Consultant to Design and Support Implementation of a Strategic Advocacy Mentorship Programme for CRC-Cambodia Members and Project Partners
- Career Category: Consultancies
- Location: Phnom Penh
Summary
OVERALL OBJECTIVE
To design and directly implement a structured, policy-oriented advocacy mentorship programme that strengthens the strategic advocacy capacity of at least five selected CRC-Cambodia members and project partners, enabling improved evidence-based policy engagement at national and sub- national levels.
EXPECTED OUTCOMES
The programme is expected to result in:
- Improved advocacy planning and policy engagement strategies among participating CSOs.
- Stronger alignment with UNCRC Concluding Observations, UPR recommendations, General
- Comments, and national reform priorities.
- Increased use of policy analysis, stakeholder mapping, and structured engagement approaches.
- Enhanced integration of GEDSI and child participation principles.
- Basic systems established for tracking advocacy outcomes and documenting lessons learned.
SCOPE OF WORK
The scope will focus on design + pilot implementation for 5 organizations, with practical and streamlined outputs.
- Inception and rapid capacity assessment
- Development of a practical mentorship framework
- Development of essential advocacy tools
- Direct mentorship and coaching (pilot phase)
- Documentation and final reporting
DURATION AND LEVEL OF EFFORT
The consultancy will be structured as follows:
- Duration: 4 months (June -Sep 2026)
- Estimated level of effort: 20–25 working days
- Duty station: Phnom Penh (with limited sub-national travel if required)
DELIVERABLES
- Inception Report
- Rapid Advocacy Capacity Assessment Summary 3. Strategic Advocacy Mentorship Framework
- Practical Advocacy Toolkit
- Facilitation of 2 group mentorship workshops 6. Individual coaching sessions for 5 CSOs
- Final report including:
- Summary of achievements
- Assessment of advocacy improvements
- Documented lessons learned
- Recommendations for future scaling
Eligibility
- The consultant should demonstrate:
- Advanced degree in public policy, governance, law, social sciences, or related
- Minimum 8 years of experience in advocacy or civil society strengthening
- Experience designing and delivering coaching or mentoring programmes
- Strong understanding of Cambodia’s policy environment
- Familiarity with UNCRC, UPR processes, General Comments, and OPs
- Experience integrating GEDSI and PSEA into advocacy work
- Strong facilitation and coaching skills
- Excellent analytical and report writing skills
- Demonstrated ethical standards and safeguarding commitment
- Do not have any history of child abuse and SAY NO TO CHILD ABUSE/PSEA.
- The consultant team should comprise both national and international experts to ensure strong contextual understanding of advocacy environment while also linking strategies to relevant regional & global frameworks and emerging trends.
