We are seeking a highly skilled and motivated Safeguarding Specialist to join our team and make a real difference. You will be responsible for championing environmental and social safeguarding efforts to foster a risk informed culture of safeguarding.
The Role
Australia has a long-standing partnership with Vietnam in the energy sector, and the two countries share a commitment to take urgent and ambitious climate action. The recently upgraded Comprehensive Strategic Partnership (CSP) includes a pillar on climate, energy and environment. Vietnam is a priority country in the Australian Government’s international climate engagement strategy, with P4I serving as an important mechanism to support Vietnam’s clean energy transition and respond to the impacts of climate change
P4I recently undertook a high-level energy design to guide energy programming in Vietnam through P4I over the coming 18 months to December 2025. The Energy Officer - Vietnam will work closely with P4I’s Energy Lead based in the Bangkok program office and P4I staff working for different delivery partners, the Australian Embassy Hanoi and DFAT to drive P4I’s energy program through fostering stakeholder relationships with relevant government entities and officials in Vietnam. Based on these relationships, the Energy Officer will support development and implementation of P4I’s energy programming.
The role supports the Australian Government’s priority of developing sustainable, inclusive, and resilient growth in Southeast Asia through the development of quality infrastructure. This will be achieved through the creation of strong partnerships amongst Australian and Southeast Asian government agencies and institutions.
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Role Summary
Reporting to the DFAT Counsellor (Development) and with a high degree of autonomy, the Communications Adviser will assist in the development and delivery of the Mekong Australia Partnership’s communications functions. The role will be responsible for helping develop and implement a communications strategy, determine MAP core messages and ensuring that these core messages reach identified stakeholders and intended audience. The role will work with Investment Managers located in Bangkok and across DFAT’s Posts in the Mekong sub-region to collect, create and disseminate information and messaging. The Adviser will work with the Adviser – Performance, Quality and Risk, to create content to support Monitoring and Evaluation.
The Adviser will be located in the Mekong Hub in Bangkok and work closely with sector specialists, Australian Government posts in the region, implementing partners, Australian Government agencies and DFAT Canberra.
The Adviser will directly supervise one Locally-engaged Public Diplomacy Officer.
Role Summary
The Adviser is responsible for assisting the MAP Advisor – Performance, Quality and Risk, implement the MAP Monitoring, Evaluation, Research, and Learning (MERL) system, and managing information flows to inform management of lessons learned from investment implementation. This includes working closely with delivery partners to ensure investment MEL systems are fit for purpose, contribute to MAP objectives, are in line with DFAT requirements, and supportive of the overall MAP Performance Assessment Framework (PAF). The Advisor will support DFAT Investment Managers prepare Investment Monitoring Reports (IMRs) for MAP regional programs managed from Bangkok, and assist Posts across the region to report bilateral activities, including through IMRs, within the MAP MEL framework as required.
The Adviser will be located in the Mekong Hub and report to the Advisor – Performance, Quality and Risk. The Advisor will work closely with sector specialists, Australian Government posts in the region, implementing partners, Australian Government agencies and DFAT Canberra. The position will support coordination within and between Mekong countries and facilitate cross-fertilisation and learning between MAP investments.
Role Summary
Reporting to the DFAT Counsellor (Development) and with a high degree of autonomy, the Operations Adviser will manage a small team to deliver Mekong Australia Partnership accountability and administration functions to ensure the efficient and effective delivery of Official Development Assistance (ODA) investments across the MAP portfolio. The position will work closely with DFAT staff to design, establish and implement core integrity and administrative measures across the entire MAP portfolio. The position will represent DFAT with external stakeholders across the Mekong sub-region, as we deepen our partnerships. This position will also work closely with Australian Posts in the Mekong subregion, implementing partners, and other Australian Government agencies based in Australia and the region.