National Team Leader
- Career Category: Resources & Environment, Research / Development, Advisor / Individual Consultant
- Schedule:Full-time
- Salary: Negotiable
Post Level: National Consultant
Report to: National Project Manager
Contract Type: Individual Contractor (IC)
Expected Place of Travel: Kampot and Koh Kong Provinces, Cambodia
Assignment Duration: One year with possibility of extension
The project is seeking a qualified National Team Leader (NTL) to lead the execution of the local project activities and deliverables interventions in Cambodia under the guidance of the National Project Manager and National Project Director. This includes the daily responsibility to manage, coordinate and supervise the implementation of the project and the delivery of results in accordance with the project document and agreed work plans. Furthermore, the NTT will work closely with national and local authorities, National Project Managers of baseline initiatives as well as NGOs, to manage effectively the project at local level. The NTL will report to the National Project Manager appointed by MoE on administrative, management and technical matters. The NTL will also report to National Project Manager (NPM) and technical consult with UN-Habitat Team on technical matters where project progress reporting is concerned.
Duration of Work
Working under the management of the National Project Manager at NCSD, and technical advice of UN-Habitat team. The National Team Leader will have 3 months’ probation and extend it to 1 year contract and potential to extend upon the budget available.
Duty Station
The National Team Leader will be working at the Ministry of Environment, subject to travel to target provinces. NCSD will cover transportation costs and DSA for related assignments in the field based on Government regulation and policy.
- Assist NPM to oversee and manage project implementation and provide technical support to the project, including measures to address challenges to project implementation, monitor work progress, and ensure timely delivery of outputs in target provinces;
- Assist NPM to develop implementation plan and indicator to monitoring;
- Report to the NPM regarding project progress by providing on-the-ground information for UN Habitat progress reports. Reports should contain assessments of the progress of implementing activities, including reasons for delays, if any, and recommendations on necessary improvements;
- Engage and promote dialogue between national, provincial and local stakeholders;
- Coordinate activities of the project steering committee and UN-Habitat;
- Promote the participation of local communities in project activities;
- Support the NPM and M&E experts in developing and implementing a comprehensive monitoring and reporting system;
- Ensure timely preparation of detailed Annual Work Plans (AWPs) and budgets for approval by the Project Steering Committee (PSC);
- Participate in PSC meetings at least two times a year and help facilitate logistics for those PSC meetings held in Cambodia;
- Organize the Technical Committee of Cambodia1 meetings at least once a year and other required meetings as relevant;
- Supervise work of another national consultant as appointed by NPM;
- Assist in the identification, selection and recruitment of local project staff and experts as required;
- Provide a quarterly update of the expenses for the previous three months and the expenses expected for the next three months to the NPM;
- Provide input for management and technical reports and other documents as described in the M&E plan for the overall project;
- Participate in training activities, report writing and facilitation of expert activities that are relevant to his or her area of expertise;
- Inform the NPM immediately of any issue or risk which might jeopardize the success of the project;
- Provide on-the-ground information (including photographs, list of meetings and list of meeting participants for each meeting; summary of meeting outcomes) for progress reports;
- Take part in regular update meetings with Project Management Unit and UN Habitat from other participants;
- Liaise and coordinate with the UN-Habitat and government authorities on a regular basis;
- Coordinate donors visit project sites; and
- Perform other related tasks as requested by management.
- Khmer - Fluent
- English - Fluent
- Master's Degree in or equivalent in environmental sciences, climate change, development studies, urban planning and human settlements, geography, or related fields.
- A minimum of seven years’ professional practical experience in project management working with projects/ programmes in the field of climate change or related to adaptation and mitigation; in urban planning for low emission development and climate change; participatory and community-based activities;
- Experience working in AF project or other climate change projects with NCSD/MoE would be an advantage;
- Good communication and writing skills;
- Good experience in multi-stakeholder coordination; and
- Outstanding capacity in working in multicultural context.
