Program 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.

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. 

Position Summary:   

The Partnership Brokering Specialist (‘the Specialist’) will facilitate partnership brokering between DRP and Civil Society Organisations (CSO) and draft partnership agreements based. The Specialist will also carry out partnership health checks and update partnership agreements as required. 

Key Responsibilities:

1. Design and facilitate partnership processes:

• Lead the co-design of partnership selection and brokering processes with CSOs, ensuring alignment with the FPSP Localisation Strategy.
• Create spaces for dialogue and trust-building to foster equitable partnership.
• Liaise with stakeholders to ensure partnerships are aligned with relevant national frameworks and policies.
• Document process in a short guidance note (including with tools as annexes) 

2. Draft Partnership Agreements that accurate reflect the discussions of the partnership brokering processes. Update these as required based on health checks outlined below. 

3. Facilitate partnership health checks:

• Develop structured tools and feedback mechanisms to assess the health of partnerships
• Facilitate open dialogue sessions that create safe spaces for partners to reflect, adapt and innovate together. 

Key Deliverables:

To be detailed in individual Tasking Notes. 

Key Working Relationships:

Reporting to

• Senior Program Manager (SPM) – Disaster Resilience Program (DRP)

Other:

• DRP’s CSO partner
• Platform Cross-cutting Priorities Hub 

Selection Criteria:

• 10 years of experience working with CSOs in Fiji.
• Proven experience leading partnership brokering and partnership health checks.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Proven experience promoting locally led development in donor activities, ideally within Australian Government funded activities.
• Proven experience integrating GEDSI, Safeguarding and Climate Change into activities. 

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