Location: Phnom Penh
Cambodia’s clean water supply sector has expanded significantly, particularly through private water operators (PWOs) in rural and peri-urban areas.
Roles and Responsibilities:
Technical leadership and program planning
- Lead preparation of the internship technical workplan, including sequencing of orientation, placement, mentoring, site visits, training, and monitoring activities.
- Support CWA to prepare the capacity enhancement plan for interns and revise it as needed in consultation with CAPRED.
- Ensure intern learning activities are aligned with the practical needs of host PWOs/consulting firms and the agreed internship objectives.
- Contribute to the development of the project management system to track intern progress, host performance, technical tasks, mentoring activities, and risks.
Support recruitment and placement
- Provide technical input into selection criteria for host PWOs/consulting firms and interns.
- Participate in recruitment/interview processes for interns, as required.
- Support the intern self-introduction / matching workshop by advising on technical suitability between interns and host organisations.
- Assist CWA and CAPRED in matching interns to appropriate host PWOs/consulting firms based on technical learning needs, host capacity, safety considerations, and placement objectives.
Orientation and capacity enhancement
- Lead or contribute to orientation and technical training sessions for interns.
- Develop technical training modules relevant to clean water supply operations.
- Support site visits and ensure they are structured as a learning exercise.
Mentoring and technical supervision
- Provide ongoing mentoring to interns throughout the placement period, both remotely and through field visits.
- Facilitate group-based technical discussions with interns to encourage peer learning and collective problem-solving.
- Provide practical advice to interns on assigned workplans, technical tasks, workplace communication, and reporting.
- Ensure interns are supported to carry out tasks safely and within the scope agreed with host PWOs/consulting firms.
- Support host PWOs/consulting firms to understand the role of interns and provide meaningful technical exposure.
Field monitoring and quality assurance
- Conduct field visits to monitor intern progress, host engagement, workplace conditions, and implementation of agreed workplans.
- Identify technical or operational issues affecting intern learning and recommend corrective actions.
- Contribute to mid-term review, probation evaluation, internship evaluation, and SEAH/WHS monitoring reports.
Reporting and knowledge sharing
- Review monthly updates from the project management system and provide technical analysis of intern progress.
- Prepare or contribute to technical briefs, monitoring notes, field visit reports, and capacity enhancement reports.
- Support interns to prepare progress presentations and final learning outputs.
- Contribute to the final internship evaluation and completion report.
- Support communication activities that promote young engineer employment in the clean water sector.
Key Requirements (skills, knowledge experience & qualification):
- At least a university degree or higher in water engineering, civil engineering, environmental engineering, water resources engineering, or a related field.
- At least 7 years of relevant professional experience in water supply, utility operations, water engineering, infrastructure planning, or related technical fields.
- Strong practical understanding of Cambodia’s clean water supply sector, particularly rural water supply systems and private water operators.
- Demonstrated technical experience in one or more of the following areas:
- 1. water treatment operations;
- 2. distribution network assessment;
- 3. non-revenue water assessment;
- 4. pumping systems;
- 5. utility operation and planning.
- Experience providing technical guidance, supervision, mentoring, or coaching to junior engineers, interns, or technical staff.
- Ability to translate technical issues into practical recommendations for PWOs and interns.
- Good understanding of workplace safety, risk management, and safe working practices in operational water supply environments.
- Strong communication, facilitation, and report-writing skills in Khmer.
- Working knowledge of English for coordination, reporting, and communication with CAPRED is desirable.
- Commitment to gender equality, inclusion, safeguarding, workplace safety, and professional ethics.
Please send CV and cover letter to
Email: info@cwa.org.kh , bonech.sim@cwa.org.kh
Phone: 017799337 , 092234244
Website: http://cwa.org.kh
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