Are you interested in building stronger and better social services to young people and their families? Do you want to be part of a dynamic international team working with various partners across South East Asia and beyond? Join us!

You will be joining the multi disciplinary team of Friends-International comprised of over 500 professionals committed to achieving best quality and innovative holistic service for youth children and families worldwide.

What will you do?

As a Cambodian CYTI Alliance Coordinator you would need to build the capacity of local teams working directly on the field with the most marginalized children, youth and their families to become the new best standard in service provision.

This includes overseeing an Alliance of partner organizations and pilot projects in Alternative Care, Harm Reduction and Child Protection. You will create value to the teams we work with by coordinating the direct technical interventions needed to find the best way to address problems facing marginalized and vulnerable youth, children and families.

Initiatives to support and develop include:

Identifying new organizations to join the alliance
Strengthening the capacity of current CYTI Alliance members
Lead discussions with partners and government on developing national strategies and build country wide networks for holistic service
Lead assessments of organizational capacity and capitalize on service based strengths
Lead the development of national and international child protection awareness campaigns
Identify potential donors and contribute to proposal writing
Represent the CYTI Alliance in national and international meetings, workshops and forums
Oversee the implementation of pilot projects in Alternative Care, Harm Reduction and Child Protection Systems Building
Coordinate reporting to donors and donor relationships
Directly manage and build the capacity of 4 project managers

About you:

• You are an independent and dynamic team leader, passionate about capacity building who is able to drive networks in close collaboration with other organizations and government agencies
• You have a strong commitment to quality and impact for the marginalized populations
• You have relevant and exciting experience in social work programs and/or working with marginalized youth, children and families
• You are comfortable leading teams, project management and have experience in budget management
• You master working English and if you also speak a SEA language this is a plus!
• You know your way around computers and social media
• You will be our full time employee, based in Phnom Penh with potential to travel within the provinces and region for meetings and best practice sharing missions
• Salary and benefits will be commensurate with qualifications and experiences

About us:

Friends-International is a social enterprise that works with marginalized urban children and youth, their families and communities, to help them become independent and productive citizens of their country.

We drive an innovative network of government and non-government organizations working together to solve the problems children and youth face worldwide that we call The CITY Alliance. The objective is to significantly improve the quality and impact of services to marginalized urban children and youth and related groups through an effective network of internationally recognized organizations. We have developed a holistic social integration cycle that is based on individual and community needs to achieve best practice methods directly or in collaboration with partners.

Join us by:

Submitting a cover letter with a CV, salary expectations to hr [at] friends-international [dot] org with the caption subject: CYTI Coordinator in Cambodia before 18th May 2014

Only short-listed candidates will be contacted for interview

Friends-International is an equal opportunity employer and the successful candidate will be selected based on merit

The successful applicant will be expected to comply with Friends-International’s Child Protection Policy