- Job Title: Programme Officer, Papua New Guinea (South East Asia and the Pacific Department)
- Location: Melbourne, with occasional international travel
- (Please note that all candidates who apply for this position must have the right to work in Australia. The preference of the role is to be based in Melbourne, however, we are open if the eligible candidate is based anywhere in Australia)
- Reporting to: Papua New Guniea Project Manager
- Duration: 12-month fixed term contract (subject to funding confirmation)
Conciliation Resources
Conciliation Resources is an independent international organisation working with people in conflict to prevent violence, resolve conflicts and promote peaceful societies. We believe that building sustainable peace takes time. We provide practical support to help people affected by violent conflict achieve lasting peace. We draw on our shared experiences to improve peacebuilding policies and practice worldwide.
We have worked in the South East Asia and the Pacific regions since 1994 and currently have four programmes: a regional Pacific Programme, a Fiji Programme, a Papua New Guinea Programme and a Philippines programme.
Conciliation Resources’ core values of collaboration, creativity, challenge and commitment underpin everything we do, and staff are expected to apply these values to their work and in their interactions with others. In addition, we foster an internal environment of transparency, mutual respect, integrity and professional discretion.
Conciliation Resources first worked in Bougainville (an autonomous region of Papua New Guinea) in 2001. Currently we work in partnership with the Nazareth Centre for Rehabilitation, the Government of Papua New Guinea and the Autonomous Bougainville Government as part of a programme of work with the aim of:
• Supporting inter-governmental dialogue processes.
• Strengthening community analysis and conflict resolution mechanisms in Bougainville.
• Building the skills of key peacebuilding actors in Bougainville.
• Improving cohesion and collaboration between peacebuilding initiatives in Bougainville
• Bringing peacebuilding knowledge from other post-conflict regions of the world.
Job purpose
The Programme Officer provides project, administrative and logistical support necessary for the implementation of the Papua New Guinea programme. The post holder will play a key role in liaising with partners across the areas in which we work, and in managing programme events and information.
They will support consultants and volunteers working with the team. Reporting to the Project Manager, the Programme Officer will be based in Melbourne and will undertake occasional travel to Papua New Guinea.
Added benefits of working at Conciliation Resources Australia:
- We provide 25 days of annual leave each year.
- Days off between 25th December - 1st January with no loss of annual leave.
- Flexible working at home arrangements
- A generous top-up to the Government Parental Leave payments and the opportunity for parents returning to work to request flexible working arrangements.
- Employee Assistance Program, a free and confidential counselling service
- Additional sick leave benefits during longer period of sickness
- 5 paid days of study leave per year
- Salary packaging (tax benefits) of up to A$15,900 and A$2,650 for meals and entertainment
- Up to 10 days of paid Compassionate leave
- Option of paid Sabbatical leave for full time and part time permanent employees after 4 continuous years of service
- Portable long service leave within the SCHADS industry
Person specification
Essential knowledge, skills and experience
- Experience of working in an administrative and support position to a team.
- Strong organisational skills including planning, developing, implementing and maintaining administrative systems.
- Understanding of and interest in peace building and conflict transformation processes.
- Knowledge of and interest in Papua New Guinea.
- Experience supporting financial management including experience preparing budgets, monitoring organisational and partner expenditure and supporting financial reporting.
- Experience remotely supporting partners on the successful joint delivery of work.
- Experience of supporting monitoring, evaluation and reporting of projects.
- Experience of revising and contributing to the drafting of substantive reports.
- Experience of working in a multi-cultural environment.
- Appreciation of issues of confidentiality, and cross-cultural and political sensitivity.
- Willingness to work irregular hours occasionally and to undertake some international travel.
- Strong commitment to, and experience of, team and cross-organisational working.
- Initiative, enthusiasm and a problem-solving approach to new challenges.
- Graduate study or local equivalent or equivalent by experience in conflict resolution, international relations, development studies, international humanitarian law, peace and security.
- Ability and willingness to travel to Papua New Guinea, and experience of hostile environment training or willingness to undertake hostile environment training.
Desirable knowledge, skills and experience:
- Spoken or written Tok Pisin
- Experience of undertaking supervised research work.
Other role requirements:
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English.
- Excellent working knowledge of Microsoft Office software packages, databases, email, internet.
- Experience of working with databases, handling diverse sources of information and maintaining accessible filing systems.
How to apply
A Position description is attached to this advertisement. Please do not send your CV or resume at this stage.
Please download the Application Form and Application Statement and submit via email to aurecruitment@c-r.org by 5pm AEST, Friday, 19 January 2024.
The successful candidate will be required to undergo pre-employment checks which include national police checks. Please be advised that it is a requirement for all our staff to submit their COVID-19 vaccination proof.
If you have specific questions regarding the role, please contact aurecruitment@c-r.org using the subject line: PO PNG enquiry.
We thank you for your interest in the role and our organisation, however only those applicants shortlisted will be contacted.