Expertise France is recruiting two Organisational Development (OD) Advisors as part of the implementation of the national component of the EU-FCCB Programme. These positions are open to Papua New Guinea nationals only.

The positions will particularly focus on building the capacity and improving the systems and processes of PNG public and non-profit organisations operating in the FCCB space.

The positions will be part of the EU-FCCB national component project team and will be stationed within Expertise France’s Papua New Guinea Office located at the Climate Change and Development Authority in Port Moresby. The two positions will operate as part of a multi-disciplinary team of national and international experts providing support to PNG in the FCCB space.

The two positions will be reporting to Expertise Franc’s Technical Coordinator of the national component of the EU-FCCB Programme.

The two positions are expected to work closely with one another and be able to step-in for the other if one is absent.

The position’s main tasks include the following:

1.      Deliver organisational development support to participating organisations

-          The primary responsibility of the role is to deliver technical advice and support to participating organizations to help enhance their efficiency and effectiveness. The required technical assistance will be determined by a programme of work developed with the support of a team of international organisational development specialists. Advice and support will be tailored to the needs of each organisation.

-          The organisational development programmes feature the implementation of adaptive business plans, a key component of which is organisational restructuring. The national organisational development team will deliver support to leadership and staff to ensure these business plans can be successfully implemented, the goal being to create organizations with the capacity and know-how to continually deliver on their mandates.

-          Support should be delivered in a way that ensures national ownership of the capacity-building work. The programme should, as far as possible, provide advice and guidance while avoiding performing tasks that the organisations should undertake themselves.

-          With the international specialists present in PNG on an intermittent basis, the National Advisors for Organisational Development are the key point of support for the participating organisations and must be available on an as-needed basis, working closely with leadership and staff to bring about transformation in the working methods and performance of the organisations. The expectation is that, over time, the National Advisors will increase their own skills and become less dependent on the guidance of the international specialists.

-          As the main point of contact on the ground, the National Advisors will also be responsible for coordinating with the international consultants to enable continual adaptation in the organisational development process. The Lead National Advisor for Organisational Development should coordinate such reporting efforts. 

2.      Help ensure synergies between organisational development activities and other technical assistance delivered by the EU-FCCB programme national component

-          Organisational development is essential to sustainable change in PNG. Without this, the organisations will not have the capacity to deliver on their mandates. Success also depends on capitalizing on the array of technical assistance being provided by the other activities of the EU-FCCB programme national component.

-          Using the business plans as framework for integration, the National OD Advisors must play a pivotal role in enabling synergies across the EU-FCCB programme national component, thus ensuring streamlined and high-impact support to the organisations.

-          The Lead National Advisor should oversee the efforts to promote these synergies and the delivery of streamlined support.

The Lead National Advisor should work closely with the project coordination unit and the international consultants to promote integrated support to the participating organizations.