FPIC Field Facilitator
Position Circumstances
- Career Category: Community Development, Resources & Environment, Monitoring & Evaluation, Educate/Train/Teaching, Social Work
- Schedule:Full-time
- Salary: Negotiable
Duty Station: Phnom Penh, with regular travel to project sites
Wildlife Alliance is seeking an FPIC Field Facilitator to support the preparation, facilitation and documentation of Free, Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC) activities with communities and local stakeholders. The facilitator helps ensure that information is communicated clearly, participation is inclusive, and field evidence is accurate and complete. This position will report directly to the FPIC and Community Consent Manager.
Duties & Responsibilities:
- Facilitate or support community meetings, awareness sessions, interviews, focus-group discussions and approved site visits, communicating project information clearly and respectfully.
- Encourage inclusive, voluntary participation and allow participants to ask questions, raise concerns and communicate their views freely without pressure, promises or misrepresentation.
- Complete attendance sheets, minutes, consent records, participant forms and other assigned documentation accurately.
- Collect required photographs and UTM/timestamped evidence, and check participant details, signatures/thumbprints, dates, locations and authority stamps before leaving the site.
- Reconcile and submit complete original documents and digital files on time, correcting gaps and following approved file-management procedures.
- Comply with personal attendance and per-diem documentation requirements. Field advances, expenditure reports and liquidation are handled by the assigned Team Leader through the Manager-approved process.
- Protect project equipment and confidential information, and promptly report grievances, safeguarding concerns, security incidents or suspected irregularities.
- Participate in team briefings, training and post-field documentation work, and perform other reasonable FPIC-related duties assigned by the FPIC and Community Consent Manager.
Expected Profile of Candidates
Languages:
- Khmer - Good
- English - Good is preferred
Qualifications:
- Bachelor's Degree
Skills & Knowledge:
General & Technical Skills
- Relevant education or experience in community development, social sciences, conservation, rural development or a related field.
- Experience working with rural communities, local authorities or community-based activities is preferred.
- Good Khmer communication and facilitation skills; working English is an advantage.
- Ability to complete accurate forms, meeting notes and field evidence.
- Demonstrated basic ability to use Word, Excel, email, smartphones, digital photography, scanning equipment and file-management systems.
Soft Skills
- Willingness and ability to travel frequently and work in remote locations.
- Honest, respectful, reliable, organized and able to work as part of a team.
