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The Pacific Islands Forum

The Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) is an Employer of Choice in the region, aiming to recruit and employ staff based on merit and organisational needs. The Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat (PIFS) ensures that its employment selection upholds its values and commitment to Forum membership, gender balance, and building a diverse and inclusive organisation. The PIFS is committed to achieving gender balance and being fully representative of our member countries.   Our workforce is currently over 50% female, and we have representatives from fifteen of the eighteen Forum member countries.

To achieve greater workforce representation from our member countries we strongly encourage applicants from the following countries to apply: Federated States of Micronesia, French Polynesia, and Niue.

The Opportunity - 2050 Strategy Coordination Officer

The 2050 Strategy Coordination Officer role will support the Team Leader 2050 to enhance the collective impact of partners working towards our 2050 Vision, through supporting efforts to coordinate, monitor, and report, on the strategies implementation. The key responsibilities are summarised as:

• Support the implementation of the 2050 Strategy
• Support the Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEL), activities for 2050 Strategy implementation
• 2050 reporting and communication
• Facilitate work to progress the 2050 Strategy Strategic Pathways
• Project Management

Applicants should have a university bachelor’s degree in economics and finance, development studies, international development, planning and statistics, public policy, or any other related discipline (or postgraduate degree in same areas would be desirable), with at least five years of experience and demonstrated success supporting national and/or regional policymaking, coordination, or MEL processes.

Candidates with knowledge and experience in contributing to policy development or project implementation in areas relevant to the 2050 Strategy, are encouraged to apply.

The Package

The position carries a competitive and attractive remuneration and benefits package including allowances for housing and education; and medical, accident and life insurance coverage. This position is based at Band 9 of the PIFS salary scale. The starting salary for the position is SDR 28,750 per annum, which is equivalent to FJD86,779

How to apply

Interested  applicants are encouraged to apply  through  the  PIFS  website:  www.forumsec.org  where an information package containing the position description and full remuneration details are available. Candidates must include in either their application or Curriculum Vitae the full contact details of three referees.

To be eligible for the position, applicants must be nationals of Forum member countries. The Forum Secretariat is an Equal Opportunity Employer. The deadline for applications is Friday 6 June, 5pm (Fiji Time).

*Member States of the Pacific Islands Forum: Australia, the Cook Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, French Polynesia, Kiribati, Nauru, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Niue, Palau, Papua New Guinea, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, Samoa, the Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, and Vanuatu.