Location: Phnom Penh
Report to: CWA Executive Director
Key Relationship: CWA Executive Director / designated focal point, with technical coordination from CAPRED Contract Duration: The contract is up to 30 June 2027. Possible for extension upon contract extension from CAPRED.
Funded by: Australia through the Cambodia Australia Partnership for Resilient Economic Development (CAPRED)
Cambodia's clean water supply sector has expanded significantly over the past decade, largely driven by private investment. Private Water Operators (PWOs) now play a critical role in extending piped water services, particularly in rural and peri-urban areas.
Roles and Responsibilities:
Lead policy dialogue and facilitation
- Lead the design and implementation of provincial policy dialogue forums pilot in Takeo and Kampong Speu.
- Ensure proper evidence packages for provincial policy dialogue forums.
- Lead stakeholders mapping analysis and consultation with individual stakeholders before multi- stakeholder dialogue.
- Facilitate multi-stakeholder dialogue involving policy makers, national and subnational authorities, PWOs, development partners, etc.
- Ensure dialogue processes generate practical solutions, actionable commitments and accountability mechanisms.
- Lead post-dialogue coordination and follow-up process to enhance the results.
- Identify sustainable pathway for institutionalizing and scaling the result-based policy dialogue beyond pilot provinces.
Government and Stakeholder Engagement
- Build and maintain strong relationships with senior government officials and decision makers.
- Represent CWA in policy discussions and strategic engagement platforms.
- Promote stronger coordination among relevant ministries and sub-national authorities.
- Support CWA's engagement with the Government-Private Sector Forum (G-PSF) and other relevant policy platform.
- Position clean water supply as a prioritised infrastructure for economic growth in G-PSF and other platforms.
Strategic Advocacy for Clean Water Supply Sector
- Guide the design and development of Advocacy Strategy for clean water supply sector.
- Guide identification of policy reform priorities and engagement opportunities.
- Provide strategic advice on advocacy positioning and messaging.
- Ensure advocacy initiatives are evidence-based, practical, and results-oriented.
Institutional Strengthening
- Strengthen CWA's institutional capacity in advocacy, stakeholder engagement, negotiation, and dialogue management.
- Strengthen CWA’s system for issues management, commitment monitoring, accountability and policy engagement.
Quality Assurance and Strategic Oversight
- Provide technical oversight across all work streams in the interventions.
- Review and quality assure diagnostics, analytical products, policy briefs, etc.
- Ensure integration of GEDSI, climate resilience, and investment-enabling considerations.
- Monitor progress against intervention objectives.
- Provide strategic advice and adaptive management recommendations.
Key Requirements (skills, knowledge experience & qualification):
- Bachelor or Master's degree in Public Policy, Governance, Development Studies, Economics, Political Science, or related field.
- Minimum 10 years of relevant professional experience.
- Demonstrated experience working with government ministries and high-level stakeholders.
- Strong facilitation, negotiation, and stakeholder engagement skills.
- Experience leading policy reform, public-private dialogue, or advocacy initiatives.
- Excellent report writing and communication skills.
- Excellent English communication skill (written and spoken)
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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