Job Announcement

Community Engagement Senior Coordinator, and Community Engagement Programme Officer

with Conservation International
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BTDC-ID: 26136
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Announcement Positions

Announcement Description

Conservation International-Cambodia Program (CI) has worked in Cambodia since 2002. CI has multiple conservation projects in the Central Cardamom Mountains National Park (CCMNP), Tonle Sap Great Lake, Prey Lang Wildlife Sanctuary, and in the Veun Sai-Siem Pang National Park. CI works in partnership with the Ministry of Environment, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries, other international conservation and development organizations, local non-governmental organizations and the private sector. Conservation International (CI) is currently accepting expressions of interest from qualified candidates for the following positions:

Announcement Positions

Community Engagement Senior Coordinator (3 Positions)

Position Circumstances
  • Career Category: Social Work, Community Development, Rural development
  • Schedule:Full-time
  • Salary: N/A
Position Summary

Type of Contract: Full-time employment under one year fixed term contract (renewable)

Reporting to: PLWS Landscape Manager

Position Summary:

The Community Engagement Senior Coordinator, leading the community engagement and livelihood team, operates across four provinces within the Prey Lang Wildlife Sanctuary (PLWS). This role involves implementing activities for the JCM REDD+ project, enhancing community capacity, and collaborating with various stakeholders. The coordinator plays a crucial role in empowering communities, managing carbon revenue, and aligning activities with REDD+ Project goals.

Additionally, this position ensures strong community ties and compliance with project standards, including safeguarding and gender policies. Working with internal teams such as Law Enforcement, Biodiversity and Science, and Conservation and Technology, the coordinator promotes diversity, equity, and inclusion at the project level.

 
 

Community Engagement Programme Officer (3 Positions)

Position Circumstances
  • Career Category: Community Development, Rural development, Social Work
  • Schedule:Full-time
  • Salary: N/A
Position Summary

Type of Contract: Full-time employment under one year fixed term contract (renewable)

Reporting to: Community Engagement Senior Coordinator

Duty Station One position based at Koh Kong Field Office, one position based at Pursat Field Office, and one position based at Phnom Penh

Position Summary:

The Community Engagement Programme Officer will work to support the capacity and agency of the communities who are participating in the Central Cardamom (CC) REDD+ Project, to engage with all other active stakeholders in the Project. The position will initially support on facilitating the development of REDD+ Community Communities (RCCs). The RCCs are locally based institutions which are representative of the participating communities and can be used as a vehicle for activities, information flows, participatory decision making and external representation. After they have been formed, this position will support on strengthening and supporting the operational and managerial capacity of these institutions to engage with the REDD+ Project activities. This will primarily focus on supporting the communities to generate, receive and use carbon revenue generated from the CC REDD+ project.

This role will work closely with communities based in the Cardamom Mountains and will utilize strong facilitation and engagement skills to build relationships and trust with a number of external stakeholders. Internally, the position will work with a variety of internal teams including the Governance Team, Law Enforcement Team, Biodiversity and Science Team, Safeguarding Team, Sustainable Livelihoods Team and the Conservation and Technology Team. This position will work to ensure that the project is in compliance with safeguards, gender and other donor and CI requirements and will also help to mainstream and raise the profile of diversity, equity, and inclusion at the project level.

 

How to Apply

More information, please refer to the Job Description. Interested candidates are invited to submit a cover letter clearly indicating the position title, working based area along with a current CV (Cover letter & CV shall be combined into only one PDF file if submitted the application via email) to email or hand delivery to CI Office provided in the contact details.

CI is committed to achieving workforce diversity in terms of gender, nationality and culture. Individuals from all backgrounds, women and persons with disabilities are equally encouraged to apply. Only applicants short-listed for interviews will be notified.

Attachment:
  • JD_Community Engagement Programme Officer_Bongthom Website
  • JD_Community Engagement Senior Coordinator_Bongthom website
 

Contact Details

Office Address
  • Phnom Penh Center, Building D–2nd Floor, Room 259, Preah Sothearos corner of Preah Sihanouk Blvd, Sangkat Tonle Basak, Khan Chamkar Mon, Phnom Penh, Cambodia
 
Contact Name
  • Conservation International
 
Email