RISE Provincial Coordinator

World Renew in Cambodia and its partners are seeking qualified and motivated professionals to join the Rapid Interventions through Shared Engagement (RISE) Program.

Through a network of faith-based and local partners, RISE aims to strengthen preparedness, accelerate response, and expand anticipatory and early action capacities in high-risk contexts, while also responding in ongoing, complex, and protracted emergencies with lifesaving programming. The ultimate impact is a faster response that reaches affected populations with lifesaving assistance.

For Cambodia, World Renew leads RISE’s Pillar 1: It aims to strengthen global readiness through community preparedness, enabling the activation of the pillar’s rapid response mechanism within 72–96 hours.

Announcement Positions

• Environment: Office
• Languages: English, Khmer
• Location: Phnom Penh

• Career Category: Social Work, Community Development, Rural development, Resources & Environment
• Schedule:Full-time
• Salary: Negotiable

Location: Phnom Penh with regular travel to project provinces

Reporting directly to the Country Director, the RISE Program Coordinator provides strategic technical leadership and oversight for Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) and emergency response initiatives related to the RISE project. This role works closely with the Senior Provincial Officer and provides direct technical support to partners' RISE Provincial Coordinators to build community capacities and facilitate stakeholder engagement. The primary objective is to integrate local disaster risk reduction and preparedness plans into broader development plans, ensuring communities can quickly activate emergency responses to floods, droughts, and other natural disasters.

The coordinator ensures that RISE project activities and emergency response activities are implemented in accordance with World Renew’s safeguarding policies, accountability commitments, and social inclusion principles. This includes identifying and reducing risks to children and adults at risk and promoting the meaningful participation of women, people with disabilities, older people, Indigenous and ethnic minority communities, and other vulnerable groups.

The position serves as the principal focal point for coordination with the National Committee for Disaster Management (NCDM) and sub-national authorities, promoting World Renew’s visibility and highlighting support from the US government. Furthermore, the Coordinator leads disaster situation assessments, formulates rapid response recommendations in alignment with policy frameworks, and spearheads the development of disaster response funding proposals.

• Program Coordination
• Coordinate annual work planning and budgeting with staff and partners to align project activities and resources with approved objectives.
• Coordinate monitoring, evaluation, accountability, and learning activities to track project progress, gather community feedback, and inform program adjustments.
• Monitor partners’ implementation progress and grant commitments, providing support to address gaps and meet agreed objectives and donor requirements.
• Coordinate the preparation and submission of timely, accurate narrative and financial reports in collaboration with partners and finance staff.
• Support partner identify and monitor project risks, support appropriate mitigation measures, and promote adherence to organizational safeguarding policies throughout implementation.
• Ensure safe, confidential, and accessible community feedback and reporting mechanisms are established and regularly monitored with partners.
• Technical Support & Program Integration
• Provide direct technical assistance to partners' RISE Provincial Coordinators to build robust community capacities.
• Facilitate stakeholder engagement to effectively integrate community-based Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) and preparedness plans into local development plans.
• Assist communities and partners in establishing protocols to quickly activate emergency responses to natural disasters, specifically floods and droughts.
• Coordination, Representation & Visibility
• Serve as the central focal point and representative for World Renew in coordination with the National Committee for Disaster Management (NCDM).
• Serve as the Safeguarding Focal Point for the RISE project in Cambodia and coordinate with partners’ RISE Provincial Coordinators to ensure safeguarding requirements are understood, integrated, consistently implemented and monitor across project activities.
• Collaborate extensively with sub-national government levels (provincial, district, and commune) to align project activities with national disaster frameworks.
• Promote the visibility of World Renew and ensure proper branding and acknowledgment of US government support across all project initiatives and stakeholder engagements.
• Emergency Assessment & Proposal Development
• Conduct rapid and comprehensive disaster situation assessments immediately following hazard events.
• Report disaster situations accurately and promptly to the Country Director.
• Formulate actionable recommendations for rapid emergency response in strict accordance with organizational policy frameworks.
• Develop high-quality disaster response proposals to secure funding approvals for intervention and recovery efforts.
• Ensure emergency response proposals include adequate measures and budgets for safeguarding and accountability to affected communities.
• Capacity Building & Training
• Identify training needs and capacity gaps among World Renew staff and partner organizations and support the development and implementation of appropriate capacity strengthening plans.
• Design and deliver targeted training sessions to build the capacity of internal staff and partner personnel on disaster management, preparedness, effective emergency intervention and safeguarding training
• Document lessons learned and best practices to continually refine DRR methodologies and emergency response strategies.

• Khmer - Fluent
• English - Fluent

• Bachelor's Degree in Disaster Management, Development Studies, Environmental Science, or related field.

• DRR, climate resilience, humanitarian response, or community development for 5 years as a minimum

• Experience managing donor-funded projects, preferably U.S. Government-funded programs.
• Strong stakeholder engagement, project management, and capacity-building skills.
• Excellent English and Khmer communication skills.

The RISE Provincial Coordinator drives the implementation of disaster resilience and preparedness programs across targeted vulnerable communities in Siem Reap. Accountable to the Partner Organization's leadership for daily operations and to the World Renew RISE Program Coordinator for technical strategy, this role focuses on building robust local capacities to manage natural hazards, particularly those related to the Tonle Sap basin dynamics.

The Coordinator will guide local stakeholders to embed DRR into their development planning. Crucially, the Coordinator will engage in a dynamic community of practice, meeting regularly with the RISE Program Coordinator and peer provincial coordinators to reflect on field implementations, share strategic lessons, and continuously iterate on disaster preparedness and response methodologies.

• Program Coordination
• Prepare annual work plan and budget with staff and to align project activities and resources with approved objectives.
• Provide monitoring, evaluation, accountability, and learning activities to track project progress, gather community feedback, and inform program adjustments.
• Monitor implementation progress and grant progress, ensuring the project meets agreed objectives and donor requirements.
• Prepare and submit timely, accurate narrative and financial reports in collaboration with finance staff.
• Identify and monitor project risks, support appropriate mitigation measures, and promote adherence to organizational safeguarding policies throughout implementation.
• Community Capacity Building & Program Implementation
• Deliver technical DRR support and training to communities navigating the unique flood and drought cycles of the Siem Reap and Tonle Sap region.
• Drive stakeholder engagement to ensure local disaster risk reduction and preparedness plans are funded and integrated into ongoing commune and district development plans.
• Support the installation and monitoring of community water-level sensors, verifying integration with the national EWS1294 platform to ensure timely early warnings.
• Strictly implement localized operational safety and security protocols during all field-based community interventions in Siem Reap.
• Coordination, Reflection & Innovation
• Participate actively in regular RISE team reflection sessions led by the RISE Program Coordinator, contributing local insights and adopting shared best practices to enhance project outcomes.
• Coordinate seamlessly with the Provincial, District, and Commune Committees for Disaster Management (PCDM/DCDM/CCDM).
• Continuously assess and propose adaptations to intervention approaches based on the shifting climate realities of the region.
• Emergency Assessment & Response
• Conduct immediate, accurate rapid assessments during flood or drought emergencies in target communes.
• Ensure dual-reporting of emergency situations to the Partner Senior Manager and the RISE Program Coordinator for rapid decision-making.
• Mobilize community response teams to activate emergency interventions swiftly and efficiently.

• Khmer - Fluent
• English is preferred

• Bachelor's Degree in Disaster Management, Rural Development, Environmental Science, or related field.

• DRR, climate adaptation, emergency response, or community development for 3 to 5 years as a minimum

• Strong facilitation, community mobilization, and stakeholder coordination skills.
• Experience working with local authorities and community structures.
• Ability to travel extensively within assigned provinces.
• Proficiency in Khmer; English is an advantage.