Consultant for Developing the Loss and Damage Assessment Tool
Position Circumstances
- Career Category: Advisor / Individual Consultant
- Schedule:Full-time
- Salary: Negotiable
Duties & Responsibilities:
- Lead the design and application of community-based tools for loss and damage assessment related to climate change, disasters, and slow-onset events.
- Review existing project documents, baseline data, and relevant national or international loss and damage frameworks.
- Adapt assessment tools to local contexts, ensuring they are gender-responsive, disability-inclusive, and culturally appropriate, particularly for Indigenous communities.
- Facilitate and/or supervise community consultations, focus group discussions, and key informant interviews in Stung Treng and Ratanakiri provinces.
- Build the capacity of local partners and community representatives on the use of loss and damage assessment tools.
- Analyze qualitative and quantitative data collected from communities and synthesize findings.
- Prepare a clear and practical assessment report, including findings, lessons learned, and recommendations for project implementation and policy advocacy.
- Coordinate closely with the project team and relevant stakeholders to ensure timely and high-quality delivery of outputs.
Expected Profile of Candidates
Languages:
- Khmer - Fluent
- English - Fluent
Qualifications:
- Postgraduate Degree in environmental studies, climate change, disaster risk reduction, development studies, social sciences, or a related field.
Skills & Knowledge:
General & Technical Skills
- At least 5–7 years of relevant professional experience in climate change adaptation, disaster risk management, or loss and damage assessments.
- Proven experience in designing and implementing community-based or participatory assessment tools.
- Strong understanding of loss and damage concepts, including economic and non-economic losses.
- Demonstrated experience working with rural and Indigenous communities in Cambodia or similar contexts.
- Knowledge of GEDSI (Gender, Disability, and Social Inclusion) approaches is a strong advantage.
- Excellent analytical, report-writing, and presentation skills in English; knowledge of Khmer is highly desirable.
- Ability to travel to remote areas and work effectively with multiple stakeholders under tight timelines.
- Have a good understanding of the Cambodian context
- Fluent in speaking, reading and writing English and Khmer
