Consultant for External Organizational Assessment
- Career Category: Consultancies
- Location: Phnom Penh
Location: Cambodia (onsite/hybrid)
Duration: Approx. 3 weeks
Fee: Negotiable
Reporting to: Country Director
Objectives
- Assess key organizational structures, governance, and operational systems.
- Identify strengths and priority areas for improvement.
- Provide practical, actionable recommendations to support organizational development.
Scope of Work
Given the budget and timeline, the assessment will focus on high-priority areas:
- Document Review
- Review core organizational documents: governance structure, policies, HR and finance manuals, and recent programmatic reports.
- Stakeholder Interviews
- Conduct key interviews with all 6 staff members
- Conduct 3-5 consultations with key partners
- To assess collaboration capacity, communication practices, and internal/external partnership dynamics.
- To understand staff roles, decision-making processes, and organisational culture.
- To map how Felm Cambodia positions itself within the INGO/NGO landscape in Cambodia.
- To gather insights that will inform leadership, governance, and operational improvement needs.
Organizational Assessment & Recommendations
The consultant will focus on well-defined priority areas rather than broad organisational diagnostics. These areas include:
- Governance and oversight: clarity of roles, responsibilities, accountability mechanisms, and internal control practices.
- Decision-making systems: how decisions are made, documented, communicated, and by whom.
- Operational efficiency: HR processes including salary and benefit package, workflows, coordination practices, internal communication, and compliance alignment.
- Identify strengths, risks, bottlenecks, and propose 3-5 priority and actionable recommendations to each area of organizational structures, HR, governance, and operational systems.
Reporting
- Submit a concise assessment report (maximum 10–15 pages).
- Present findings and recommendations in a 1–2 hour virtual or in-person meeting with the Country Director.
Eligibility
- Experience conducting organizational or institutional assessments for INGOs, NGOs in Cambodia.
- Knowledge of NGO governance, management, and development practices.
- Strong analytical, reporting, and communication skills.
- Ability to complete high-quality work within a tight timeline.