Fiji Program Support Platform (FPSP)

• Long term role based in Suva, Fiji - commencing January 2025; 3-year contract with possible 2-year extension 
• Open to International and National applications 
• Seeking suitably qualified applicants with: 
  • Extensive senior management and executive leadership experience in aligning roles providing strategic decision-making, team leadership, and being accountable for program outcomes.
  • Strong and credible skills and experience in education system strengthening
  • Relevant experience in public sector management, including liaising at a strategic level with governments and other donors,

Fiji Program Support Platform Overview:

FPSP, also referred to as the ‘Platform’, a Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) investment, 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, 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 (GoF) 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.  

Australia Fiji Education Program Overview:

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 sector programs. In particular, the Platform seeks to strengthen program outcomes by better addressing the needs of targeted populations including those who are often marginalised.

The Australian Government is supporting Fiji’s education sector through the Australia Fiji Education Program (AFEP, the Program) working with the Ministry of Education (MoE).

The objective of the AFEP is “to work with the Government of Fiji under the Vuvale Partnership to catalyse quality education delivery for all Fijian children”.

The changes expected by the end of the five year program are:

• EOPO 1: Schools, particularly trial schools, have improved student literacy and numeracy outcomes, supported by enabling policies, plans and data from the Ministry of Education.
• EOPO 2: Heads of schools and teachers, supported by enabling policies and data from the Ministry of Education, provide a safe, resilient and inclusive learning environment for all students, particularly in trial schools.

Four intermediate outcomes will provide pathways to meet these end of program outcomes in priority areas, like implementation of the revised literacy and numeracy curriculum in primary and secondary schools, professional development interventions, analysis and improvement of the Fiji Education Management Information System (FEMIS), as well as GEDSI and student wellbeing. 

The funding for the program is approximately AUD45million over 9 years (5 years, with an option to extend for a further 4 years) and delivered through a range of activities to achieve the program’s objectives. Implementation modalities include technical advice, procurement of technical services and goods, minor works and infrastructure upgrades, capacity building and training support, support to Ministry led initiatives and innovations, and grants to civil society organisations (CSOs).

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KEY INFORMATION

• Job Title: Program Specialist
• Sector: Facility Management, Expert Deployment Mechanism and Framework Agreements
• Position Type: Full-time 
• Duration/Level of Effort: Long-term 
• Position Location: Manila, Philippines

SUMMARY OF THE PROJECT

The DFAT (Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade) Social Protection, Inclusion and Gender equality (SPRING) program is Australia’s flagship investment of support to the Philippine Government on Social Protection, Gender Equality, Disability, Social Inclusion and Indigenous Inclusion. It is an AUD 40 million investment over 5 years that will support the joint Development Partnership Plan (DPP 2024-2029) between the Government of Australia and the Philippine Government. The investment will be the DFAT’s primary avenue in the Philippines for supporting poverty reduction and bilateral funding on gender equality and social inclusion at the national level and with some select Local Government Units (LGUs). SPRING will support efforts under Australia’s new International Development Policy and DFAT’s forthcoming new strategies on gender equality, disability equity, and rights, and translate these into implementation in the Philippines.  

SPRING will contribute to the goal that the social and economic transformation in the Philippines reduces poverty and provides equal opportunities to all Filipinos in line with the Philippine Development Plan.

The objective of SPRING is that Australia works in partnership with the Philippine Government to improve systems and structures that reduce poverty and inequality, and advance gender equality and the rights of people with disabilities. 

SPRING has four mutually reinforcing End of Program Outcomes (EOPOs): 

1. Philippine Government social protection plans, policies and programs increasingly close gaps in the social protection floor.
2. The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) and select LGU systems increasingly deliver quality social protection that is inclusive, gender and shock responsive, and climate sensitive. 
3. The Philippine Government increasingly invests in gender responsive policies, plans, programs and systems.
4. The Philippine Government improves data, systems and targeting to enable people with disability and Indigenous Peoples improved access to targeted services.

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The opportunity

• Open for firms/organizations based in Malaysia

Background

The Aus4ASEAN Futures Initiative is a 10-year, AUD204 million investment by the Australian Government, progressing the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership (CSP) between ASEAN and Australia established in October 2021. It is a vital program in strengthening the relationship and positive dialogue between Australia and ASEAN. At the core of the support is a trust fund that will support jointly approved ASEAN priority projects. Aus4ASEAN Futures will work across ASEAN’s three community pillars, namely the Economic Community (AEC), Socio-Cultural Community (ASCC) and Political-Security Community (APSC). It also supports cross cutting issues within ASEAN and further strengthens engagement between Australia and ASEAN.

DFAT has contracted Tetra Tech to support Aus4ASEAN Futures. As the Managing Contractor for the Technical Services and Support Program (TSSP) component of Aus4ASEAN Futures, Tetra Tech provides technical, logistics, and project support for Aus4ASEAN Futures activities designed to enhance partnership and integration into ASEAN systems across all three ASEAN community pillars.

Events Specialist Consultant – Aus4ASEAN Futures - TSSP

The Aus4ASEAN Futures TSSP is seeking to recruit a dedicated Events Specialist Consultant to lead on the planning, management, organization and delivery of high-quality Aus4ASEAN Futures-funded events during the Malaysia chair year (2025).

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The opportunity

• Based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

The Aus4ASEAN Futures Initiative is a 10-year, AUD204 million investment by the Australian Government, progressing the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership (CSP) between ASEAN and Australia established in October 2021. It is a vital program in strengthening the relationship and positive dialogue between Australia and ASEAN. At the core of the support is a trust fund that will support jointly approved ASEAN priority projects. Aus4ASEAN Futures will work across ASEAN’s three community pillars, namely the Economic Community (AEC), Socio-Cultural Community (ASCC) and Political-Security Community (APSC). It also supports cross cutting issues within ASEAN and further strengthens engagement between Australia and ASEAN.

Aus4ASEAN Futures is embedded in the ASEAN Secretariat (ASEC), mobilizing resources through an ASEAN trust account, and using ASEAN systems. Aus4ASEAN Futures is governed by a Joint Planning and Review Committee (JPRC) comprised of representatives from ASEAN Member States (AMS) and Australia that meets annually to review program progress and approve forward work planning. A Program Management Team (PMT) comprised of the Aus4ASEAN Program Director(s) and representatives from ASEC are responsible for the delivery of the Program within ASEC. They are supported in the implementation of the program by a Program Planning & Monitoring Support Unit (PPMSU), based in the ASEAN Secretariat, Jakarta.

The PPMSU was established in early 2023 when the program primarily supported the ASEAN Economic Community and related cross-cutting priorities, such as Connectivity. It is expected that Aus4ASEAN Futures’ support will continue to expand to increasingly cover the ASEAN Socio-Cultural and Political Security Communities as well. The PPMSU works closely with:

a) The ASEAN Secretariat (ASEC).

b) The DFAT Mission to the ASEAN; and

c) The Technical Services and Support Program (TSSP) Team

DFAT has contracted Tetra Tech to support Aus4ASEAN Futures. As the Managing Contractor for the Technical Services and Support Program (TSSP) component of Aus4ASEAN Futures, Tetra Tech provides technical, logistics, and project support for Aus4ASEAN Futures activities designed to enhance partnership and integration into ASEAN systems across all three ASEAN community pillars.

Malaysia will formally take over the annual rotating chairmanship of ASEAN in January 2025. During its chair year, Malaysia will convene several high-level events involving participants from ASEAN member states and globally, most likely to be supported by Aus4ASEAN Futures. These events will include face-to-face and online components and held in Malaysia throughout 2025.  

Location: Remote with in-country inputs to Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea