Program Coordinator - Pacific

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ActionAid International

Hybrid
  • Career category: Programme/ Project design & management
  • Job type: Job
  • Experience level: 2-5 years
  • Organisation type: Civil Society
  • Remote option: Hybrid
  • Right to work requirements: Right to work required in advance
  • Remuneration: AUD 76,900 AUD / yearly
  • Work schedule: Full-time
  • Length of contract: Temporary/ Fixed-term
  • Deadline: 23/03/2026
  • Location: Australia
Movement building
Who we are
ActionAid Australia (AAA) is a global women’s rights organisation working to advance social justice, gender equality and poverty eradication. We partner with women living in poverty and exclusion to support their leadership and collective action to claim their rights.  

Purpose of position
This position sits within the Program Team at ActionAid and coordinates the Secretariat for the Shifting the Power Coalition (StPC), which supports diverse Pacific women’s leadership in climate and humanitarian action.   The position is responsible for coordinating the delivery of a portfolio of ActionAid Australia managed grants, including funding for the Coalition. This includes coordinating partner grant making and reporting processes, the StPC Steering Committee approvals and reporting and partner compliance aligned to core policies and standards. The role also coordinates donor reporting and works with the Regional Hub to ensure grant implementation in accordance with contracts and plans. 

Key roles and responsibilities

  • Coordinate the Secretariat of the “Shifting the Power Coalition” in the Pacific working in close collaboration with the AAA programs team and the StPC Regional Hub based in Suva, Fiji to deliver on the strategy and grant requirements;   
  • Ensure quality grant management of all donor-funded StPC projects and other allocated projects, including timely project documentation, monitoring, reporting and partner compliance as well as information management through ActionAid’s contract management system; 
  • Act as the AAA Focal Point on Prevention of Sexual Exploitation, Abuse and Harassment and support investigations in the Pacific working with AAI’s Safeguarding Team; 
  • Contribute to the AAA’s positioning and thought leadership on locally-led development and feminist movement building. 

Skills and competencies required
  • A proven commitment to women’s rights, gender equality, and inclusion. This includes a commitment to ActionAid’s intersectional feminist values and human rights-based approach 
  • Degree in international development, gender studies, or equivalent experience. 
  • Minimum of 3 years of relevant program management experience, ideally in a development or humanitarian context. 
  • Excellent cross-cultural skills and the ability to build strong, collaborative interpersonal relationships with partners and other key stakeholders.  
  • Strong administration, finance, information management and coordination skills with attention to detail and the ability to adhere to standards.  
  • Ability to listen and learn from partners, and to support capacity strengthening of civil society partners in an empowering way that promotes local expertise and mutual learning. 
  • Facilitation, consensus building, and conflict resolution skills to support collective decision making. 
  • Proven ability to work with limited supervision and prioritise to meet multiple deadlines. 
  • Demonstrated initiative, resourcefulness and flexibility.  
  • Strong oral and written communication skills.  
  • A high level of computer competency and comfortable with the use of Microsoft Teams, Google workplace. 

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