Provincial Facilitator, ENB |PATH

• Commencement: March 2025
• Contract duration is up to 30 June 2025, with a possibility for extension
• Based in East New Britian Province, Papua New Guinea
• Open to all applicants

About the Program

The Papua New Guinea (PNG) Australia Transition to Health (PATH) is a five-year (2020-2025) health sector program funded by the Australian Government under the PNG–Australia Partnership for Development. PATH works with the Government of PNG (GoPNG) to improve coverage and quality of health services for the people of PNG through effective, equitable, efficient, and inclusive interventions.

Guided by the National Department of Health (NDoH), Provincial Health Authorities (PHAs) and the Bougainville Department of Health (BDoH) are responsible for the delivery of health services across PNG.

PATH assists NDoH, PHAs and BDoH to strengthen systems for health service delivery targeting infectious diseases, and reproductive, maternal, newborn child and adolescent health, with a focus on promoting women’s leadership.

PATH’s end of investment outcomes (EOIOs) are:

1. PHAs more able to lead provincial health reform and manage effective, efficient, equitable and quality essential health services in selected provinces.
2. DFAT-funded health services are demonstrating efficient and effective models of service delivery, influencing PHA performance; and building sustainability by transitioning to PHA management in selected provinces.

PATH’s intermediate outcomes (IOs) are: Provincial Health Authority Leadership, Women in Leadership and Essential Health Services.

PATH is a locally led, adaptive, and politically informed program that seeks to maintain flexibility to respond to changing and local circumstances over the life of the program.

About the Opportunity

The Provincial Facilitator role supports the Provincial Performance Facilitation Lead to implement the day-to-day activities to improve leadership and management of health services for the selected Provincial Health Authorities (PHA).

This role will coordinate the activities to support PHA capacity to plan, budget, deliver and coordinate health services, including the coordination of analyses/assessments to identify bottlenecks at the selected PHAs.

The Provincial Facilitator (PF) plays an important role in developing and strengthening key stakeholder relationships at the provincial level.

About You

• Minimum of 10 years’ senior experience in PNG Provincial Health Authority including implementing PHA reform with good understanding of NDoH/DPM/DoF systems, legislation, policy, governance, resourcing, financing and decentralisation
• Demonstrated understanding of the PNG health sector (required) and sound understanding PNG Provincial Government systems and central agencies (DPM, DoF) sector will be highly regarded
• Familiarity with PNG Health reform policies and exposure/experience working with health boards and committee
• Multi-stakeholder engagement across large and complex cross-program environment with the ability to work in a political and cultural manner

Closing Date: 7 February 2025 (Midday, local time)

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