Program Director for Cambodia Indigenous Peoples Organization (CIPO)
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| For : | Cambodian Only |
| Categories : | Community Development, Rural development |
| Schedule : | Full time job |
| Sex : | Male, Female |
| Language : | Khmer, English |
| Location : | Phnom Penh |
| Hiring : | 1 Position |
| Closing Date : | 12th January 2025 |
| Salary : |
$1,800 - $2,700
|
| Experience : | Minimum 8 years |
| Degree : | Bachelor |
Job Description
Cambodia Indigenous Peoples Organization (CIPO) is a neutral, non-governmental, and not-for-profit organization officially registered with the Ministry of Interior (MoI). CIPO's head office is located in Phnom Penh, with sub-offices in Preah Vihear, Ratanakiri, and Mondulkiri provinces. CIPO is fully led and managed by Indigenous People (IP), working to strengthen the capacity and support the strategic initiatives of IPs in natural resource management, cultural identity preservation, and socio-economic development. A five-year strategic plan (2025–2029) has been developed to serve as a roadmap guiding CIPO's operations.
- Program Director
Job Responsibilities & Duties
- Program development and coordination
- Lead the development of organizational program strategy and approaches
- Design/develop projects based on CIPO’s mission and strategies, responding to the needs of communities and requirements of donors
- Initiate innovative approaches for program implementation
- Develop project implementation plans and schedule
- Manage all program activities, including solving emerged issues
- Lead all important project events
- Work with Finance and Operation Director to ensure that project staff have all relevant materials and resources needed for project implementation
- Ensure cross-project coordination to achieve smooth, effective, and efficient implementation of all projects (through meetings; cross-project communications)
- Laisse and foster effective communication with the project team and external stakeholders
- Program quality assurance and reporting
- Lead the development of monitoring and evaluation framework
- Ensure that monitoring and evaluation activities are regularly conducted
- Train and coach project staff to use monitoring tools and process
- Lead to conduct program team reflections
- Initiate and lead annual field monitoring at communities
- Ensure continuous improvement of program implementation as results of monitoring, evaluation and learning from experiences
- Write all program and project reports to donors and stakeholders
- Coordinate with/support external consultant to conduct evaluation
- Proposal development and fundraising
- Lead the development of fundraising strategy
- Support the Executive Director in all kinds of project proposal development
- Together with the Executive Director, identify potential donors for proposal submission
- Provide data and information from projects relevant for proposal writing
- Maintain good relationships with current donors, partners and stakeholders
- Work closely with Director to respond to donors’ requirements as needed
- Budget management
- Support the Executive Director in developing project budget into the proposal
- Monitor budget expenses of all projects, take actions if needed
- Approve project budget, project cash advance according to authorization level
- Monitor closely that budget spending is consistent with the budget lines approved by donors in the contract
- Raise budget issues (deficits/surplus) for solutions
- Staff supervision and coaching
- Participate in the recruitment of project coordinators and project staff
- Develop/update job descriptions of all project staff for Executive Director’s approval
- Supervise project coordinators: work allocation, provide directions or guidance
- Provide good leadership to all staff, and initiate to develop good relationships
- Monitor performance of supervisees (e.g. though line supervision meeting)
- Conducting annual performance appraisals to supervisee
- Take actions on staff disciplinary matters wherever needed
- Ensure that project staff understand and comply with organizational policies and procedures
- Work with Finance/Operation Director to create staff capacity development plan, and coordinate the implementation
- Assess capacity development needs of project staff – identify skill gaps
- Provide on-going coaching to supervisees to develop and increase his/her capacity over time
- Organizational development
- Coordination the development of CIPO strategic plan, and operational plan
- Identify organizational development (OD) needs, and initiate ways for improvement
- Lead the review of management systems, process, structure and policies
- Ensure that all necessary management information systems needed to support the development of organization strategies are in place
- Lead all organizational development activities and events
- External relationships
- Work with management team and consultants as appropriate to develop CIPO’s marketing and publicity strategies.
- Represent the organization to external stakeholders at meeting, workshops, networking, etc.
- Present CIPO programs to external stakeholders, especially donors
- Represent the organization within the different partners includes working to create strategic connections for potential donors/partners/communities and project development
- Develop regional and international links that have the potential to benefit CIPO
- Support the functioning of Board
- Work closely with the Executive Director to review the functioning of the board, and take actions to improve board functioning (e.g. suggestion for new board members, by-laws revision, etc.)
- Produce program report for the board as required, and invite board members to engage in some program activities as appropriate
- Attend Board meetings and contribute to the work of the board by advising in an ex-officio capacity.
- If requested, assist in producing minutes and documentation of board meeting and decisions
- Generally
- Deputize the Executive Director once absence and as requested
- Other reasonable tasks maybe requested by Management Team or Executive Director
Job Requirements
- At least Bachelor degree in development, management or related field
- At least 8 years working experiences in program management in development context
- Strong skills in project design/development, and proposal development
- Strong project monitoring and evaluation skills (approach, tools, process)
- Excellent analytical skills and report writing skills
- Experiences in organizational development (policies, procedures, strategies)
- Excellent leadership, communication, and interpersonal skills
- Good skills in coaching and mentoring to develop staff capacity
- Proficiency in Khmer and advanced level in English (verbal and written)
- Knowledge on indigenous people is a plus
- Ability to perform multi-tasks, meet deadlines and work under pressure
- Systematic working and strive for high-quality standards
- Excellent delegation, prioritization, people, and time management skills
- Quick learner, and willingness to empower/develop capacity of people
- Commitment to the mission and values of CIPO
How to Apply?
Interest candidates are requested to submit their CV and cover letter to email provided in the contact details.
Cambodians and/or Indigenous People of Cambodia are encouraged to apply.
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Organization Information (Opening jobs)
| Organization : | Cambodia Indigenous Peoples Organization (CIPO) |
| Contact Name : | Cambodia Indigenous Peoples Organization |
| Email : | info@cipocambodia.org |
| Website : |
http://cipocambodia.org |
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