Job Summary
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- Job posted on: 25th Feb 2020
The Australian Volunteers Program is an Australian government funded initiative that has placed skilled volunteers overseas for over 60 years. Our volunteer assignments are driven by local objectives and needs of our partner organisations, located in 26 countries across Indo-Pacific.
As an Australian volunteer, we will support you by providing return airfares, living and accommodation allowances, health and security support, pre-departure and in-country training, and support for partners and children as well as people living with a disability.
The PNGAus Partnership Secondary Schools initiative (PAPSSi) is a new secondary education initiative of the Government of Australia delivered in partnership with the Government of Papua New Guinea that continues the enduring friendship between the two countries. We share a border, close personal and professional ties, a love of sport and community, an entrepreneurial spirit and a desire to see our cultures preserved and celebrated.
The goal of PAPSSi is to strengthen relationships between Papua New Guinean and Australian secondary schools in a manner that builds their capabilities and deepens people to people links.
To achieve this, PAPSSi has partnered 12 high performing PNG secondary schools with 12 Australian secondary schools to support capacity building and share best practice in the areas of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM), English language, youth empowerment and inclusive education.
This volunteer position supports the PNG National Department of Education (NDoE) and participating secondary schools in the areas of capacity building and best practice.
The Department does not currently have a national Child Protection or Sexual Exploitation, Abuse and Harassment (SEAH) policy, although national Child Protection legislation exists in the form of the Papua New Guinea Lukautim Pikini Act (45/2015). The Act establishes mandatory Child Protection reporting obligations for anyone who performs professional duties with respect to a child, including teachers and school principals.
Currently, most PNG schools do not have any preventative policies or mechanisms in place around child protection or SEAH. In addition to this, there have been a number of reported incidents around inappropriate behaviour of adults and issues in schools with multiple age ranges of students (over 18 and minors) in grade levels. This position will aim to support the establishment of policies and procedures for schools.