Support MEL, operations & comms in a dynamic humanitarian role. 3-month parental leave cover. Ideal for early-career professionals.

Job Title: Program Officer – Monitoring, Evaluation & Learning (MEL), 
Project Name: Australian Humanitarian Program Support Unit (AHPSU)
Job type: 3-month role (parental leave coverage), Full time (1.0 Full Time Equivalent)
Location of Position: Melbourne or Canberra
Reporting to: AHPSU MEL Manager
Remuneration: Competitive salary negotiated based on experience
Citizenship: Australian Citizenship required
Language Requirements: Proficiency in English (reading, writing, speaking) is required. Proficiency in “other language” is considered an asset.
Application Deadline: 5pm AEST 28 July 2025

The Finance Coordinator manages payments, maintains accurate financial records and produces timely reports. The role’s objectives include leading budgeting and forecasting, ensuring compliance with financial controls, mitigating fraud risks, and assisting with procurement, asset management, and coordinating payments. This role is key to maintaining the program’s financial integrity and supporting effective resource management.

Location: Papua New Guinea

Fiji Program Support Platform (FPSP)

• Long Term Personnel - commencing Mid August 2025 to 31 December 2027
• Based in Suva, Fiji

The Fiji Program Support Platform (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. 

This will be achieved through three End of Program Outcomes (EOPOs):

EOPO 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 (development results)

EOPO 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 (performance priorities) 

EOPO 3: The Platform administers timely and efficient programming that is: value for money, maximises use of local supply chain, and supports good governance and public diplomacy, effective decision making and risk management (enabling management support)

KEY INFORMATION
Job Title: MERL and GEDSI Deputy Lead and Coordinator (multiple positions)
Sector: Monitoring and Evaluation
Position Type: Long term
Duration/Level of Effort: Full time
Position Location: Phnom Penh, with frequent travel to provinces
Contractual arrangement: Open to both Cambodian nationals and international applicants with the right to work in Cambodia.
 
SUMMARY OF THE PROJECT
The CAPRED Facility is Australia’s flagship bilateral economic development program in Cambodia, focusing on economic recovery and resilience over the next four years, with a possible three-year extension.
 
The Facility supports Cambodia in implementing a range of necessary economic interventions and reforms to maintain the country’s economic transition. These interventions and reforms are primarily aimed at encouraging more productive and inclusive public and private investment, which promotes a resilient, inclusive and sustainable economy (RISE).
 
CAPRED interventions fall under three technical components including: Agriculture; Trade, Investment and Enterprise Development and Infrastructure Development; and one Cross-Cutting component comprising: Gender Equality, Disability and Social Inclusion (GEDSI); Climate Resilient initiatives, and policy support. GEDSI is at the heart of all that CAPRED does.
MERL plays a central role in guiding program adaptation, tracking performance, and generating evidence and learning to inform decision-making across all technical and cross-cutting areas.

Fiji Program Support Platform (FPSP)

• Long Term Personnel - 2.5 year contract with possible 2 year extension  
• Based in Suva, Fiji

KEY INFORMATION
Job Title: Senior Safeguard Specialist
Sector: Social Delivery Service
Position Type: Long term
Duration/Level of Effort: Full time
Position Location: Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Contractual arrangement: “Eligible for Cambodian residents/citizens only”
 
SUMMARY OF THE PROJECT
The CAPRED Facility is Australia’s flagship bilateral economic development program in Cambodia, focusing on economic recovery and resilience over the next four years, with a possible three-year extension.
 
The Facility supports Cambodia in implementing a range of necessary economic interventions and reforms to maintain the country’s economic transition. These interventions and reforms are primarily aimed at encouraging more productive and inclusive public and private investment, which promotes a resilient, inclusive and sustainable economy (RISE).
 
CAPRED interventions fall under three technical components including: Agriculture and Agro-processing; Trade, Investment and Enterprise Development and Infrastructure Development; and one Cross-Cutting component comprising: Gender Equality, Disability and Social Inclusion (GEDSI); Climate Resilient initiatives, and policy support. GEDSI is at the heart of all that CAPRED does.
 
The Senior Safeguard Specialist plays a critical role in ensuring adherence to the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT)’s and CAPRED’s safeguarding policies, particularly concerning Child Protection (CP), Preventing Sexual Exploitation, Abuse, and Harassment (PSEAH), modern slavery, and overall risk mitigation. Safeguarding is critical component of the overall CAPRED’s Environmental and Social Management System (ESMS).

Project Summary

The AISP Implementation Support Program (AISP), implemented RT4D Facility, aims to support AMS to realise the full benefits of the AANZFTA through the provision of capacity-building support and access to technical expertise.

The following project is approved under AISP.

• Project Name: “Development of Project Design for Enhancing Competitiveness and Inclusiveness in Services Trade under the AANZFTA.”
• Project Objective: The objective of this Project is to develop a high quality and robust project design in close collaboration with the RT4D Facility, the Project Proponent, the ASEAN Secretariat and representatives from AANZFTA Governments. The project design will follow a standard RT4D template and specify in detail activities/tasks, outputs and outcomes, MEL/GEDSI/Communications strategies and approach to risk management for the project “Enhancing Competitiveness and Inclusiveness in Services Trade under the AANZFTA.”

Location: Jakarta, Indonesia