- Full-time, contract until 30 June 2027
- Annual gross salary range bet. FJD 75,274 to FJD 108,730 commensurate to experience
Exciting opportunity to join AVI’s Pacific Team! We’re currently looking for Program Manager for our Fiji & Tuvalu office.
AVI supports the implementation of the Australian Volunteers Program on behalf of the Australian Government. The Australian Volunteers Program supports skilled Australian volunteers to work alongside organisations to sustainably support capacity development of people, organisations and communities in various countries across the Pacific, Asia and Africa.
The Program Manager will lead the in-country team in the delivery of the Australian Volunteer’s Program in Fiji & Tuvalu. The role drives program development, partner organisation engagement, and public diplomacy and ensures the volunteers receive high quality and responsive support throughout their duration of their remote or in- country deployment.
Position Requirements:
- Minimum 5 years’ experience in a Program Management role
- Demonstrated management experience, including operational program planning and monitoring, risk and critical incident management.
- Experience working within an international government or multi-lateral funding environment preferred.
- Proven staff management experience, and provision of pastoral care and wellbeing support around sensitive issues.
- Strong interpersonal and stakeholder management skills, including the capacity to maintain open and constructive conversations in an international context
- Well-developed administrative, financial and organisational skills coupled with strong computer literacy
- Ability to network effectively, building strong reciprocal relationships
- Cross-cultural awareness, including an ability to work with stakeholders from varied cultural backgrounds
- Sound knowledge of, and commitment to the underpinning values, goals and objectives of the Australian Volunteers Program
- Understanding of and commitment to Equal Employment Opportunity, child protection and privacy principles.
Application Procedure:
- For a full outline of the position and applicant requirements please see the Position Descriptions on the AVI website and submit a cover letter and a current resume
- Application Closing date: Sunday, 21 December 2025
AVI is committed to child protection and safeguarding the welfare of children, young people, and vulnerable adults in the delivery of all our work. We are committed to the Prevention of Sexual Abuse and Harassment (PSEAH), and fraud prevention. We have robust screening procedures for all staff. This screening includes criminal record checks and referee checks prior to commencement and throughout employment.
AVI is an Equal Opportunity Employer. AVI actively encourages Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people from Culturally and Linguistically Diverse backgrounds, LGBTIQA+ people, people with disability and others who have diverse experiences of our world to apply for this opportunity. AVI will provide reasonable workplace adjustments for applicants with disability.
Your privacy is important to AVI. It is the policy of AVI to respect the confidentiality of information and privacy of individuals. Personal information provided by you as part of your application (whether oral, electronic, or written) will be collected and processed for the purpose of evaluating your application for employment. In order to carry out this purpose, your information may be disclosed to appropriate persons in our offices. Any information we hold will be governed by the most current version of the AVI Privacy Policy which is available upon request.
Australian Volunteers Program is funded by the Australian Government and managed in consortia by AVI, DT Global and Alinea International.
