Associate Project Officer (PEACE Project)

The Associate Project Officer (PEACE Project) supports the implementation of the PEACE Project in Cambodia, focusing on preservation and digitization of archives, museum management, and peace education. The role involves technical assistance, monitoring and evaluation, reporting, coordination, communication, and stakeholder engagement under the supervision of the Culture Programme Specialist.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical assistance to MoCFA and TSGM in strengthening preservation and digitization of archives and documentary heritage, museum management and peace education in Cambodia.
• Provide support for the monitoring and evaluation (M&E) of the PEACE Project, notably by gathering inputs to track progress against set performance indicators.
• Coordinate the drafting narrative progress reports for the project and contribute to donor reporting, including mid-year financial and narrative reports and Strategic Steering Committee Meetings, ensuring compliance with established standards and templates.
• Support the overall implementation of the project, including facilitating timely execution of project activities, and preparing project progress reports in close coordination with donor, KOICA, to fulfil reporting requirements in a timely manner.
• Provide assistance in determining project progress, identifying barriers, supporting timely implementation of project activities.
• Support the identification of experts and partners, including preparing Terms of Reference and providing technical assistance for subject-expert missions, assessments and studies.
• Conduct missions, research and analyses related to documentary heritage, archives preservation and digitization, World Heritage site nomination, museum management, peace education and global citizenship education for youth; identify innovative models and good practices to be integrated in UNESCO’s project development and implementation.
• Design and draft internal and external communication materials, with relation to the project implementation process, including meeting minutes, website news articles, social media posts, and advocacy materials.
• Manage the project communications calendar in coordination with team members, identifying key communication opportunities and drafting messages for the website and social media channels and coordinating the production of relevant communication assets.
• Undertake any additional tasks and responsibilities as assigned by the Country Representative.

Requirements

• An advanced University Degree (Master's degree or equivalent) in culture, communications, archaeology, education, political science, or other relevant fields in social sciences or humanities.
• At least 2 years of relevant professional experience in the implementation, coordination, or administrative support of cultural heritage, culture, or museum/archives-related development projects, including experience in monitoring and evaluation, donor/results-based reporting, or project performance tracking with preferably one year acquired at the international level.
• Strong ability to collect, synthesize and analyse information from various sources and formulate research documents.
• Ability to interact efficiently with a wide range of partners and stakeholders within and outside the Organization.
• Strong IT skills.
• Excellent knowledge (written and spoken) of English.
• Native or Fluency in Korean.
• Experience in Asia-Pacific region (desirable).
• Experience working with the UN, and knowledge of UN regulations and guidelines (desirable).
• Relevant experience working with international organizations, government cultural institutions, or development partners on culture-sector programming is an asset (desirable).
• Good knowledge and proven expertise in the coordination of multilateral cooperation projects (desirable).
• Knowledge of another UN official language of UNESCO (French, Arabic, Chinese, Russian) (desirable).

Skills

• Cultural Heritage Project Implementation
• Project Coordination
• Administrative Support
• Monitoring and Evaluation
• Donor Reporting
• Project Performance Reporting
• Research and Information Analysis
• Stakeholder Engagement
• IT Skills
• English Language Proficiency
• Korean Proficiency
• Museum Management
• Archives Digitization
• Peace Education Programming
• Multilateral Cooperation
• Knowledge of UN Regulations
• Experience with International Organizations

Languages

English, Korean