Program Coordinator - Phnom Penh, Cambodia

WaterAid

Long-term contract
Localisation Phnom Penh, Cambodia
No remote
From 3 to 10 yrs of exp.
Posted on 11-12-2026

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Job Responsibilities & Duties

  • Grant Management and reporting
  • Manage and hold responsibility on assigned grants and budget for effective project delivery.
  • Consolidate inputs, prepare program design, annual plans, monitoring plan and budgets to meet with grant compliance.
  • Lead internal and donor narrative, and grant report.
  • National and sub-national support and coordination support
  • Work with sector partners, support MRD to formulate and execute national WASH and climate resilience action plans priorities
  • Supervise program team and provincial staff to strengthen sub-national sector capacity, and maintain commitments with relevant local private sector actors for improving WASH services in target provinces.
  • Facilitate and support women, rights-holder organisations and people experiencing marginalisation to be active WASH players in national and sub-national WASH governance structures
  • Facilitate and actively engage in national sector discussions and events
  • Program Development Management, Quality and Effectiveness
  • Work with program team, conceptualise and deliver learning products and documentation of impact from program implementation.
  • Work with Learning Effectiveness Campaign and Communication (LECC) team to update and improve program monitoring as well as project data management.
  • Lead and support project team to develop, design Program Monitoring and Learning (PMEL)
  • Support project team, partners where is possible, for timely data collection, monitoring and reporting
  • Utilise the technical support of Equity &Inclusion team, design and implement gender, disability and social inclusion integrated programs.
  • Strengthen WASH governance and systems, focusing on working through government, civil society, and service providers to strengthen institutional governance and increase public funding, accountability, capacity for the water and sanitation sector.
  • Manage and ensure program quality in designed targets provinces aligned with WaterAid’s program quality standard.
  • Conduct program monitoring and supervision and reflections with project team and local partners for improving program quality and strategy.
  • Organisational responsibilities
  • Supervise team members
  • Inputs to development of WaterAid Cambodia’s annual Business Plans, strategies and reports.
  • Lead on promoting collaboration across programs and teams.
  • Contribute to WaterAid Cambodia working groups (e.g. gender, water quality, behaviour change) where relevant
  • Maintain positive relationships with other WaterAid Country Programs working on WASH planning and sector strengthening and actively engage in relevant learning forums.
  • Represent WaterAid when delegated at external forums.
  • Other tasks as required by managers to contribute to achieving WaterAid Cambodia’s strategy.

Profile

Job Requirements

Languages:

  • Khmer - Good
  • English - Good

Qualifications:

  • Master's Degree
  • Bachelor's Degree in Water Sanitation and Hygiene, Water Resource Management, Environmental Sciences, public policy, public administration, development management or related field

Work History:

  • Development program for 5 years
  • Managing WASH related project for 4 years as a minimum

Skills & Knowledge:General & Technical Skills

  • Qualification in governance or WASH related fields.
  • Working in partnership with national and sub-national government partners, civil society organizations, and other stakeholders on WASH governance and service delivery.
  • Conducting assessments, developing and implementing WASH governance and services improvement interventions, and monitoring and evaluating impact.
  • Working with national government institutions.
  • Related work experience in good governance and service delivery in Water, WASH and Climate Change sector.
  • Experience working with national and sub-national government.
  • Experience conducting assessments, developing and implementing WASH governance and services improvement
  • Experience in project management
  • Facilitation and communication skills in Khmer and English (both written and verbal), good editing skills and the ability to tailor communication materials for different audiences.
  • Hold track record of project management.
  • Writing briefing notes and reports.
  • Knowledge of national WASH initiatives/strategy
  • Critical thinking and data analysis skills
  • Skill in designing and facilitating knowledge sharing and events
  • Proficiency in computer skill: MS Office (Excel, PPT, Word)
  • Strong technical expertise in WASH governance and services improvement, including knowledge of best practices and standards and good reporting and documentation skills.
  • Good analytical skills and reporting
  • Good knowledge on partnership development and management
  • Excellent skills on multi-stakeholders' collaboration and engagement

Soft Skills

  • Results oriented and commitment to deadlines
  • Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, collaborative style and ability to forge new relationships and partnerships
  • Being open to learn, experiment and take risks
  • A strong commitment to gender sensitive, inclusive and pro-poor development work
  • Demonstrate a good ethical value with team, and organization
  • Commitment to Child Safeguarding and to the WaterAid values of integrity, respect, collaboration, courage, accountability and innovation
  • Ability to travel within Cambodia and internationally

WaterAid

WaterAid's goal: to change the world through water. Along with decent toilets and good hygiene, a reliable supply of clean water is essential for health, dignity and a life full of opportunity.

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  • Between 250 and 2000 employees
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