Overview
Provide substantive inputs and guidance for the implementation of ecosystem restoration and climate resilience projects, ensuring effective multi-stakeholder engagement and adherence to safeguard policies.
Key Responsibilities
- Provide strategic advice and technical inputs to National Project Director(s), National Project Manager(s), and Project Management Unit(s).
- Prepare Terms of Reference for consultants and sub-contractors, and assist in their selection and orientation.
- Review the work of consultants and sub-contractors to ensure timely and quality delivery of outputs.
- Ensure effective synergy among sub-contracted activities and integration of project outputs.
- Provide technical input to project teams for workplan delivery.
- Provide technical input for training and capacity development on trade-off analysis.
- Revitalize watershed management forums and guide integrated approaches.
- Advise on developing a roadmap for expanding investment through innovative financial models.
- Guide restoration activities in high conservation value forest areas.
- Provide technical input on communication material production.
- Bring national and international technical experiences to project planning and implementation.
- Maintain strategic oversight for the technical quality and timely delivery of capacity building activities.
- Provide technical advice and capacity building to the Ministry of Environment and other institutional stakeholders.
- Guide project teams in identifying target communities and designing locally-specific implementation strategies.
- Provide ongoing support and guidance to the local Gender and Safeguard Specialist.
- Monitor progress in development/implementation of the project Environmental and Social Management Plan/Environmental and Social Management Framework.
- Oversee/coordinate the implementation of all safeguard-related plans.
- Ensure social and environmental grievances are managed effectively and transparently.
- Review the Social and Environmental Screening Procedure annually and update risk logs and mitigation plans.
- Ensure full disclosure with concerned stakeholders.
- Ensure environmental and social risks are identified, avoided, mitigated, and managed.
- Work with M&E Officer and Gender and Safeguard Specialist on reporting, monitoring, and evaluation.
- Provide technical guidance for the development of annual work plans and review progress.
- Advise on preparation of Project Implementation Review/Annual Project Report and quarterly reports.
- Develop Terms of Reference for Mid-Term Review and Terminal Evaluation.
- Integrate evaluation findings, monitoring data, and applied learning to adaptive project management.
- Write and communicate on best practices and lessons learned.
- Maintain effective network with development partners and Government.
- Facilitate knowledge building and management and facilitate trainings.
Required Experience
- Minimum 5 years (with master’s degree) or 7 years (with bachelor’s degree) of professional experience in biodiversity and forest conservation, ecosystem restoration, or related field.
- At least 2 years of the above experience should be in providing oversight and advisory services to multiple complex development projects in the areas of nature, climate change, energy, development/climate financing or disaster risk reduction.
- Experience in developing an international standard report with the consolidation of a complex national consultation process.
- Proven experience in programme/project implementation.
- Implementation and management experience of GEF/GCF projects.
- Experience in partnership and networking establishment with multi-stakeholders, including government people, NGOs, and CSOs.
- Experience in implementing gender and safeguard guidelines, policies, procedures, and tools, as well as building capacity on environmental and social safeguard standards and management in the context of forestry, biodiversity, natural resource management, and climate change.
- Demonstrated experience and understanding of policy development processes.
- Demonstrated experience providing technical support to project implementation in a developing country is essential.
- Work experience in Cambodia.
- Prior experience in a UN Agency and/or international organizations.
- Experience working in multi-national teams to implement programmes involving different funding and implementing agencies.
- Experience working, negotiating, and coordinating with high-ranking and senior officials.
Qualifications
- An advanced university degree (master’s degree or equivalent) in Natural Resource Management, Biodiversity Conservation, Environmental Science, or other related Development Studies is required; or
- A first-level university degree (bachelor’s degree) in the areas mentioned above in combination with an additional two years of qualifying experience will be given due consideration in lieu of the advanced university degree.
- Professional Certification in programme or project management (e.g., PMP, PRINCE-2, MSP etc.) is an advantage.
