International Ecosystem Restoration and GIS Expert” and “International Environmental Economics and Ecosystem Valuation Expert

Job Description

General Department of Administration Nature Conservation and Protection (GDNPA) of Ministry of Environment (MoE) upon signing the Operational Partner Agreement (OPA) with Food and Agriculture Organization of United Nation (FAO) on the 27th September 2021; is seeking a qualified candidate to fill two positions of:

International Ecosystem Restoration and GIS Expert
International Environmental Economics and Ecosystem Valuation Expert
Employment Term: Part Time
Duty Station: Phnom Penh/Kampot, Cambodia with travels to other project sites are as required
Duration: 15 person weeks covering the period of 1 year

About the Organization

Cambodia’s coastal fishing communities are amongst the most vulnerable, due largely to high dependence on natural resources, direct exposure to climate vectors (i.e. storms, sea level rise and changing rainfall), overall poverty, remoteness and marginalization. Women have even less adaptive options available to them, as traditionally they have less influence over the decision-making processes, including those related to climate adaptation. The project will build on baseline of existing policy, legal, and technical measures and investments and provide additional financing to generate effective adaptation models and establish support frameworks that empower vulnerable communities, as the anticipated challenges and costs to address them will increase with climate change.

The project will work towards the achievement of four interlinked components to contribute to the project objective:

Component 1: Strengthening policy coordination and capacity development for an adaptive enabling environment
Component 2: Sustainable Ecosystem Management for coastal resilience
Component 3: Fishing Community Adaptation Capacity strengthened
Component 4: Knowledge Management

The project is funded by Global Environmental Facility (GEF) during a 5 years period and is being implemented by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), and directly executed by General Department of Administration Nature Conservation and Protection (GDNPA) of the Ministry of Environment (MoE) and the Fisheries Administration (FiA) of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fishereis (MAFF).