Regional Recruitment Officer, Solomon Islands, Australian Volunteers Program

• Full-time, fixed-term role until 30 June 2027

Join our Honiara Team! AVI is looking for a Program Officer to support the Australian Volunteers Program.

AVI supports the implementation of the Australian Volunteers Program on behalf of the Australian Government. The Australian Volunteers Program supports skilled Australian volunteers to work alongside organisations to sustainably support capacity development of people, organisations and communities in various countries across the Pacific, Asia and Africa.

The Regional Recruitment Officer is responsible for delivery of a seamless volunteer recruitment service for the Australian Volunteers Program which effectively coordinates inputs from multiple sources within Australia, Solomon Islands and Kiribati to optimise candidate selection.

Position Requirements

• Tertiary qualifications in a relevant field (eg management, business administration, human resources etc) and/or equivalent experience.
• Knowledge and demonstrated experience in delivering recruitment services
• Experience working on international programs highly desirable
• Cross-cultural awareness, including an ability to work with people from varied cultural backgrounds
• Sound knowledge of, and commitment to the underpinning values, goals and objectives of the Australian Volunteers Program (AVP)
• Understanding of and commitment to AVI’s Vision and Values, Equal Employment Opportunity, Occupational Health & Safety, Child Protection and Privacy principles

Application Procedure:

• For a full outline of the position and applicant requirements please see the Position Descriptions on the AVI website https://www.avi.org.au/careers-at-avi/.

How to Apply:

Submit a cover letter and CV (with two referees) to both these email addresses:

EAihunu@avi.org.au, LKershaw@avi.org.au

• This role is only available to Citizens of Solomon Islands or those with legal working rights in the country
• Application Closing date: Saturday, 31 January 2026, we will be doing a rolling recruitment and encourage people to put their applications in as soon as possible.

AVI is committed to child protection and safeguarding the welfare of children, young people, and vulnerable adults in the delivery of all our work.  We are committed to the Prevention of Sexual Abuse and Harassment (PSEAH), and fraud prevention. We have robust screening procedures for all staff. This screening includes criminal record checks and referee checks prior to commencement and throughout employment.

AVI is an Equal Opportunity Employer. AVI actively encourages Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people from Culturally and Linguistically Diverse backgrounds, LGBTIQA+ people, people with disability and others who have diverse experiences of our world to apply for this opportunity. AVI will provide reasonable workplace adjustments for applicants with disability.

Your privacy is important to AVI. It is the policy of AVI to respect the confidentiality of information and privacy of individuals. Personal information provided by you as part of your application (whether oral, electronic, or written) will be collected and processed for the purpose of evaluating your application for employment. In order to carry out this purpose, your information may be disclosed to appropriate persons in our offices. Any information we hold will be governed by the most current version of the AVI Privacy Policy which is available upon request.

Australian Volunteers Program is funded by the Australian Government and managed in consortia by AVI, DT Global and Alinea International.