PEOPLE AND CULTURE COORDINATOR

Pacific Labour Mobility Support Program (PLMSP) | Palladium

Location: Fiji, Papua New Guinea or Vanuatu (locally engaged)
Contract: Fixed-term, full-time to September 2028

Palladium is seeking People and Culture Coordinators to join the PLMSP People and Culture team, supporting a large, DFAT‑funded program operating across Australia, the Pacific and Timor‑Leste.
While these roles are based in PLMSP’s Pacific offices, the People and Culture Coordinators support people practices across Australia, the Pacific and Timor‑Leste in close collaboration with the broader People and Culture team.

The role

The People and Culture Coordinator provides hands‑on, people‑focused advice and support across employee relations, workforce planning, recruitment, culture and staff mobilisation within a complex, multi‑country, donor‑funded environment.

Working closely with country teams, managers and regional colleagues, the role helps ensure people practices are consistent, compliant and aligned with Palladium policies and DFAT requirements.

Key responsibilities

• Provide People and Culture advisory support to managers and staff across Australia, the Pacific and Timor‑Leste
• Support employee relations processes, escalating complex matters as required
• Contribute to workforce planning and recruitment activities for a development‑funded program
• Support onboarding, mobilisation and staff movements across countries
• Participate in people, culture and continuous improvement initiatives
• Apply and interpret employment compliance across diverse legislative contexts
• Work closely with Risk & Safety colleagues on wellbeing and safeguarding matters.

About you

You will bring:

• Experience in HR advisory, people and culture or similar roles
• Experience working in development‑funded, project‑based or multi‑stakeholder environments
• Sound understanding of employment compliance and HR best practice
• Strong communication, judgement and relationship‑building skills
• The ability to work confidently across different teams, cultures and working styles
• Salary and benefits: Competitive locally engaged salary and benefits.

We are committed to building a diverse, geographically dispersed workforce to maximise our support. We encourage applications from candidates from Pacific Island countries, Timor-Leste, and across Australia. You must have valid country specific work rights to be considered for this position – visa sponsorship is not available.

We strongly encourage people with disability to apply. Disclosing about your disability will not negatively affect your application. Please tell us as much as you feel comfortable for us to work with you about the appropriate adjustments that you might need. If you would like further information or assistance with this, please contact [email protected]

If this opportunity interests you, we encourage you to apply promptly, as applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis. Please note that only shortlisted applicants will be contacted.

How to Apply

Applications must be submitted via this link: https://palladium.csod.com/ux/ats/careersite/2/home/requisition/25096?c=palladium

Click APPLY NOW. Please submit your application online, including your CV and brief cover letter, outlining your suitability in line with the requirements of the position.

Closing date: Sunday 10 May 2026 11:59pm AEST

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About Palladium
Palladium is a global development and consulting firm, part of the GISI Consulting Group, working alongside some of the world’s leading project management and engineering organisations. We partner with governments, businesses, investors and communities to design and deliver complex programs that create lasting impact. With a presence across more than 90 countries, Palladium offers the opportunity to work on meaningful challenges, alongside talented colleagues, in environments where your work can truly make a difference.

Equity, Diversity & Inclusion – Palladium is committed to embedding equity, diversity, and inclusion into everything we do. We welcome applications from all sections of society and actively encourage diversity to drive innovation, creativity, success and good practice. We positively welcome and seek to ensure we achieve diversity in our workforce; and that all job applicants and employees receive equal and fair treatment regardless of their background or personal characteristics. These include: (but are not limited to) socio-economic background, age, race, gender identity and expression, religion, ethnicity, sexual orientation, disability, nationality, veteran, marital or Indigenous status.
Should you require any adjustments or accommodations to be made due to a disability or you are a neurodivergent individual or for any other circumstance, please email our team at accessibility@thepalladiumgroup.com and we will be in touch to discuss.

Safeguarding – We define Safeguarding as all the actions taken by Palladium to protect our people, communities where we work and our clients from harm, including Sexual Exploitation, Abuse or Sexual Harassment; Child Abuse in any form; Trafficking for sexual exploitation of adults or children and any form of Trafficking of children. We have zero tolerance for all forms of child abuse as well as sexual exploitation, abuse and harassment and zero-tolerance for inaction to prevent, protect against, respond to and report harm. We are committed to ensuring that all children and adults who come into contact with Palladium are treated with respect and are free from abuse. All successful candidates will be subject to an enhanced selection process including safeguarding-focused interviews and a rigorous due diligence process. Our Code of Conduct and Child Safeguarding and Protection against Sexual Exploitation, Abuse and Harassment Guidelines have additional details.