Economic Development Manager (1 Position)
Position Summary Expectations - Duties, Responsibilities
FH Benefits
FH Cambodia offers a competitive salary with other benefits including13th month salary, Phone card allowance, Health and Accident insurance (NSSF and FORTE), Seniority payment for UDC, Severance pay for FDC as per the Labor Law in Cambodia, Leaves entitlement as per labor laws of Cambodia, Public holidays according to the notification of the Government and additional benefits, specific to the personnel manual for FH Cambodia.
The Purpose of Position:
Under the overall guidance and supervision of the Senior Program Effectiveness Manager, the Economic Development Manager will be part of the program effectiveness team responsible for contextualizing and aligning the Economic Development pathway with the new FH program model, Resilience and Flourish through Systems Transformation (RFST), and line ministry standards. This role leads resource development, program design, representation, project/program management, monitoring, and staff training for the effective implementation of Economic Development strategies and the rollout of its technical specializations. The specialist will conduct analyses to identify priority value chains and coordinate systemic interventions to promote these selected value chains along with the Agriculture Value Chain Specialist. Additionally, the Economic Development Manager will spearhead entrepreneurship and business development activities within the framework of economic, environmental, and social inclusion for vulnerable groups.
- Key Result#1: Technical Support and Leadership
- Lead in the contextualizing and aligning the Economic Development pathway with the new FH program model, Resilience and Flourish through Systems Transformation (RFST), and line ministry standards.
- Provide leadership in the design, development, and implementation of activities related to entrepreneurship and business development activities within the framework of economic, environmental, and social inclusion for vulnerable groups.
- Support capacity-building activities in business development skills, identifying the needs of farmer groups, agricultural cooperatives, and the private sector, and designing and delivering tailored training along with the Agriculture Value Chain Specialist.
- Incorporate behavior change and adult learning methodologies into the Economic Development pathway and model them in interactions with other staff.
- Work collaboratively with other thematic managers/specialists to integrate Economic Development into activities across other pathways and functions.
- Incorporate an intersectional approach that recognizes how gender intersects with other social categories such as race, class, education, and ability. This approach acknowledges that individuals experience multiple forms of oppression and privilege simultaneously, and it helps uncover the interconnected systems that perpetuate inequalities.
- Develop and review work plans, budgets, and procurement plans in collaboration with project staff and the program effectiveness team.
- Develop and manage country research and learning initiatives in line with the Economic Development pathway to flourishing.
- Contribute to the review of the annual operation plan and Budget for CO and APs, review and update Economic Development reports and report systems in coordination with the M&E and ensure timely submission.
- Key Result #2: Strategic Partnerships Development
- Contributes to organizational efforts to raise awareness and increase visibility of FH's work in agriculture value chain and entrepreneurship/business development.
- Prepare concept notes and proposals for Economic Development in coordination with relevant staff at the AP, national, regional, and Global Support Center (GSC)
- Support the ongoing monitoring and analysis of new grant opportunities by researching donor websites, newspaper postings, and engaging with FH affiliate offices.
- Identify and map key institutional actors, donors, and partners relevant to the Economic Development pathway and related technical specializations.
- Ensure regular communication with the supervisor and headquarters-based Technical Advisors for value chain and business development to integrate appropriate technical unit priorities and standards into program design.
- Work closely with finance and AP staff to develop program activity budgets during proposal and concept note development.
- Represent FH in national Technical Working Groups and other stakeholder platforms to ensure the visibility of FH work and foster a coordinated stakeholder approach.
- Stay abreast of new research and innovations in Economic Development and resilience, synthesizing and regularly communicating findings to country teams.
- Prepare meeting minutes and communications for donor/partner meetings, and draft technical briefs relevant to the Economic Development pathway to flourishing.
- Support in drafting content for campaign messaging, fundraising appeals, articles, newsletters, social media, and website publications related to the Economic Development pathway to flourishing.
- Key Result #3: Capacity Development
- Work closely with Senior Operations Lead and Area Program Managers to identify and set team and partner capacity building priorities, design and deliver tailored capacity building training workshops.
- Provide technical training and support to all development facilitators to spearhead entrepreneurship and business development initiatives in the community for their adoption and practice.
- Conduct TOTs for FH Staff at the AP level and provide backstopping to ensure standards and best practices are adhered to.
- Key Result #4 - Leadership, Culture and Talent Development
- Lead and manage AVC Specialist ensuring clarity of strategy, plans and priorities, providing supervision, coaching and mentoring, encouraging effective teamwork and inclusiveness and building a team spirit through regular meetings and events.
- Lead and contribute to developing and modeling a team culture characterized by a shared vision, commitment and mutual accountability that reflects FH’s Heartbeat
- Conduct performance management processes including refining of JDs, setting of performance goals, periodic appraisals for Agriculture Value Chain Specialist direct report.
- Other duties as assigned
- Requirements:
- A vibrant personal relationship with Jesus Christ, a Christian commitment to serving the poor, and full agreement with FH’s Christian beliefs.
- Experience in project development and capacity building within the Agriculture and Business Sector. Experience working in both the public and private sector would be an asset.
- Ability to collaboratively identify barriers to entry and leverage opportunities along the agricultural value chain, entrepreneurial and business development.
- Relevant experience in engaging with a variety of stakeholders in a value chain and market system development.
- Demonstrable capacity to work under stringent time pressure and to prioritize tasks.
- Demonstrable skills in writing well-structured technical, training and reporting documents (English).
- Education Experience:
- At least 5 years’ working experience working on programmed supporting agriculture and agribusiness among smallholder farmers and farmers groups.
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent combination of education and experience in agricultural sciences, Agri business development, animal and livestock development, environment, natural resource management and energy, rural development, business administration and economics.
- Master’s degree in agri-business development, Agricultural Economics, Agricultural Sciences, Project Management, Environment, Energy, or Resilience is preferable.
- Language:
- Fluent in Khmer language and proficiency in spoken and written English is essential.
