Project Officer – Removing Legal Barriers Project
JOB DESCRIPTION
Duty Station:
Phnom Penh
Grade:
Staff Category:
Regular
Position Title:
Project Officer
Purpose of role:
This position will provide technical inputs, coordinate and ensure
the technical quality of the human rights, law and policy aspects
of the project. The Project Officer will contribute to law reviews,
the design of assessments, development of policy briefs, and the
training of case managers, lawyers, judges, community monitors
and advocates. This staff position will also identify opportunities
for advocacy for increased access to HIV services nationally and
will lead efforts to assure legal aid and other relevant services for
those key population groups experiencing police harassment or
violence and/or gender-based violence.
JD ID:
Version:
Issued Date:
Amended Date:
May 18, 2016
Department: Organisational and Development (OID) Unit
Direct Report: Manager: OID
SECTION A - DUTIES/RESPONSIBILITIES:
(These duties are generic and may vary according to the location of deployment)
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Contributing to boost the enabling environment for KHANA’s programming and strategy.
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Help the Manager:OID ensure the technical quality of project activities and products,
including law reviews, assessment designs, policy briefs, and training workshops
Identify opportunities for advocacy for increased access to HIV services nationally
Support efforts to assure legal aid and other relevant services for those key population
groups experiencing police harassment or violence and/or gender-based violence.
Keep up to date with state of the art and updated guidelines related to addressing legal and
structural barriers to HIV services and programs
Provide technical guidance to program partners, and community networks ensuring project
implementation remains technical sound.
Coordinate and facilitate a training on specific topics and develop/adapt curricula and
training/education support materials and tools, as needed
Document the work and processes, including writing regular "success stories" for donors
and reports and to feed for advocacy works
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Coordination, Representation and Advocacy
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Promoting KHANA’s profile
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Represent KHANA, when requested, to provide technical input at the national or regional
level technical working groups and coordination meetings on issues related to service
integration in prevention settings.
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Establish good working relationships and collaborative arrangements with community
groups, donors, governments, and other organizations to ensure harmonized, effective
programming, non-overlap of activities, and the best use of resources.
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Other duties, such as proposal/business development, as assigned
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SECTION B-SCOPE OF AUTHORITY:
Project Officer
T e m p l a t e :
Contribute
to KSP20 by:
Contribute to
effective
programmes by:
% of donors’
allocation
MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES
SUPERVISION
REQUIREMENTS
LEVEL OF AUTONOMY
None
RISK MANAGEMENT
The Project Officer has a role in gauging the likely risk to KHANA’s reputation and standing in
developing strategic messages and external communication and representation.
The position holds to the directions of the Project Manager, and it has the following autonomy:
Represent KHANA externally
Communicate directly with external stakeholders under advice of supervisor
Request for contribution and support from other teams/departments
The Project Officer works in team with other staff within the OID and Policy Team and across
departments and ensures that all other team members are updated about his/her progress.
S/He is required to keep tracks of his/her work in Advocacy Log and weekly highlight.
SECTION C- PERSON SPECIFICATION
The person specification describes the professional/technical qualifications, skills, knowledge and experience and personal
competencies required for this post.
DESIRABLE
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Experience with government
protocol
Experience in health sector
and MARPs
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Efficiency and Effectiveness
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Takes responsibility for decision-making and efficient use of
resources
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Creates a collegial environment across KHANA to
encourage, enable and maintain our culture achieving
results together and role modelling KHANA values
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Develops and encourages new and innovative solutions
both on a personal level and by working with others to take
disciplined risks
Good Governance
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Encourages participation in decision making
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Operates with honesty, openness, and transparency
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Is perceived to act with and value integrity
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Skills
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Bachelor Degree in Laws, public Administration and Policy,
Social Science, Public Relation, Media and journalism,
and/or public health
Minimum 2 years’ experience in Policy and Advocacy
Proven experience in writing policy brief, concise reports,
research, and case studies in both English and Khmer
Proven effective project management skills
Proven experience working with I/NGOs in similar functional
area
Proven knowledge in political environment, and government
systems
Experience organising high level events
Strong written and presentation skills in Khmer and English
Strong communication skills
Strong planning, monitoring, coordination, and negotiation
skills
Ability to plan and organise a substantial workload
comprised of complex, and diverse tasks.
Strong events/campaign management skill
Ability to conduct SWOT analyses on organizations and
programs
Understand and commit to KHANA’s Values and mission:
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Education, Training and
Experience
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Continual Learning
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Sets ambitious and challenging goals for self ,takes
responsibility for own personal development, and
encourages team to do the same
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Engages and motivates others by widely sharing their
personal vision for KHANA
T e m p l a t e :
CRITERIA
Project Officer
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Future oriented, strategic and global thinker. Willing to take
on new ideas and incorporate them into own plans.
Collaborations and Partnership
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Builds and maintains effective relationships with external
contacts colleagues, members, donors and partners
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Values diversity as a source of competitive strength
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Approachable, diplomatic, and supportive, with welldeveloped listening skills.
Gender Transformation
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Believes in the necessity of equal access to employment
and services
Personal Competencies
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A high commitment to honesty, good governance and high
professional ethics
Able to cope with pressure and to work flexibly to ensure
that organisational objectives are met
Effective team member
Proactive and able to use own initiative
Reliable and attentive to detail
Able to work in a diverse team, and to work with partners &
beneficiaries (who may often be from vulnerable groups) in
a professional and non-judgemental manner
Willing and able to take part in field visits to Implementing
Partners to understand KHANA program
Willing to travel within Cambodia
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Proven ability to innovate and
set high assignment goals
Strong representation skills
SECTION D - DECLARATION
This Job Description is a true reflection of the tasks, functions, and responsibilities of the job.
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Immediate supervisor
Date: ______________
REVIEWED BY:
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Chief of HR Unit
Date: ______________
APPROVED BY:
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Executive Director
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AGREED BY:
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Staff Member
Date: ______________
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DEVELOPED BY:
Project Officer