Background

• Support Government’s implementation of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (implemented by UNDP);
• Support Disabled People’s Organisations to raise the voice and protect the rights of people with disability (implemented by UNDP);
• Support rehabilitation sector system strengthening (implemented by WHO);
• Inclusive governance and inclusive community development (implemented by UNICEF).

The programme will be governed by a Programme Board, composed chaired by the UN Resident Coordinator and a representative of the Government. Under the Programme Board there will be a Technical Review Committee responsible for technical oversight of the programme. Under the direct supervision of the Chair of the Programme’s Technical Review Committee (TRC) the Programme Coordinator/Chief Technical Specialist will manage the Programme Coordination Team which has the overall responsibility for coordinating between the key partners and programme component areas to achieve the programme results (outputs).

Duties and Responsibilities

• Coordination of the joint programme, management of the Programme Coordination Team and secretariat to the Programme Board and TRC;
• Provide technical advisory input and oversight for the overall implementation of the programme;
• Develop and strengthen partnership and coordination between UN Agencies, the Government, Civil Society Organisations (CSOs), and development partners to support the implementation of the programme; and
• Facilitate knowledge building activities among stakeholders.

• Formulate and implement Annual and Quarterly work plans, and consolidate the Annual and Quarterly reports for the review of the Programme Unit before submitting to UN agencies/Programme Board;
• Coordinate and compile a consolidated annual progress reports to Multi Partner Trust Fund Office (MPTF);
• Perform the role of secretariat for the Programme Board and the TRC;
• Provide close and regular support to the implementing entities for the implementation of various components of the programme;
• Provide advice to the Programme Coordination Team and implementing agencies in coordinating and supervising activities of national and international experts and consultants to secure timely production of planned outputs and the review of these outputs;
• Coordinate and liaise with stakeholders – including line ministries, development partners, civil society, indigenous peoples and the private sector;
• Bring key and sensitive issues affecting the programme implementation to the TRC for ensuring a timely solution and adjustments for an efficient and effective implementation of the programme;
• Provide advice and inputs in identification of technical expertise and preparation of TORs, identification and evaluation of experts, and reviewing reports produced;
• Support the TRC to strengthen the communications with its members;
• Provide guidance to Programme team members and implementing agencies on project management, oversight, coordination, planning and reporting when needed;
• Lead funds mobilization activities.

• Coordination, oversight and quality assurance of program-wide monitoring and evaluation;
• Provide strategic guidance to ensure the programme’s progress towards achieving its outcomes;
• Review of relevant policies and development of policy frameworks to ensure programme alignment and relevance to national and international priorities;
• Organisation of and substantive contributions to a high level policy dialogue on programme development and ways to further expand and improve the programme and disability-inclusive development in Cambodia;
• Provide guidance on the development of policy options and strategy for the implementation of the Programme to the RGC and other development actors;
• Provide timely, quality information and technical advice to the RGC, UN Agencies, implementing partners, line ministries and other stakeholders to ensure effective development and delivery of the programme.

• Ensure coordination of the programme with other UN initiatives;
• Ensure program-wide communication in a coordinated and complementary way with the component-specific communication activities carried out by each UN agency;
• Ensure communication between different government agencies, national and international initiatives and stakeholders;
• Function as key point of contact and high level program interface with the RGC, the Disability Action Council (DAC) and donors;
• Support implementing agencies’ coordination and communication with relevant stakeholders.

• Share knowledge by documenting and disseminating lessons learnt and best practices from the programme and contributing to the development of knowledge based tools (including policies, strategies, guidelines, etc.);
• Support the development of communications strategies of the programme and provide technical guidance to implement the communications strategies.

• Programme is implemented in a timely, efficient and relevant manner so as to achieve its intended outcomes - resulting in increased opportunities for people with disability to participate in social, cultural, economic and political life and creating a more enabling environment for the promotion and protection of the rights of people with disability;
• High visibility of the Joint UN programme;
• Partnership and relationship of key stakeholders is built and enhanced;
• Strong foundation for the sustainability of the programme results will be built;
• Information gained from the development and implementation of the programme in Cambodia is shared at both the country and international levels;
• Positive perception of society on the benefit of the programme;
• Enhanced capacity within Cambodia to further develop and implement a comprehensive/holistic approach to improve the rights of people with Disabilities.

Competencies

• Promoting Ethics and Integrity / Creating Organizational Precedents;
• Building support and political acumen;
• Building staff competence, Creating an environment of creativity and innovation;
• Building and promoting effective teams;
• Creating and promoting enabling environment for open communication;
• Creating an emotionally intelligent organization;
• Leveraging conflict in the interests of the UN & setting standards;
• Sharing knowledge across the organization and building a culture of knowledge sharing and learning;
• Fair and transparent decision making; calculated risk-taking.

• Creates effective advocacy strategies;
• Contributes to the elaboration of advocacy strategies by identifying and prioritizing audiences and communication means;
• Performs analysis of political situations and scenarios, and contributes to the formulation of institutional responses;
• Uses the opportunity to bring forward and disseminate materials for advocacy work.

• Effectively networks with partners seizing opportunities to build strategic alliances relevant to UN’s mandate and strategic agenda;
• Sensitizes UN Partners, donors and other international organizations to the UN’s strategic agenda, identifying areas for joint efforts;
• Develops positive ties with civil society to build/strengthen UN’s mandate;
• Identifies needs and interventions for capacity building of counterparts, clients and potential partners;
• Displays initiative, sets challenging outputs for him/herself and willingly accepts new work assignments;
• Takes responsibility for achieving agreed outputs within set deadlines and strives until successful outputs are achieved;
• Promotes UN’s agenda in inter-agency meetings.

• Seeks a broad range of perspectives in developing project proposals;
• Generates for regional and innovative ideas and effective solutions to problems;
• Looks at experience critically, drawing lessons, and building them into the design of new approaches;
• Identifies new approaches and promotes their use in other situations;
• Documents successes and uses them to project a positive image;
• Creates an environment that fosters innovation and innovative thinking;
• Makes the case for innovative ideas from the team with own supervisor.

• Analyzes information on potential bilateral donors and national counterparts to recommend a strategic approach;
• Identifies and compiles lessons learned;
• Promotes and encourages country office action with local missions of donor countries as well as appropriate government authorities for increased contribution to UN resources, including cost sharing modalities;
• Identifies country needs and develops proposals to be presented to donors and governments;
• Develops a resource mobilization strategy at the country level.

• Makes the case for innovative ideas documenting successes and building them into the design of new approaches;
• Identifies new approaches and strategies that promote the use of tools and mechanisms;
• Develops and/or participates in the development of tools and mechanisms, including identifying new approaches to promote individual and organizational learning and knowledge sharing using formal and informal methodologies.

• Understands more advanced aspects of primary area of specialization as well as the fundamental concepts of related disciplines;
• Serves as internal consultant in the area of expertise and shares knowledge with staff;
• Continues to seeks new and improved methods and systems for accomplishing the work of the unit;
• Keeps abreast of new developments in area of professional discipline and job knowledge and seeks to develop him/herself professionally;
• Demonstrates comprehensive knowledge of information technology and applies it in work assignments;
• Demonstrates comprehensive understanding and knowledge of the current guidelines and project management tools and utilizes these regularly in work assignments.

• Creates effective global advocacy messages/strategies;
• Contributes to the elaboration of a global advocacy strategy by identifying and prioritizing audiences and messages;
• Performed analysis of political situations and scenarios, and contributes to the formulation of institutional responses;
• Uses the opportunity to bring forward and disseminate materials for global advocacy work and adapts it for use at country level.

• Anticipates client needs;
• Works towards creating an enabling environment for a smooth relationship between the clients and service provider;
• Demonstrates understanding of client’s perspective;
• Keeps the client informed of problems or delays in the provision of services;
• Uses discretion and flexibility in interpreting rules in order to meet client needs and achieve organizational goals more effectively;
• Solicits feedback on service provision and quality.

Required Skills and Experience

• Master degree in Social Sciences, Public Policy/Administration or other related fields.

• At least 7 years of professional experience at the managerial and/or advisory level in the area of relevant programme management and coordination, of which at least three years are at international level.  Experience in area of disability rights is an asset;
• Proven experience in programme management and previous experience of managing large scale projects would be an asset;
• Extensive experience in monitoring and managing formative and summative evaluations;
• Experience of implementing joint-programmes across the UN agencies and across Government are definite advantages;
• Proven experience in coordinating a large multi-disciplinary team of experts and consultants;
• Familiarity in communicating in a clear and articulated manner technical and/or complex issues to different types of audiences;
• Possess political acumen and negotiation skills.

• Proficiency in both spoken and written English; some competency in spoken Khmer is preferable.