Senior Project Manager – Health

An exciting opportunity exists for an experienced, innovative, and motivated individual to lead program support and operations for Australia’s assistance to Fiji’s health sector.

Why Tetra Tech International Development?

As a leading global development consulting firm, our purpose is to contribute to a world where people, communities and the planet thrive.

Tetra Tech International Development works with governments, businesses and NGOs to solve complex development challenges. Our dedicated team helps partners including DFAT, USAID and the Asian Development Bank to deliver effective and sustainable projects in more than 80 countries around the world.

• Responsible for effective operational management and delivery of high-quality support for the Fiji Health Program.
• Full time from July 2022 to December 2024
• Based in Suva, Fiji

The Program

The Fiji Program Support Facility (the Facility) was established in 2017 to support and implement Australia’s aid programs such as health, education, emergency preparedness and response and governance in Fiji. The Facility also supports the Australia Awards in Fiji and Tuvalu. The Facility integrates cross-cutting themes, including gender equality, disability and social inclusion, climate change and Disaster Risk Reduction, across sectoral programs. In particular, the Facility seeks to strengthen program outcomes by better addressing the needs of targeted beneficiaries including those who are often marginalised.

Australia’s support to Fiji’s Health Sector (referred to as the “Fiji Health Program” or FHP) works in partnership with the Ministry of Health and Medical Services (MHMS) to:

• Reform public health services to provide a population-based approach for disease and the climate crisis;
• Increase access to quality, safe and patient focused clinical services; and
• Drive efficient & effective management of the health system.

FHP invests about AUD 5-6 million per year into strengthening health services through a range of projects. These cover the COVID-19 response and vaccine roll-out, mother and child health, non-communicable diseases, patient safety and quality care, rehabilitation services, supply chain reforms and digital and health information. The assistance is delivered through modalities including technical advice, procurement of services and goods, capacity building and training support, and grants to civil society organisations. Across all projects and areas of support, FHP seeks to identify ways to support MHMS to improve gender equality and disability and social inclusion in health services, making them more accessible and higher quality to those who need these services the most. FHP also provides support to prepare for and respond to natural disasters, particularly tropical cyclones, and public health threats as they arise.

The Position

The Senior Project Manager is a member of the Fiji Health Program (FHP) Senior Management Team (SMT) and is responsible for the provision of effective and efficient operations for the program, including financial planning and budget management, work-planning and risk management, procurement, grant and contract management, HR administration, office administration and logistics, safeguards including Child Protection, Preventing Sexual Exploitation, Abuse and Harassment (PSEAH), and Work Health and Safety.

The SPM is supported by a team of program support and operations staff and will manage and mentor the Program Support and Operations Team (PSOT). This includes a Finance and Operations Coordinator, Project Coordinator, and an Operations Officer. The primary objective of the SPM is to deliver effective operations for the FHP in support of the Team Leader to lead a highly effective program to achieve high-quality and sustainable results and provide key project management expertise to support FHP Project Leads to implement activities according to scope, schedule and budget.

The Person

The ideal candidate will have strong project management experience in complex development settings. They will demonstrate experience in budget planning, project cost control and expenditure forecasting, including overall conceptualisation and design of project and activities.

Central to this, the candidate will have strong understanding and knowledge in procurement management, and monitoring, evaluation, and learning of activities/projects.

You will be required to demonstrate commitment to Gender Equality, Disability and Social Inclusion (GEDSI), Child Protection and the Prevention of Sexual Exploitation Abuse and Harassment (PSEAH).

At Tetra Tech, health and safety play a pivotal role in our success. Tetra Tech’s employees work together to comply with all applicable health and safety practices and protocols, including health orders and regulations related to COVID-19 that are mandated by the Government of Fiji. Successful candidates will be required to provide evidence of their COVID-19 vaccination, in accordance with section 52D of the Health and Safety at Work (General Workplace Conditions) (Amendment) Regulations 2021.

This position is locally engaged and reserved for National Citizens of Fiji. We encourage applications from people of diverse backgrounds, including women and people with disabilities. Suitably qualified and experienced Fijian citizens are strongly encouraged to apply for this position.

This program is managed by Tetra Tech International Development, on behalf of the Australian Government.

Tetra Tech International Development has a 40-year history in successfully delivering international development projects on behalf of donors right around the world, including Australia’s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, USAID and the UK’s Department for International Development (now known as the Foreign and Commonwealth Development Office). Our people work side by side with local partners to support stability, economic growth and good governance, positively changing people’s lives.

Equal Opportunity and Inclusion

We care about what makes us different – and it’s our people. We value our unique backgrounds, experiences and thinking, our clients do too. They’re the very things that drive collaboration and ingenuity in the solutions we deliver.

We are happy to make adjustments to the recruitment process for your accessibility requirements. Please contact us via your preferred type of communication: [email protected] or call Angeline Reddy on +679 871 3006 with your request(s).

Tetra Tech International Development has robust policies and guidelines which exemplify our commitment to safeguarding and technical excellence in gender equality. Our team of dedicated GEDSI advisers work closely with our staff and partners to ensure a context-specific and consistent approach is applied to all our programmes to improve the livelihoods of the world’s most marginalised groups.

Tetra Tech International Development is an equal opportunity employer of choice and is committed to child protection. We are dedicated to attracting, retaining and developing our people regardless of gender identity, ethnicity, sexual orientation, disability and age. Applications are encouraged from all sectors of the community and we strongly encourage applications from people with diverse backgrounds, including women and people with disabilities.

Tetra Tech International Development is also committed to respectful workplaces and does not tolerate sexual exploitation, abuse or harassment of any kind.