Project Coordinator
- Career Category: Resources & Environment, Educate/Train/Teaching, Community Development, Rural development, Social Work
- Schedule:Full-time
- Salary: Negotiable
Location: based in Phnom Penh for inception and will be based in Kampong Cham for implementation
Role Purpose
The Project Coordinator lead the day-to-day coordination, implementation, operational management and quality delivery of project results for the Cambodia component of the ECHO-funded regional project: “Enhancing People-Centred Disaster Preparedness and Early Warning in the Lower Mekong by Strengthening Connections Between Vulnerable Communities and Disaster Risk Management Systems in Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam”; aconsortium led by Save the Children (SC) Country Offices (Vietnam, Laos, Thailand and Cambodia) in partnership with The Asian Disaster Preparedness Centre (ADPC), will strengthen people-centred, impact-based early warning and anticipatory action by operationalizing the linkages between forecasts, decision-making and early action.
The role is responsible for ensuring timely, compliant, efficient, and high-quality implementation of project activities in Kampong Cham and Kampong Chhnang provinces. The Project Coordinator will oversee detailed work planning, implementation progress, budget monitoring, procurement planning, partner coordination, operational problem solving, and supervision of project staff to ensure effective national and field delivery in line with donor requirements and Save the Children standards and systems.
Contract length: Fixed Duration Contract (FDC).
- International mentoring and professional development to support your growth and career aspirations
- Group personal accident insurance for staff member and in-patient health insurance for staff member and their dependents
- Provident fund (10%), seniority indemnity payment, 13th month salary, medical allowance, and phone card allowance
- 26 weeks full pay of maternity leave and 2 weeks full day of paternity leave
- Full Government public holidays and 18 days annual leave
- Working hour is 37.50 per week from Monday to Friday
- Flexible working hours
- Bachelor's Degree in disaster management, climate change, development studies, humanitarian action, education, environmental studies, social sciences, public administration, or a related field.
- Progressively responsible experience managing or coordinating donor-funded humanitarian, resilience, disaster risk reduction, or development projects for 5 years as a minimum
- Strong written and spoken English and Khmer.
- Additional training or certification in project management, disaster risk reduction (DRR), humanitarian coordination, climate resilience, safeguarding, or related technical areas.
- Training or knowledge related to disability inclusion, anticipatory action, early warning systems, or community preparedness approaches.
- Solid experience in project management, budget management, procurement, reporting, operational oversight, and field implementation.
- Experience managing projects funded by institutional donors, compliance with donor regulations and reporting requirements.
- Strong experience in coordinating with government ministries, NGOs, local partners, and sub-national stakeholders, including schools and communities. .
- Experience in staff supervision and strengthening partner capacity for project implementation.
- Strong experience of disaster preparedness, anticipatory action, climate resilience, early warning systems, school preparedness, humanitarian response, or community resilience programmes.
- Experience working with vulnerable or marginalised groups and supporting inclusive programming approaches.
- Strong financial management and budget monitoring skills, including expenditure tracking, forecasting, and procurement planning.
- Strong experience in project documentation, operational accountability, and humanitarian quality standards.
- Excellent interpersonal, communication, facilitation, and stakeholder engagement skills.
- Experience working on ECHO-funded projects and familiarity with ECHO HIP regulations, compliance, and reporting requirements.
- Experience supporting anticipatory action, forecast-based action, impact-based forecasting, early warning systems, or climate adaptation programming.
- Experience supporting school safety, school preparedness, or community-based disaster risk reduction initiatives.
- Experience working with organizations of persons with disabilities (OPDs) and implementing disability-inclusive programming approaches.
- Familiarity with Cambodia’s disaster risk management systems, humanitarian coordination structures, and sub-national government systems.
- Experience working within international NGOs and cross-functional programme teams.
- Knowledge of safeguarding, accountability to affected populations (AAP), PSEA, and child participation approaches.
- Experience using digital monitoring systems, project tracking tools, or data management platforms.
- Experience supporting partnership management, localization approaches, and partner capacity strengthening initiatives.
- Demonstrated enthusiastic, proactive attitude, independence and strong problem-solving skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines.
- Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively across technical, operational, and field implementation teams.
- Commitment to Save the Children values, safeguarding principles, accountability, disability inclusion, gender equality, and safe child participation.
- Willingness and ability to travel frequently to field locations in Kampong Cham and Kampong Chhnang provinces.
Project Assistant (2 Positions)
- Career Category: Social Work, Assistant, Rural development, Community Development
- Schedule:Full-time
- Salary: Negotiable
Contract length: Fixed Duration Contract (FDC).
Role Purpose
The Project Assistant carry out day-to-day project activity implementation and coordination under the Cambodia component of the ECHO-funded regional project: “Enhancing People-Centred Disaster Preparedness and Early Warning in the Lower Mekong by Strengthening Connections Between Vulnerable Communities and Disaster Risk Management Systems in Cambodia, Laos, Thailand and Vietnam. The role will contribute to effective, timely, and quality implementation of project activities at the field level in Kampong Cham or Kampong Chhnang province.
The post holder will support coordination with schools, communities, local authorities, organizations of persons with disabilities (OPDs), and local partners to ensure project activities are implemented efficiently, inclusively, and in line with Save the Children standards and donor requirements. The Project Assistant is responsible for activity planning, logistics, procurement, follow-up, documentation of activity, data collection, field monitoring, reporting inputs, and local stakeholder engagement to ensure smooth project activity implementation.
The role will work closely with the Project Coordinator, technical advisors, MEAL colleagues, and operations teams who support the activity implementation of inclusive disaster preparedness, anticipatory action, early warning systems, school preparedness, and community disaster risk reduction activities.
In the event of a major humanitarian emergency, the role holder may be expected to work outside the normal role profile and be able to vary working hours accordingly.
- International mentoring and professional development to support your growth and career aspirations
- Group personal accident insurance for staff member and in-patient health insurance for staff member and their dependents
- Provident fund (10%), seniority indemnity payment, 13th month salary, medical allowance, and phone card allowance
- 26 weeks full pay of maternity leave and 2 weeks full day of paternity leave
- Full Government public holidays and 18 days annual leave
- Working hour is 37.50 per week from Monday to Friday
- Flexible working hours
- Bachelor's Degree in development studies, disaster management, education, social sciences, community development, or related field.
- At least of experience in project implementation for development or humanitarian programmes for 3 years
- Additional training or certification in disaster risk reduction, climate resilience, humanitarian response, project management, or community development.
- Experience coordinating community-level activities, trainings, workshops, or field operations.
- Experience working closely with local authorities, schools, communities, or civil society organization partners.
- Strong organizational, coordination, communication, and documentation skills.
- Good computer skills including Microsoft Office applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook).
- Ability to maintain accurate records, activity documentation, and filing systems.
- Willingness and ability to travel regularly to project locations, schools and communities.
- Commitment to child safeguarding, accountability, inclusion, and humanitarian principles.
- Good spoken and written Khmer; basic English communication skills desirable.
- Experience in disaster risk reduction, climate resilience, education, early warning systems, or community-based programming.
- Experience working with organizations of persons with disabilities (OPDs) or disability inclusion initiatives.
- Experience supporting donor-funded projects, preferably ECHO-funded projects.
- Knowledge of local context and local government systems in Cambodia.
- Experience supporting data collection, monitoring, or reporting processes
- Ability to work independently and collaboratively in field settings for project activity implementation.
