PROGRAM COORDINATOR - PNG Rapid Response Team Program
National Department of Health (University of Newcastle Consultant)
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📍 Location: Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea
📅 Full-time position | 2-year contract
🕔 Closing date: 18 July 2025
Main purpose of the role
The University of Newcastle's Field Epidemiology in Action (FEiA) team is seeking to engage a Program Coordinator to lead the Rapid Response Team Program (RRT) in the National Department of Health (NDoH) in Papua New Guinea (PNG).
The incumbent will be responsible for the day-to-day operations of the RRT program, which aims to:
Establish sustainable, functional and effective rapid response teams in all provinces.
Enhance multidisciplinary and cross-sectoral communication and collaboration at national and provincial levels.
Institutionalise RRTs at the national and provincial levels with resources allocated to support effective operationalisation.
Duties and Responsibilities
Program Coordination & Implementation
Stakeholder Engagement & Communication
Monitoring, Evaluation & Reporting
Administrative & Logistical Support
Institutionalisation & Sustainability Support
Capacity Building & Continuous Improvement
External responsibilities
Represent the RRT program at national and international meetings and conferences.
Work with the HSSB Director and respective FETP program coordinators to ensure visibility of FETP and RRT, both within PNG and across the region, through documentation of success stories and lessons from the field and contributing to social media networks.
Management
The position is full-time and is based in the NDoH building in Waigani, Port Moresby. The successful candidate will be employed as a consultant with UoN, until such time as the position is established within the NDoH structure. It is expected that the successful candidate will then transition into the NDoH position within 2 years.
The salary for this position ranges from K6,000 to K9,000 per month, commensurate with the skills and experience of the successful candidate.
Applicants must already have work rights in PNG to be considered.
Qualifications & experience
Essential criteria
Demonstrated strong leadership skills.
Experience responding to outbreaks of communicable diseases or other public health emergencies.
A minimum of 5 years’ experience in public health in PNG
Highly developed organisational skills including the ability to prioritise competing tasks and manage time effectively.
Strong interpersonal skills, including highly developed oral and written communications, and demonstrated ability to work harmoniously within a team and with external stakeholders.
Proficiency in the use of Microsoft Office products, MS Word, MS Excel and PowerPoint, including strong electronic file management skills
Desirable criteria
a) Evidence of prior training in epidemiology (FETP, MPH or equivalent).
b) Experience in developing and delivering training within the health sector.
c) Experience with program monitoring and evaluation.
If you have specific questions about this position, please contact us at info@fieldepiinaction.com
Applications close on 18 July 2025.
All applications must be submitted online. Applicants must briefly explain how they meet each selection criteria, in no more than 200 words for each criteria, and upload a CV.
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