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The Pacific Community (SPC)

  • Type: IGO
  • Field: EESD
  • Region: Oceania
  • Location: Suva, Fiji
  • Internship Title: Administrative Assistant
  • Duration: 3-9 months
  • Number of Interns: 3-5
  • Special Requirement: N/A
  • Application Status: Available
  • Remote Internship: Unacceptable
The Pacific Community (SPC) is the principal scientific and technical organisation in the Pacific region, proudly supporting development since 1947. SPC is an international development organisation owned and governed by its 26 Pacific country and territory members.
SPC works for the well-being of Pacific people through the effective and innovative application of science and knowledge, guided by a deep understanding of Pacific Island contexts and cultures. SPC’s Pacific vision is for a region of peace, harmony, security, social inclusion and prosperity, so that all Pacific people can lead free, healthy and productive lives. This is a shared vision for the Pacific under the Framework for Pacific Regionalism.
This unique organisation covers more than 20 sectors and is renowned for knowledge and innovation in such areas as fisheries science, public health surveillance, geoscience and conservation of plant genetic resources for food security.
 
Our mission
help Pacific Island people position themselves effectively to respond to the challenges they face and make informed decisions about their future and the future they wish to leave for the generations that follow.
Internship Tasks
Public research, document sorting, data collection, translation, basic website maintenance, project management, etc.
 
Requirements
● Bachelor’s degree (completed/ongoing)
● Fluency in spoken and written English
● Strong interpersonal and English communicative skills
● Proficiency in MS software (e.g. Word, Excel, Power point)
2019-06-21 | Nouméa, New Caledonia – Biennial Conference
2018-06-26 | Nouméa, New Caledonia – Meeting
2017-08-07 | Nadi, Fiji – IPPC Regional Workshop for South West Pacific
2017-07-24 | Nouméa, New Caledonia – Biennial Conference
2017-07-24 | Nouméa, New Caledonia – Meeting
2017-04-24 | Nuku‘alofa, Tonga – Pacific Regional Energy and Transport Ministers Meeting
2016-06-28 | Nouméa, New Caledonia – Meeting
2016-04-11 | Nuku‘alofa, Tonga – Recognising the economic contribution and leadership of women in maritime sector
2015-11-24 | Suva, Fiji – Regional Meeting for Senior Transport Officials
2015-11-23 | Suva, Fiji – Regional Seminar on the Development, Adoption and Review of National Maritime Transport Policies in the Pacific Region
2015-11-03 | Alofi, Niue – Biennial Conference
2015-10-26 | Suva, Fiji – Pacific Regional Workshop to Determine the Terms of Reference for a Proposed Memorandum of Understanding on Flag State Implementation and Port State Control in the Pacific Region
2015-04-13 | Nouméa, New Caledonia – Pacific Regional Search and Rescue Workshop
2015 | Alofi, Niue – CRGA Meeting
2014-11-03 | Nouméa, New Caledonia – Meeting
2014-03-31 | Nadi, Fiji – Pacific Regional Energy and Transport Ministers Meeting
2013-11-18 | Suva, Fiji – Biennial Conference
2013-11-12 | Suva, Fiji – Meeting
2012-11-20 | Suva, Fiji – PacINET : INET Pacific Regional Conference
2011-11-29 | Nadi, Fiji – International workshop on environmental management needs for exploration and exploitation of deep seabed minerals
2011-10-24 | Majuro, Marshall Is – Biennial Conference
2011-04-04 | Nouméa, New Caledonia – Pacific Regional Energy and Transport Ministers Meeting
2005-10-25 | Auckland, New Zealand – Pan Pacific regional HIV/AIDS conference
2005 | Koror, Palau – Biennial conference / Biennial Conference of the Pacific Community
2004-02-02 | Suva, Fiji – Pacific Islands regional ocean forum
2003-11-05 | Lami, Fiji – Meeting
2003-10-27 | Suva, Fiji – Seminar on ship and cargo documentation and trade facilitation
2003-09-29 | Nouméa, New Caledonia – Regional meeting on the extra-territorial protection of traditional knowledge and expressions of culture
2003-08-25 | Nouméa, New Caledonia – Fisheries meeting
2003-08-18 | Nouméa, New Caledonia – Heads of fisheries meeting
2003-08-11 | Nouméa, New Caledonia – Tuberculosis meeting
2003-08-04 | Nouméa, New Caledonia – Conference on new business management for the new millennium in rural and remote areas
2003-06-02 | Nadi, Fiji – Legislation and prosecution
2003-05-05 | Nadi, Fiji – Seminar on maritime law on carriage of goods by sea, marine insurance and admiralty jurisdiction
2003 | Suva, Fiji – Biennial Conference of the Pacific Community
2001-11-19 | Nouméa, New Caledonia – Biennial conference / Biennial Conference of the Pacific Community
2001-11-14 | Nouméa, New Caledonia – Meeting
2001-10-05 | Melbourne, Australia – Breaking down barriers
1999-11 | Papeete, Polynesia Fr – Biennial conference / Biennial Conference of the Pacific Community
1998-11-02 | Fiji – Meeting on safe use of pesticides
1998-11 | Nouméa, New Caledonia – Meeting
1998-11 | Nouméa, New Caledonia – Pacific islands meeting on public health surveillance
1998-10 | Tonga – Meeting on quarantine, livestock and production
1998-09-21 | Nouméa, New Caledonia – Nutrition workshop
1998-09-20 | Nadi, Fiji – Heads of forestry meeting
1998-08-24 | Nouméa, New Caledonia – Workshop on strategic planning for national responses to HIV/STD
1998-07-21 | Vanuatu – Workshop on fruit fly identification
1998-07-06 | Nouméa, New Caledonia – Regional tropical fruit meeting
1998-07-06 | Tonga – Post harvest handling and marketing
1998-07 | Nouméa, New Caledonia – Statistical management workshop
1998-06 | Papua New Guinea – Melanesian caucus
1998-06 | Cook Is – Polynesian caucus
1998-06-01 | Papua New Guinea – Meeting on safe use of pesticides
1998-05-25 | Nouméa, New Caledonia – Oceania food composition workshop
1998-05-25 | Fiji – Postharvest handling and marketing
1998-04-27 | Guam – Regional conference of permanent heads of agriculture and livestock production services
1998-04-06 | Solomon Is – Meeting on safe use of pesticides
1998-04 | Kiribati – Micronesian caucus
1998-03-30 | Nouméa, New Caledonia – Regional conference of senior development planners
1997-12-01 | Nouméa, New Caledonia – Regional health promotion meeting
1997-11-17 | Nouméa, New Caledonia – Regional conference of development planners
1997-10-20 | Canberra, Australia – Annual conference / Annual Conference of the Pacific Community
1997-10 | Canberra, Australia – Meeting
1997-09-01 | Nouméa, New Caledonia – Conference of statisticians
1997-08-11 | Nouméa, New Caledonia – South Pacific meeting of ministers responsible for youth
1997-08-01 | Papeete, Polynesia Fr – Regional conference on Pacific youth
1997-07-07 | Nouméa, New Caledonia – Regional banana meeting
1997-05-26 | Nouméa, New Caledonia – Meeting
1996-10-21 | Wallis-Futuna – Meeting
1996-10 | Saipan, Northern Mariana Is – Annual conference / Annual Conference of the Pacific Community
1996-09-23 | Fiji – Regional symposium on understanding and managing fruit flies in the South Pacific
1996-08-05 | Nouméa, New Caledonia – Regional technical meeting on fisheries
1996-07 | New Caledonia – Regional banana meeting
1996-05-20 | Nouméa, New Caledonia – Meeting
1996-05-07 | Fiji – Workshop on action plans for outbreak of exotic fruit flies
1996-05-07 | Tonga – Meeting of parties to the Nauru Agreement
1996-03-11 | Nouméa, New Caledonia – Regional conference of permanent heads of health services
1996-02-28 | Cook Is – Regional conference of permanent heads of agriculture and livestock production services
1995-11 | Fiji – Regional technical meeting of heads of veterinary services
1995-10-26 | Nouméa, New Caledonia – Annual Conference
1995-10-23 | Nouméa, New Caledonia – Meeting
1995-10-23 | Tonga – Regional biological control workshop
1995-09-18 | Nouméa, New Caledonia – Regional conference of statisticians / Annual Conference of the Pacific Community
1995-09-13 | Nouméa, New Caledonia – Technical meeting of statisticians
1995-06 | Suva, Fiji – Workshop on the management of South Pacific inshore fisheries
1995-05-15 | Nouméa, New Caledonia – Meeting
1995-04-03 | Nouméa, New Caledonia – Regional workshop on household food security
1995-02-06 | Fiji – Regional quarantine awareness materials production meeting
1994-07-04 | Cook Is – Regional conference on Pacific youth
1994-05-23 | Nouméa, New Caledonia – Meeting
1994-03-14 | Nouméa, New Caledonia – Regional technical meeting on fisheries
1994-02-28 | Nouméa, New Caledonia – Regional conference of permanent heads of agriculture and livestock production services
1994-02-21 | Nouméa, New Caledonia – Regional technical meeting on plant protection
1994 | Port Vila, Vanuatu – Annual conference / Annual Conference of the Pacific Community
1993 | Nouméa, New Caledonia – Annual conference / Annual Conference of the Pacific Community
1992-08-31 | Suva, Fiji – Workshop on AIDS
 
1992 | Suva, Fiji – Annual conference / Annual Conference of the Pacific Community
1991-10 | Nuku‘alofa, Tonga – Annual conference / Annual Conference of the Pacific Community
1991-08-05 | Nouméa, New Caledonia – Regional technical meeting on fisheries
1991-03-11 | Nouméa, New Caledonia – Regional conference of heads of health services
1991-02-18 | Nouméa, New Caledonia – Regional meeting of population census and national development planners
1990-10-29 | Nouméa, New Caledonia – Annual Conference
1990-06-05 | Nouméa, New Caledonia – Oceania benchmark sites network for agrotechnology transfer
1990-03 – Regional conference of permanent heads of agriculture and livestock services
1990-02-12 | Auckland, New Zealand – Regional technical meeting on plant protection
1989-12-11 | Pago Pago, Samoa USA – Regional Pacific youth cultural convention
1989-11-20 | Nouméa, New Caledonia – Public health seminar
1989-11 | Nouméa, New Caledonia – Regional workshop for community nutritionists and nutrition educators
1989-10-09 | Hagatna, Guam – Annual conference / Annual Conference of the Pacific Community
1989-10-05 | Hagatna, Guam – Meeting
1989-10 – Regional meeting on energy
1989-09-04 | Port Vila, Vanuatu – South Pacific conference on nature conservation
1989-08-21 | Nouméa, New Caledonia – Regional workshop on integrated rural development
1989-08-07 | Nouméa, New Caledonia – Regional technical meeting on fisheries
1989-07-03 | Saipan, Northern Mariana Is – Regional conference of permanent heads of health services
1989-06-19 | Nouméa, New Caledonia – South Pacific Albacore research workshop
1989-05-22 | Nouméa, New Caledonia – Meeting
1989-04-10 | Nouméa, New Caledonia – Regional workshop on epidemiological and health statistics methodology
1989-03-06 | Nouméa, New Caledonia – The harmonization of pesticide registration requirements for the distribution and use of pesticides
1988-03-14 | Nouméa, New Caledonia – Workshop on Pacific inshore fisheries resource
1988 | Cook Is – Annual conference / Annual Conference of the Pacific Community
1987-09 | Cook Is – South Pacific conference
1987-08-03 | Nouméa, New Caledonia – Regional technical meeting on fisheries / Annual Conference of the Pacific Community
1987-06-16 | Cook Is – Regional conference of statisticians
1987-06-09 | Cook Is – Census seminar
1987-05-18 | Nouméa, New Caledonia – Meeting
1987-02-16 | Nouméa, New Caledonia – Colloquium on socio-economic statistics on women
1986-11-03 | Papeete, Polynesia Fr – South Pacific conference / Annual Conference of the Pacific Community
1986-09-01 | Nouméa, New Caledonia – Regional conference for approval of SPREP work programme for 1987
1986-08-04 | Nouméa, New Caledonia – Regional technical meeting on fisheries
1986-07-07 | Suva, Fiji – Regional conference of development planners
1986-06-30 | Nouméa, New Caledonia – Séminaire sur l’évaluation des stocks de poisson
1986-06-15 | Hagatna, Guam – Consultative meeting of research and train
 
 Relations with Inter-Governmental Organizations
● Draft agreement signed with:
   B-XB3383 – UNESCO in 1998
● Accredited to the Conference of the Parties of: 
   E-XE3486 – Secretariat of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (Secretariat of the UNCCD)
● Relationship agreement with: 
   B-XB0971 – FAO
● Cooperation agreement with: 
   B-XB2115 – International Hydrographic Organization (IHO)
   B-XB1117 – International Maritime Organization (IMO)
● Participates as observer in the activities of: 
   E-XE8700 – Codex Alimentarius Commission (CAC)
● Observer member of: 
   E-XE4655 – Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC)
● Official observer of: 
   E-XJ1672 – Pacific Islands Law Officers’ Network (PILON)
   A-XA3375 – United Nations (UN)
● Has proposed setting up of: 
   U-XU5587 – South Pacific Regional Development Bank
● Links with a large number of organizations, including:
   G-XG5975 – Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR)
   G-XG5650 – Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA)
   E-XE6070 – Centre de coopération internationale en recherche agronomique pour le développement (CIRAD)
   E-XF0237 – Centre technique de coopération agricole et rurale (CTA)
   D-XD2685 – Comisión Permanente del Pacifico Sur (CPPS)
   F-XF3936 – Commonwealth Fund for Technical Cooperation (CFTC)
   C-XC0376 – Commonwealth Secretariat
   F-XF2059 – Commonwealth Youth Programme (CYP)
   K-XE2261 – Commonwealth Youth Programme South Pacific Regional Centre (CYP-SPRC)
   E-XE2442 – European Commission (EC)
   D-XD0544 – European and Mediterranean Plant Protection Organization (EPPO)
   E-XE0151 – FAO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific (RAP)
   B-XB2183 – ILO
   G-XG6798 – Institut de recherche pour le développement (IRD)
   E-XE1493 – Institute for Research, Extension and Training in Agriculture (IRETA)
   D-XD1107 – Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission (IATTC)
   E-XE1118 – Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC)
   B-XE2295 – OIE – World Organisation for Animal Health
   F-XF2350 – Pacific Cultural Council
   K-XF0607 – Pacific Islands Development Program (PIDP)
   F-XE5377 – Pacific Islands Forum
   F-XF9594 – Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA)
   E-XE4630 – Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat
   F-XF1294 – Pacific Islands Marine Resources Information System (PIMRIS)
   E-XE8300 – Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
   E-XE1107 – Standing Committee of the Pacific Islands Conference of Leaders
   E-XE0295 – Statistical Institute for Asia and the Pacific (SIAP)
   E-XE4161 – UN Environment
   K-XK0051 – UNESCAP Pacific Operations Centre (UN/EPOC)
   E-XE9576 – UNESCO Asia and Pacific Regional Bureau for Education
   E-XE8323 – UNESCO Office for the Pacific States
   F-XF3380 – UNICEF
   E-XE4177 – United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP)
   F-XF5606 – United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)
   G-XG2898 – United States Agency for International Development (USAID)
   F-XF8052 – University of the South Pacific (USP)
   B-XB3548 – WHO
   E-XE9798 – WHO Regional Office for Europe (WHO/Europe)

Relations with Non-Governmental Organizations
● Instrumental in setting up: 
    D-XM1628 – Pacific International Maritime Law Association (PIMLA)
    F-XF6559 – Pacific Public Health Surveillance Network (PPHSN)
● Library is member of: 
    A-XA1945 – International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA)
● Member of: 
    F-XF6249 – Pacific Islands GOOS (PI-GOOS)
● Participates in: 
    B-XJ6767 – Global Partnership for Oceans (GPO)
● Links with a large number of organizations, including:
    U-XE4398 – Bureau for the Development of Research on Tropical Perennial Oil Crops
    E-XE8247 – Centre de rencontres et d’échanges internationaux du Pacifique (CREIPAC)
    F-XF2649 – Clean Up the World (CUW)
    D-XD8498 – Conferentia Episcopalis Pacifici (CEPAC)
    F-XF0974 – Counterpart International (FSP) 
    H-XD6350 – International Agency for Rural Industrialization (INARI)
    D-XD8799 – Oceania Customs Organisation (OCO)
    U-XK0650 – Pacific Agricultural Information System (PAIS)
    D-XF0026 – Pacific Games Council (PGC)
    D-XD6969 – Pacific Island Museums Association (PIMA)
    D-XD6543 – Pacific Islands Maritime Association (PacMA)
    D-XD0627 – Pacific Islands News Association (PINA)
    H-XD4541 – Pacific Islands Regional Association for Distance Education (PIRADE)
    F-XM1577 – Pacific Parliamentary Assembly on Population and Development (PPAPD)
    D-XD4777 – Pacific Plant Protection Organization (PPPO)
    D-XD1434 – Pacific Youth Council (Youthlink)
    E-XE0042 – Regional Energy Resources Information Center (RERIC)
    U-XF1184 – South Pacific Action Committee for Human Ecology and Environment (SPACHEE)
    U-XE4057 – South Pacific Institute for Renewable Energy (SPIRE)
    B-XB3501 – World Council of Churches (WCC)
    E-XE5021 – WorldFish Center
 
Members
Member Governments and Administrations (26):
Member Countries & Regions
Samoa USA, Australia, Cook Is, Fiji, Micronesia FS, France, Guam, Kiribati, Marshall Is, Northern Mariana Is, New Caledonia, Nauru, Niue, New Zealand, Polynesia Fr, Papua New Guinea, Pitcairn, Palau, Solomon Is, Tokelau, Tonga, Tuvalu, USA, Vanuatu, Wallis-Futuna, Samoa