Contract type: Permanent Contract
Salary & Benefits: US$1383 to US$1637 basic salary per month plus attractive benefits package i.e. pension contributions, medical cover for staff, medical allowance for staff with dependants, 35 annual leave days including public holidays.

Selection date: 27 February, 2015

Introduction to VSO
VSO is the world’s leading independent international development organisation that works through volunteers to fight poverty in developing countries. Our high-impact approach brings people together to share skills, build capabilities, promote international understanding and action to change lives and make the world a fairer place.  Through our volunteers, we harness the talents, enthusiasm and skills of ordinary people to bring about lasting change.

The role
Governance Programme Manager You’ll lead VSO Cambodia’s Governance programme as we embark on an exciting and ambitious phase of expansion, building on our successful and highly-regarded governance programme and other programmes such as Education and Livelihoods. You will be responsible for ensuring governance programming is even more evidence-based, effective, and demonstrative of VSO’s unique contribution to development as captured by our theories of change. You’ll help us to increase the scale of this programme by networking with development partners and stakeholders to identify and support the development of significant funding prospects with the support from the Head of Programmes, Country Director and Regional Funding Manager. You’ll help us to increase the influence of this programme by cultivating a culture of learning, and ensuring this is publicised and shared with others – including through targeted advocacy work. You will be working independently with the support from Head of Programmes and with a team of dedicated professionals to deliver effective and ever-stronger programme. You’ll be spending a lot of time working with governance partners and our community of international volunteer professionals. But you’ll also be spending considerable time networking with donors, government, businesses, and other INGOs, raising VSO’s visibility and reputation in the right development discussions, and pursuing our policy objectives. Through this exciting and challenging role you will see on a daily basis how you are making a difference to the lives of poor people in Cambodia

• You are required the following essential and desirable skills and experience:
• Essential
• Substantial programme management experience in a complex INGO/NGO (at least 5 years)
• Excellent understanding of project cycle management tools
• Proven technical skills and experience in good governance or decentralization and social accountability implementation.
• Proven experience of securing external funding and grants, including proposal and report writing.
• Experience of the financial management of budgets, including building a budget, monitoring and managing expenditure.

• Raise VSO’s profile and manage mutually beneficially partnerships
• Build effective working relationships with Stakeholders, engaging them at each project stage, ensuring communications are appropriate and timely.
• Lead the development and future implementation of the Governance programme in line with Governances Theory of Change and programme regeneration plan.
• Proactively identify funding opportunities, working with the Head of Programmes, Regional Funding Adviser and Country Director as appropriate to develop project concepts.

To find out more details and apply, please visit our website http://www.vsointernational.org/vso-today/careers-at-vso/ using the vacancy search function to find for the employee position and complete the online application form on the link below: 
http://www.vsointernational.org/vso-today/careers-at-vso/how-to-apply/vacancies.asp

Before you apply, please download and read the job description for full details of the roles and person specification and application guidelines available on our website.
If you have any problems accessing the above link, please contact Mr. Khin Veasna at 023 882 768

VSO is committed to equal employment opportunities, values inclusion and to have a diverse workforce.
Applications are welcome from people of all origins, age, religions, gender, ethnicities, sexual orientation and disability. All applications will be reviewed against the above requirements.
Due to a high volume of applications, only short listed candidates will be contacted