Tetra Tech
- Position based in Phnom Penh, Cambodia
- 12 month, fixed-term contract
- Provide high-quality technical advice on Water, Energy, Environment and Climate issues
Why Tetra Tech International Development?
As a leading global development consulting firm, our purpose is to contribute to a world where people, communities and the planet thrive.
Tetra Tech International Development works with governments, businesses and NGOs to solve complex development challenges. Our dedicated team helps partners including DFAT, USAID and the Asian Development Bank to deliver effective and sustainable projects in more than 80 countries around the world.
The Program
The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) through the Australian Embassy in Phnom Penh delivers Australia’s bilateral development cooperation program in Cambodia. The program, Cambodia Aid Advisory Services (CAAS), provides long and short-term advisory and non-advisory support to the Australian Embassy, Phnom Penh to enable the effective and efficient delivery of development cooperation to meet Australia’s foreign, economic and development policy objectives in Cambodia.
Water, Energy, Environment and Climate are key Australian Government priorities and a core focus across multiple of the Australian Embassy’s bilateral, regional and global programs including:
- The Cambodia Australia Partnership for Resilient Economic Development (CAP-RED)
- Partnerships for Infrastructure (P4I)
- Mekong Australia Partnership: Water, Energy and Climate pillar (MAP-WEC)
- The Australian Water Partnership
These programs seek to strengthen water security, promote clean energy and respond to climate change in Cambodia and the region. Key focal areas include agriculture; irrigation and water management; renewable energy; fisheries; marine debris and coastal, riverine and inland management; plastics; pollution; and nature-based solutions.
The Position
The Water, Energy, Environment and Climate (WEEC) Specialist will support the Australian Embassy to deliver high-quality bilateral, regional and global water, energy, environment and climate programs in Cambodia. They will do this by assisting selected Cambodian, Mekong and regional institutions to contribute to improved local, national and transboundary water security, environmental, climate and disaster-related dimensions. Furthermore, the WEEC Specialist will improve the capacity of key stakeholders and scope options to engage with likeminded governments where appropriate.
Other key responsibilities include:
- Advising the Embassy and providing high-quality technical advice on Water, Energy, Environmental and Climate issues in Cambodia and the region.
- Assessing key environmental challenges in Cambodia in line with the priorities of key stakeholders, especially within the Cambodian Government.
- Identifying activities of key development partners and areas in which Australia’s development program could usefully complement or expand.
- Highlighting gaps in environmental resilience and infrastructure programs Australia’s development program would be suitable to address.
- Designing, developing and implementing activities and advising on associated environmental and sustainability issues.
- Producing a range of high-quality written materials and policy advice, including briefings, correspondence, proposals, presentations, speeches and minutes to inform activity progress, emerging issues and key risks.
The Person
The successful candidate will possess tertiary qualifications in a relevant field such as Water, Energy, Climate, Environment or Natural Resources and demonstrated experience within the Water, Energy and/or Climate sectors. The WEEC Specialist will show experience working in Southeast Asia & will have strong Cambodian, regional and global networks within the Water, Energy, Environment and/or Climate sector. The successful candidate will be comfortable working both autonomously and in team settings and will demonstrate a high standard of written and verbal English skills. It is desirable, however not essential that the successful candidate has Khmer language skills.
The position is classified as Discipline Category C /Job Level 2 under the DFAT Adviser Remuneration Framework. To learn more, please visit https://www.dfat.gov.au/about-us/publications/Pages/adviser-remuneration-framework
How to apply
To view a detailed position description and to apply, please visit Tetra Tech International Development Careers and search for job number 499815. Please note that applications will only be accepted via the online application process on the Tetra Tech International Development Website.
For further enquiries, please contact us at [email protected] and quote the job reference number 499815.
Applications close: Sunday the 11th of September at midnight (local Phnom Penh time).
This program is managed by Tetra Tech International Development, on behalf of the Australian Government.
Tetra Tech International Development has a 40-year history in successfully delivering international development projects on behalf of donors right around the world, including Australia’s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, USAID and the UK’s Department for International Development (now known as the Foreign and Commonwealth Development Office). Our people work side by side with local partners to support stability, economic growth and good governance, positively changing people’s lives.
Tetra Tech International Development has robust policies and guidelines which exemplify our commitment to safeguarding and technical excellence in gender equality. Our team of dedicated GEDSI advisers work closely with our staff and partners to ensure a context-specific and consistent approach is applied to all our programmes to improve the livelihoods of the world’s most marginalised groups.
Tetra Tech International Development is also committed to respectful workplaces and does not tolerate sexual exploitation, abuse or harassment of any kind.
Tetra Tech International Development is an equal opportunity employer of choice and is committed to child protection.