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Impact  Associates intends to submit a tender to deliver a Senior Management Leadership Program (SMLP) for Levels 5-7 of the East Timorese Transitional Administration (ETTA) commencing in August 2001 in Dili, East Timor and running for a period of 18-20 weeks approximately. 

The SMLP will be delivered to 500 senior East Timorese civil servants over a total of 4 days each, with further specific programs tailored for departmental or unit heads, district officers and women.

 The SMLP will cover –

1. Roles and responsibilities of public sector leaders

• How government works
• Understanding the senior managers role a public sector leaders and working within government
• Similarities, differences and relationships between public, private and community sectors.
• Ethics/accountability/conflicts of interest
• Working as a senior management team

2. Managing yourself

·        Leadership styles/self awareness.

·        Setting high levels of management performance.

·        Setting and meeting work priorities.

·        Making informed decisions/decision models.

·        Communicating decisions/information.

3. Leading and managing others

·        Developing team cooperation and participation.

·        Managing and developing team performance.

·        Exploring supervision models.

·        Gathering information and listening to the team.

This Leadership Program is to have the following salient features –

• It must be practical, not theoretical, in content so as to equip senior management with practical management tools for application in the workplace.
• East Timorese cultural practices and social norms constitute the requisite operating environment. Therefore, Indonesian and Australian management and leadership practices are inappropriate.
• It must be delivered in Bahasa Indonesia, Tetum or Portuguese only.

The positions available are –

Training Coordinator

Trainers (3)

Interpreters/Translators (4)

Preferred nationality – New Zealand, Australian or East Timorese.

Expressions of Interest must be sent to

Human Resources Director,

IMPACT Associates

hr@impactassociates.net

EOI must contain –

1. Resume of not more than three A4 pages.

2. Contact details of three referees who may be contacted immediately.

3. A statement that addresses how the applicant satisfies each of the selection criteria.

4. Remuneration expectation, expressed in Australian dollars.

5.Statement of availability.

CLOSING DATE – 22 JUNE 2001.

No telephone calls.