Program Manager - Community Development, Cambodia

Reports to: Program Director

Working location: Siem Reap, Cambodia

Start date: ASAP

About GVI

Our planet is in crisis and inequality affects people around the globe. At GVI, our teams are choosing to take action. We bring a range of specialised skills together for a common goal: supporting a more sustainable future.

GVI is an international multi-award-winning social enterprise. We offer conservation and community development programs in 13 countries, all aligned to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, and led by our teams and experts from the communities we operate in.

Working at GVI is fast-paced and fun. We value passion, authenticity and innovation, and we treat our stakeholders with compassion and respect.

About the role

As a Program Manager in Southeast Asia, you would have the incredible opportunity of both overseeing and continuing to develop a number of projects, all focused on making a lasting positive impact in the community. Programs range in focus from improving the quality of early childhood education and development in the local community to improving the opportunities women and girls have, to overall community awareness on health and well-being issues.

Role and responsibilities:

• Responsible for the organization, operations and running of all current community programs
• Oversee program logistics and budget
• Train and develop staff members and participants
• Supervise and mentor interns
• Responsible for Health and Safety

About you

If you are ambitious, purpose-driven, and you have a great sense of humour,  we want to meet you. As an organisation, we know that welcoming a broad range of people with unique identities makes us powerful and we are committed to diversity, equity and inclusion practices.

Personal attributes:

• Excellent problem-solving skills
• Flexible, open-minded and adaptable
• Patient and people-oriented, with excellent communication skills
• Excited and passionate about making a difference

Professional skills and experience:

• Proven leadership experience (managing staff and volunteers/interns)
• Operations experience (in the tourism/travel industry is advantageous)
• Health and Safety Management experience
• Teaching and community development experience is advantageous
• First Aid qualification

Benefits

Here’s what our global team enjoys:

• Social fund

• Training fund

• Collaborative, flexible culture

• Transparency – hear directly from the CEO consistently

• We laugh a lot, genuinely care about and support each other, and do the occasional dress-up

• Leadership development

• In-house counselling support

• Growth opportunities across our 17 locations!

Package includes:

• Monthly salary
• Accommodation
• Food
• Visa costs (if applicable)
• Emergency medical and travel insurance

You can find out more about the type of work GVI does and who we are as an organisation here.

To apply:

Please send your CV along with a cover letter stating why you feel you would be best suited to this position at GVI.

Please note: We will do our utmost to respond to all applicants, however, given the large volume of applications we receive, this isn't always possible. If you do not hear back from us within three-four weeks, please take it that on this occasion your application was unsuccessful.