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Ponlok Chomnes Program Director

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The Asia Foundation is a nonprofit international development organization committed to improving lives across a dynamic and developing Asia. Informed by six decades of experience and deep local expertise, our work across the region addresses five overarching goals—strengthen governance, empower women, expand economic opportunity, increase environmental resilience, and promote regional cooperation. Headquartered in San Francisco, The Asia Foundation works through a network of offices in 18 Asian countries and in Washington, DC. Working with public and private partners, the Foundation receives funding from a diverse group of bilateral and multilateral development agencies, foundations, corporations, and individuals.

The Asia Foundation (the Foundation) is developing the successor program (Ponlok Chomnes II) of the Ponlok Chomnes: Data and Dialogue for Development in Cambodia with funding support from the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT). While Ponlok Chomnes I aims to increase the understanding of Cambodia’s knowledge sector landscape, support knowledge sector actors to produce policy-relevant research, and encourage the use of research evidence for policymaking, Ponlok Chomnes II seeks to ensure that public policy decision-making is informed through inclusive dialogues based on diverse and credible research.

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Ponlok Chomnes Program Director

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  • Career Category: Exec. / Management
  • Type : Job Opportunity
  • Location: Phnom Penh
  • Schedule:Full-time
  • Salary: N/A
Position Summary

The Asia Foundation’s (TAF) Cambodia office seeks a dynamic and experienced Ponlok Chomnes Program Director who will strategically lead, oversee, direct the Ponlok Chomnes program, and manage the program team and other colleagues in The Asia Foundation office in Cambodia to implement the Ponlok Chomnes II program. The incumbent will report to the Country Representative.

Requirements - Skills, Qualifications, Experience
  • Experience:
  • At least 10 years of experience implementing civic engagement, knowledge sector, research, public policy, youth engagement, governance or gender programs in Asia. Cambodia experience strongly preferred.
  • Minimum 5 years of experience leading international development projects
  • Strong team management skills critical
  • Familiarity with managing Australian-funded programs desireable.
  • Excellent program management skills and experience, including designing new activities, adapting program activities to contextual changes or opportunities, establishing monitoring and reporting systems, ensuring compliance with donor regulations, and identifying solutions to implementation challenges.
  • Excellent financial management skills including effective budget oversight.
  • Excellent written communication skills, including report writing.
  • Excellent relationship and stakeholder management skills.
  • Substantive knowledge and technical expertise in research, including qualitative and quantitative methods and/or public policy dialogue programs/civic engagement initiatives is an advantage
  • Education:
  • Master’s degree or equivalent experience in a relevant field, such as political or social science, public policy, governance, public administration, development studies, gender studies, or international development.
  • Other:
  • Strong participatory leadership.
  • Ability to work independently and multi-task and meet deadlines.
  • Demonstrated competence in working with international and local counterparts.
  • Fluency in written and spoken English. Khmer language preferred.
  • Excellent interpersonal skills.
  • Ability to safeguard confidential information.
  • Strong computer skills.
 

How to Apply

Please send a cover letter and resume to email provided in the contact details by the closing date with apply for “Ponlok Chomnes Program Director” written in the subject line.

The Asia Foundation is an equal opportunity employer. Employment selection and related decisions are made without regard to sex, race, age, disability, religion, color, or any other protected class.

This role is subject to the program being given final approval by DFAT

Only short-listed candidates will be contacted.

 
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  • House # 59, Street 242 – Oknha Peich, Sangkat Chakto Mukh, Khan Doun Penh, Phnom Penh, Cambodia
 
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  • The Asia Foundation
 
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