Deputy Director – Human Rights and Social Development

Description

The Pacific Group (SPC) is the principal scientific and technical organisation within the Pacific area, supporting growth since 1947. We’re a global growth organisation owned and ruled by our 27 nation and territory members. In pursuit of sustainable growth to learn Pacific individuals, our organisation works throughout greater than 25 sectors. We’re recognized for our data and innovation in such areas as fisheries science, public well being, geoscience, and conservation of plant genetic sources for meals and agriculture.

The Human Rights and Social Improvement Division has a imaginative and prescient for simply, equitable and resilient Pacific societies and it goals to realize this by advancing human rights, equality and social inclusion for all Pacific individuals, grounded in cultural values and ideas and pushed by a people-centred method. The work of this Division contains work beforehand undertaken by the Regional Rights Useful resource Staff (RRRT) within the space of human rights and the Social Improvement Programme (SDP) within the areas of gender equality and social inclusion, tradition and youth growth.

In keeping with its imaginative and prescient, the work of the Division will embody the next focal areas:

• Goal 1: Pacific establishments are sturdy, clear, and responsive for upholding and selling human rights and implementing inclusive, gender delicate and culturally respectful growth.
• Goal 2: Pacific Civil Society perceive and may advocate for his or her rights and uphold cultural values.
• Goal 3: Pacific tradition is protected, preserved, and promoted and culturally related and acceptable data and programs are built-in throughout all work.
• Goal 4: All PSC packages and operations are grounded in individuals centered approaches and think about the rights and cultural values of various teams together with girls, kids, youth and individuals with disabilities.
• Goal 5: HRSD Division groups work collectively, coherently, and effectively and to a excessive commonplace to realize shared success for Pacific societies.

The function – Deputy Director – Human Rights and Social Improvement will oversee the individuals, programmes and operations within the HRSD Division, overlaying the thematic areas of human rights, gender equality, incapacity and social inclusion (GEDSI), and tradition for growth. This includes: (a) offering excessive stage management and administration oversight: (b) making certain technical and operational (together with monetary administration) excellence throughout the thematic areas and capabilities of the programme; (c) making certain built-in programming inside and throughout HRSD and (as acceptable) HRSD and SPC; (d) making certain efficient planning, monitoring, analysis and studying outcomes; and (e) supporting useful resource mobilisation.

The important thing tasks of the function embrace:

Management and Administration

• Present individuals management, engagement, and operational steering to contribute to the efficient supply of all initiatives inside the technical programme.
• Design, implement and successfully ship annual work plans and work plan stories for HRSD inside funds and in accordance with established targets, outcomes and outcomes.
• Develop steering instruments to boost the challenge administration capability of the technical programme akin to however not restricted to communities of follow, participatory workshops, studying occasions, templates, implementation frameworks and methods.
• Present supervision of challenge stage reporting and opinions to make sure programme/challenge actions and budgets are executed in accordance with contractual necessities and permitted budgets.
• Guaranteeing that planning, monitoring, analysis, reflection and studying (PMEL) actions and strategies and are included into challenge implementation and repair supply.

Technical excellence of capabilities and outcomes of the Division

• Lead, coordinate and facilitate multi-stakeholder consultative approaches and boards to develop, negotiate and later consider and replicate on strategic/programmatic areas of labor together with at a excessive stage for regional and nationwide precedence areas.
• Drive consciousness of this functionality with members and donors making certain regional coordination and collaboration.
• Develop and keep an built-in divisional work programme that focuses on human rights, GDSI and tradition for growth precedence areas of member international locations and territories.
• Oversee and handle the outcomes of initiatives inside the portfolio to ship throughout the thematic and purposeful areas of HRSD.
• Guarantee analysis companies are coordinated, efficient, ahead wanting and included into challenge implementation and assist technical groups.

Useful resource Mobilisation and Monetary Administration

• Contribute to mobilisation initiatives with funding companies and advocate for long-term funding assist for the work of the division among the many donor group.
• Discover new work alternatives that align to new / rising growth priorities of PICTs.
• Funds allocations inside areas of accountability are managed with acceptable costings in place; the strategic path of funds allocations is per Divisional priorities.
• Work with the Director, Staff Chief – Finance, Supervisor – Programmes (Pacific Girls Lead) and different HRSD group members, to make sure funds growth is correct and budgets are executed, and that audit, threat, and procurement administration are successfully managed.

Planning, Monitoring, Analysis and Studying

• Oversee the efficient planning, monitoring, analysis and studying of the HRSD work programme.
• Lead, coordinate and facilitate multi-stakeholder consultative approaches and boards to plan, monitor, analysis and study from and replicate on the implementation of the HRSD work programme.

Built-in Planning

• Contribute to a tradition of collaboration, built-in programming, and shared successes.
• Be taught from SPC ‘good practices’ to outline programming approaches for the design, implementation and analysis of programmes and initiatives that may contribute to long run growth impression within the area.
• Examine analysis and consider ‘good follow’ enterprise processes to allow an built-in programming method.
• Help and promote communities of follow, participatory workshops, studying occasions on programming insurance policies to soak up the programming design method into all potential alternatives throughout the technical programme.
• Work with the HRSD group and related SPC groups to watch and consider division opinions, programmes and initiatives to determine the worth and potential enhancements, shifting ahead.

For a extra detailed account of the important thing tasks, please discuss with the web job description.

Key choice standards

{Qualifications}

• Grasp’s Diploma from a recognised establishment (and/or equal work expertise) in a self-discipline related to challenge/programme administration, PMEL, human rights, GEDSI and/or tradition.

Technical experience

• Not less than 15 years in a public sector or growth management and/or administration place, ideally within the Pacific Islands area.
• Demonstrated expertise in relationship constructing and dealing with all kinds of donors and growth companions with consciousness of their insurance policies and procedures.
• Confirmed historical past of efficiently constructing and main multi-disciplinary groups, together with individuals of various nationwide and cultural backgrounds, and demonstrated skill to handle skilled, technical, and program assist workers in a group setting, making certain everybody’s function contributes to profitable group outputs.
• Demonstrated expertise of main and coordinating excessive stage strategic session processes for regional positioning throughout a related sectoral agenda.
• Confirmed skill to affect work collegially and in partnership with stakeholders and inside companions in the direction of an agreed final result.
• Demonstrated abilities and expertise in steady enchancment and facilitating innovation throughout groups.
• Confirmed skill in challenge design, administration, and reporting.
• Potential to work constructively to resolve points, considerations, or variations of opinion.

Language abilities

• Glorious English communication abilities (oral and written) with a working data of French being a bonus.

Interpersonal abilities and cultural consciousness

• Potential to work in a multicultural, inclusive and equitable setting.

Wage, phrases and circumstances

Contract Period – Till 31 December 2026 – topic to renewal relying on funding and efficiency.

Remuneration – The Deputy Director – Human Rights and Social Improvement is a band 14 place in SPC’s 2024 wage scale, with a beginning wage vary of 4,784‒5,980 SDR (particular drawing rights) per thirty days, which at the moment converts to roughly FJD 14,255–17,820 (USD 6,362–7,953; EUR 5,930–7,412). A suggestion of appointment for an preliminary contract will usually be made within the decrease half of this vary, with due consideration given to expertise and {qualifications}. Development inside the wage scale will probably be based mostly on annual efficiency opinions. Remuneration of expatriate SPC workers members is just not topic to earnings tax in Fiji; Fiji nationals employed by SPC in Fiji will probably be topic to earnings tax.

Advantages for worldwide workers based mostly in Fiji – SPC gives a housing allowance of FJD 1,350–3,000 per thirty days. Institution and repatriation grant, elimination bills, airfares, residence go away journey, well being and life and incapacity insurances and training allowances can be found for eligible workers and their eligible dependents. Workers are entitled to 25 working days of annual go away each year and different kinds of go away, and entry to SPC’s Provident Fund (contributing 8% of wage, to which SPC provides an identical contribution).

Languages – SPC’s working languages are English and French.

Recruitment ideas– SPC’s recruitment relies on benefit and equity, and candidates are competing in a range course of that’s truthful, clear, and non-discriminatory. SPC is an equal-opportunity employer, and is dedicated to cultural and gender range, together with bilingualism, and can search to draw and appoint candidates who respect these values. Due consideration is given to gender fairness and the upkeep of sturdy illustration from Pacific Island professionals. If two interviewed candidates are ranked equal by the choice panel, choice will probably be given to the Pacific Islander. Candidates will probably be assured of full confidentiality consistent with SPC’s Privateness Coverage.

How one can apply

Software process

Closing Date: 11 February 2024 at 11:59pm (Fiji time)

Job Reference: JM000547

Candidates should apply on-line at http://careers.spc.int/

Exhausting copies of purposes is not going to be accepted.

On your utility to be thought-about, you should present us with:

• an up to date resume with contact particulars for 3 skilled referees
• a canopy letter detailing your abilities, expertise and curiosity on this place
• responses to all screening questions

Your utility will probably be thought-about incomplete and won’t be reviewed at shortlisting stage if all of the above paperwork usually are not offered. Candidates shouldn’t connect copies of {qualifications} or letters of reference. Please guarantee your paperwork are in Microsoft Phrase or Adobe PDF format.

For worldwide workers in Fiji, just one international nationwide per household might be employed with an entity working in Fiji at anyone given time. SPC might help on a case-by-case foundation with submissions to Fiji Ministry of Overseas Affairs for his or her consideration and closing approval. SPC can’t and doesn’t make any assure by any means of approval for such purposes to Fiji Ministry of Overseas Affairs and the place an utility is permitted, the partner or accomplice will topic to such phrases and circumstances as could also be set once in a while by the Ministry.

SPC doesn’t cost a charge to contemplate your utility and can by no means ask to your banking or monetary info throughout the recruitment course of.

Screening Questions (most of two,000 characters per query):

1. What do you see as HRSD Division’s most essential function within the Pacific?
2. Describe how you could have achieved good growth outcomes in your work and with a group beneath your management?
3. What’s built-in programming, what’s its worth, and the way can or not it’s utilized within the context of the work of HRSD?