Job Title: Regional Manager
Position Type: Full-Time
Duration/Level of Effort: Long-Term
Position Location: In-Person based in Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Summary of Position:
Cowater is looking for an experienced Country Manager to support our in-country program delivery, strategic positioning and continued growth of our donor-funded program portfolio in Cambodia, as well as the Mekong region, as required.
The position provides leadership, management, and oversight of the Cambodia/Mekong region portfolio including business development, client relationship, people management, financial and operational support, security and risk, and technical backstopping.
The Regional Manager will work in partnership with our HQ teams responsible for our core clients (DFAT, GAC, FCDO), and technical service lines (Governance, Trade and Economic Reform, Gender, Disability and Social Development, Human Development, Climate Change and Environment, Monitoring and Evaluation).
Key Responsibilities:
Corporate Initiatives and Operations (5%)
- Cowater legal representative in Cambodia
- Maintain Cowater operations in Cambodia
- Support key client relationship management, marketing, and communications
- Establish close working relationships with Cowater division leads
Business Development (20%)
- Champion business development efforts in Cambodia and the Mekong region
- Build and maintain Cowater’s reputation with existing and prospective clients in the region
- Update and maintain a roster of relevant consultants in the Mekong region
- Provide technical inputs into proposals in relevant areas
Program Management, Leadership and Technical Input (75%)
- Act as a Project Director, Country Manager and/or Contractor Representative on our Cambodia programs and potentially other programs in the Mekong region in areas of Gender, Disability and Social Inclusion (GEDSI), decentralization, regional and local development and economic development.
- Provide onsite management and leadership of Cambodia program team(s), remote management of other programs in the Mekong region, as required
- Support relationship management and engagement with Royal Government of Cambodia counterparts
- Provide operational support to programs
- Build effective working relationships with clients from a wide range of professional and cultural backgrounds; provide troubleshooting guidance where required
- Monitor and communicate key program risks and issues, updates, and milestones to Cowater and stakeholders, clearly, concisely and in a timely fashion
- Work effectively in politically sensitive and challenging environments and apply Cowater's duty of care and safeguarding policy
- Perform additional tasks and field missions according to the needs of Cowater
Experience Profile
- Minimum of 10 years of experience with progressively more responsibility relating to program management and business development in the international development sector
- Experience managing and directing new or existing international development programs/projects, including:
- Supervising and coordinating inputs from field and HQ team members
- Performing quality control on all deliverables
- Engaging in recruitment of program/project staff
- “Hands-on” rigorous management of budgets, contracts and schedules
- Maintaining clear and open communication lines between HQ, the field and clients
- Minimum 5 years working experience in Southeast Asia, Cambodia experience considered an asset
- Experience with international donor reporting requirements
- Technical expertise in one or more of the following areas is considered an asset
- Governance, Trade and Economic Reform
- Gender and Social Development
- Human Development
- Climate Change and Environment
- Monitoring and Evaluation
- Domestic revenue reform and PFM
- Previous experience as a Team Leader / Contractor Representative / Country Manager for a development consultancy working with donors such as DFAT, GAC, EU will be considered an asset
Required Qualifications:
- A Master’s degree in a relevant discipline (project management, economics, political science, international development, business administration, etc.) or equivalent experience.
Required Skills:
- Excellent writing skills (reports, work plans, proposals)
- Strong financial management skills
- Strong managerial and organisational skills
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills
Language:
- Ability to work in English is required, ability to work in Khmer or Vietnamese considered an asset
APPLICATION PROCESS
Candidates are encouraged to apply by Tuesday May 10, 2022 on our Careers Page.
For your application to be considered, please upload your documents as followed: Candidate Last Name, First Name, date, Title of the Position.
Cowater International is an equal opportunity employer, basing employment on merit and qualifications as they relate to professional experience and position expectations. Cowater does not discriminate against any employee or applicant on the basis of race, religion, sex, gender identity, disability, age, or any other basis protected by law.
We thank all applicants, however only those shortlisted will be contacted.
ABOUT US
With more than 35 years’ experience, Cowater International is a global leader in management consulting services specializing in international development and has managed the implementation of over 800 projects in more than 80 countries around the globe. We work with governments, partner organizations, communities and civil society to design and implement sustainable solutions that generate lasting social, financial and environmental impacts. Our adaptive approach to management has led to our yearly award-winning work and recognition as one of Canada’s Best Managed Companies since 2017. Headquartered in Ottawa, Canada, Cowater International also has corporate offices in Montreal, Quebec; London, United Kingdom; Nairobi, Kenya; and Brussels, Belgium, in addition to project offices in a wide variety of other locations across Northern and Sub-Saharan Africa, the Middle East, Latin America, the Caribbean and Asia.
We thank you for your interest in building a better tomorrow with Cowater International.