Director of Operations

Adam Smith International

Director of Operations

Posted

19 July 2024 12:16pm

Apply by

24/07/2024

Regions

South-East and East Asia

Sectors

Infrastructure and Trade Facilitation

Summary

Partnerships for Infrastructure (P4I) is an Australian Government initiative partnering with Southeast Asia to drive sustainable, inclusive, and resilient growth through quality infrastructure. P4I partners with Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Vietnam and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).

P4I works with partners to strengthen infrastructure decision-making and practice across the transport, energy, utilities and telecommunications sectors. P4I’s focus is on the early stages of the infrastructure lifecycle, including planning and prioritisation, financing strategy, and procurement.

The 4 main services offered by P4I are linkages with Australian government agencies and other institutions, technical and policy advice, infrastructure project advice and knowledge-sharing and learning. As the foundation of quality infrastructure, P4I also integrates gender equality, disability, and social inclusion, and disaster risk reduction and climate change considerations into all activities.

Delivered through a One-Team model, P4I is led by the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) in collaboration with EY, Adam Smith International, The Asia Foundation and Ninti One. P4I has a regional program office in Bangkok, with staff also located in Australia and each partner country.

Description

The Role

The Director of Operations will oversee the operations of the P4I Program and Program Office in Bangkok, enabling the Program to operate effectively under the One-Team model to achieve Program objectives while also ensuring compliance with all DFAT and consortium members’ policies and procedures. The role reports to the P4I team Leader and works closely with the corporate teams of the four consortium members. The role is responsible for line management of the P4I operations team of six staff based in Bangkok.

Responsibilities

The position holder will oversee the operations and administrative arrangements of the P4I Program and Program Office in Bangkok (budget and finance, procurement and contracting, human resources including adviser performance management systems, information technology, property, asset and records management, travel and events management, security, occupational health and safety, office management, fraud etc.) to enable the program to operate effectively and meet legal and contractual obligations.