Cambodia: Chief of Party- NOURISH Project

Oct 10, 2018 | Save the Children
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The Save the Children Fund, commonly known as Save the Children, is an international non-governmental organisation that promotes children's rights, provides relief and helps support children in developing countries.

Save the Children is seeking a Chief of Party (COP) for its NOURISH Project in Cambodia. NOURISH is a five-year USAID and Feed the Future-funded integrated nutrition, hygiene and sanitation project launched in June 2014.  It is led by Save the Children, and implemented in collaboration with the Royal Government of Cambodia (RGC), two international organizations, and three local NGO-partners. NOURISH works to assist RGC in accelerating stunting reduction by focusing on key determinants of chronic malnutrition across different sectors. NOURISH aims to reduce anemia in women and children and reduce the proportion of children who are stunted focusing on “first 1,000 days” families. It is implemented in565 villages across Battambang, Pursat, and Siem Reap provinces. NOURISH achieves its objectives through improving community delivery platforms to support improved nutrition, creating  demand for health, WASH, and agriculture practices, services, and products, expanding supply of agriculture and WASH products using the private sector, and enhancing capacity of sub-national government and civil society for integrated nutrition programming.

The COP is responsible for providing technical leadership and overall management direction for the project including managing two international and three local partners. S/he is also responsible for guaranteeing the quality and timeliness of all project deliverables, developing program approaches and strategy, and representing the project with project counterparts, USAID, RGC, other donors within the sector, and other programs and projects as necessary. S/he is ultimately responsible for ensuring full compliance with Save the Children’s Cooperative Agreement with USAID, overseeing implementation of all project activities and reaching project targets as per approved monitoring and evaluation plan. S/he is responsible to manage the project close out.

Qualifications and experience

Essential:

  • Demonstrated managerial knowledge, skills, and experience to direct the operational activities of a Unit or Team, or provide technical advice, guidance and management related to various size programs, grants or projects.
  • Demonstrated capacity in managing a project of similar or related nature, size, and complexity and experience in project close out especially USAID funded projects.
  • Experience (a minimum of seven years) managing health, nutrition, and/or WASH programs in developing county contexts and, ideally, in Asia.
  • Preferably post-graduate education (master’s or higher) in public health, nutrition, health sciences, engineering or related field.
  • Demonstrated experience interacting with senior officials of the Government of Cambodia, international donors preferably USAID and other relevant stakeholders.
  • Knowledge of and experience with USAID rules and regulations.
  • Practical experience of building, leading and developing a team of senior staff with different backgrounds and expertise to meet programmatic needs.
  • Strong English-language communication skills, both interpersonal and written.
  • Knowledge and working experience of Child’s Rights Programming approach.

Desirable:

  • Extensive experience in Asia, preferably in Cambodia.
  • Experience working for Save the Children.
  • Knowledge of Khmer language preferred but not required.
  • Ability to work with limited supervision.
  • Capacity and willingness to be extremely flexible and accommodating in difficult working circumstances.
  • Commitment to and understanding of child right