Operations Manager (MDF)

Duration: Full time position, beginning July/August 2014

Reports to: Team Leader

Location:Suva, Fiji or Dili, Timor-Leste

DFAT Adviser Remuneration Framework Classification:C3/C4

The Market Development Facility (MDF), an Australian Government funded initiative, aims to:

• Create additional employment and income earning opportunities for poor women and men through broad-based and sustainable pro-poor growth;
• By making rural and urban sectors of the economy in which the poor are involved as producers and workers, more competitive and making them grow;
• By trigger lasting, 'systemic' changes in the markets systems around these sectors to reduce constraints to growth and to increase their capacity to innovate and deal with competitive, regulatory, social and environmental pressures, so that the benefits for the poor will sustain and expand in time.

The Facility is committed to implementing a systems approach to stimulating pro-poor growth:

• Rather than working with the poor directly, the Facility will seek to develop partnerships with players in the private and public sector with the ability and leverage to trigger lasting systemic changes that create broad-based, sustainable pro-poor growth.
• With each partner, the Facility will design and negotiate detailed action plans, which include clear financial and resource commitments, to arrive at appropriate, innovative and sustainable solutions.
• Sector players take the lead in implementing and the Facility's role is limited and short-term.

MDF is a multi-country facility, currently operational in Fiji, Timor Leste and Pakistan. In subsequent years, MDF will possibly be operational in an expanding number of countries. Each country will have its own Country Team (CT) on the ground.

A small Core Program Team (CPT), led by the Team Leader, work across all MDF partner countries to ensure uniformity and integration of approach and systems across countries while at the same time providing sufficient operational flexibility for the CTs on the ground. The Operations Manager will be an integral member of MDF’s CPT, working across all MDF partner countries. As such, the Operations Manager will be required to travel extensively to all MDF partner countries.

The Operations Manager may be based in either Suva, Fiji, or Dili, Timor-Leste, based on the individual’s preference and MDF requirements.

For full details, please download the Terms of Reference.

Selection Criteria:

• Operational experience in financial management and procurement for Government contracts (preferably DFAT).
• Client focused and solution oriented.
• Office management experience, including coordinating administrative, logistical, human resource management and program management functions, and office establishments.
• Understanding of multi-jurisdiction program management and use of decentralised management systems to mitigate operational risks.
• Ability to develop relationships and inspire multi-country national and international teams.
• Experience preparing official procedures and reports, using a consultative and analytical approach.
• A high degree of personal initiative, lateral thinking, and ability to work under pressure to meet deadlines.
• High level of knowledge of Microsoft Office, in particular spreadsheet applications, and ability to learn QuickBooks Accounting software.
• Willingness to travel and stay in MDF countries for reasonable periods of time to establish offices, set up procedures and systems, train staff, or any form of trouble shooting.

How to apply:

To submit your application, please visit our website click the Apply Onlinebutton at the bottom of the page to create an account or log into your existing Cardnoaccount.

If you have any queries or would like to receive a copy of the Terms of Reference as a Word document, please send an e-mail, quoting "Operations Manager (MDF)" in the subject line, to Mitch Adams (Mitch.Adams@cardno.com).

Applications, including a CV & Cover Letter, should be submitted by Sunday 15 June 23.55 (AEST).

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for an interview.

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