The South East Asia and Pacific Multi Country Office (EAPMCO) supports, develops and oversees the UNOPS portfolio of projects in South East Asia and the Pacific. EAPMCO was established in January 2023 following the merger of the Thailand Multi-Country Office, which covered 20 countries across  North East Asia, South East Asia and the Pacific, and the Cambodia Multi-Country Office, which covered 4 countries South East Asia – 3 countries in the Mekong Sub-region (Cambodia, Lao PDR and Vietnam) and the Philippines.  EAPMCO currently covers 24 countries across North East Asia, South East Asia and the Pacific. With its head office in Bangkok, the Multi-Country Office comprises nine business units: EAPMCO Thailand, EAPMCO Indonesia,  EAPMCO Pacific Operations Cluster, EAPMCO Papua New Guinea, EAPMCO China, EAPMCO Vietnam, EAPMCO Mekong, and EAPMCO Philippines.

In 2024, the UNOPS EAPMCO implemented projects worth more than USD 80 million, in the areas of Energy Transition, Digital Transformations, Sustainable Environmental Management, Climate Change, Waste Management, Rule of Law and Access to Justice, Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH), Post Conflict Reintegration, Emergency Relief, Post COVID19 Economic Transformations, and Health, through HR, procurement, construction, contract management, fund and program management services.

The Multi Country Office head office in Bangkok provides strategic direction, operational support, delivery oversight and assurance of the excellence of business processes and quality standards across all of the entire Multi Country Office locations. It is also responsible for developing, delivering and managing the portfolio of engagements in the country of the MCO location itself.

UNOPS in Papua New Guinea

The EAPMCO Papua New Guinea was established in early 2020 to support the implementation of design and construction of infrastructure, sustainable procurement, capacity development to support technical and governance excellence, programme management, and to facilitate access to funding sources in Papua New Guinea.

As an established office since 2022, EAPMCO PNG is demonstrating significant growth and portfolio diversification potential in a short period of time. Working with an increasing number of development partners, in 2023 EAPMCO PNG is quickly being recognised as a responsive and quality partner in climate change resilient infrastructure, sustainable procurement and governance support to the Government of PNG in its service delivery obligations to the people.

Background Information – Job Specific 

The Governments of Australia and Papua New Guinea have a long history of partnership in supporting health system strengthening and improved health service delivery in PNG. Since 2011, Australia has invested significant resources in the construction or upgrade of rural health infrastructure in PNG and supporting investments in health information systems and data management.

The Australian Government’s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) has engaged UNOPS to support the development and roll-out of a national Rapid Health Facility Assessment in Papua New Guinea (PNG), in line with the National Health Service Standards (2nd Edition, 2021–2030). This Rapid Health Facility Assessment (Rapid Assessment) is designed to provide a quick but structured overview of the condition of PNG health facilities, enabling prioritization of investment decisions and further assessments.

The Rapid Assessment forms part of broader efforts by the Papua New Guinean and Australian Governments to strengthen the PNG health system and drive accountability, providing evidence for policy direction and improved service delivery.

Key project activities include:

• Develop standardized assessment tools for level 1-5 health facilities to ensure consistency and encourage routine assessment processes
• Test and support implementation of level 4 and level 5 assessment tools, and level 3 assessment tools in select facilities.
• Strengthen provincial health authorities’ capacity through training and knowledge transfer to embed best practices
• Develop capacity at provincial and district levels to conduct facility assessments on a routine basis
• Enhance data management, analysis, and reporting to improve planning processes at provincial health authorities and at the National Department of Health.

A core component of this program is the development of a long-term capacity development framework to ensure that the assessments are not only conducted effectively, but that they also lead to improved data use, planning, and service delivery. The Capacity Building Specialist (Retainer) will lead this stream of work in close coordination with national stakeholders and the UNOPS project team.

**This is a Retainer position, not a full-time position. Retainers may be requested to carry out tasks on an intermittent and need basis. There are no minimum hours or days guaranteed.**