Team Leader SDP Cambodia

Tasks

• Project Management & Strategic Leadership: Provide strategic direction to ensure the achievement of targets and objectives outlined in the project logframe.
• Planning & Implementation: Develop and execute annual project plans in accordance with established guidelines and budgets.
• Monitoring & Evaluation: Oversee collaborative project monitoring with staff and partner organisations. Support mid-term reviews and final evaluation.
• Compliance & Reporting: Ensure adherence to guidelines from Swisscontact, the government, and donors, incl. preparing technical/financial reports and supervising the overall project fund management.
• Team & Partner Management: Lead the recruitment, capacity building, and management of project staff, consultants, and implementation partners.
• Representation & Stakeholder Engagement: Lead the external engagements, maintaining effective relationships with donors and stakeholders at national and international levels.

Requirements​​​​​​​

• Master’s degree in Vocational Education and Training (VET), Management, Economics, Business Administration, Social Sciences, or related fields.
• Minimum of 10 years’ experience in a similar role.
• Strong leadership skills with the ability to independently manage a team of local experts.
• Exceptional interpersonal skills with a people-centred approach, including team building, negotiation, and conflict resolution abilities.
• Proven ability to build and manage collaborative, trust-based relationships with government counterparts and public and private sector partners.
• Demonstrated capacity to establish, execute, monitor project plans, evaluate results, and distil lessons learned with various project partners.
• Proficient budgeting, accounting, and reporting skills to ensure smooth financial and administrative project operations.
• Strong communication skills in English
• Willingness to travel occasionally to project sites.

Swisscontact offers attractive working conditions in an international and multicultural context. We see our work as a joint effort in an agile organizational culture: mutual respect, trust and teamwork.

We look forward to receiving your online application with the following documents: letter of motivation, curriculum vitae, diplomas and references. Please apply exclusively via Jobportal. Application deadline: 8 December 2024.

Swisscontact - Fondation suisse pour la coopération technique

Swisscontact est une organisation de développement indépendante à but non lucratif créée en 1959 par des représentants du secteur privé et de la société civile suisse.

Notre travail vise à libérer le potentiel des initiatives privées dans les économies en développement et émergentes. Nous favorisons un développement économique durable et inclusif dans le but d’améliorer la qualité de vie de tous.

Notre travail repose sur trois piliers fondamentaux : Nous renforçons les compétences des individus afin qu’ils puissent améliorer leurs revenus et leurs possibilités d’emploi ; nous améliorons la compétitivité des entreprises afin de les aider à se développer et à devenir plus résistantes ; nous promouvons des systèmes socio-économiques qui favorisent un développement durable pour une prospérité généralisée.

L'organisation est actuellement active dans plus de 130 projets dans 41 pays avec environ 1400 employés. Le siège se trouve à Zurich, en Suisse.