Infrastructure Engineer
Position Circumstances
- Career Category: Engineer - Infrastructure, Engineer - Civil, Advisor / Individual Consultant
- Schedule:Full-time
- Salary: Negotiable
Duties & Responsibilities:
- Review the technical scope, proposed outputs, implementation arrangements, schedules, and readiness of infrastructure projects during identification, preparation, and appraisal.
- Review feasibility studies, preliminary and detailed engineering designs, drawings, technical specifications, bills of quantities, cost estimates, and related technical documents for completeness, consistency, constructability, economy, climate resilience, safety, accessibility, and maintainability.
- Identify discrepancies, omissions, design risks, quantity inconsistencies, and unclear technical requirements, and prepare practical recommendations for correction or further investigation.
- Review the adequacy of engineering surveys and investigations, including topographic, geotechnical, hydrological, hydraulic, environmental, utility, and other site information, as applicable to each project.
- Support the preparation and review of project implementation plans, procurement plans, packaging strategies, implementation schedules, cash-flow projections, and annual work plans.
- Provide technical inputs to procurement documents, including the scope of works, employer’s requirements, technical specifications, qualification requirements, evaluation criteria, key personnel requirements, and construction schedules.
- Support the technical review of bids and proposals, requests for clarification, technical deviations, proposed construction methods, equipment, personnel, work programs, and other engineering submissions, when assigned.
- Review and monitor construction progress against approved work programs, contractual milestones, physical targets, and disbursement projections, and identify delays and implementation constraints.
- Participate in site inspections and project review missions to verify physical progress, quality of works, compliance with drawings and specifications, occupational and community safety arrangements, and the status of corrective actions.
- Review progress reports, supervision consultant reports, test results, measurement records, payment-related technical information, completion documents, and other submissions for technical consistency and reliability.
- Review proposed variation orders (VOs) and additional works, including their technical necessity, scope, design, quantities, unit rates, cost estimates, and supporting documentation; assess their impact on the contract price and completion schedule and their compliance with the contract and applicable RGC and DP procedures; verify that the proposed works are not already covered by the original contract; and provide clear recommendations for approval, revision, or rejection.
- Monitor the performance of consultants and contractors against their contractual obligations, deliverables, staffing commitments, work programs, quality requirements, and agreed corrective measures.
- Coordinate with environmental and social safeguard specialists to ensure that engineering designs and construction activities incorporate applicable safeguard, climate resilience, disaster-risk, accessibility, and occupational health and safety requirements.
- Review project completion, handover, commissioning, as-built drawings, operation and maintenance manuals, asset registers, defect rectification, and arrangements for sustainable operation and maintenance.
- Maintain infrastructure project monitoring data and technical records, including key issues, risks, milestones, physical progress, contract status, variations, claims, and agreed actions.
- Prepare technical notes, briefing papers, mission inputs, presentations, meeting minutes, portfolio updates, and contributions to monthly, quarterly, annual, and ad hoc reports.
- Liaise with EAs/IAs, DPs, consultants, contractors, and other stakeholders on technical and implementation matters and follow up on agreed actions.
- Represent DMC/GDICDM at meetings, site visits, training, workshops, and project or portfolio review missions, as assigned, and report the outcomes to management.
- Provide practical technical advice and knowledge support to GDICDM officers on infrastructure planning, engineering review, construction monitoring, contract administration, and asset sustainability.
- Perform other relevant duties assigned by GDICDM management.
Expected Profile of Candidates
Languages:
- Khmer - Fluent
- English - Good
Qualifications:
- Bachelor's Degree in Civil Engineering, Infrastructure Engineering, Construction Engineering, Water Resources Engineering, or another closely related engineering discipline from a recognised university
- Master's Degree is preferred
Work History:
- Planning, design, construction, supervision, contract administration, or monitoring of civil or public infrastructure works for 7 years as a minimum
- Infrastructure projects financed by ADB, the World Bank, or other international Development Partners, preferably within an RGC executing or implementing agency, project management unit, consulting firm, or supervision consultant for 4 years as a minimum
Skills & Knowledge:
General & Technical Skills
- Demonstrated knowledge of the RGC SOP for externally financed projects and familiarity with Development Partner project administration, procurement, disbursement, and reporting procedures. Familiarity with ADB procedures is an advantage.
- Ability to review engineering drawings, specifications, bills of quantities, cost estimates, work programs, progress reports, test results, variation proposals, and other technical submissions, and to prepare clear written comments and recommendations.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications. Working knowledge of relevant engineering, scheduling, mapping, cost-estimating, or computer-aided design software is an advantage.
- Fluency in spoken and written Khmer and good working proficiency in English. Strong analytical, communication, coordination, report-writing, teamwork, integrity, and problem-solving skills are required.
Junior Project Coordinator
Position Circumstances
- Career Category: Advisor / Individual Consultant, Economics, Banking / Finance, Business Administration
- Schedule:Full-time
- Salary: Negotiable
Duties & Responsibilities:
- Assist in developing and managing the scope and the budget for project activities, involving needs assessment, design of project activities within the framework of the RGC development strategy(s) and priorities in resource allocations, including cost estimates and procurement plans.
- Provide support to the projects appraisal activities, negotiations and Financial Agreements (FA) conclusion with DPs.
- Support the development, approval and implementation of project work plans of the executing/ implementing agencies (EAs/IAs), schedules for budget allocation, obligations, and expenditures, project reviews, evaluation planning and implementation, as well asaudits, to ensure the activities are appropriately focused on the priorities and agreed upon results.
- Assists with information gathering, analysing data, drafting concept papers and scopes of work, preparing budgets, and evaluating proposals for the respective project activities approval and management decisions.
- Assist in overall project management, coordination and monitoring progress of the implementation activities in day-to-day operations, and provide input and feedback in the area of responsibility to the GDICDM management and implementing partners as appropriate.
- Assist in handling withdrawal applications from EAs/IAs and disbursements processing, along with recording, monitoring and reporting disbursement data.
- Review project expenditures, and analyse projected funding requirements, based on estimated costs and on spending rates of committed funds.
- Support the conduct of irregularities investigation and other cases reported in projects’ implementation; including assistance in the processing of possible claims; in situation assessment, issuing recommendations, debriefings handling and undertaking other appropriate measures.
- Assist and oversee establishment and maintenance of the projects’ records and databases necessary for their efficient management; ensure timely submission of the required reporting documentation by the EAs/IAs and analyse the reports for accuracy and consistency.
- Provide project implementation data support to the portfolio management (comprising results monitoring, loans/grants/TA administration and procurement), including involvement in the sector assessments or activity evaluations, as an expert in the respective area.
- Assist in the analysis of respective project portfolio performance, and in preparing data for the GDICDM monthly, quarterly, annual, and ad-hoc reports.
- Support preparation of reports, notes, memos, and other relevant documents related to project.
- Maintain and facilitate communication between the GDICDM and the DPs, the EAs/IAs and other relevant stakeholders in the related areas and serve as a technical resource for the GDICDM management.
- Prepare and present relevant monitoring information to the project/ portfolio review missions and other audiences as required; serve as the designated GDICDM contact for a third- party monitoring activities.
- Assist in liaison with the private sector firms and organisations; as well as the interactions with the civil society and public on matters related to the implementation of project.
- Represent GDICDM at meetings, training seminars, conferences, and other activity- related events; analyse and report on them to the GDICDM management.
- Maintain official files on the project management activities in the area of direct responsibility; and
- Perform other duties as instructed by the GDICDM management.
Expected Profile of Candidates
Languages:
- Khmer - Fluent
- English - Fluent
Qualifications:
- Bachelor's Degree in Project Management, Development Studies, Public Administration, Economics, Finance, Business Administration, Social Sciences or another relevant discipline
Work History:
- Project administration, coordination, monitoring, reporting or implementation for 2 years as a minimum
Skills & Knowledge:
General & Technical Skills
- Knowledge of principles of program planning, program management, financial analysis and budgeting and program monitoring and evaluation is essential.
- Proven ability to undertake background research and analysis on complex, but well- defined tasks; collect and organize required data and information; and prepare notes, papers and reports.
- Proficiency in operating relevant computer programs, especially, MS Office: word processing, spreadsheets; as well as project planning, statistics, graphic presentations and database applications. Ability to type is required.
- Fluency in oral and written communication skills in Khmer and English.
Soft Skills
- Strong interpersonal skills and demonstrated ability to work effectively as part of a team; openness and integrity in human relations; adeptness in managing multiple tasks; and perceptive judgment about the functions of people and institutions.
Finance Assistant
Position Circumstances
- Career Category: Banking / Finance, Accounting, Assistant
- Schedule:Full-time
- Salary: Negotiable
Duties & Responsibilities:
- Assist in developing the budgets for projects’ activities, involving financial aspects of the projects’ appraisal activities and needs assessment, cost estimates and procurement planning.
- Provide technical support to negotiations and conclusion of Financial Agreements (FA) with DPs, as well as to the DPs’ regular follow-up and review missions.
- Assist in establishment and maintaining sound finance and accounting systems of programs/ projects, including the FMIS, databases and other automated systems.
- Provide support in handling of respective financial and accounting records established to ensure that all relevant financial documents are properly classified, recorded, filed, and maintained.
- Assist in the preparation and update of relevant Financial and Budget Plans, and assessment of various financial requirements; in conducting coordination, problem-solving, monitoring and control in scheduling and progressing with the financial management actions required in accordance with the Projects’ plans.
- Support the processing coordination and review of withdrawal applications from EAs/IAs; along with recording, monitoring and reporting the disbursement process data.
- Assist in processing all relevant financial documents’ clearances at GDICDM.
- Assist in coordination of establishment, management and maintaining the designated accounts necessary for the efficient implementation of programs/ projects, including their regular reconciliations.
- Support the coordination of activities to ensure project expenditure commitments, monitoring the projects’ cash flow accounts, and managing the daily cash transactions related to the projects’ activities.
- Assist in the preparation of financial statements of the respective projects’ accounts; and support the preparation of annual financial statements.
- Provide necessary technical support to the conduct of irregularities investigation and other cases of reviews, assessments and audits related to the financial aspects in projects’ implementation, including assistance in the processing of possible claims and undertaking appropriate remedy measures.
- Support the preparation and coordination of financial reports to ensure timely and accurate provision of the required reporting data.
- Maintain and facilitate communication between the GDICDM and the DPs, the EAs/IAs and other relevant stakeholders in the related areas and serve as a technical resource for the GDICDM management.
- Maintain and provide the Client/ Employer with complete records, reports and relevant supplementary information within the area of responsibility, as required; and
- Perform other duties, as instructed by the GDICDM management.
Expected Profile of Candidates
Languages:
- Khmer - Good
- English - Good
Qualifications:
- Bachelor's Degree in Finance/ Accounting, Business Administration, or other relevant discipline
Work History:
- Public institutions or international agencies/ organisations related to development assistance and/or RGC projects externally funded by DPs will be an advantage for 2 years as a minimum
Skills & Knowledge:
General & Technical Skills
- Knowledge of the RGC accounting management regulations, standards, and procedures along with principles of financial management and control is essential.
- Proven ability to collect and organize required data and information; and prepare notes, papers, and reports.
- Proficiency in operating relevant computer programs, especially, MS Office: spreadsheets and word processing; as well as software in accounting and database applications. Ability to type is required.
- Good oral and written communication skills in Khmer and English.
Soft Skills
- Strong interpersonal skills and demonstrated ability to work effectively as part of a team; openness and integrity in human relations; adeptness in managing multiple tasks; and perceptive judgment about the functions of people and institutions.
Project Management Support Specialist
Position Circumstances
- Career Category: Economics, Banking / Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, Advisor / Individual Consultant
- Schedule:Full-time
- Salary: Negotiable
Duties & Responsibilities:
- Assist in developing and managing the scope and the budget for project activities, involving needs assessment, design of project activities within the framework of the RGC development strategy(s) and priorities in resource allocations, including cost estimates and procurement plans.
- Provide support to the projects appraisal activities, negotiations and Financial Agreements (FA) conclusion with DPs.
- Support the development, approval and implementation of project work plans of the executing/ implementing agencies (EAs/IAs), schedules for budget allocation, obligations, and expenditures, project reviews, evaluation planning and implementation, as well as audits, to ensure the activities are appropriately focused on the priorities and agreed upon results.
- (Assists with information gathering, analysing data, drafting concept papers and scopes of work, preparing budgets, and evaluating proposals for the respective project activities approval and management decisions.
- Assist in overall project management, coordination and monitoring progress of the implementation activities in day-to-day operations, and provide input and feedback in the area of responsibility to the GDICDM management and implementing partners as appropriate.
- Assist in handling withdrawal applications from EAs/IAs and disbursements processing, along with recording, monitoring and reporting disbursement data.
- Review project expenditures, and analyse projected funding requirements, based on estimated costs and on spending rates of committed funds.
- Support the conduct of irregularities investigation and other cases reported in projects’ implementation; including assistance in the processing of possible claims; in situation assessment, issuing recommendations, debriefings handling and undertaking other appropriate measures.
- Assist and oversee establishment and maintenance of the projects’ records and databases necessary for their efficient management; ensure timely submission of the required reporting documentation by the EAs/IAs and analyse the reports for accuracy and consistency.
- Provide project implementation data support to the portfolio management (comprising results monitoring, loans/grants/TA administration and procurement), including involvement in the sector assessments or activity evaluations, as an expert in the respective area.
- Assist in the analysis of respective project portfolio performance, and in preparing data for the GDICDM monthly, quarterly, annual, and ad-hoc reports.
- Support preparation of reports, notes, memos, and other relevant documents related to project.
- Maintain and facilitate communication between the GDICDM and the DPs, the EAs/IAs and other relevant stakeholders in the related areas and serve as a technical resource for the GDICDM management.
- Prepare and present relevant monitoring information to the project/ portfolio review missions and other audiences as required; serve as the designated GDICDM contact for a third- party monitoring activities.
- Assist in liaison with the private sector firms and organisations; as well as the interactions with the civil society and public on matters related to the implementation of project.
- Represent GDICDM at meetings, training seminars, conferences, and other activity- related events; analyse and report on them to the GDICDM management.
- Maintain official files on the project management activities in the area of direct responsibility; and
- Perform other duties as instructed by the GDICDM management.
Expected Profile of Candidates
Languages:
- English - Fluent
Qualifications:
- Bachelor's Degree in a specialisation appropriate for economic and social development, preferably in Economics, Finance, Business Administration, Social Sciences or other relevant discipline
Work History:
- Public institutions or international agencies/ organisations related to the administration of social and economic international development assistance and/or the RGC projects externally funded by DPs for 4 years as a minimum
Skills & Knowledge:
General & Technical Skills
- Knowledge of principles of program planning, program management, financial analysis and budgeting and program monitoring and evaluation is essential.
- Proven ability to undertake background research and analysis on complex, but well- defined tasks; collect and organize required data and information; and prepare notes, papers and reports.
- Proficiency in operating relevant computer programs, especially, MS Office: word processing, spreadsheets; as well as project planning, statistics, graphic presentations and database applications. Ability to type is required.
- Fluency in oral and written communication skills in English
Soft Skills
- Strong interpersonal skills and demonstrated ability to work effectively as part of a team; openness and integrity in human relations; adeptness in managing multiple tasks; and perceptive judgment about the functions of people and institutions
