Operations & People Lead

About Pacific Labour Mobility Support Program    ​

The Pacific Australia Labour Mobility (PALM) scheme is a signature initiative for the Australian Government that enables workers from 9 Pacific Island Countries (PICs) and Timor- Leste to work in priority sectors in Australia. The Pacific Labour Mobility Support Program’s (PLMSP) role is to provide the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) and governments in 9 PICs and Timor-Leste with support to enable workers to access PALM scheme in inclusive ways that maximise the benefits for the workers and national economies while minimising risks from labour mobility participation. Palladium is contracted to deliver PLMSP on behalf of DFAT.  

This Opportunity ​

The Operations & People Lead, as a member of the PLMSP Senior Leadership Team (SLT) is responsible for ensuring efficient and effective delivery of all support services across the project.  With the support of the Deputy Team Leader, the role will provide high quality operations management, fostering high performance program outcomes and a team culture of inclusion across a complex regional program.  The role will provide direct management and oversight of operations including program finance and budgeting, procurement and contracting and project human resources team including talent acquisition, capacity and performance development, and health, risk and safety.  

This is a fixed term opportunity required to September 2028, based in our Brisbane office.

Make a meaningful impact in a stunning location, with a team that’s passionate about change.

Contribute to a world where people, communities and the planet thrive.

Tetra Tech International Development is a leading development consulting firm working with government, businesses and NGOs to solve complex development challenges in the Indo-Pacific region. For more information please visit our website.

We’re seeking an experienced and strategic Operations Manager to join a warm and genuine team driving education reform in Vanuatu. This full-time role, based in Port Vila, offers the opportunity to contribute to national development priorities through effective program operations and leadership.

The opportunity

• Strategic operations leadership position, contributing to education reform and development priorities.
• Based in Port Vila, Vanuatu
• Full-time contract to December 2026

Cowater International is recruiting a local Senior Grant Manager, based in Jakarta Indonesia.

Full time opportunity in Suva, Fiji.

About the Proposal

Pacific Australia Skills wishes to engage a qualified company to design and build an impactful, user-friendly and accessible website that is easy to navigate, update and to maintain. The website should engage and inform the program’s target audiences about the program, its locally led and job focused approach, its progress (success stories), its partners and signpost skills and training opportunities in the Pacific countries and Timor-Leste in which it operates. 

Vanuatu and Nauru continue to face critical skills shortages in key sectors such as construction, engineering, and technical trades. Training providers, especially in rural and remote areas, often lack access to safe, affordable, and scalable training resources for real-world equipment operations. To address these constraints, Pacific Australia Skills propose the acquisition and deployment of simulation-based training technology Augmented Reality (AR) welding simulators. AR welding technology provides a next-generation, cost-effective and sustainable solution for technical trades welding training. 

The Australia Awards South Asia & Mongolia program is seeking technical proposals from Registered Training Organisations in Australia, or Australian tertiary institutions as defined in the Higher Education Support Act, 2003 Table A, B and C, to design and deliver a Short Course on Transforming TVET Policy for Inclusive and Future-Ready Skills Systems (Multi-Country).

Cowater International is recruiting a competent Travel Service Provider to support the SPRING program in the Philippines.

The Opportunity

The Kiribati Australia Infrastructure (Te KAI) Program is a flagship initiative supporting high-quality, climate-resilient, and inclusive infrastructure development in Kiribati. As Director General (DG) of the Ministry of Infrastructure and Sustainable Energy (MISE), you will play a pivotal leadership role in shaping the delivery infrastructure projects across the country.

You will oversee more than 150 technical staff across four engineering departments, provide strategic direction, and lead the implementation of complex, multi-donor infrastructure projects. This is a unique opportunity to influence national development outcomes, build local capacity, and foster resilient infrastructure systems in one of the world’s most remote island nations.

Cowater International is recruiting a competent consultant or firm to conduct an Organizational Development review in Manila, Philippines

The Program Activity Coordinator will be required to help ensure that project management systems are built around all technical assistance assignments from the commencement of the activity while also assisting the Technical Leads in assuring the quality of all assignments’ outputs and deliverables. The Program Activity Coordinator will work predominantly with the Health Technical Lead, focusing on coordinating and implementing health-related initiatives, programs, and interventions. A sound understanding of public health, and healthcare systems, and a strong commitment to promoting health and well-being with flexibility to support other technical areas as needed would be highly beneficial. A strong understanding of the social issues and the dynamics needed to combat these through a cross-sectoral approach will also be desirable.