TECHNICAL ASSISTANT TO PROJECT MANAGER / COUNTRY REPRESENTATIVE CAMBODIA (M / F)

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Set up in 1976, Geres is a French based international development NGO which works to improve the living conditions of the poorest and tackle climate change and its impacts. As a grassroots actor, Geres considers the energy transition as a major lever in all its actions. In order to drive societal change, Geres promotes the development and dissemination of innovative and local solutions, supports climate-energy policies and actions and encourages everyone to commit to Climate Solidarity by taking action and supporting vulnerable populations.

With 30 years of experience in Southeast Asia, Geres has introduced accessible and transferable energy solutions tailored to local needs, with a strong focus on wood and biomass energy. These efforts aim to enhance the resilience and livelihoods of rural communities, empower local stakeholders, and promote sustainable resource management. Currently active in Cambodia and Myanmar, Geres seeks to expand its activities in these two countries and initiate operations in other parts of the region.

In Cambodia, Geres has been implementing several initiatives, including promoting energy efficiency in the garment sector and advancing sustainable biomass sourcing for industrial use, particularly focusing on wood energy. These interventions are guided by principles of social justice and women's empowerment, ensuring inclusivity and equity. Geres strives to make its efforts complementary to those of local civil society organizations (CSOs), such as the Cambodia Women for Peace and development (CWPD) and Live and Learn Cambodia (LLC), with whom we collaborate closely.

Description du poste :

In cooperation with the Asia Regional Director, the Country Representative will be in charge of declining and unfolding Geres regional strategy at national level with the programme team. She / he will represent Geres in the country, lead fundraising efforts and oversee all projects / programmes in cooperation with managers and Finance and Admin department. She / he will primarily guide and support country office teams in achieving optimal office and project management. She / he will ensure compliance, quality of implementation, monitoring and reporting are performed properly.

In Cambodia, she / he will specifically support and coach the Programme Manager and other senior project staff as they are deployed, in overseeing Project Cycle Management and ensuring the quality & impact of the portfolio of projects.

She / He will work in close coordination with Financial Controller and key subject matters experts based in HQ.

She / he will liaise with donors, partners, the NGO and IO networks and coordinate Geres communication and advocacy towards national and local authorities.

ACTIVITIES

As Technical Assistant for CHILL and CapCEE

1 / Oversee Project Cycle Management

Lead and support project staff & partners in planning, coordinating, implementing and monitoring activities

Support the monitoring and evaluation process, in particular by developing methodologies M&E tools to

measure the results and impacts of the projects

Smoothly tackle implementation constraints and put in place the necessary corrective measures in

consultation with stakeholders (including authorities, partners, and beneficiaries) and Geres management

Supervise and ensure compliance in the use of external service providers, internal support missions and other

suppliers

Ensure quality and timely preparation of internal and external reports

Ensure and maintain a knowledge management system, incl. archival and sharing

Ensure ownership and capacity building of the team across the entire project cycle management

2 / Manage project partnerships

Monitor, assess and facilitate the work with the implementing partners. Understand their mandate and

agendas, nurture their involvement in the project

Ensure commitments of Geres towards its partners are dully filled and reciprocally, that project partners

abide by their respective commitments towards Geres

Prevent and, if need be, solve issues and disputes with partners

3 / Supervise administrative, logistical, and financial management of the project

Develop and / or guarantee a framework of operations and responsibilities between the stakeholders in

accordance with the rules of the financial partners

Supervise the planning and delivery of financial expenditures and accounting flows in collaboration with the

Administrative and Finance Officer

Communicate to teams and ensure compliance with logistical, administrative, and financial procedures

As Country Representative

1 / Lead and facilitate development of country strategy in coherence with Geres Regional Strategy

Analyse the country context, strengths / weaknesses / challenges / opportunities

Develop networks and identify strategic partnerships with donors, international NGOs, national CSOs, national and local authorities, private sector.

Implement the country strategy; evaluate and update if deemed necessary

Be active part to the regional strategy development

2 / Fundraising & project / programme portfolio development in coherence with the country strategy

Perform prospective work and develop field understanding of the country, also beyond current zones / topics of interventions

Prospectively identify funding opportunities

Identify partnership opportunities in order to prepare swiftly concepts and consortium ahead of calls for proposals

Organise the development of funding proposals (narrative and budget) in country, following the existing procedure in close collaboration with the Regional Director and HQ

3 / Overseeing the portfolio of projects

Coordinate the implementation of all projects / consultancies with managers / experts and teams assigned to action

Follow-up on indicators, activities / impact related objectives and deliverables. If needed, ensure challenges are identified and corrective measures taken

4 / Representation of Geres amongst key stakeholders in-country and with the support of the Regional Director

Ensure proactive and regular communication with institutional partners and development stakeholders

Manage the external communication of Geres in- country, with the support of Comms officer and HQ Comms Department

Relay key relevant information to Regional Director and HQ

Integrate and maintain relation with relevant networks in-country (NGOs, Groupe Initiative, Energy related platforms and networks)

5 / Supervision of human resources, administration & finance

Ensure the good management of the office related to Human Resources, logistics, administration, and finance / accounting. Make sure that the national legislation is duly respected.

Organise and regularly check the quality / consistency of the budget planning, disbursement plans, financial and accounting reporting.

Ensure that all practices and processes are in line with the rules and procedures developed by the Finance and Admin Department of Geres.

In line with Geres HR policy and for national colleagues, supervise the elaboration of the Country-level HR policy, submit it to Regional Direction / HR at HQ for validation

6 / Management and animation of the team

Ensure hierarchical management of the Cambodia team (recruitment, on / off boarding, training, appraisal, workload, work planning and prioritisation of tasks)

Develop skills and competencies, support and include members of the Cambodia team

Maintain a team atmosphere and ensure information flows amongst the members of the team

Ensure the well-being and proper work conditions for the team

7 / Management of partnerships

Monitor, assess, and facilitate project partnerships, including prospective and / or strategic partnerships.

Facilitate the identification and formalisation of partnerships at country level

8 / Management of in-country Security

Continuously assess and analyse context, key actors, and incidents

Follow-up on these contextual analyses and liaise with Regional Director

Keep up to date the required security documents / processes, ensure proper diffusion to members of the team after Regional Director / HQ Security focal point validation

Ensure security and internal rules are respected in-country and by everyone

Manage incidents (in line with the Executive Director for critical incidents), relay key relevant information to Regional Director and HQ

Integrate relevant national security networks

Profil recherché :

Education and experience

A relevant Master's Degree in energy efficiency, or equivalent required

2 years experience in project management (required)

Experience in the field of sustainable development and / or energy transition (appreciated)

Confirmed experience of representation towards local authorities, donors, national or international partners strongly (appreciated)

Skills

Required skills :

Commitment, dynamism, and strong enthusiasm for international development work

management skills including strengthening colleagues and ability to delegate

Proficiency in Project Cycle Management (including logical framework Development, theory of change, M&E systems)

Demonstrated understanding of the energy-climate nexus in developing countries

Comfortable with high-level governmental / institutional and private sector relationships

Excellent writing and reporting skills

Capacity to adapt and adjust

Capacity to convince, negotiation skills

Sense of diplomacy

Comfortable with public speaking

Team player with capacity to work in a multicultural environment

Fluency in English both written and spoken required

Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite

Appreciated skills :

Conversant with energy, climate change and building energy efficiency themes

Capacity to build a strategic vision

Capacity to identify and formulate project proposals

Intermediate knowledge of French

Rigor, autonomy, flexibility, and attention to detail, including in meeting deadlines

Working knowledge of gender principles and main applied tools in the development sector

Skills that would be an asset :

Previous experience in South-East Asia is an asset

Knowledge of training process and capacity building

Previous experience as a Country Representative is an asset