• Location: Port Moresby

• Commencement: January 2025

• Open to All Citizens 

   

About the Program 

The Papua New Guinea (PNG) Australia Transition to Health (PATH) is a five-year (2020-2025) health sector program funded by the Australian Government under the PNG – Australia Partnership for Development. PATH works with the Government of PNG (GoPNG) to improve coverage and quality of health services for the people of PNG through effective, equitable, efficient, and inclusive interventions. 

Guided by the National Department of Health (NDoH), Provincial Health Authorities (PHAs) and the Bougainville Department of Health (BDoH) are responsible for the delivery of health services across PNG.

PATH assists NDoH, PHAs and BDoH to strengthen systems for health service delivery targeting infectious diseases, and reproductive, maternal, newborn child and adolescent health, with a focus on promoting women’s leadership.

PATH’s end of investment outcomes (EOIO) are: 

1. PHAs more able to lead provincial health reform and manage effective, efficient, equitable and quality essential health services in selected provinces. 

2. DFAT-funded health services are demonstrating efficient and effective models of service delivery, influencing PHA performance; and building sustainability by transitioning to PHA management in selected provinces. 

PATH’s intermediate outcome (IOs) are: Provincial Health Authority Leadership, Women in Leadership and Essential Health Services. 

PATH is a locally-led, adaptive, and politically-informed program that seeks to maintain flexibility to respond to changing and local circumstances over the life of the program.

Position Overview: 

The GEDSI and Safeguarding Lead is responsible for providing strategic planning and oversight, management and operational support to advance gender equality, disability and social inclusion throughout PATH programming. The position is also responsible for executive oversight of all safeguarding policy and processes within PATH specifically surrounding Child Protection, Prevention of Sexual Exploitation Abuse and Harassment. 

The Lead will employ a gender-responsive and socially-inclusive approach in all aspects of their role. The Lead will:

• Provide strategic oversight for the outcome area ‘Women in Leadership.’ This focuses on supporting women in health leadership positions to increasingly influence more equitable health sector decisions. 

• Lead the delivery of PATH’s GEDSI strategy and associated priorities through both targeted and mainstreamed programming to advance gender, disability, social inclusion, and health equity across the program.

• Ensure DFAT safeguarding requirements are adhered to and managed effectively.

• Manage the GEDSI Unit and be a part of the PATH Executive Leadership team.

About You 

For applications to be considered, a response to the key selection criteria below must be provided;

• Tertiary qualifications in a related fields or disciplines such as international or community development, gender equality, disability and social inclusion (GEDSI), public health, monitoring and evaluation, project management or public policy. 

• Ten plus experience in international or community development, humanitarian or health-sector programs is required. PNG or Pacific experience is highly desirable. 

• A demonstrated understanding of GEDSI and safeguarding and how to apply best fit practices for contextually appropriate development programming. 

• Experience in broad coordination and facilitation internally and capacity building to internal  and external stakeholders in GEDSI.

• Familiarity with organisation-wide aid management and quality assurance systems.

• Excellent analytical and writing skills including the preparation of reports, briefs and policy analysis for a government and key stakeholder audiences.

• Excellent interpersonal, negotiation and relationship management skills with proven results in working with senior leaders, external stakeholders and officials to achieve outcomes.

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