Team Leader (IF4) – Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea

Your opportunity to work with the high performing Incentive Fund Phase 4 (IF4) team in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea and access a career pathway working with us across our international development programs globally.

As a leading global development consulting firm, our purpose is to contribute to a world where people, communities and the planet thrive. Tetra Tech is a values-based organisation, actively seeking leaders who share our commitment to our work and to our people.

We expect our people to always behave in a manner that drives collaboration between the project and head office teams, client and partners. Working together we aim to deliver effective support, to improve our delivery wherever possible, and to grow Tetra Tech as an organisation where we can provide more opportunities for all our staff to deliver work that achieves a positive impact.

We expect all our people to live our values:

• To strive for achievement
• To be open and transparent
• To listen to and respect people
• To pursue curiosity and have a passion for learning
• To deliver solutions that make a difference
• To embrace diversity and collaboration.

This is a great opportunity to join our Team Leader Forum and access a career pathway working with us across our international development programs globally.

• This opportunity is for the Team Leader Incentive Fund Phase 4
• Start date is ASAP and up to June 2023
• The successful candidate will join our Team Leader Forum and continue to lead on Tetra Tech contracts after the Incentive Fund Phase 4, which could include working with us to pursue and win the Incentive Fund Phase 5 or lead on the delivery of other Tetra Tech contracts worldwide.
• This position is Port Moresby based with frequent travel to provinces, Papua New Guinea.

The Program

The Incentive Fund Phase 4 (IF4) aims to attract, identify and incentivise high performing organisations to expand the reach, coverage and quality of their contribution to service delivery and/or economic development in Papua New Guinea (PNG). Projects previously funded include the redevelopment of markets, schools, health aid posts, clinics and hospitals and the construction of marketplaces and bridges.

IF4 funding may be allocated to support activities in a range of sectors including but not limited to health; education (with an emphasis on TVET); agriculture and rural development; WASH; renewable energy; and telecommunications.

Within these broad parameters, a minimum of:

1. 50% will be allocated to infrastructure;

2. 80% will support empowerment of women and girls; and

3. 20% will support private sector investment.

IF4 commenced mid-2015 and will disburse grants ranging in value from AUD500,000 to AUD5million to high performing organisations throughout PNG that are approved by the Strategic Management Group. IF4 also implements Special Projects at the direct request of DFAT.

The Position

The Team Leader is responsible for building key relationships with stakeholders including liaison with DFAT and Government of Papua New Guinea (GoPNG) stakeholders, a broad range of PNG organisations and the Strategic Management Group (SMG) and Operational Management Group (OMG). The Team Leader must ensure successful project management, financial management, monitoring, evaluation, program reporting and leadership skills to deliver a high performing Incentive Fund program including targeted large-scale infrastructure, private sector and economic growth investments.

The Team Leader must deliver the following key functions:

• Manage the team and stakeholders dynamically driving our values-based approach which includes
• Understand the local context and political economy to meet the demand for IF4 management, planning and implementation capabilities and private sector engagement
• Advocate for gender, disability and social inclusion (GEDSI) at all levels including engagement with other DFAT funded programs, and integrate GEDSI into all IF4 projects
• Efficiently manage the Incentive Fund mechanisms to ensure timely delivery and robust program performance and responsiveness to emerging strategic priorities
• Lead delivery of all IF4 reporting including Annual Plans, Annual Reports, Progress and Quarterly Reports; M&E; Risk Management Plans and all aspects of program operations including financial management and budget forecasting. The reports should identify any recommendations for decision or action by DFAT
• Demonstrate continuous improvement and streamlining of governance arrangements and grant proposal processes leading to delivery of successful end-of-program outcomes
• Coach and mentor the SMG and OMG to deliver a targeted and relevant portfolio of projects
• Ensure the IF4 team provide enhanced management support for and improvement implementation oversight processes of funded projects
• Ensure increased emphasis on high-quality public diplomacy products including increased focus on targeted outreach to increase the quality and quantity of project proposals
• Ensure an appropriate team structure and effective leadership and management of the IF4 team including building staff capacity and proactively managing staff performance.
• Lead and manage all aspects of project completion ensuring the project meets all end-of-program objectives; assess and review the benefits of the project and identify key lessons learned. This includes updating the Handover Plan and delivering the Project Completion Plan.

The Person

Tetra Tech is committed to growing, incentivising and retaining talent within the organisation. The successful team leader will have opportunities to work within the Tetra Tech global network at the conclusion of this contract.

Tetra Tech is an equal opportunity employer and provides the same competitive remuneration package regardless of country of origin. We are committed to increasing the pool of PNG expertise and welcome applications from PNG nationals.

The ideal candidate for this key position will have relevant tertiary qualification or at least five years proven effective Team Leadership in addition to executive-level management experience preferably in PNG and/or the Pacific implementing a major development activity engaging with DFAT at all levels. You will have at least five years of experience managing multi-million-dollar budgets, planning expenditure to annual priorities, financial reporting on expenditure and variance, and adjusting budgets and activities as required. The ideal candidate will have proven experience managing programs with clear gender equality, child protection, disability inclusion development and social inclusion policy, practice and outcomes in addition to experience ensuring an appropriate health safety and security (HSS) environment for the delivery of projects for staff and operations in remote locations.

You will have the proven ability to flexibly lead and manage a multi-disciplinary team in a complex project management environment including effective change management. To be successful in this role, you will have the proven ability to maintain and foster strong relationships and partnerships with IF4 stakeholders, with demonstrated ability to work with civil society organisations, private and public sector management. You will have a comprehensive understanding of the processes in a complex grant management cycle and have demonstrated understanding and experience of a project performance management cycle of planning, implementation, monitoring and reporting.

We seek a self-motivator able to drive a ‘can-do’ team culture. Effective interpersonal, leadership and management skills are required as well as demonstrated ability to assess and work sensitively in a cross-cultural multi-stakeholder context.

This position is classified Category C4 under the DFAT Adviser Remuneration Framework. Please visit https://dfat.gov.au/about-us/publications/Documents/adviser-remuneration-framework-2016.pdf for further details.

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.

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 also committed to respectful workplaces and does not tolerate sexual exploitation, abuse or harassment of any kind.

Tetra Tech International Development is an equal opportunity employer of choice and is committed to child protection.