Advertised: 08 October 2025
Burnet Institute
Accounting / Finance, Administration / Office Support, Health, Non Government Organisations (NGOs), Operations Support, Procurement / Purchasing, Project Management | National Capital District
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Senior Project Officer

Location: Port Moresby Job Type: Full-time

Salary Banding: K75000-80000 Closing Date: 17 October 2025

Abo u t the role:

We are seeking a proficient project administrator to work collaboratively with operations and project management staff in Australia and Papua New Guinea (PNG).

Key responsibilities:

  • Provide administrative support for project activities, such as workshops and conferences
  • Provide administrative travel arrangements support for consultants and staff travelling as part of project activities in partnership with other project officers.
  • Provide administrative support to mobilization and demobilization of all personnel (national and international) relocating to Daru,

About you:

  • Minimum 2 years of similar experience in admin support to complex projects
  • Prior experience adhering to project finance processes / policy in an administrative capacity

How to apply:

Please submit your resume and a cover letter detailing your qualifications and how you can contribute to our team's success. Send your application to: [email protected]

More information

Job ID: #24810

Industry: Accounting / Finance, Administration / Office Support, Health, Non Government Organisations (NGOs), Operations Support, Procurement / Purchasing, Project Management

Location: National Capital District, Papua New Guinea

Company: Burnet Institute

Company Description: Burnet Institute is a leading not-for-profit, unaligned, and independent Australian medical research and public health organisation focused on achieving better health for vulnerable communities in Australia and internationally by accelerating the translation of research, discovery, and evidence into sustainable health solutions. The Institute is headquartered in Melbourne with programs that run across Asia, the Pacific and in Africa. This includes technical specialists, scientists and researchers based in our Melbourne office and international staff working through international offices in Myanmar and Papua New Guinea. The Burnet’s work in PNG is guided by the Burnet PNG 2030 Strategy which has equity at its centre as it aims to “Reach for the many”. The Strategy has four key pillars – Health Impacts, Organisational Capacity, Our People, and Our Partners. For more than a decade, Burnet has addressed some of PNG’s critical health problems by implementing community-based programs using international development and public health principles. We have also undertaken social and clinical research, supporting the development of an improved evidence base to inform policy development. Partnering with both government and nongovernment health agencies and regional research networks, we have focused programming on major health issues including maternal, child and adolescent health; sexual and reproductive health; immunisation; vector-borne diseases such as malaria; and major public health threats such as HIV and tuberculosis.

Company Website: https://www.burnet.edu.au

Source: www.pngworkforce.com


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