JOB ANNOUNCEMENT:Advocacy and Campaign Officer, Housing Rights Project Officer, Community Empowerment Project Officer and Project Intern

Sahmakum Teang Tnaut (STT) is a non-governmental organization, non-profitable, was set up in September 2005 and officially registered with the ministry of interior in December 2006. STT tries to reflect in its work with urban communities. From the outset, STT has had a focus on infrastructure upgrading, but over the past decade, many communities have been impacted by development relating to land alienation and evictions. Because of this, STT has strengthened its research and advocacy to draw attention to a development policy that in Phnom Penh alone has led to 270,000 residents being displaced since 1990. By supporting genuine community complaints and grievances, STT and its partners have been helping communities articulate their concerns to local and international Medias, donors and other NGOs and INGOs. Visit us at www.teangtnaut.org

To support our projects, STT is looking for qualified candidates to join our dynamic team for the following positions:

*Advocacy and Campaign Officer

Position          : Advocacy and Campaign Officer
Unit                 : Program staff
Reporting to     : Research and Documentation Project Manager
Hiring             : 1 Position
Starting Date     : 1st February 2023
Schedule          : Full Time (Monday-Friday)
Salary              : Negotiation            

Key Responsibilities:

  1. Advocacy and Campaign:
    – Take lead and implement advocacy actions and campaigns under STT’s advocacy plan
    – Manage external relationship, participate and facilitate with partner NGOs to organize events and campaign
    – Coordinate advocacy material and content productions based on STT’s existing resources and campaigns
    – Develop communications materials for the campaigns including social media, media releases, submissions, etc
  2. Field Monitoring:
    – Monitor on community advocacy events, NGOs advocacy, or similar events
    – Research, documentation and reporting on cases of Land and Housing Rights violation.
    – To link STT to the land and housing rights issues at community level by making frequent visits to key areas (such as communities under threat of eviction, or relocation sites) and report/document the situation.
    – To assist Community Project team in promoting the work of STT within urban poor communities.
  3. Project Innovation: To keep abreast of technical developments in project fields and to maintain an overview of the social and political climates affecting contact communities. In particular to focus on communities facing eviction and general urban developments, and options for research-based advocacy responses.
  4. Other Project and Tasks: To assist other project tasks and other additional tasks as requested by other Managers and/or Management Committee.

Qualifications:

– At least Bachelor’s degree in related fields such as law, social science, community development, or other related fields.
– At least two years of work experience relating to advocacy activities
– Strong interest in working with non-profit organizations
– Good communication and networking skills with a range of stakeholders including communities, representatives of other NGOs and colleagues in both Khmer and English.
– An enthusiastic attitude towards work and a willingness to be involved in organizational activities.
– Demonstrated highly developed interpersonal, oral and written communication skills in English, including the ability to effectively negotiate and communicate specific issues where there are competing agendas and priorities.

*Housing Rights Project Officer

Position          : Housing Rights Project Officer
Unit                 : Rights to the City Program
Reporting to     : Housing Rights Project Manager
Hiring             : 1 Position
Starting Date     : 1st February 2023
Schedule          : Full Time (Monday-Friday)
Salary              : Negotiation                                       

Responsibilities:

  1. Project Management: Assist the Project Manager in project management in terms of project planning, organizing, leading, monitoring and evaluation.
  2. Project Implementation: Under the supervision of the Project Manager, undertake specific activities including:
    Community monitoring: To monitor target communities’ events and other cases of land conflict.
    Community Profiling: To write and produce a profile of the community and another report on the land conflict
    Community Survey: To participate in designing and completing surveys of target communities working with STT staff and assist collaboration with communities and local authorities
    Legal Analysis: To collect and analyze data collected through surveys, interviews, and other means and support to write legal advice sheet with exiting template
    Workshop, Training, Meeting, Exhibition: To involve, assist, and organizes any pieces of training, meetings, and workshops in relation to project implementation under the instruction of the Project Manager.
    Facebook Livestream: To organize and facilitate livestream for promotion freedom of expression to enhance good governance, human rights, and democracy in Cambodia.
  3. Project Innovation: To keep abreast of technical development in project fields and to maintain an overview of the social and political climates affecting contact communities.
  4. Other Project and Tasks: To assist other project tasks and other additional tasks as required by other Managers and/or Management Committee.

Qualifications:

– At least Bachelor’s degree in related fields such as law, social science, community development, or other related fields.
– At least two years of work experience relating to fields.
– Strong interest in working with non-profit organizations
– Good communication and networking skills with a range of stakeholders including communities, representatives of other NGOs and colleagues in both Khmer and English.
– An enthusiastic attitude towards work and a willingness to be involved in organizational activities.
– Demonstrated highly developed interpersonal, oral and written communication skills in English, including the ability to effectively negotiate and communicate specific issues where there are competing agendas and priorities.

*Community Empowerment Project Officer

Position          : Community Empwerment Project Officer
Unit                 : Land and Housing Right Program
Reporting to     : Community Empowerment Project Manager
Hiring             : 1 Position
Starting Date     : 1st February 2023
Schedule          : Full Time (Monday-Friday)
Salary              : Negotiation                            

Responsibilities:

  1. Project Management: Assist the Project Manager in project management in terms of project planning, organizing, leading, monitoring and evaluation.
  2. Project Implementation: Under the supervision of the Project Manager, undertake specific activities including:
    Community monitoring: To link STT to the land and housing rights issues at community level by making frequent visits to key areas (such as communities under threat of eviction, or relocation sites) and report/document the situation. To assist Community Project team in promoting the work of STT within urban poor communities.
    Network and meeting support: To assist community-based networks in providing support, information, and linkages to other civil society groups. To attend and support informal and formal meetings at community level. To assist the Manager to organise exchange visits between and trainings for communities.
    NGO/Government meetings: To attend and report on NGO and Government meetings related to housing rights in Phnom Penh, in particular the Housing Rights Task Force (HRTF) and the Resettlement Action Network (RAN) meetings, in coordination with the Project team. To provide input when appropriate and to document the meeting.
    Documentation: To keep abreast of developments in the circumstances faced by urban poor communities, to maintain an overview of the social and political climates affecting these communities and methods of successfully resisting evictions. To provide data and assistance to the Senior Project Officer for documentation in the Community Database, and for publication on the website and in other media. To share information with partners as appropriate.
    Youth Work: To support the Community Project Manager in liaising with local universities and organizing activities for local youth, including an annual student workshop and lecture series.
    Other projects: To assist Community Project Manager and other projects as required by the Land and Housing Right Program Manager and Executive Director.
  3. Project Innovation: To keep abreast of technical development in project fields and to maintain an overview of the social and political climates affecting contact communities.
  4. Other Project and Tasks: To assist other project tasks and other additional tasks as required by other Managers and/or Management Committee.

Qualifications:

– At least Bachelor’s degree in related fields such as law, social science, community development, or other related fields.
– At least two years of work experience relating to fields.
– Strong interest in working with non-profit organizations
– Good communication and networking skills with a range of stakeholders including communities, representatives of other NGOs and colleagues in both Khmer and English.
– An enthusiastic attitude towards work and a willingness to be involved in organizational activities.
– Demonstrated highly developed interpersonal, oral and written communication skills in English, including the ability to effectively negotiate and communicate specific issues where there are competing agendas and priorities.

*Project Intern

Unit                 : Rights to the City Program
Reporting to     : Community Mapping, Housing Improvement and Urban Resilience Project Manager
Hiring             : 6 Positions
Starting Date     : January 2023
Schedule          : Full Time (Monday-Friday)
Salary              : USD 150

Main responsibilities:

– To assist Project Officer to design and complete monitoring and evaluation of STT target communities and assisting collaboration with communities
– Do field and desk work for data collection and support the analysis of the collected data
– Attend the training on how to utilize materials for gathering the data
– Go to the designated field works for data enumeration
– Prepare questionnaire and entry data into the designed system
– To assist additional tasks as required by the Project Manager
– Assist to prepare relevant documentaries for any training, meeting, site visit and material distribution to the target community

Qualification:

– At least a university student or a recent graduate in Law, Social & Environmental Science, or a related field
– Ability to use a computer with application relevant to the study fields
– Good verbal and written communication skills in English and Khmer
– Willing to learn and commit to work full time and can travel to target communities (as required)
– Be honest, loyalty, friendly and hardworking

How to Apply:

Interested and qualified candidates are required to submit a cover letter and resume (CV) via e-mail to recruitment@teangtnaut.org or to STT’s address provided below by January 09, 2023. Applications that do not indicate the position being applied for will not be considered. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for an interview. Note: People with disabilities and women are encouraged to apply.

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