Project Coordinator
Position Circumstances
- Career Category: Social Work, Community Development, Rural development, Exec. / Management
- Schedule:Full-time
- Salary: $700 - $800 Other Benefits
Base in: Phnom Penh and province
Contract duration: 30 Months
Duties & Responsibilities:
- Strategic Planning & Program Development
- Project Planning: Lead the development and oversight of annual, quarterly, and monthly work plans of the project/s and budgets to ensure timely project delivery.
- Proposal & Strategy: Actively contribute to project proposal development and the refinement of organizational strategic and operational plans.
- Stakeholder Engagement: Coordinate and represent the organization in regular meetings with donors, government partners, OPDs and key stakeholders to align project goals.
- Program Implementation & Membership Coordination
- Network Facilitation: Coordinate and facilitate OPDs meetings and communication between OPD (Organizations of Persons with Disabilities), project staff, and partner agencies.
- Database Management: Oversee the maintenance and regular updating of membership databases to ensure accurate tracking of the network.
- Public Awareness: Lead the coordination of public awareness campaigns, including the development of IEC (Information, Education, and Communication) materials and organizing forums.
- Capacity Building & Organizational Development
- OPD Support: Provide strategic guidance and technical support to OPDs/WWDFs in organizational capacity assessment (OCA) and development (OCD).
- Training Leadership: Design and lead training initiatives and capacity-building workshops for both staff and OPD partners.
- Standardization: Implement program guidelines and procedures that uphold high standards of transparency, accountability, and organizational values.
- Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEL)
- Performance Tracking: Conduct regular Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) through project/s site visits and data collection to track project outcomes against performance indicators.
- Impact Analysis: Participate in impact evaluations, ensuring that data-driven insights are used to improve ongoing and future project activities.
- Knowledge Management: Systematically document success stories, challenges, and lessons learned to enhance organizational learning and reporting.
- Financial Management & Reporting
- Budget Oversight: Monitor project expenditures against approved budgets (share cost procedure) and operational plans to ensure financial efficiency.
- Reporting: Consolidate and submit high-quality monthly, quarterly, and annual reports for donors and internal leadership, ensuring all staff submissions are timely.
- Team Performance Management
- Staff Supervision: Direct subordinates by setting clear annual performance agreements and individual work plans.
- Coaching & Mentorship: Implement coaching plans and conduct quarterly performance reviews to support the professional growth of the team.
- Appraisals: Lead the formal annual performance appraisal process and provide ongoing feedback to ensure team alignment with project goals.
Expected Profile of Candidates
Languages:
- Khmer - Fluent
- English - Fluent
Qualifications:
- Bachelor's Degree in management or development studies or other relevant advanced degree
Work History:
- At least professional experience in the development/NGO sector in Cambodia, with increasing responsibilities for 5 years
- At least experience working with community development or self-help group in the remote area for 3 years
Skills & Knowledge:
General & Technical Skills
- Experience working with Commune Council, local authorities, rural NGOs, public service providers, Pagodas,
- Experience working on GEDSI, WASH and Climate Change
- Sound knowledge of the rights based approach to development
- Commitment to and sound knowledge of disability rights and issues in Cambodia
- Proven experience of managing projects and programs, including monitoring and evaluation
- Excellent facilitation, training and coaching skills
- Experience supervising staff in a NGO setting;
- Knowledge of developed guidelines and procedures
- Excellent communication and writing skills, including fluency in English and Khmer and professional proficiency
- Proven fundraising experience
- Proven networking skills
- Experience in designing tools and strategies for data collection, analysis and production of reports;
- Skill in project management, monitoring and reporting on disabilities rights;
- Proven ICT skills, especially in the development of MIS software using database software;
- Be aware of corruption and fraud policy
- Be aware of child rights, child protection, prevention of sexual exploitation, abuse and harassment (PSEAH), child safeguarding policies
Soft Skills
- Must be able to work independently while being a strong team player
- Ability to work well under administrative and programmatic pressures; must demonstrate flexibility to adapt to changing requirements;
- Good interpersonal, communication and presentation skills;
- Be able to travel to provinces of Cambodia and oversea
