Scholarships Specialist
Join Australia Awards PNG as a Scholarships Specialist to lead a high performing team, shape life changing scholarships, strengthen PNG–Australia partnerships, and drive inclusive, high quality education outcomes. Apply now to make real impact.
Contribute to a world where people, communities and the planet thrive.
Tetra Tech International Development is a leading development consulting firm working with government, businesses, and NGOs to solve complex development challenges in the Indo-Pacific region. For more information please visit our website
The opportunity
- Location: Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea
- Full-time, Short-term adviser role, six-month contract
- Contract includes accommodation, medical insurance and airfares
The program
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.
The role
The Scholarships Specialist is responsible for leading and managing a team who deliver a high standard of scholarship activities across all phases of the scholarship cycle.
This is a short-term adviser position of up to 6 months in duration with the possibility of extension. The Specialist will be engaged full-time for the duration of the contract, and be based in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea for at least the majority of the contract term.
Key responsibilities
- Deliver Australia Awards and PNG scholarships as per policies and annual plans
- Manage promotions, applications, assessment and fair selection processes
- Coordinate pre‑departure support and on award enrichment for scholar mobilisation & engagement
- Monitor and approve award variations and maintain accurate DFAT scholarship records
- Maintain scholarships budget, monthly forecasting and regular financial reporting
- Contribute to communications, GEDSI championing, continuous improvement and safe workplace
Selection criteria
- Postgraduate qualification in education, HRD, international development or business or other related field
- Senior experience (10+ years desirable) in international education, admissions or scholarship management
- Proven budgeting, financial planning and expenditure monitoring skills
- Strategic leadership and staff support for service delivery and meeting deliverables
- Experience with Australia Awards and cross‑cultural stakeholder engagement
- Demonstrated adaptability, innovation and resilience in complex environments (PNG/Pacific preferred)
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How to apply
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Please submit:
- Resume
- Statement of suitability (not exceeding two pages), demonstrating how your qualifications, experience, knowledge, skills, and personal attributes align with the selection criteria.
Apply before 11:59pm AEST 3 March 2026
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.
Position Type
Project opportunity
Region
Australia and Indo-Pacific Teams and Clients
Sector
Education (International Development)