Team Leader (Re-Advertised)

  • Senior-level, Short-term contract assignment
  • Posted on 12 June 2025
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Job Description

About Tonga School Project

The Tonga Safe and Resilient Schools Project (TSRSP) is a key project funded by the World Bank aimed at strengthening the safety and resilience of selected school facilities, education management, and the quality of teaching across the Kingdom of Tonga. This component is to improve the multi-hazard resilience of schoo; buildings and facilities.

The project’s obkectives are to enhance the disaster resilience, safety, accessibility, and inclusivity of selected schools across five islands in Tonga. It involves the initial assessment, investigation, design, documentation, and construction supervision work for either replacement or repair at 62 school sites. The project locations span across Tongatapu, Vava’u, Eua, Ha’apai, and the Nuias islands. The project will prioritize schools identified as being at the highest risk from natural disasters.

About the Role

The Team Leader (TL) is the chief communication partner for the client and other external parties to coordinate and manage the implementation of the assignment including all necesary personnel deployment, purchases and project administration; also supervises the work of all team members and guide them as necessary to carry out those tasks for which no professional specialist will be deployed, to manage the dialog and interface with the client; compiles and submits the deliverables stated above and ensure quality control and timely delivery of all deliverables. The TL is expected to carry out the duties of “Engineer” as defined in the World Bank Standard Bidding Document (SBD) for Procurement of Works Contracts and provide key guidance and oversee throughout the project and ensure day-to-day project and contract management systems and quality control proceses are sufficient and appropriately managed by the Resident Supervisor. The TL will be the signatory for certification of all as-built drawings, final acceptance and payment certificates and all other technical and final documentation. The role i primarily part-time over the duration of the project, predominantely home time with quarterly field visitis. Home base preferred to be located in similar time zone


About You

Qualifications

  • Be degree qualified from a recognised university in Architecture, Structural or Civil Engineering, with preferably a secondary degree in Project Management/Construction Management/Building Construction discipline or equivalent
  • Hold membership of relevant professional institution

Experience and Knowledge

  • Have at least 12 years’ working experience in infrastructure design, constrcution supervision, risk assessments and strategic planning of which at least recent 3 years in building projects.
  • Have at least 8 years’ experience carrying out site investigation planning, designing, and managing projects of similar scope and size
  • At least 3 years’ as a team leader/management/leading position in construction projects of a comparable scale
  • Experience working in PICs or small island states (highly desirable)

HOW TO APPLY

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Please submit

  • Your CV
  • A statement responding to the selection criteria

APPLICATIONS CLOSE at 5PM 27th June 2025 AEST

Should this role be of interest, we encourage you to apply as soon as possible. Kindly note only shortlisted applicants will be contacted, and all applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis

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About the Organization

About DT Global

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