Background
Jenica is a dedicated and experienced international development professional, with experience in water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH), public health, gender equity, disability and social inclusion, systems strengthening, and education projects. She has over ten years’ experience in the sector and has worked in a diverse range of roles with experience in program design and management, monitoring, evaluation and learning, system and process development and review, capacity building, compliance and risk management, safeguarding, and business development.
Jenica has extensive experience across the Asia-Pacific region, with a particular focus on Papua New Guinea. She is passionate about human rights, health equity, gender equity, disability and social inclusion, climate change, and decolonisation in the development space.
Qualifications
- 2015: Masters of Law, Governance and Development, Australian National University, Australia
- 2013: Bachelor of Arts (Peace and Conflict, and International Relations), University of Queensland, Australia
Positions
- 2025–present: Project Manager, Vector Borne Disease and Tropical Public Health, Burnet Institute
- 2024–2025: Program Coordinator – Water for Women, WaterAid
- 2024: Program System – Training and Capacity Development Coordinator, WaterAid
- 2021–2024: Program Coordinator – Papua New Guinea, WaterAid
- 2019–2021: Project Coordinator, Salvation Army International Development
- 2018–2019: Grants and Project Coordinator, Cufa
- 2017–2018: Grants and Communications Officer, AfricAid (now GLAMI), Australian Volunteers International role
- 2015–2017: Fundraising and Communications Officer, The School of St Jude
Current projects

STRIVE: stronger surveillance for vector-borne pathogens
Infectious diseases are an increasing global health threat, especially in low- and middle-income countries.
ADVANCE: improving access to malaria diagnosis tools in the Indo-Pacific
We work to increase access to new diagnostic tools for malaria, reduce health inequities and accelerate malaria elimination.