• Job Title: PNG Project Manager, Highlands Programme

  • Location: Port Moresby, with regular travel to Hela and Morobe province

  • Reporting to: Director of Pacific Programmes

  • Duration: Fixed-term contract for two years.

  • Responsible for: Project Officers and consultants.

Job Purpose

The Highlands Project Manager is responsible for developing and managing our peacebuilding and conflict resolution work in Hela Province (Highlands) as well as an expansion and programme development in Morobe Province in Papua New Guinea (PNG). This includes contributing to research and analysis on peace and conflict drivers, supporting mechanisms for conflict prevention and management, including mediation and peacebuilding trainings, promoting gender-sensitive and inclusive participation in peace processes, and supporting community-led peacebuilding initiatives and dialogues. The post holder is responsible for overseeing the full project cycle for these activities, including design, planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation, narrative and financial reporting. They act as a resource to partner organisations and represent the programme in a consortium as well as meetings with a range of interlocutors in the field. The post-holder contributes to strategic development, implementation and resourcing of the Highlands, PNG programme as a whole, and manages Programme Officers, consultants and volunteers. 

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.
  • 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.
  • Generous expatriate salary package, including COL and accommodation subsidy

PNG Nationals and Non-PNG Nationals are both encouraged to apply for this role. Non-PNG Nationals will be expected to work from home within the APAC timezone and relocate to Papua New Guinea (Port Moresby) within the first 6 months of the contract (CRA to facilitate visa). A generous relocation package will be provided.

How to apply

Please do not send your CV or resume at this stage.

Please submit the Applicant Form and Applicant Statement to aurecruitment@c-r.org by 5pm AEST, 9th  August 2024. 

Please see the Job Description for more details on the post. 

If you have specific questions regarding the role, please contact aurecruitment@c-r.org. 

We thank you for your interest in the role and our organisation, however only those applications shortlisted will be contacted.