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 RFT03-2025 Building Export Competitiveness (Regional).
Background / Overview
The Australian Papua New Guinea Subnational (APSP) program through its Bougainville Partnership (BP) are currently implementing infrastructure upgrades in partnership with the Autonomous Bougainville Government and other government agencies in the law and justice sector in accordance with the Bougainville Police Infrastructure Project (BPIP) Preparation Plan.
The project locations agreed are Buka, Arawa & Buin Police Stations which are situated in the North, Central and Southern regions of the Autonomous Region of Bougainville (ARoB).
The infrastructure upgrades aim to deliver sustainable, quality and fit-for purpose infrastructure that supports policing throughout the Autonomous Region of Bougainville.
This is an assignment for Strongim Bisnis, an initiative of the Australian Government in Solomon Islands.
Dates & duration: September 2025 - February 2026
Location: Remote with Travel to the Solomon Islands
Reports to: Steve Porteus, Director – Engineering and Projects at SolTuna
Intervention/area of focus: Timber
ASI contact representative: Danya Salinas, Strongim Bisnis Program Manager
Background to the Strongim Bisnis program
Solomon Islands Australia Partnership’s Strongim Bisnis program is an economic development initiative to increase economic opportunities and participation for people and businesses in Solomon Islands.
Recognising that Solomon Islands has a small consumer market and economy, dispersed population, and high cost of doing business, Strongim Bisnis identifies and analyses specific sectors that have a high potential for growth and can create new employment and income
generation opportunities.
We facilitate strategic partners (including businesses, government, civil society, and associations) in those sectors to address the root constraints to growth and inclusion (Women, Youth and People living with disabilities) through innovative solutions.
Background to the Assignment
SolTuna Limited, based in Noro in the Solomon Islands, is the country’s leading tuna processor and a major contributor to local employment and economic activity. The company currently depends heavily on diesel-generated energy for its steam and electricity needs, leading to high operational costs and significant carbon emissions.
A 2024 study confirmed that woody biomass from local sources presents a technically viable and sustainable alternative to diesel for process heat generation. Building on this analysis, the next phase will deliver a detailed technical, logistical, and financial design for a biomass boiler system that meets SolTuna’s current and future energy needs.This will include evaluating biomass fuel supply options—both primary and backup sources—assessing infrastructure and site readiness, and designing systems to reduce energy waste. The study will also explore staged integration of biomass-powered electricity generation and provide initial recommendations for integrating solar energy in a hybrid setup.
This work supports SolTuna’s long-term goals to reduce reliance on imported fossil fuels, improve operational resilience, and transition to cleaner, locally sourced renewable energy.
Team Leader – Southeast Asia Leadership Programs
On behalf of the Australian Government, the Economic and Social Infrastructure Program (ESIP) is seeking a contractor to further upgrade PNG Power Limited’s Kimbe power grid via an engineering, procurement and construction contract.
This tender process is open to companies/contractors that can meet the eligibility and capability requirements outlined in the tender documentation.
About the Proposal
Pacific Australia Skills is a significant Australian investment which stands to make a major contribution to supporting social and economic growth in the region through strengthening the skills and training sector across the Pacific and Timor-Leste. Pacific Australia Skills builds on the achievements of 17 year of Australian Government support for skills and training in the Pacific.
Pacific Australia Skills will equip Pacific and Timor-Leste students and workers, in all their diversity to gain employment. The investment will develop partnerships to strengthen skills and training systems to be more inclusive and responsive to local and regional labour market priorities. Pacific Australia Skills will contribute to greater collaboration and cooperation among national and regional educational institutions to promote authentic partnerships, test and scale new approaches, and foster linkages between Pacific, Timorese, and Australian skills development systems.
Purpose
To create a centralised, automated, and secure platform that manages learner registration processing, enrolment and their skills development journey with Pacific Australia Skills. The system should also serve as a database for all learner data, streamline administrative processes, enhance communication across country offices, and improve operational efficiency with enhanced reporting capabilities for data analysis and dashboard visualisations.
Scope
The system should provide modules/capabilities to address:
Features and Functionalities
Evaluation Criteria
The proposed system is high quality and likely to meet Pacific Australia Skills’ needs.
Deliverables
CRC is seeking expressions of interest from organisations to design and develop an eLearning course focused on climate change and development. The course will provide foundation level learning that introduces key knowledge and skills needed to take practical action on addressing climate change in Australia’s international development programs and partnerships.
The primary audience for the course is Australian government staff based in Australia and in the Indo-Pacific region. The eLearning course will be hosted on a government internal learning management system and will be available on demand as self-paced online learning.
Indicative content areas of interest include:
Full time to be located in Suva, Fiji.
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 Officer will be responsible for providing operational, administrative, and logistical support to the project operations team and project staff.
This role is for Parental Leave Cover in the Brisbane office to April 2026.
The Australian Infrastructure Financing Facility for the Pacific (AIFFP) is a $4 billion initiative implemented by DFAT to support priority infrastructure projects in Pacific Island countries and Timor-Leste across sectors such as telecommunications, energy, transport, and water infrastructure. As of December 2023, AIFFP operates in eight countries, with thirteen signed infrastructure projects valued at $1.2bn, in partnership with a combination of sixteen government and private sector partners. The AIFFP is committed to ensuring AIFFP-financed infrastructure is high quality and inclusive, adheres to the highest standards of social and environmental safeguards, creates economic opportunities for local communities and builds local capacity.
Value for money principles underpin all AIFFP investments which are detailed in AIFFP’s Social Procurement Policy.
AIFFP is in the process of preparing, approving, and implementing a significant pipeline of projects to support the PNG power sector. The pipeline includes the 4 projects (tabled within RFQ) totaling up to US$222 million. The AIFFP Support Unit, managed by Tetra Tech provides client-side project management services.
Implementation of these projects will be the responsibility of PNG Power Ltd (PPL). The Portfolio of Projects will be delivered through a Joint Project Management Office (JPMO). The JPMO will be supported by Construction Supervision Consultants (CSCs) for each project, funded through the Project financing.
The Senior Electrical Engineer will provide comprehensive technical assistance, and oversight to support the project execution and, implementation stages for the above components, ensuring alignment with AIFFP Regulations. Initial inputs will be focused on the Laitim Hauslain project.
