Program Coordinator for WASH Governance for WaterAid
| For : | Cambodian Only |
| Categories : | Community Development, Exec. / Management, Research / Development, Resources & Environment, Social Work |
| Schedule : | Full time job |
| Sex : | Male, Female |
| Language : | Khmer, English |
| Location : | Phnom Penh |
| Hiring : | 1 Position |
| Closing Date : | 01st December 2026 |
| Salary : |
Negotiable
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| Experience : | Minimum 5 years |
| Degree : | Master |
WaterAid’s vision is of a world where everyone has access to safe water and sanitation. Our mission is to transform lives by improving access to safe water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) in the world’s poorest communities. WaterAid works with partners to maximise its impacts for policy change/influence. 
WaterAid works through supporting local organisations and government authorities to design and demonstrate appropriate and sustainable WASH programs. WaterAid also seeks to influence policy change through government and other key sector actors to secure and protect the right of poor people to safe, affordable water and sanitation services.
Everything we do is shaped by our six values:
- Integrity
- Respect
- Collaboration
- Courage
- Accountability
- Innovation
WaterAid is a child safe organisation. We recognise that we must meet community expectations and the trust placed in our personnel to maintain the highest standards of conduct with children. Therefore, all positions within WaterAid are required to comply with our Child Safeguarding Policy and Code of Conduct.
WaterAid is committed to protection from sexual exploitation and abuse in everything we do. The values and standards we uphold are highlighted in our Global Code of Conduct. All positions within WaterAid are required to comply with our Global Code of Conduct.
WaterAid passionately believes everyone in the organisation has a role to play in innovation, encourages curiosity about the world and empowering everyone to take action. We recognise that both big and small changes can have positive impacts on our roles, our team and our mission.
- Grant Management and reporting
- Manage and hold responsibility on assigned grants and budget for effective project delivery.
- Consolidate inputs, prepare program design, annual plans, monitoring plan and budgets to meet with grant compliance.
- Lead internal and donor narrative, and grant report.
- National and sub-national support and coordination support
- Work with sector partners, support MRD to formulate and execute national WASH and climate resilience action plans priorities
- Supervise program team and provincial staff to strengthen sub-national sector capacity, and maintain commitments with relevant local private sector actors for improving WASH services in target provinces.
- Facilitate and support women, rights-holder organisations and people experiencing marginalisation to be active WASH players in national and sub-national WASH governance structures
- Facilitate and actively engage in national sector discussions and events
- Program Development Management, Quality and Effectiveness
- Work with program team, conceptualise and deliver learning products and documentation of impact from program implementation.
- Work with Learning Effectiveness Campaign and Communication (LECC) team to update and improve program monitoring as well as project data management.
- Lead and support project team to develop, design Program Monitoring and Learning (PMEL)
- Support project team, partners where is possible, for timely data collection, monitoring and reporting
- Utilise the technical support of Equity &Inclusion team, design and implement gender, disability and social inclusion integrated programs.
- Strengthen WASH governance and systems, focusing on working through government, civil society, and service providers to strengthen institutional governance and increase public funding, accountability, capacity for the water and sanitation sector.
- Manage and ensure program quality in designed targets provinces aligned with WaterAid’s program quality standard.
- Conduct program monitoring and supervision and reflections with project team and local partners for improving program quality and strategy.
- Organisational responsibilities
- Supervise team members
- Inputs to development of WaterAid Cambodia’s annual Business Plans, strategies and reports.
- Lead on promoting collaboration across programs and teams.
- Contribute to WaterAid Cambodia working groups (e.g. gender, water quality, behaviour change) where relevant
- Maintain positive relationships with other WaterAid Country Programs working on WASH planning and sector strengthening and actively engage in relevant learning forums.
- Represent WaterAid when delegated at external forums.
- Other tasks as required by managers to contribute to achieving WaterAid Cambodia’s strategy.
- Khmer - Good
- English - Good
- Master's Degree
- Bachelor's Degree in Water Sanitation and Hygiene, Water Resource Management, Environmental Sciences, public policy, public administration, development management or related field
- Development program for 5 years
- Managing WASH related project for 4 years as a minimum
- Qualification in governance or WASH related fields.
- Working in partnership with national and sub-national government partners, civil society organizations, and other stakeholders on WASH governance and service delivery.
- Conducting assessments, developing and implementing WASH governance and services improvement interventions, and monitoring and evaluating impact.
- Working with national government institutions.
- Related work experience in good governance and service delivery in Water, WASH and Climate Change sector.
- Experience working with national and sub-national government.
- Experience conducting assessments, developing and implementing WASH governance and services improvement
- Experience in project management
- Facilitation and communication skills in Khmer and English (both written and verbal), good editing skills and the ability to tailor communication materials for different audiences.
- Hold track record of project management.
- Writing briefing notes and reports.
- Knowledge of national WASH initiatives/strategy
- Critical thinking and data analysis skills
- Skill in designing and facilitating knowledge sharing and events
- Proficiency in computer skill: MS Office (Excel, PPT, Word)
- Strong technical expertise in WASH governance and services improvement, including knowledge of best practices and standards and good reporting and documentation skills.
- Good analytical skills and reporting
- Good knowledge on partnership development and management
- Excellent skills on multi-stakeholders' collaboration and engagement
- Results oriented and commitment to deadlines
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, collaborative style and ability to forge new relationships and partnerships
- Being open to learn, experiment and take risks
- A strong commitment to gender sensitive, inclusive and pro-poor development work
- Demonstrate a good ethical value with team, and organization
- Commitment to Child Safeguarding and to the WaterAid values of integrity, respect, collaboration, courage, accountability and innovation
- Ability to travel within Cambodia and internationally
Please submit an application to email provided in the contact details with the subject line ‘Application – Program Coordinator’.
Applications for this position must include a resume & a cover letter combine into 1 single file and addressing the above Qualification, Skills and Selection Criteria
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| Organization : | WaterAid |
| Contact Name : | WaterAid Cambodia |
| Email : | cambodia@wateraid.org.au |
| Address : | The Point Community Mall, 2nd floor, Unit 04, Mao Tse Toung Boulevard, Sangkat Tuol Svay Prey Ti Muoy, Khan Boeng Keng Kang, Phnom Penh, Cambodia |
| Website : |
http://www.wateraid.org/au |
