Job Summary
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- Job posted on: 16th Aug 2022
- Melbourne > CBD & Inner Suburbs Melbourne
Remote / Work from Home
The Foundation is an international development organisation working to prevent blindness and restore sight. This year marks The Foundation’s 30th anniversary of carrying on the legacy of Professor Fred Hollows, who believed every person had the right to quality eye care, no matter where they live. The Foundation has grown to work in more than 25 countries throughout Africa, South Asia, Southeast Asia, the Middle East and the Pacific, as well as Australia. The Foundation has restored sight to more than 2.5 million people worldwide. We have an ambitious five-year strategic plan that aims to take us even closer to realising our vision of a world in which no person is needlessly blind or vision impaired and Indigenous Australians exercise their right to sight and good health.
You will be a strong project manager with the ability to manage competing priorities. You will be able to work to short deadlines in an ambiguous and often changing environment. This is a small team, so you will be able to work across a variety of tasks, no two days will be the same! You will be results driven and show resilience to work with a variety of stakeholders with complex needs. Finally, you will be happy to jump in and assist with tasks as needed to ensure deadlines and goals are met.
The Foundation currently remotely manages projects in Fiji, Kiribati, Nauru, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu and Timor-Leste. With no country office in these locations, The Foundation works closely with partners such as Ministries of Health, research institutes, intergovernmental and other non-governmental organisations to implement projects.
The Project Officer (PO) will provide support for the design and delivery of project activities, through our implementing partners, to achieve the objectives and deliverables within our Pacific and Timor-Leste Programs and overarching strategy. The PO will focus on the areas of contract development and management, project monitoring and reporting and risk management and compliance.
The PO will also provide some surge capacity support to other FHF remotely managed countries (Eritrea, Tanzania, Uganda, Palestine, Afghanistan) in the areas of system support and contracting as needed. These requests will be co-ordinated between the PO’s line manager and the Head of Program Implementation.
Through our internal programs and employee benefits we aim to create an environment where you will feel supported and empowered. Whether your focus is on continuous learning, professional development or finding an environment which enables you to thrive while balancing family or personal commitments, we have a range of programs in place to support you. Including:
To find out more about our benefits click here.
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Should you have any questions regarding the opportunity please reach out to our Talent Acquisition Specialist, at [email protected], using the subject line: Project Officer - Pacific & Timor-Leste - Flexible Location enquiry via EthicalJobs, for a confidential conversation.
Kindly note that CVs will not be considered through this email address.
Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islander, Pacific Islander and Timorese peoples living in Australia encouraged to apply.
A position description is attached.
The Fred Hollows Foundation is committed to protecting the rights of children and community partners in all areas where we work. Applicants are advised that The Foundation reserves the right to conduct police checks and other screening procedures to ensure we maintain and promote a child safe environment. The Foundation is also committed to protecting the health of our beneficiaries, donors and partners and require incumbents of this role to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 (except where medical conditions may make vaccination harmful to their health).
Please note: We will not be accepting CV’s via agencies for this role.
Remote / Work from Home