National Advocacy Officer
Position Circumstances
- Career Category: Advocacy, Communications, Business Administration
- Schedule:Full-time
- Salary: Based on Experience
Reports to: Executive Director or designated senior management
Duty Station: Cambodia Women Entrepreneurs Association (CWEA), Phnom Penh, Cambodia, with travel to provinces as required
Contract: Full-time position is up to 31 March 2027 (possible for extension upon available budget)
To support this effort, CWEA is seeking a National Advocacy Officer to provide dedicated capacity to implement the Advocacy Strategy and Action Plan. The National Advocacy Officer will systematically engage and consult with members, translate evidence and business concerns into clear advocacy messages and policy recommendations, strengthen relationships with government and other stakeholders, coordinate advocacy initiatives, and ensure effective two-way communication so that members are informed, consulted and meaningfully represented in policy dialogue.
Purpose of the Position
To support CWEA in implementing its Advocacy Strategy and Action Plan by coordinating evidence- based advocacy, maintaining effective relationships with government and strategic stakeholders, strengthening member engagement and feedback mechanisms, and ensuring that CWEA’s advocacy messages, positions and achievements are communicated consistently and strategically.
Duties & Responsibilities:
- Key Responsibilities
- Implement CWEA’s advocacy priorities: Coordinate the day-to-day implementation of CWEA’s Advocacy Strategy and Action Plan, including identifying opportunities to raise priority issues and following up on agreed advocacy actions.
- Consult members and identify priority policy issues: Engage regularly with CWEA members, provincial chapters and relevant committees to understand business challenges and identify issues that require advocacy or policy engagement.
- Support CWEA’s engagement with government: Identify relevant opportunities for CWEA to engage with government and support CWEA leadership to prepare for meetings, consultations and other policy discussions. Follow up on issues and commitments after this engagement.
- Support CWEA’s participation in the Government-Private Sector Forum (G-PSF):
- Coordinate CWEA’s participation in relevant G-PSF working groups and other government- private sector dialogue mechanisms, including preparing issues for discussion and following up on outcomes.
- Prepare advocacy positions and materials: Gather and analyze relevant information, including member feedback, surveys, research and CWEA’s White Paper, and use this information to prepare practical talking points, briefing notes, policy recommendations and other materials needed for advocacy.
- Coordinate advocacy across CWEA: Work closely with CWEA’s Board, Secretariate and relevant committees to ensure that advocacy priorities reflect issues emerging from CWEA’s different areas of work and that there is a coordinated approach to advocacy.
- Build and maintain stakeholder relationship: Maintain regular engagement with relevant ministries, government agencies, private sector organizations, development partners and other stakeholders that can support CWEA’s advocacy priorities.
- Support CWEA representative: Help Board and committee members prepare for policy dialogues, meetings and public engagements so they can clearly communicate CWEA’s positions and the concerns of its members.
- Communicate advocacy work to members: Keep members informed about the issues CWEA is advocating for, progress made, government responses and relevant policy developments, working with CWEA’s communication committee where appropriate.
- Track advocacy progress and follow-up: Maintain a practical record of priority issues, engagements, government responses, commitments and follow-up actions so that CWEA can track progress and continue its advocacy over time.
- Expected Outputs
- Maintain an advocacy action plan: develop and maintain a rolling advocacy action plan covering priority issues, target decision-markers, engagement opportunities, responsibilities and timelines. The initial plan should cover the period through March 2027 and identify possible priorities for the subsequent period.
- Identify priority advocacy issues: Work with CWEA members, chapters, committees, Board and Secretariat to identify and prioritize key issues for CWEA’s advocacy efforts.
- Support Policy Engagement: Support CWEA’s participation in relevant government consultations, G- PSF working groups and other policy dialogues, including preparation and follow-up.
- Prepare advocacy materials: Produce talking points, briefing notes, policy recommendations and other materials as needed to support priority advocacy engagements.
- Track advocacy progress: Maintain a practical record of issues raised, government responses, commitments and follow-up actions, and provide regular updates to CWEA leadership.
- Strengthen CWEA’s advocacy capacity: Provide practical support and coaching to Board members, committees and other CWEA representatives to strengthen their participation in policy discussions and engagement with government.
Benefits:
- Salary and Benefits: A competitive salary and benefits package will be offered based on qualifications and relevant experience
Expected Profile of Candidates
Languages:
- English - Good
- Khmer - Fluent
Qualifications:
- Bachelor's Degree in communications and advocacy, public policy, business administration or a related field
Work History:
- Advocacy, policy engagement, private-sector dialogue, campaigns or strategic communications for 3 years
Skills & Knowledge:
General & Technical Skills
- Demonstrated experience engaging government institutions and coordinating with senior stakeholders.
- Experience working with business associations, women’s economic empowerment, MSME development, private-sector development or policy reform is an advantage.
- Strong understanding of Cambodia’s business environment and policy landscape affecting MSMEs and women entrepreneurs.
- Fluency in Khmer (Spoken and Written)
- English (Spoken and Written)
Soft Skills
- Strong interpersonal, facilitation, coordination, negotiation and relationship-management skills.
- Ability to organize multiple priorities, meet deadlines and work independently while coordinating effectively across teams.
- Strong analytical skills and ability to turn qualitative and quantitative evidence into practical advocacy messages.
Program Officer
Position Circumstances
- Career Category: Business Administration
- Schedule:Full-time
- Salary: Based on Experience
CWEA is looking for a potential candidate to fill up a full-time position as below:
Employment: Full-time, 8hours/day, 5days per week
Report to: Executive Director
Duties & Responsibilities:
- Manage and oversee daily activities of Growth & Development committee and Access to finance committee
- Coordinate sales and branding of WE Financial Hub
- Work closely with members to assist and support for providing financial service and Finance Diagnostic and other services under both committee.
- Ensure smooth operations at booths committee
- Coordinate and organize events to support and promote WE Financing Hub and Growth & Development Committee
- Liaise with committees and provide regular reports.
- Build and maintain relationships with internal and external partners.
- Support and assist with all events related to committee and team support.
- Provide general administrative and operational support to the team, Executive Director, Program
- Coordinator, Board, Committees, and members.
Expected Profile of Candidates
Languages:
- English - Good
Qualifications:
- Bachelor's Degree in Business or a related field
Work History:
- Experience in related field for 3 years as a minimum
Skills & Knowledge:
General & Technical Skills
- Computer literacy (MS Office and related tools)
- Good English communication skills
Soft Skills
- Strong communication skills and manage the event and operation
- Ability to handle multiple tasks and work flexibly
- Strong teamwork skills with flexibility in working hours.
Digital-Graphic Design
Position Circumstances
- Career Category: Computer - General, Arts / Graphic Design
- Schedule:Full-time
- Salary: Based on Experience
Employment: Full-time, 8hours/day, 5days per week
Report to: Executive Director
Duties & Responsibilities:
- Daily posting on social media and manage it with interesting content to reach the audient
- Design poster, flier and others pictures for posting
- Control all pictures to be posted
- To ensure quality of picture and select the nice for posting
- Pictures shooting during the events
- Video shooting during event
- Do video slide or presentation slide for association
- Monitor posting and updating interesting content on page
- Video shooting & Editing for association
- Create video shooting board and script for association
- Create & post in social media (Facebook, Website, YouTube, Telegram Channel, TikTok…..)
- Monitor and assign task & training to team (Graphic team)
- Assist general test to team, ED, Boards, Committee and members
Expected Profile of Candidates
Languages:
- English - Good
Qualifications:
- Bachelor's Degree in Graphic design and illustrate
Work History:
- Experience in field for 3 years
Skills & Knowledge:
General & Technical Skills
- Experience be the photo shooting and video shooting
- Experience in social media caption and content
- Skill in Graphic and design
- Computer silks
- English communication
Soft Skills
- Be flexible on the malty job and tasks
- Be flexible work and time, Team work and team support
