Josephine leads the Mainstreaming and Capacity Building programme in the Human Rights and Social Development (HRSD) division. Her role focuses on mainstreaming the People Centred Approach within HRSD and across SPC. 

Another role she focuses on is strengthening the capacity of HRSD team members to deliver technical assistance and capacity building assistance to SPC members. 

Josephine has over 20 years of experience in social development work. Prior to joining the SPC regional office, she served as the Vanuatu country focal officer for the former Regional Rights Resource Team (now HRSD) from 2006 to 2014. Before that she managed a renewable energy project under the Vanuatu Renewable and Energy Association and coordinated a youth drop-in centre project under the Foundation for the Peoples of the South Pacific.

Josephine holds a Masters of Social Policy from the University of the South Pacific, a Bachelor of Honours in Human Services from Griffith University in Australia and a Graduate Diploma in Not-for-Profit Management from Unitec Institute of Technology in New Zealand.