National Learning Platform Facilitator, CamSaN National Learning Dialogue
- Career Category: Consultancies
- Location: Phnom Penh
Reference: PN171/2026/SDO-03 (network reference: CamSaN/2026/TOR-NLF-001)
Assignment: National Learning Platform Facilitator — design, facilitation and documentation of the CamSaN National Learning Dialogue
Contracting party: WASH Skill Development Organization (WASH-SDO)
Beneficiary: The Cambodia Sanitation Practitioner Network (CamSaN), coordinated jointly by WASH-SDO and Environmental Sanitation Cambodia (ESC)
Direction of the assignment: The assignment is directly contracted by the WASH-SDO and acceptance all deliverables
Type of contract: Short-term expert consultancy — individual national consultant. Fixed-price, all-inclusive
Maximum budget: USD 2,800 (all-inclusive of professional fees, taxes and the consultant’s own incidental costs). Event costs are borne separately — see section 6
Indicative level of effort: 12 to 14 working days across three phases
Contract period: 28 September 2026 – 31 December 2026 (within the maximum three months for short-term experts)
Duty station: Home-based in Cambodia, with the dialogue event in Phnom Penh
Publication of the call: 28 September 2026
Evaluation and award: 16–22 September 2026; contract signature by 25 September 2026
Funded by: German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ)
Scope of work
The assignment runs in three sequential phases. The consultant works closely with the CamSaN Coordination Team throughout, maintaining regular communication and seeking timely feedback on all deliverables.
- Phase 1 — Preparation and design (indicatively 5 working days)
- Phase 2 — Facilitation of the dialogue (indicatively 2 working days)
- Phase 3 — Documentation and dissemination (indicatively 5 to 7 working days)
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Eligibility
- Essential
- At least five years of professional experience designing and facilitating complex multi-stakeholder learning dialogues or knowledge exchange events in a development context.
- Sound understanding of the water and sanitation sector, with knowledge of decentralised sanitation approaches or DEWATS an advantage.
- Proven ability to facilitate in a bilingual Khmer and English environment, either directly or in close coordination with skilled interpreters. Fluency in Khmer is strongly preferred.
- Experience working with mixed participant groups spanning government officials, non-governmental practitioners, private sector actors and international organisations.
- Excellent written English, with a record of producing high-quality facilitation materials and event documentation.
- Demonstrated understanding of the Cambodian development context, including government structures, sector stakeholders and the policy landscape.
- Demonstrated ability to run an event so that women and junior participants speak as much as senior men. This is assessed at interview or from the sample work, not taken on assertion.
- Desirable
- Prior engagement with WASH-SDO, ESC, or the wider CamSaN network, though this is not required and confers no advantage in scoring beyond the relevant experience itself.
- Experience in knowledge management, documentation of practitioner knowledge, and production of knowledge products for international platforms such as SuSanA.
- Familiarity with participatory methods including world café, open space, theory of change and after-action review.
