Support Unit

The Australia-Pacific Partnerships Platform Support Unit is a diverse team of individuals with the skills and expertise to provide advice, implementation and operational support to DFAT and Pacific partners. Located in Australia and across the Pacific, the Support Unit also strengthens partnerships by facilitating connections and knowledge exchange and is set up to respond to individual country requests.

The Support Unit is backstopped by a pool of technical advisers in the areas of monitoring and evaluation, capacity development, gender equality, inclusion, gender-responsive budgeting, public finance management and communications.

Eliza Kurtz

Team Leader

Location: Australia

Amali Shaw

MELA and Communications Manager

Location: Fiji

Rebekah Prole

Finance and Operations Manager

Location: Australia

Gabriella Marimyas

Senior MEL Officer

Location: Papua New Guinea

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'Ana Talanoa Baker

Country Lead

Location: New Zealand

Etita Morikao

Country Lead

Location: Fiji

Keith Twyford

Program Director

Location: Nauru

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Natalina Hong

Senior Program Officer

Location: Solomon Islands

Mele'ofa Mafi

Senior Finance Officer

Location: Tonga

Nuwan Peiris

Deployment Officer

Location: Australia

Motire Biita

Partnerships Officer

Location: Kiribati

Lauvao Leupena

Partnerships Officer

Location: Tuvalu

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Roselyn Prakash

Finance Officer

Location: Fiji

Trudy Lagolago

Communications and Administration

Location: Samoa

Samania Ned

IT Support Officer

Location: Papua New Guinea

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Alison Smith

Recruitment Coordinator

Location: Australia/Fiji