Design Team – Vanuatu Australia Health Partnership Investment Design

Job Description

Position: Design Team – Vanuatu Australia Health Partnership Investment Design

Location: Desk-based with travel to Vanuatu

Duration: August 2025 – January 2026

The World at Abt

Solving the world’s most pressing issues and improving the quality of life for people worldwide is what we do every day at Abt. Creating a more equitable world is no small task, but we are driven by big challenges.

We are a team of 3,000+ people in over 50 countries working in unison and focused on the bigger picture. Only by sharing our commitment, energy, and innovation do we affect change and push the boundaries of what’s
possible. We welcome diverse ideas, backgrounds, and viewpoints – joining Abt means access to exceptional thinkers at the top of their game.

To thrive at Abt is to embrace flexibility and collaboration. Our open culture allows you to balance your work and personal life as needed to optimize personal well-being. Creating a more equitable world starts from within – we look after people around the world, and we’ll do the same for you. Ready to embrace rewarding and meaningful work? Now’s your chance.

Specialist Health Service (SHS):

Managed by Abt Global, the Specialist Health Service (SHS) provides strategic input on health to the Australian Government’s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT). SHS is the primary source from which DFAT accesses health and development expertise and advisory services to improve the quality of health programming across DFAT’s global and regional health portfolio, through enabling access to responsive technical advice and support.

The Opportunity

DFAT Post Port Vila, Vanuatu will engage a Design Team to develop a four-year (plus option of 4-year extension) health investment design. The design process will be completed between August 2025 to
January 2026 and involve in-country and remote consultations tentatively scheduled for late September/early October. The Design Team will be contracted and managed by SHS.

The Design Team will work collaboratively as a team and with DFAT and Government of Vanuatu, review key documents, develop a design plan and methodology, conduct consultations, develop a theory of change and program logic.

The Design team will:

• Review key documents relevant to the design
• Develop a design plan
• Conduct consultations with key stakeholders in Vanuatu and Australia
• Complete any analysis required to inform the design including GEDSI analysis
• Develop a theory of change and program logic
• Work with DFAT on the key design questions
• Draft the Investment Design Document and Statement of Requirements
• Finalise the Investment Design Document based on DFAT and GoV feedback and peer review feedback

Deliverables:

Key deliverables will include:

• Design Plan addressing TOR and outlining proposed design approach and methodology
• Aide memoire presentation
• Draft Investment Design Document and Statement of Requirements (SoR) using DFAT templates
• Final Investment Design Document and Statement of Requirements (SoR) using DFAT templates addressing DFAT feedback and independent peer review feedback.

SHS/Abt will contract the selected company/organisation and manage design team travel, logistics and quality assurance of all key deliverables.

Expertise and experience:

The design team will be resourced with the following expertise and experience (maximum of four team members):

• Design
• Monitoring, Evaluation & Learning (MEL)
• Health technical expertise
• Gender equality, Disability Equity and Social Inclusion (GEDSI)
• Knowledge of, and experience working in Pacific Island contexts, preferably in Vanuatu
• Understanding of thinking and working politically, and ability to navigate complexity and work effectively in a cross-cultural context
• Knowledge of Australian government aid and development priorities and DFAT Design and MEL standards

The proposed design team must include a national adviser from Vanuatu with relevant expertise and experience.

How to apply:

Companies/organisations interested in this opportunity are required to submit the following:

1. Brief cover letter (max. 4 pages using template provided below) that includes the following for each proposed design team member:

• Position, name and summary of role and responsibilities on the design team
• Brief summary of relevant experience
• Proposed number of input days and daily rate in AUD (inclusive of any overhead/management costs)
• Confirmation of availability to travel to Vanuatu for a two-week consultation period in late September/early
  October

2. CVs for all proposed design team members

Please submit your application (Cover Letter and CVs) as a single PDF document to Jessica.Gillmore@shsglobal.com.au by 10 August 2025.

For any enquiries, please email Jessica.Gillmore@shsglobal.com.au.

Due diligence checks will be completed by SHS/Abt for all selected design team members prior to contracting.

Abt is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity employer committed to fostering a diverse workforce.

Disclaimer: Abt will never ask candidates for money in exchange for an offer of employment.

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