Request for Expression of Interest (REOI)

Press Release

Cadetship Program

The World Bank has approved a Loan of US$ 40.0 million in May 2020 to implement the PNG Agriculture Commercialization and Diversification Project (PACD) to provide additional support to the government’s investments in the sector. The project is being coordinated by the Department of Agriculture and Livestock (DAL) and implemented by the Cocoa Board of PNG and the Coffee Industry Corporation Ltd.

PACD aims to facilitate the development of competitive and diversified agriculture value chains for selected commodities in targeted provinces. This will be achieved by implementing the following project components:

  • Institutional Strengthening and Capacity Building;
  • Agriculture Feeder Roads Rehabilitation, and;
  • Productive Partnership.

This project is primarily focusing on Cocoa and Coffee and is being up-scaled to support additional value chains of coconut, spices and small livestock (pigs and chickens).

Under Component 1 of PACD, DAL is seeking Expression of Interests from recent graduates with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Agriculture and Economics or Public Policy (with minor in Economics) to be recruited as Cadets. These cadets will be attached to the regional DAL Offices in Goroka, Lae and Kokopo. The graduates must have a GPA of 3.0 and above.

No.CadetsLocation
1
  • 3X Agriculture Graduates (Science Officers, Grade 10)
  • 1X Economics Graduates (Grade 10)
Highlands Regional Office, Goroka, Eastern Highlands Province
2
  • 3X Agriculture Graduates (Science Officers, Grade 10)
  • 1X Economics Graduates (Grade 10)
Islands Regional Office, Kokopo, East New Britain
3
  • 3X Agriculture Graduates (Science Officers, Grade 10)
  • 1X Economics Graduates (Grade 10)
MOMASE Regional Office, Lae, Morobe Province

Candidates who have accommodation in Goroka, Lae and Rabaul are encouraged to apply as accommodation is not provided.

Interested applicants may obtain detailed Terms of Reference via email: pacd.procurement@gmail.com.

Applicants must provide CVs, and supporting documents (certified copies of degrees, academic transcripts, references and names of three (3) referees, etc.). Expression of interest must be delivered by email to pacd.procurement@gmail.com by Friday 16th June 2023 at 1606 hours (local time); and must be addressed to:

The Secretary
Department of Agriculture and Livestock
P.O. Box 2033
WAIGANI, NCD

Attention: Project Coordinator – PACD