The Kingdom of Cambodia
Nation Religion King
National Committee for Sub–National Democratic Development Secretariat (NCDDS)
Job Advertisement – Short Term Consultancy
National Climate Change Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist
and National Climate Resilient Infrastructure Specialist to Conduct
Annual Performance Assessment of District/Municipal Governments
Local Governments and Climate Change (LGCC) is a project of the National Committee for Sub-National Democratic Development (NCDD-S) financed by Swedish International Development Agency (SIDA) and United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF). LGCC implements the Local Climate Adaptive Living (LoCAL) programme of UNCDF which supports climate change adaptation actions by local governments in 10 countries in Asia-Pacific Region and Africa.
The LoCAL methodology uses Performance Based Climate Resilience Grants (PBCRG) which are annual grants to participating local governments. PBCRG are transferred to the budgets of the local governments and are used as top-up funds to finance (1) the cost of climate proofing local infrastructure; (2) the cost of constructing infrastructure that directly supports climate change adaptation; and (3) local services for climate change adaptation. LGCC began with a limited pilot in 2011 and continued with an expanded Phase 2 in 2012-2016. The target local governments of LGCC currently comprise two Districts and one Municipality in Takeo Province, and five Districts in Battambang Province, together with their constituent Communes and Sangkats. LGCC is now in a Bridging Phase of two years (2017-18) after which it is planned to scale up PBCRG to a larger number of Districts. Therefore, during the Bridging Phase, NCDD-S will pilot procedures that will be needed for scale-up.
The NCDD Secretariat is seeking two qualified national short term consultants to Conduct Annual Performance Assessment of District/Municipal Government: (1) National Climate Change Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist and (2) National Climate Resilient Infrastructure Specialist for period from 1st -28th February 2019.
Qualification and Experience Requirements:
1-The national Climate Change Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist is expected to have the following skills and qualifications:
- Graduate degree (master’s preferred) in social science, environmental science, or another relevant discipline;
- At least seven years professional experience post-graduation;
- Strong background in monitoring and evaluation including experience of conducting project evaluations, performance assessments or similar tasks;
- Strong understanding of the impacts of climate change on Cambodian rural communities, and suitable strategies for climate change adaptation;
- Experience of working with Government officials (substantial experience working with sub-national governments preferred);
- Strong numeracy;
- Native Khmer speaker, strong English language skills preferred.
2-The national Climate Resilient Infrastructure Specialist is expected to have the following skills and qualifications:
- Graduate degree (master’s preferred) in civil engineering or a closely related discipline;
- At least seven years professional experience post-graduation;
- Experienced in the design and construction of small-scale rural infrastructure;
- Previous experience in conducting evaluations of the quality of completed small scale rural infrastructure outputs;
- Experience of working with Government officials (substantial experience working with sub-national governments preferred;
- Knowledge of infrastructure development for climate change adaptation will be an advantage;
- Strong numeracy;
- Native Khmer speaker, strong English language skills preferred.
Interested individuals must provide updated CVs and information on their qualifications and experience and must demonstrate how they are qualified to provide the required services along with the name of at least three (3) referees with their contact information. Before you apply, please refer to the Terms of Reference for the above brief outline of required services that is available from the NCDD Website: www.ncdd.gov.kh/jobsprocurement.
Applications that include a cover letter along with CV must be delivered directly, through express mail to the below listed address or alternatively sent by e-mail to Mr. Bith Chankhan, Vice-Chief of Procurement Office or Ms. Sok Ratana, Procurement Officer at NCDDS, Ministry of Interior, Norodom Street, Khan Chamkarmon, Phnom Penh, CAMBODIA from 08:00am to 17:00pm, Monday to Friday or through e-mail at chankhan@ncdd.gov.kh or ratana.sok@ncdd.gov.kh .
The closing date/time is 17:00 hours, 12 December 2018
Only shortlist candidates will be contacted.