The Regional Trade for Development (RT4D) initiative is funded by both 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.

Through the AANZFTA Implementation Support Program (AISP) and the RCEP Implementation Support Program (RISP), RT4D provides tailored support to enhance the capabilities of ASEAN Member States by strengthening skills, building networks, facilitating policy options and ensuring that trade benefits everyone, including Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs), women and people with disabilities.

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 RCEP Implementation Support Program (RISP), implemented RT4D Facility, aims to support AMS to realise the full benefits of RCEP through the provision of capacity-building support and access to technical expertise.

The following two projects are approved under RISP.

• Project 1: Operationalising the National SPS Committee through joint systems, tools and pilots for RCEP implementation
• Project 2: Inclusive Digital Transformation under RCEP: Strengthening Stakeholder Capacity for Compliance with Updated SPS Regulations in Lao PDR

The Regional Trade for Development (RT4D) initiative is funded by both 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.

Through the AANZFTA Implementation Support Program (AISP) and the RCEP Implementation Support Program (RISP), RT4D provides tailored support to enhance the capabilities of ASEAN Member States by strengthening skills, building networks, facilitating policy options and ensuring that trade benefits everyone, including Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs), women and people with disabilities.

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 RCEP Implementation Support Program (RISP), implemented by the RT4D Facility, aims to support AMS to realise the full benefits of RCEP through the provision of capacity-building support and access to technical expertise.

The following two projects are approved under RISP.

• Project 1: Inclusive Cross-Border Trade Facilitation for Women Traders and SMEs under RCEP in Lao PDR
• Project 2: Inclusive Digital Transformation under RCEP: Strengthening SME Supply Chains by Empowering Women and Persons with Disabilities in Lao PDR

• Based in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea • 2-year fixed term, full-time contract • Open to PNG Nationals

Lead economic research on labour mobility impacts, supporting government partners with analysis, stakeholder engagement, and policy-relevant insights.

• Lead economic research and analysis on PALM scheme impacts
• Engage stakeholders across DFAT and Pacific governments
• Produce high-quality policy reports and insights

Support delivery of economic research on labour mobility, contributing to analysis, reporting, and data-driven insights for policy & program outcomes.

• Support economic modelling, analysis and research delivery
• Contribute to reports, dashboards and data insights
• Work collaboratively across research and stakeholder teams

Leads project financing and investment readiness to mobilise funding for sustainable infrastructure and climate initiatives.

Join the AIFFP Support Unit and play a key role in delivering impactful communications that showcase transformative infrastructure development across the Pacific.

The opportunity

• Pacific based hybrid position: open to applicants in Suva, Fiji; Port Moresby, PNG; Port Vila, Vanuatu; Funafuti, Tuvalu; Nauru; and Tarawa, Kiribati
• Full time role until June 2027

Background

Indonesia’s Vision 2045 sets the goal for Indonesia to transition from a resource-based economy towards an advanced service, technology, and knowledge-based economy by the centenary of its independence (2045). The 2025-2045 National Long Term Development Plan emphasises the urgency of Indonesia’s human resource development to fully realise 2045 goals. 

Faced however with persistent low student performance that is emblematic of a learning crisis, significant improvement in student learning will be required to reach Indonesia’s 2045 goals. Government of Indonesia (GoI) has started an ambitious program of education reforms. Successive education ministers have set out to modernise the education system through reforming the national curriculum and teaching and assessment approaches, to produce citizens with strong foundational skills, open minds, and inclusive values. 

Australia is a long-term supporter of the Indonesian basic education sector, with continuous investments supporting education quality improvements for the past two decades, including through the INOVASI program (Phase 1 2016-2020; Phase 2 2020-2023) that focused on supporting acquisition of literacy and numeracy foundational skills in early grades classrooms; exploring local problems and solutions; and generating evidence to inform government policy development and practices. 

This third phase of INOVASI (2024-2027) builds upon the existing program’s approach and lessons learned and takes the focus on the development of foundational skills through to the end of the primary grades. Phase 3 will engage with priority issues of Australia’s development policy: gender equality, effective inclusion of children with a disability, responses to the climate change challenge in education. It will focus on the challenge of policy implementation and the gaps that exist between national policies and practices at district and school levels and use the well attested-success of INOVASI’s local problem-based approach to continuously support policy development for effective fit between policy and implementation context.

INOVASI Phase 3 is implemented in 25 districts and cities across Indonesia, in the provinces of West Nusa Tenggara, East Nusa Tenggara, North Kalimantan, East Java, West Java, and Maluku. The program also works in Ibu Kota Nusantara (IKN).

The Program is managed by Palladium on behalf of the Government of Australia through the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT).

Purpose of the position:  
Under the supervision of Provincial Manager, the Operations Officer will support the provincial team in carrying out day to day activities in the area of program support, event management, procurement, and information management.

Working with children
Is this position likely to come into contact with children?                ☒ Yes              ☐  No

Shape evidence-driven infrastructure outcomes and help deliver lasting impact across the Pacific.

The opportunity

• Pacific or Australia-based position (with travel)
• Full time role until June 2027

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

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Location
Apia, Samoa