Overview
The International Expert on Water Governance and Water Law will provide technical support for the assessment of current groundwater resources, recharge, and extraction dynamics within the Cambodia-Mekong River Delta Aquifer (CMDA). The role focuses on harmonizing evidence, coordinating interfaces, and preparing governance and legal inputs for a Transboundary Diagnostic Analysis (TDA).
Key Responsibilities
- Coordinate interfaces with national teams and partners, convene meetings, issue minutes, and maintain an interface tracker.
- Engage national PMUs, Joint Technical Committee, MERFI, FAO, IUCN, and relevant national institutions for evidence sharing and validation.
- Provide methodological guidance and hands-on support to national experts for reviewing governance arrangements and legal frameworks.
- Develop practical templates, an indicator list, harmonisation rules, and a QA checklist for governance and legal review.
- Guide national teams to prepare an integrated assessment of governance and law enabling transboundary cooperation.
- Consolidate and quality-assure national inputs, produce a harmonised evidence base, and identify gaps and priority enablers for cooperation.
- Align deliverables to TDA stages, including baseline, future-scenario interfaces, and integration with feedback.
- Prepare a TDA-ready synthesis of governance and law findings using the UNESCO template.
Required Experience
- Minimum 7 years of relevant work experience in water governance and law, including institutional and legal analysis, policy and regulatory review, and preparation of governance inputs for technical assessments.
- Minimum 3 years of work experience within the Asia-Pacific context on groundwater or water-resources governance and legal frameworks; experience working with government institutions in the sub-region is an asset.
Qualifications
• An advanced university degree (master’s or equivalent and above) in water law, environmental law, public policy, water resources governance, or closely related social sciences relevant to groundwater governance and transboundary aquifers.
