Summary
This position is open to suitably qualified PNG National candidates only.
Summary
Fiji Program Support Platform (FPSP)
- Locally Engaged Personnel - 15 Months with possible extension
- Reserved for Fiji Nationals only
- Based in Suva, Fiji
- Please apply online by submitting a cover letter addressing how you meet the selection criteria of this role and up-to-date comprehensive CV.
Summary
The Regional Trade for Development (RT4D) initiative is funded by the Governments of Australia and New Zealand. It assists ASEAN Member States (AMS) in meeting their commitments and realising the advantages offered by the Agreement establishing the ASEAN-Australia-New Zealand Free Trade Area, or AANZFTA, and the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership, or RCEP.
The Governments of Australia and New Zealand have committed up to AUD 53.3 million to fund RT4D from 2020–21 to 2027–28.
Project Summary
The AANZFTA Implementation Support Program (AISP), implemented through the Regional Trade for Development (RT4D) Facility, supports ASEAN Member States to realise the benefits of AANZFTA through capacity-building support and access to technical expertise.
The project ‘API Standards, Roles and Benefits to Facilitate Cross-Border E-commerce in AANZFTA’ is approved under the AISP. The project aims to strengthen understanding of Application Programming Interface (API) standards and their potential role in facilitating cross-border e-commerce across AANZFTA Parties. It will:
- develop a study on the roles and benefits of API standards in facilitating cross-border e-commerce;
- review policy, legal and regulatory frameworks, technical readiness and implementation gaps across AANZFTA Parties;
- examine relevant regional and international standards, good practices, guidelines, adoption opportunities and constraints relating to API interoperability;
- conduct structured desk research, requests for information to AANZFTA Parties, targeted interviews and consultations with public- and private-sector stakeholders;
- develop practical recommendations and ways forward to support policymakers in strengthening relevant legal and regulatory frameworks;
- deliver a two-day regional workshop in Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam, to discuss the study’s findings and recommendations, strengthen stakeholder knowledge and facilitate practical knowledge exchange; and
- finalise the study and develop a short public summary for dissemination through AANZFTA and ASEAN working groups.
The Opportunity
RT4D is seeking a consulting firm/organisation or consortium (hereinafter referred to as “the Consultant”) to manage and deliver both technical and event organisation services for the project, in close collaboration with the RT4D Facility, the Viet Nam E-commerce Agency (iDEA), the ASEAN Secretariat Digital Economy Division and the AANZFTA Committee on E-commerce. Final Project outputs will be subject to comments, amendments, and approval from the RT4D Facility Team, the Project Proponent, the ASEAN Secretariat Digital Economy Division, the AANZFTA Committee on E-commerce and Australia’s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT). The services will be delivered in accordance with the requirements set out in the Request for Proposal (RFP) and Terms of Reference (ToR).
Summary
Job Brief
This position is open to both suitably qualified International and PNG National candidates.
Program Background
DT Global has been engaged by the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) to manage the next phase of Australia’s investment in strengthening the delivery of law and justice services in Papua New Guinea for a 4-year period to 31 December 2027.
APLJ seeks to contribute to PNG’s law and justice sector capacity to provide inclusive, safe, secure and accountable law and justice foundations for peaceful and prosperous communities, equitable economic development and private sector growth.
The program aligns with the Government of Papua New Guinea’s (GoPNG) law and justice sector goal of ‘building peaceful and prosperous communities together’. APLJ will focus on three End of Program Outcomes (EOPOs):
EOPO 1 – Community Safety and Access to Justice at the Local Level: Communities in target locations, especially women, children, persons with disabilities, vulnerable people and those accused of sorcery, have improved access to selected justice and support services.
EOPO 2 – Law and Justice Services Supply: Responsible law and justice sector agencies increasingly provide selected inclusive, responsive, and accountable essential law and justice services in target locations.
EOPO 3 – Leadership, Coordination and Accountability: Responsible law and justice mechanisms demonstrate improved sectoral leadership and coordination of national and subnational law and justice services and improved sector integrity systems.
About DT Global Asia Pacific
At DT Global Asia Pacific, we aim to positively impact people’s lives through delivery excellence. As a leading implementing partner across Asia and the Pacific, we co-create locally led solutions in partnership with governments, communities, and stakeholders. We bring together talented teams and deep regional expertise to deliver initiatives that promote inclusive economic growth, essential services, and resilient, secure communities. With over 1,500 staff, experts in 22+ countries and more than 60 years of development experience, we tackle complex community, national and transnational challenges — from governance and justice systems to climate resilience, infrastructure and social equity — with innovative thinking and a commitment to long-term impact.
For more information, please see www.dt-global.com
The Role
The Research Advisor will provide technical leadership and management oversight of APLJ's portfolio of research, political economy analysis and cross-cutting thematic studies.
Reporting to the Director of MERLA, the position will be responsible for coordinating the design, commissioning, implementation, quality assurance and dissemination of research and related activities across the program.
The role will ensure research is methodologically sound, contextually relevant, responsive to the needs of APLJ and its partners, and translated into actionable findings that inform program implementation, strategic decision-making and adaptive management.
The Research Advisor will work closely with APLJ technical teams, program leadership, the Australian High Commission, PNG government counterparts and external research consultants to ensure research activities are coordinated, timely and aligned with program priorities.
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About You
The preferred candidate will have:
Essential
· Postgraduate qualification in international development, political science, public policy, social sciences, law, governance or a related discipline.
· At least 7 years of relevant professional experience in applied research, program management, governance, international development or related fields.
· Demonstrated experience managing complex research assignments, including commissioning studies, supervising consultants, reviewing deliverables and coordinating stakeholders.
· Strong understanding of qualitative and mixed-methods research approaches, political economy analysis and applied policy research.
· Demonstrated ability to critically assess research quality and translate findings into practical program or policy recommendations.
· Experience working with government institutions, development partners and multidisciplinary technical teams.
· Strong project management skills, including the ability to manage multiple assignments, deadlines and competing priorities.
· Excellent analytical, report-writing, communication and stakeholder engagement skills.
· Demonstrated commitment to GEDSI, safeguarding and ethical research practices.
Desirable
· Experience working in Papua New Guinea or the broader Pacific region.
· Knowledge of PNG's law and justice sector, governance institutions and political economy.
· Experience managing political economy analyses, justice sector research or institutional assessments.
· Familiarity with Australian Government-funded development programs and DFAT reporting requirements.
· Experience supporting monitoring, evaluation, research, learning and adaptive management in complex development programs.
· Experience facilitating research uptake, policy dialogue and organisational learning processes.
· Familiarity with First Nations engagement approaches and locally led research practices.
Summary
Cowater International is recruiting a Senior Manager (Multilateral Engagement) for Prospera Phase 2 Program in Indonesia.
Summary
KEY INFORMATION
Position Title: Team Leader, Education (TLAus4Education)
Reports to: Cowater Contractor Representative
Location: Dili, Timor-Leste
Engagement: Long-Term Adviser
Duration: 12 months (with possibility for extension)
SUMMARY OF THE PROJECT
The Timor-Leste Australia Partnership for Education (TLAus4Education) is funded by the Australian Government. It is one of three Australian partnership programs in Timor-Leste, alongside the partnerships for Health and for Disability Rights. Cowater will lead TLAus4Health and TLAus4Education, while The Asia Foundation is uniquely positioned to deliver TLAus4DisabilityRights. A shared commitment across the three partnerships will be to strengthen Timorese capability and institutions, invest in local organisations, and progressively support greater Timorese leadership in the design and delivery of development outcomes.
The program supports the Ministry of Education's priorities: better literacy, numeracy and student wellbeing for all children. It does this by strengthening leadership, teaching, community engagement and education systems. The program supports government-led reform through partnership, policy dialogue, coordination and institutional strengthening. It does not deliver education services directly.
Summary
KEY INFORMATION
Position Title: Team Leader, Health (TLAus4Health)
Reports to: Cowater Contractor Representative
Location: Dili, Timor-Leste
Engagement: Long-term Adviser
Duration: 12 months (with possibility for extension)
SUMMARY OF THE PROJECT
The Timor-Leste Australia Partnership for Health (TLAus4Health) is funded by the Australian Government. It is one of three Australian partnership programs in Timor-Leste, alongside the partnerships for Education and for Disability Rights. Cowater International and The Asia Foundation will work together to deliver the programs. Cowater will lead TLAus4Health and TLAus4Education, while The Asia Foundation is uniquely positioned to deliver TLAus4DisabilityRights. A shared commitment across the three partnerships will be to strengthen Timorese capability and institutions, invest in local organisations, and progressively support greater Timorese leadership in the design and delivery of development outcomes.
The Program supports the Ministry of Health and Autonomous Agencies to strengthen the health system across three pillars: health workforce development; primary health care service improvement, including Direct Budget Support; and procurement and management of essential medicines and consumables. The program supports government-led reform through partnership, policy dialogue, technical advice and institutional strengthening.
Summary
Fiji Program Support Platform (FPSP)
- Locally Engaged Personnel - 12 months with possible extension
- Reserved for Fiji Nationals only
- Based in Suva, Fiji
- Please apply online by submitting a cover letter addressing how you meet the selection criteria of this role and up-to-date comprehensive CV.
Summary
Fiji Program Support Platform (FPSP)
- Locally Engaged Personnel - commencing January 2027; 1-year contract with possible 2 years extension
- Reserved for Fiji Nationals only
- Based in Suva, Fiji
- Please apply online by submitting a cover letter addressing how you meet the selection criteria of this role and up-to-date comprehensive CV.
Summary
Program Background
The Australian Government through the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) has commissioned the Partnerships for Social Protection program (P4SP), which is being implemented by DT Global.
P4SP is an eight year, AUD 36 million Australian Government program to support governments in Pacific nations and to strengthen their national social protection systems. The program delivers both bilateral and regional activities to support partners to improve the quality, inclusiveness and sustainability of social protection systems, and to build awareness of, and demand for, quality and inclusive social protection. P4SP is a highly adaptive and demand-driven program. As such, the operating context, and the priorities of government and DFAT Posts in each country are key determinants for the scope of P4SP’s engagement.
The outcome P4SP is working towards is that government's increasingly address gaps and bottlenecks in the coverage and inclusiveness of social protection policy and program delivery.
P4SP commenced on 20 September 2021 and will operate until 19 September 2029.
For more information, please see https://p4sp.org
About DT Global Asia Pacific
At DT Global Asia Pacific, we aim to positively impact people’s lives through delivery excellence. As a leading implementing partner across Asia and the Pacific, we co-create locally led solutions in partnership with governments, communities, and stakeholders. We bring together talented teams and deep regional expertise to deliver initiatives that promote inclusive economic growth, essential services, and resilient, secure communities. With over 1,500 staff, experts in 22+ countries and more than 60 years of development experience, we tackle complex community, national and transnational challenges — from governance and justice systems to climate resilience, infrastructure and social equity — with innovative thinking and a commitment to long-term impact.
For more information, please see www.dt-global.com
Objectives of Role
The role has three interrelated objectives, each contributing to P4SP's Phase II quantitative research program.
The first objective is to build a stronger and more comparable evidence base from existing Pacific data. By cleaning, harmonising and analysing household survey and population datasets across multiple Pacific Island Countries, the role will help deepen regional understanding of poverty, vulnerability and inequality, and of how social protection programs are reaching and supporting households. This includes generating cross-country insights on coverage, adequacy and the role of transfers in household welfare and shock response, with consistent attention to differences by gender, disability, age, geography and vulnerability status.
The second objective is to support the delivery of a major piece of quantitative research involving primary data collection. The Quantitative Research Analyst will contribute across the study cycle, from informing design choices and sampling, through to supporting data quality during fieldwork and producing clean, well-documented datasets and analysis. In doing so, the role will help ensure the study generates new, high-quality evidence on social protection that fills gaps in what existing surveys can tell us, and that it is grounded in sound methods and transparent documentation.
The third objective is to strengthen P4SP's ability to respond quickly and credibly to emerging policy priorities. By providing just-in-time analysis, scenario modelling and inputs to costing and simulation tools, the role will support timely policy dialogue with partner governments and DFAT, and help translate quantitative evidence into practical inputs for program design, financing and delivery decisions.
Across all three areas, the role aims to uphold high standards of data quality, reproducibility and documentation, so that the analytical work produced under Phase II can be built on, verified and shared within P4SP and with partners over the life of the program.
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Selection Criteria
Essential Experience and Knowledge
- Advanced degree in development economics, statistics or a related fieldAdvanced degree in development economics, statistics or a related field
- At least three years' relevant professional experience in applied quantitative research, or equivalent demonstrated experience through postgraduate research.
- Demonstrated ability to work with household-level survey data (e.g. HIES or similar), including data cleaning, variable construction, and descriptive analysis.
- Experience managing large and complex datasets, including merging multiple data sources and documenting assumptions.
- Practical experience using statistical software, such as Stata, R or Python for applied policy research.
- Ability to write clear, well-commented, and reproducible code.
- Sound understanding of weighting, sampling design, means/ proportions, confidence intervals, and cross-tabulation.
- Ability to translate quantitative findings into clear tables, charts, and short analytical notes for non-technical audiences.
- Ability to undertake econometric analysis to estimate the effects of social protection programs, contributing to academic papers
- Capacity to work to deadlines and respond to iterative analytical requests from the P4SP team.
- Commitment to respectful and ethical research practices.
Desirable
- Experience working in the Pacific or across Small Island Developing States (SIDS)
- Experience working with, or alongside, Pacific national statistics offices, line ministries or regional organisations, such as SPC.
- Knowledge of the social protection sector.