeholders 

• Based in Jakarta, Indonesia
• Duration – two years with a possible extension
• Open to both international and national candidates
• Applications close on Sunday 26 April 2026 at 11:59pm AEST
• Applications will be assessed on a rolling basis. We encourage you to apply as soon as possible  

Fiji Program Support Platform (FPSP)

• Seeking expression of interest from suitably qualified applicants with strong administrative, coordination and executive support experience.  
• Successful applicants may be considered for placement in one of the following roles:
  • Executive Support Unit (ESU) Senior Administrator with our Platform Management Unit (contract from 01 July 2026 to 31 December 2027 with likely extension)
  • Senior Administration Coordinator, Infrastructure with our Fiji Social Infrastructure Programs (contract commencing asap to 30 June 2027 with likely extension)
• Roles are Suva-based 

Tetra Tech International Development Pty Ltd (Tetra Tech International Development) as the managing contractor of the Humanitarian Logistics Capability (HLC) on behalf of the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, is seeking tenders from qualified Warehouse Storage and Cargo Management suppliers to provide a dedicated humanitarian warehousing arrangement in Port Moresby, including palletised and floor storage capacity within a third party logistics provider facility.

Background:
Indonesia’s Vision 2045 sets the goal for Indonesia to transition from a resource-based economy towards an advanced service, technology, and knowledge-based economy by the centenary of its independence (2045). The 2025-2045 National Long Term Development Plan emphasises the urgency of Indonesia’s human resource development to fully realise 2045 goals.

Faced however with persistent low student performance that is emblematic of a learning crisis, significant improvement in student learning will be required to reach Indonesia’s 2045 goals. Government of Indonesia (GoI) has started an ambitious program of education reforms. Successive education ministers have set out to modernise the education system through reforming the national curriculum and teaching and assessment approaches, to produce citizens with strong foundational skills, open minds, and inclusive values. 

Australia is a long-term supporter of the Indonesian basic education sector, with continuous investments supporting education quality improvements for the past two decades, including through the INOVASI program (Phase 1 2016-2020; Phase 2 2020-2023) that focused on supporting acquisition of literacy and numeracy foundational skills in early grades classrooms; exploring local problems and solutions; and generating evidence to inform government policy development and practices.

This third phase of INOVASI (2024-2027) builds upon the existing program’s approach and lessons learned and takes the focus on the development of foundational skills through to the end of the primary grades. Phase 3 will engage with priority issues of Australia’s development policy: gender equality, effective inclusion of children with a disability, responses to the climate change challenge in education. It will focus on the challenge of policy implementation and the gaps that exist between national policies and practices at district and school levels and use the well attested-success of INOVASI’s local problem-based approach to continuously support policy development for effective fit between policy and implementation context.

INOVASI Phase 3 is implemented in 25 districts and cities across Indonesia, in the provinces of West Nusa Tenggara, East Nusa Tenggara, North Kalimantan, East Java, West Java, and Maluku. The program also works in Ibu Kota Nusantara (IKN).
The Program is managed by Palladium on behalf of the Government of Australia through the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT).

Purpose of the Position: 
The Policy Adviser  will play a key role ensuring quality and strategic value of INOVASI’s advisory services to governments, maintaining relationships with government stakeholders, and providing sound advice and technical leadership to the internal INOVASI teams. The Policy Adviser will maintain a dedicated focus to achievement of INOVASI End of Program Outcomes and Intermediate Outcomes by identifying and providing strategic and technical leadership on short- and medium-term initiatives that contribute to INOVASI’s outcomes and the continual reform and improvement. The Policy Adviser’s inputs will cover all INOVASI partner provinces, national government and other “scale out” district and provinces if required. The position may be asked to focus on specific locations or on a technical focus area depending on the program needs and as assigned by the Deputy Director Policy and MERL.

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