DirecciónBetween the mid-1960s and the end of 1998, Cambodia faced a series of internal and regional conflicts which left a legacy of landmines and explosive remnants of war (ERW) across the country. Since 1979, mines and explosive remnants of war (ERW) have claimed nearly 20,000 lives and injured over 45,000 others, causing unprecedented suffering to individuals, their families and communities, and severely impeding rural livelihood development.
As a State Party to the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention (APMBC), the Royal Government of Cambodia (RGC) has an aspirational goal to be known as landmine-free by 2025. The RGC has also adopted a local Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) on landmines and ERW – SDG 18: End the negative impact of mines/ERW and promote Victim Assistance.
The Cambodian Mine Action and Victim Assistance Authority (CMAA) is the national authority responsible for the regulation, coordination, and monitoring of mine action activities throughout Cambodia, and serves as the coordination body to implement the National Mine Action Strategy (NMAS) 2018-2025 in pursuit of a Mine Free 2025.
Clearing for Results (CfR) is a flagship project of support to the RGC in mine action since 2006. Now in its fourth phase, the CfRIV: Mine Action for Human Development (2020-2025) is a multi-donor project nationally implemented by the CMAA with technical and financial support from UNDP, Australia, New Zealand, the Republic of Korea, and the RGC.
CfRIV is focused on continued support to the national authority to integrate land clearance and release activities, Victim Assistance, mine risk education and gender mainstreaming in mine action efforts and broader national and international frameworks, while supporting enabling factors which will allow for development in villages declared mine free. Particular concentration is now shifting to enhancing the RGC's capacity to move from proactive clearance of mines/ERW to managing residual risks, namely efficiently and effectively responding to individual explosive ordnance hazards identified post-2025.
UNDP is looking to fill the Disabilities Inclusion and Victim Assistance Specialist to support the implementation of the CfRIV’s Victim Assistance component and other Disability Inclusion initiatives.
The incumbent will work under the overall supervision of the Coordination Specialist. S/he will be based in the project but will work closely with the programme team, and liaise with colleagues in the country office, consultants and partners.
Duties and Responsibilities
Provide top-quality advice and strategic guidance and management support for effective implementation and results-based management of interventions related to Victim Assistance, disabilities inclusion, and mine risks education, and area-based development approaches for improved livelihoods:
- Design and coordinate the implementation of gender-sensitive Victim Assistance and disabilities inclusion activities to enhance a continuum of care for persons with disabilities, mine/ERW victims and their families.
- Design and coordinate the implementation of area-based development activities in collaboration with other UNDP/United Nations activities, development partners and civil society.
- Enhance gender-sensitive Explosive Ordnance Risk Education (EORE) in affected communities, including through inputs to improve training, targeted campaigns and innovative models suitable for marginalized populations.
- Keep abreast of developments related to mine action, disabilities inclusion, and local areas of development.
- Provide effective communication, coordination and cooperation among the team and partners in planning, monitoring and implementation of the above-mentioned activities.
Provide advisory support in monitoring, evaluation and reporting to ensure effectiveness and efficiency in the delivery of activities and results:
- Contribute to preparing periodic reports (quarterly and annual reports), donor updates, briefing notes, proposals, concept notes, budgets, and activity-specific reports as required.
- Ensure Sex, Age, Disability, and Diversity perspective is systematically applied, integrated and documented in all activities.
- Recommend further improvement of the results framework, including developing monitoring and impact indicators for success.
- Provide advice on refinements of baselines, indicators and data collection methods and developing M&E technical guidelines and manuals and build partners’ capacity to collect and analyze data.
- Undertake regular field monitoring of relevant activities and other monitoring and evaluation-related works, including mid-term and final evaluations as well as other evaluations and assessments.
- Prepare and contribute to the consolidation of knowledge and lessons learned and disseminate good practices.
- Provide inputs for improving the efficiency and effectiveness by identifying bottlenecks in completing project activities and developing plans to minimize or eliminate such bottlenecks.
- Collaborate and coordinate with other UN agencies, government agencies, donors and other organizations on monitoring and evaluation issues.
Provide technical advice and contribute to resource mobilization and partnership building and maintain effective relations with all partners:
- Contribute to the effort to mobilize resources including preparing funding submissions for donors and drafting any required after-action reports.
- Together with the Project Coordination Specialist and Programme Analyst, maintain close coordination with the relevant line ministry partners, secretariats, donor focal points, UN agencies, development partners, and CSO partners.
- Develop appropriate working relations with national stakeholders and work closely with national counterparts, in particular with the focal points of the CMAA to build strong relationships to support UNDP efforts in ensuring effective partnership.
- Build partnership and synergy with partners to ensure greater impact.
- Promote dialogue and inputs from development partners into key outputs at national and sub-national levels.
Provide technical support and advice on communication and knowledge building and sharing:
- Collect and document data related to the activities and impact and ensure regular information sharing.
- Communicate and build networks with donors and other relevant NGOs and UN agencies to generate their interest and build synergy.
- In collaboration with UNDP Communications team and under the supervision of the Project Coordination Specialist, support the production and dissemination of communication products to raise the profile of the projects and awareness of mine action and Disability Inclusion including the drafting of media messages, web and social media content, blogs, op-eds, case studies, factsheets, press releases and the production of videos, etc.
- Prepare and provide inputs for donor briefs, notes for senior management, and speeches.
- Coordinate with UNDP Communications team to design and implement communication plans pertaining to project events and major activities.
Provide technical and management support to day-to-day project management and operations in a timely and efficient manner:
- Provide technical and management support to ensure that the Project Board meets regularly as planned and that the Project Board’s recommendations are implemented and reported.
- Contribute to the development of work plan and coordinate inputs from partners and grantees in planning process.
- Support the organization of meetings and field missions.
- Any other related tasks as may be required.
Other tasks required by the office:
- The incumbent may also be required to take on other relevant initiatives/projects within the scope of TOR depending on the workload at the time.
- The incumbent performs other duties within their functional profile as deemed necessary for the efficient functioning of the Office and the Organization.
- Achieve Results LEVEL 3: Set and align challenging, achievable objectives for multiple projects, have lasting impact.
- Think Innovatively LEVEL 3: Proactively mitigate potential risks, develop new ideas to solve complex problems.
- Learn Continuously LEVEL 3: Create and act on opportunities to expand horizons, diversify experiences.
- Adapt with Agility LEVEL 3: Proactively initiate and champion change, manage multiple competing demands.
- Act with Determination LEVEL 3: Think beyond immediate task/barriers and take action to achieve greater results.
- Engage and Partner LEVEL 3: Political savvy, navigate complex landscape, champion inter-agency collaboration.
- Enable Diversity and Inclusion LEVEL 3: Appreciate benefits of diverse workforce and champion inclusivity.
Cross-Functional & Technical competencies:
Business Direction & Strategy
- System Thinking: Ability to use objective problem analysis and judgement to understand how interrelated elements coexist within an overall process or system, and to consider how altering one element can impact on other parts of the system.
- Effective Decision Making: Ability to take decisions in a timely and efficient manner in line with one’s authority, area of expertise and resources.
Business Management
- Results-based Management: Ability to manage programmes and projects with a focus at improved performance and demonstrable results.
- Project Management: Ability to plan, organize, prioritize and control resources, procedures and protocols to achieve specific goals.
- Partnerships Management: Ability to build and maintain partnerships with wide networks of stakeholders, Governments, civil society and private sector partners, experts and others in line with UNDP strategy and policies.
- Monitoring: Ability to provide managers and key stakeholders with regular feedback on the consistency or discrepancy between planned and actual activities and programme performance and results.
Business Management
- Digital & Innovation: Ability to extract, analyze and visualize data (including real-time data) to form meaningful insights and aid effective decision making.
- Advanced university degree (Master’s degree or equivalent) in Arts, Social Science, Health, Development Studies, Public Policy or related fields is required; or
- A first-level university degree (Bachelor’s degree) in the areas mentioned above in combination with additional 2 years of qualifying experience will be given due consideration in lieu of master’s degree.
- A minimum of five years (with Master’s degree) or seven years (with Bachelor’s degree) of relevant experience in providing technical and management advisory support.
- Solid experience in the field of Disability Inclusion and Victim Assistance.
- Experience in project management (design, implementation, coordination, monitoring and/or reporting of development projects).
- Experience coordinating multi-stakeholder development initiatives and working with government counterparts, UN and/or donor agencies.
- Good understanding of mine action, gender and Disability Inclusion in Cambodia.
- Ability to develop constructive working relationships with clients and team members, and to understand the contexts and motivations of a range of stakeholders.
- Strong training skills and a strong commitment to participatory processes.
- Excellent skills in communication, negotiation, and documentation and ability to work with multi-disciplinary and cultural team.
- Familiarity with the procedures of the UN agencies and/or donor agencies would be an advantage.
Required Languages:
- Fluency in English and Khmer is required.
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Note: UNDP reserves the right to select one or more candidates from this vacancy announcement. We may also retain applications and consider candidates applying to this post for other similar positions with UNDP at the same grade level and with similar job description, experience and educational requirements.
Non-discrimination
UNDP has a zero-tolerance policy towards sexual exploitation and misconduct, sexual harassment, and abuse of authority. All selected candidates will, therefore, undergo rigorous reference and background checks, and will be expected to adhere to these standards and principles.
UNDP is an equal opportunity and inclusive employer that does not discriminate based on race, sex, gender identity, religion, nationality, ethnic origin, sexual orientation, disability, pregnancy, age, language, social origin or other status.
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