Cambodia: Country Consultant - Cambodia

Country Consultant, Cambodia

OVERVIEW

In Cambodia, World Renew’s programs are implemented by local partners. Current local partners include a Christian learning network and three local NGOs. Each local NGO carries out its own community development work and collaborates with approximately four local churches. The Country Consultant position is responsible for the overall operation of World Renew in Cambodia, including ensuring supervision of national, expatriate, volunteer, and, potentially, seconded staff.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Program Consultation
To lead World Renew’s small team of program officers, serving as the lead consultant where most appropriate. Lead consultant work could involve areas such as strategic planning, board governance training, consultation on organizational policies, program design or evaluation. Specific duties and responsibilities include:

• Implement and improve community development strategies particularly with a focus on an integral mission
• Strengthen partner’s leadership to encourage the ongoing development
• Coordinate the in-country strategy and ensure alignment with agency long-range plan
• Facilitate learning and networking among organizations with which World Renew has worked

Organizational-Administrative Activities

• Produce plans, reports, and narratives as required according to the required formats of World Renew and donor partners
• Support various World Renew teams: this may include providing leadership on a task force; acting as a resource/trainer; fulfilling reporting requirements or improving reporting systems.
• Facilitate and accommodate visits from donors, discovery and serve tour groups and home office staff when necessary

Asia Ministry Team (AMT) Activities

• Support the AMT leader in improving the work of the AMT in programming, strategies and policies
• Help evaluate programs in other countries in the region as requested
• Provide leadership and assist in one of the AMT managerial functions (administration, finance, spiritual support, computer support)
• Perform other duties as assigned

Resource Development

• Write proposals and manage field grants for donor partners such as Foods Resource Bank. This position is responsible for maintaining relationships with the representatives of key donors.
• Communicate, regularly and effectively, with individuals and supporting churches to raise financial support for community development programs that demonstrate an integral mission.

QUALIFICATIONS:

· Mature Christian committed to serving Jesus Christ. Essential to have membership in a Christian church and strongly preferred to have an agreement with the doctrine of the CRC evidenced with signing covenant of office-bearers.

· Demonstrated commitment to promoting a work environment that values diversity and equality, as well as have respectful relationships with others

· Committed to working towards gender equality in all aspects of our programming, plans, policies and organizational structure

· Compassionate, respectful of other cultures

· Commitment to sustainable development and relief concepts, models and values

· Proactive and able to work with minimal supervision

· Ability to lead and supervise staff in ways that build their capacity

· Demonstrated ability to help organizations improve relationships with multiple stakeholders

· Able to be flexible and adaptable based on the cultural context and able and willing to work in a team setting;

· Able to develop team skills in others, in combination with the delegation of responsibility to implement decisions and hold staff accountable for implementation

· Well-developed competence in Microsoft Word and Excel

Additional Information:

· Minimum education: A bachelor’s degree

· Minimum of 5 years of community development consultation work experience to implement, improve and integrate holistic development programs

· Minimum of 5 years’ of cross-cultural experience

· Strong preference for fluency in oral and written Khmer language skills; or willingness to learn to speak Khmer

· Fluency in oral and written English language skills for ensuring professional communication.

More information about this position can be found on our website: https://worldrenew.net/careers. Candidates interested in applying should do so online, on or before November 26, 2018: https://worldrenew.net/careers.