Position: Green Building Certification and Sustainable Facility Design Consultant (Branch of Cowater International Inc. - CAPRED)__Deadline:09-July

Location: PhnomPenh

 

Reports to: Trade, Investment and Agri-food Innovation Lead

Period of Assignment: July 2026 - May 2027
Duration: up to 50 days
Employment type: Short term consultant
Contractual arrangement: “eligible for individual (national) expert”

 

The CAPRED Facility is Australia’s flagship bilateral economic development program in Cambodia, focusing on economic recovery and resilience over the next four years, with a possible three-year extension.

The Facility supports Cambodia in implementing a range of necessary economic interventions and reforms to maintain the country’s economic transition. These interventions and reforms are primarily aimed at encouraging more productive and inclusive public and private investment, which promotes a resilient, inclusive and sustainable economy (RISE).

CAPRED interventions fall under three technical components including: Agriculture and Agro- processing; Trade, Investment and Enterprise Development and Infrastructure Development; and one Cross-Cutting component comprising: Gender Equality, Disability and Social Inclusion (GEDSI), Climate Resilient initiatives, and policy support. and policy support. GEDSI is at the heart of all that CAPRED does.
Under its Trade, Investment and Enterprise Development work, CAPRED supports private sector partners, agri-food processors and exporters to improve competitiveness, strengthen investment readiness, and adopt more sustainable and climate-resilient business practices.
As Cambodian agri-food enterprises increasingly target high-value export markets and seek to improve operational efficiency and access to concessional green finance, there is growing demand to adopt internationally recognized green building standards. To support this transition, CAPRED seeks a qualified Green Building Certification and Sustainable Facility Design consultant to provide on-demand technical advisory support. The expert will advise on practical green options (e.g., EDGE, LEED, SITEs) aligned with firms’ sustainability objectives (i.e. cost reduction, sustainability branding, or access to green finance). The consultant will also act as a bridge between technical facility design, green building certification, and green finance readiness.

 

Scope of work

• Green Building Certification and Sustainable Design Advisory: provide practical advice on relevant green building certification systems, including EDGE, LEED, Sites, or other applicable standards. This may include advising on certification suitability, requirements, costs, timelines, documentation needs, and sustainable facility design considerations such as energy efficiency, water efficiency, renewable energy integration, sustainable materials, waste management, and climate-resilient design.
• Preliminary Facility Readiness Assessment: review available information from selected partner companies, such as facility concepts, drawings, layouts, photos, utility data, investment plans, or business plans, and provide an initial assessment of green building readiness, potential certification options, key gaps, and practical recommendations.
• Other relevant tasks: provide advisory support to CAPRED’s partners on meeting relevant
• efficiency thresholds and technical requirements of export markets and/or green finance products, such as energy efficiency, water efficiency, or resource efficiency requirements, including identifying suitable improvement measures and required evidence or documentation.

Important: The consultant must be available on an as-needed basis during active project windows for real-time reviews and stakeholder alignment. 

Qualifications and Experience

• Being a certified green building professional with strong technical knowledge of green building certification systems such as EDGE, LEED, SITEs, or equivalent standards.
• A minimum of 5 years of relevant experience in green building certification, sustainable building design, resource efficiency, or related fields.
• Demonstrated experience advising on agri-food processing (preferrable), industrial, manufacturing, warehouse, logistics, industrial park, commercial, or mixed-use facilities.
• Strong knowledge of local context, with the ability to work at the interface of sustainable facility design, including energy, materials, waste management, indoor environmental quality, and climate-resilient design.
• Demonstrated ability to assess facility readiness and recommend practical certification pathways based on facility type, investment stage, cost-benefit considerations, business objectives, market requirements, and relevance to green finance.
• Excellent analytical, communication, and report-writing skills, with the ability to provide clear and actionable recommendations to CAPRED, private sector partners, architects, engineers, financial institutions, and development partners.
• Demonstrated knowledge and experience implementing Gender Equality, Disability, and Social Inclusion (GEDSI) principles and climate resilience into programming and assessment
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills in both Khmer and English is essential.
• Demonstrated ability to work constructively with the team, including the CAPRED team, other experts, and CAPRED’s partners.

Please send CV and cover letter to
Email:      recruitment@capred.org
Contact:   099 223 998
Moreinfo:  https://capred.org/opportunities
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