The Social Protection Coordination Unit of The Council for Agricultural and Rural Development is seeking for a candidate for the position of Technical Advisor for Social Protection from the period of July 2015 to December 2015. Work based in Council of Ministers, Phnom Penh.


Qualifications

• Masters Degree (or above) in Economics, Social Sciences, Demography or any other relevant field;

• Analytical thinking

• Experience with design and/or implementation of social protection;

• Up-to-date knowledge on values and cost-benefits of social protection


Other competencies

• Demonstrated ability to work in a multicultural environment and establish harmonious and effective relationships with national partners;

• Demonstrated leadership, coordination and facilitation skills.

• Familiar with government working system

• Proven writing skills in English and khmer


Major Tasks to be accomplished

• To provide technical support to the Social Protection Coordination Unit (SPCU) of the CARD in leading process for formulation of the new National Social Protection Strategy

• To provide technical support to the SPCU-CARD for implementation monitoring of the conditional cash transfer pilot programmes and to draw lessons learnt from the current pilots

• To provide technical support to the SPCU-CARD for design and implementation of an assessment of social protection targeting tools

• To provide technical support to the SPCU-CARD for operationalization of social protection database and M&E system

• To provide technical support to line ministries in design and implementation of social protection programmes.

• To provide any other support for implementation of the AWP CARD-UNICEF 2016


Budget for the assignment

• The total amount of this assignment will be fully supported by UNICEF based on CARD-UNICEF annual work plan 2014-2015. Total cost: USD10,000 for the period of 5 months

Deadline : 24 July 2015 at 5pm.


Interested Candidates could send CV and cover letter to Mr. Sou Chankresna, via email [email protected]. For more information please contact Mr. Kong Chanthy, Senior officer of Social Protection Coordination Unit via Tel: 099 79 89 99. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.