Overview
The Project Assistant will carry out day-to-day project activity implementation and coordination under a regional project. The role will contribute to effective, timely, and quality implementation of project activities at the field level.
Key Responsibilities
- Carry out day-to-day project activity implementation and coordination.
- Support coordination with schools, communities, local authorities, organizations of persons with disabilities (OPDs), and local partners.
- Responsible for activity planning, logistics, procurement, follow-up, documentation of activity, data collection, field monitoring, reporting inputs, and local stakeholder engagement.
- Work closely with the Project Coordinator, technical advisors, MEAL colleagues, and operations teams.
- In the event of a major humanitarian emergency, the role holder may be expected to work outside the normal role profile and be able to vary working hours accordingly.
Required Experience
- At least 3 years of experience in project implementation for development or humanitarian programmes.
- Experience coordinating community-level activities, trainings, workshops, or field operations.
- Experience working closely with local authorities, schools, communities, or civil society organization partners.
- Good computer skills including Microsoft Office applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook).
- Ability to maintain accurate records, activity documentation, and filing systems.
- Willingness and ability to travel regularly to project locations, schools and communities.
- Commitment to child safeguarding, accountability, inclusion, and humanitarian principles.
- Experience in disaster risk reduction, climate resilience, education, early warning systems, or community-based programming (desirable).
- Experience working with organizations of persons with disabilities (OPDs) or disability inclusion initiatives (desirable).
- Experience supporting donor-funded projects, preferably ECHO-funded projects (desirable).
- Knowledge of local context and local government systems in Cambodia (desirable).
- Experience supporting data collection, monitoring, or reporting processes (desirable).
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in development studies, disaster management, education, social sciences, community development, or related field.
- Additional training or certification in disaster risk reduction, climate resilience, humanitarian response, project management, or community development (desirable).
