Strategic Partner Liaison Coordinator - Disability
Position Circumstances
- Career Category: Exec. / Management, Social Work, Health/Medical
- Schedule:Full-time
- Salary: Negotiable
About the Opportunity
The Strategic Partner Liaison (Disability Inclusion) will play a key role in supporting the ACCESS 2 Disability Inclusion and Rehabilitation workstreams, reporting directly to the Disability Inclusion and Rehabilitation Lead. This position ensures disability inclusion is embedded across program interventions and works collaboratively with other technical areas such as Gender-Based Violence (GBV), Decentralisation and Social Protection. ,. The Liaison will provide implementation, coordination, monitoring, and administrative support to the Program team.
They will work closely with Technical Leads, the Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Manager, Communications and Media Manager, Deputy Team Leader, and Team Leader to ensure cohesive program delivery.
This is an exciting opportunity for someone passionate about inclusive development and cross-sector collaboration. The role offers a dynamic environment where your contributions will help shape impactful, inclusive programming across ACCESS 2’s initiatives.
Duties & Responsibilities:
- Coordination and Administrative Support
- Assume responsibility for day-to-day management of initiatives under the Disability Inclusion and Rehabilitation workstreams, with punctual support to the GBV and Decentralisation portfolios.
- Support organization of internal (Team) and external meetings and workshops (e.g. six-monthly Disability Inclusion and Rehabilitation workstream meetings) including preparation and dissemination of meeting materials, presentations, and other secretariat functions.
- Collaborate with the Communications and Learning teams in the production and dissemination of program communications materials.
- Coordinate with Operations and Finance team members to provide required program-related information for financial reporting and budgeting.
- Support the Disability Inclusion and Rehabilitation Lead in annual planning process.
- Coordinate the development of technical outputs, including contributing to reporting, documentation of lessons learnt, as directed by the Disability Inclusion and Rehabilitation Lead.
- Perform other duties as requested in support of the effective implementation of Disability Inclusion, Rehabilitation and GBV.
- Grant Management and Stakeholder Coordination Support
- Support Disability Inclusion and Rehabilitation Lead in liaison with government counterparts in MOH, MOWA, MOSVY, DAC, MoI and GS-NSPC.
- Identify and support engagement of OPDs and grass root civil society organizations in the Program.
- Support Disability Inclusion and Rehabilitation workstream grantees and partners to develop their annual planning and reports.
- Support management of sub-contracts and grant agreements related to Disability Inclusion and Rehabilitation initiatives, ensuring compliance with program operating procedures and donor requirements.
- Provide grantees with technical assistance; and
- Provide grantees with information and support as needed.
- Support for Technical Assistance and Capacity Building
- Participate in team meetings and workshops, providing input into the design and implementation of program initiatives, where appropriate.
- Support Disability Inclusion and Rehabilitation Lead in strengthening links to, and integration of, relevant social protection schemes
- Provide capacity building to SIPs, ACCESS 2, and government counterparts in terms of digital accessibility.
- Monitoring and Evaluation
- Support the collection and analysis of sex- and age-disaggregated data to input into the program monitoring and evaluation system.
- Compile and analyze M&E information from Disability Inclusion and Rehabilitation workstream grantees.
- Monitor activities of grantees through regular field visits and communication.
- Support and guide grantees’ interventions are contributing to the overall program objectives.
- Support annual planning process and six-monthly reporting process.
- Support facilitation of six-monthly reflection and refocus process.
Expected Profile of Candidates
Languages:
- Khmer - Fluent
- English - Fluent
Qualifications:
- Postgraduate Degree in or higher in a relevant area such as social sciences, public health, rehabilitation, gender studies or other development studies.
- Postgraduate Degree in a relevant area such as social sciences, or development studies.
Work History:
- Working in relevant thematic areas, including in project management and/or monitoring and evaluation for 5 years as a minimum
Skills & Knowledge:
General & Technical Skills
- Demonstrated understanding of the complexity of social service delivery for vulnerable groups and/or local governance in Cambodia.
- Demonstrated experience in implementation of monitoring and evaluation activities for large development programs.
- Strong skills in capacity building and facilitation
- Experience working with NGOs, CSOs, grassroots organizations in service delivery and/or advocacy are a strong asset.
Soft Skills
- Strong liaison building skills with a variety of stakeholders, including experience working with government partners.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English and Khmer.
- Ability to work as part of a team, in collaboration with other technical experts and independently, as required; and
