Short Courses Coordinator
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- International Development
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- 9 hours ago Post Date
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- 75500000736 Requisition #
Support professional development and leadership skills across Papua New Guinea.
Join Tetra Tech International Development as a Short Courses Coordinator on the Australia Awards PNG program and play a key role in delivering high‑quality short courses that strengthen skills, networks and development outcomes across PNG. Apply now!
Contribute to a world where people, communities, and the planet thrive.
Tetra Tech International Development is a leading consulting firm with a 40‑year history of delivering impactful development projects worldwide. We work alongside government, business, and NGOs to solve complex challenges and create lasting change. For more information, please visit our website.
The Opportunity
- Location: Papua New Guinea
- Full-time, fixed-term appointment through to June 2027
- Be part of a high‑performing team delivering Australia Awards Short Courses across PNG and Australia
Australia Awards PNG (AAPNG) supports Papua New Guinea’s development by strengthening education, knowledge transfer, and institutional capacity, while building enduring Australia–PNG relationships. The program delivers high‑quality education, fosters institution‑to‑institution partnerships, and develops the next generation of PNG leaders.
As the Short Courses Coordinator, you will support the end‑to‑end delivery of Australia Awards Short Courses across the full scholarship cycle, from promotion and selection through to mobilisation, delivery, scholar welfare and reporting. Working closely with scholars, service providers and internal teams, your work will directly contribute to positive development outcomes and strong people‑to‑people links between PNG and Australia.
If you are highly organised, relationship‑focused and motivated by meaningful development work, this role offers an opportunity to make a real impact.
Key Responsibilities
- Support the promotion, selection and mobilisation of Australia Awards Short Courses across Papua New Guinea
- Deliver information sessions, manage applicant enquiries, and undertake eligibility, compliance and selection coordination
- Coordinate scholar mobilisation and all logistical and financial arrangements, including travel, accommodation and workshops
- Monitor and support scholar academic progress, welfare and critical incidents in line with program policies
- Maintain accurate records, data and reporting to support program and financial requirements
- Collaborate with Communications and Partnerships to support public diplomacy and program visibility
- Build effective stakeholder relationships and contribute to a positive, GEDSI‑informed program culture
Selection Criteria
- A relevant undergraduate qualification (or equivalent experience) in administration, project management, education, communications or a related field
- Demonstrated experience coordinating projects or programs, ideally within an international development or education context
- Knowledge of, or ability to quickly develop understanding of, Australian and Papua New Guinean tertiary education sectors
- Strong organisational and time management skills, with the ability to manage competing priorities
- Experience contributing to reports and maintaining accurate records and data
- High‑level proficiency in Microsoft Office 365 applications
- Demonstrated ability to work independently and collaboratively in cross‑cultural environments
How to Apply
If this sounds like the opportunity for you, please click Apply for Job and submit your application. We’d love to hear from you.
Please include:
- Your CV, and
- A cover letter (maximum two pages) outlining how your experience, skills and attributes align with the selection criteria.
Applications close: 21 April 2026 11:59pm AEST
For further information about the role, please contact our HR team via email at: idev.hrservices@tetratech.com
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Why Tetra Tech International Development?
We are a values led organisation committed to flexible working, wellbeing, and creating positive impact. Our culture is grounded in collaboration, trust, diversity, and inclusion. Learn more about our purpose and values here.
Tetra Tech International Development is an equal‑opportunity employer and welcomes applicants of all cultures, genders, abilities, and experiences. We are committed to child safety, safeguarding, and the prevention of sexual exploitation, abuse, and harassment.
As a leading development consulting firm, Tetra Tech International Development works with people and communities to solve some of the world's most complex challenges to achieve a positive impact.
Working at Tetra Tech International Development means working within a values led organisation that invests in flexible work environments built on trust, safety and well-being. Through unified systems, flexible and supportive workplaces, we provide the foundations required for our team to enjoy the work they do and deliver value every day. Read more about our culture, purpose and values here.
Tetra Tech International Development is an equal opportunity employer and has a genuine commitment to diversity and inclusion, child safety, safeguarding, and the prevention of sexual exploitation, abuse and harassment. We encourage people living with a disability; First Nations Peoples; and people of all cultures, genders, abilities, and experiences to apply.
Should you require additional support with your application, please email IDEV.HRServices@tetratech.com or phone +61 (08) 8375 4400.
Tetra Tech has a zero-tolerance approach to sexual exploitation, abuse and harassment (‘SEAH’), child abuse and exploitation, modern slavery and safeguarding related retaliation, and this zero-tolerance extends to inaction. Tetra Tech is committed to being a child safe organisation, and to promoting a culture that supports gender equality, and addresses the gendered drivers of violence against women and children. It is committed to fostering a culture where we prevent and respond decisively and appropriately to harm against people, and that all people are treated with dignity and respect, irrespective of country, project, or office where we work. This will require compliance with Tetra Tech’s Safeguarding and other Codes of Conduct and our associated safeguarding policies (Child Protection and Child Safety, Prevention of Sexual Exploitation, Abuse and Harassment (PSEAH) policy and procedure, and Modern Slavery. Any successful applicants will be required to undertake satisfactory referee and criminal record checks prior to being appointed to any position.
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