Local Governance Adviser (LGA) RAEOA

About PARTISIPA

Australia is working in partnership with Timor-Leste, through the Partnership to Strengthen Village Development and Municipal Administration - known as PARTISIPA - to strengthen policies, systems and skills to improve the delivery of decentralised services and basic infrastructure across the country.

Building on Australia's long-term technical support to the Programa Nasional Dezenvolvimentu Suku (PNDS), we are working to strengthen local institutions, infrastructure, and service delivery at the subnational level (municipal, postu and Suku) with a focus on inclusive governance and community resilience. PARTISIPA integrates support for rural water with a focus on operations and maintenance and roads and road network management.

PARTISIPA mainstreams GEDSI across all components to ensure that government policies, planning and implementation processes continue to increase the visibility, voice, participation and agency of women, people with disabilities and other marginalised groups.

The Role

The Local Governance Advisor (LGA) is a key member of the Pillar 2 team. The LGA will provide technical support to the Authority of RAEOA to exercise its functions and decentralised competencies, including the elaboration of the annual action plan (AAP), support the regional coordination and consultative council meetings, regional strategic development plan, community development plan, plan for human resources capacity building program, and budget execution plan.

Key Qualifications

• Bachelor or post-graduate degree in international development, community development, public administration, public policy, finance management or other relevant focus areas
• Minimum of 7 years' experience working in the areas of decentralisation, planning, management, public administration, with a deep understanding of community development in the context of Timor-Leste
• Demonstrable experience working with or providing support to Timor-Leste's Government system at national and/or subnational levels
• Demonstrable experience related to capacity building and knowledge transfer to government counterparts
• Demonstrable experience in coordination, planning and budgeting in the context of municipal development
• Excellent communication skills in Tétum and English

Health and Safety Requirement

For roles requiring travel, particularly to rural or remote areas, candidates must be willing to comply with program health and safety requirements, including participation in safety briefings, adherence to risk mitigation measures, and, where applicable, vaccination requirements (e.g. rabies).

How to Apply

Please submit:

1. Your CV
2. A cover letter
3. Response to the selection criteria

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