Location: Phnom Penh
Two (02) advisors with strong background and experience in decentralization reform, including SNA Administrative Structure, Organizational Development, Function Transfer).
One (01) advisor with strong background and experience in SNA Planning and Fiscal Decentralization.
ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Planning the programme’s activities;
- Communicating and coordinating with the partner institution (NCDDS), as well as relevant ministries and institutions, to ensure effective programme implementation;
- Technical and process advise to the partner institutions in conducting studies and developing policies;
- Technical and process advise to the partner institution in implementing approved policies and studies;
- Coordinating and facilitating capacity development interventions with the partner institution.
Technical and Process Advise to Partner ministrites/Institutions
- Act as a designated focal person for the partner ministries/institutions, ensuring effective coordination of the Programme activity implementation;
- Provide technical and process advisory support on policy formulation, including reviewing and drafting policy documents, and facilitating technical discussions, stakeholder consultations, and validation workshops, within the framework of Sub-National Democratic Development (SNDD) Reform,
- Provide technical and process advisory support for reform - related studies and policy research initiatives;
- Provide technical support for the implementation of approved policies, including preparing dissemination activities, providing training and coaching to District and Municipality Advisors (DMAs) and/or Districts and Municipaly administrations as needed;
- Coordinate capacity development initiatives for partner ministires/institutions, including trainings, learning exchanges and study visits, ensuring that these interventions are tailored to their specific needs and effectively support reform implementation;
- Coordinate and facilitate policy dialogue processes, based on proposals submitted or proposed by sub-national administrations, insights gained from peer-learnings and the national forum;
- maintains regular communication with the Team Leader Fiscals, the Policy Advisors, DMAs and liaises with ISD staff to ensure vertical communication and coordination;
- Assist the programme in planning activities, including facilitating joint planning process with partner institutions, and updating the Programme’s Annual Operational Plan;
- Assist the programme in collecting data on the achievements and challenges of the Programme’s activities implementation for monitoring and evaluation purposes.
- Coordinate with administrative related staff and relevant units to process procurements (of goods, services and consultancies) in support of the programme’s activity implementation;
- Assist the team leader and management team in coordinating administrative tasks with partner ministries/institutions, including scheduling meetings, drafting and sending correspondence, and managing other related activities;
- Assist the management team in preparing, coordinating and documenting the meetings of Programme Steering Committee (PSC), Technical Working Group (SNDD/TWG) and related meetings and workshops;
- Support the management team in updating and summarizing reform achievements and challenges, upon request from relevant development partners;
- Regularly communicate with the provincial team (esp. DMAs), ensuring effective implementation of approved policies and studies;
- Moderate and facilitate team meetings;
- Facilitates learning sessions, reflection meetings, and after-action reviews;
- Performs other duties and tasks at the request of management.
KEY REQUIREMENTS:
- Bachelor's Degree in Public Administration, Public Policy, Public Management, Education, Business Administration, and other related fields; (equivalent to BA or MBA)
- At least of experience working in a similar position with a proven track record in the field of policy research and development for 5 years
- Experience with tasks related to advisory role
- Experience of working in the Decentralisation and Deconcentration Reform in Cambodia
- Experience of working with Government Agencies, International Organisations, Consultancies, Bi-lateral Agencies or NGOs active in the field of Governance, Good Governance
- Ideally experiences with coaching and mentoring skills.
- Ability to work individually and as a team;
- Excellent spoken and written Khmer and English;
- Strong computer skills including good command of IT tools (such as Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, MSTeam, Loop…. etc.)
- Good knowledge of government’s working procedures;
- Willingness to travel in Cambodia, to daily work and if required stay overnight in partner districts of Battambang, Siem Reap and Banteay Meanchey Province.
Please send CV and cover letter to
Email: hr-cambodia@giz.de
Phone: 023 860 110
Website: https://www.giz.de/en/regions/asia/cambodia
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