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National Committee for Sub-National Democratic Development Secretariat (NCDDS)

EmPower: Woman for Climate-Resilient Societies Phase II (Project number: 2000019414)

REQUEST FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST

(National Individual Short-term Consultant)

Positions:          1- Gender Expert for Sub-National Climate Finance Development

                             2- Climate Finance Policy Consultant

Reference:          POW 2024-2025.

Background:

As a national accredited entity of the Green Climate Fund (GCF) in Cambodia, the National Committee for Sub-National Democratic Development (NCDD) has received funding under the GCF’s Readiness and Preparatory Support Program to development the Sub-National Climate Fund (SCF) in Cambodia. This SCF is jointly implemented by the United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF) and NCDDS, with support from the Ministry of Environment (MoE) and Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF). The SCF is implemented as phase III of the Local Governments and Climate Change (LGCC), with focusing on the gradual national wide scale-up of the Local Climate Adaptive Living Facility (LoCAL) as a national mechanism for channeling adaptation finance to the local level.   

LoCAL as an initiative of the UNCDF, provides a country-led framework to enhance local awareness and responsiveness to climate change. It aims to integrate climate change adaptation into local government planning and budgeting processes in a participatory and gender-responsive manner and also increasing the financial resources available to local authorities for adaptation efforts. The LoCAL mechanism combines performance-based climate resilience grants (PBCRGs) with technical assistance and capacity building support. It also employs a demonstration effect to catalyze additional financial flows for local adaptation through national fiscal transfers and international climate finance mechanism.  

NCDD is an intermenstrual mechanism for promoting democratic development through decentralization and de-concentration reforms. Its NCDDS core mission is to coordinate of the implementation of the National Programme for Sub-National Democratic Development that straightly committed to addressing climate change issues at local level. NCDDS had also been an implementing partner of the EmPower Phase I from 2020 until 2022, under Outcome 4: Women use renewable energy to increase adaptive capacity and enhance climate-resilient livelihoods, and the EmPower Phase II aims to leverage various tools, methodologies, and data to implement gender-responsive, human rights-based climate action. This initiative seeks to expand opportunities for women, marginalized, and gender-diverse groups to participate in decision-making processes and build resilience against climate challenges. Key focus areas include enhancing access to finance, technology, and renewable energy to improve livelihoods.

As part of this initiative, the program aims to strengthen climate resilience in Cambodia through the establishment of a gender-responsive Sub-National Climate Fund (SCF). The SCF is designed to empower local governments and communities to address climate-related vulnerabilities while promoting the active participation and leadership of women in climate finance decision-making processes. To ensure the effective integration of gender equality and social inclusion within the SCF, NCDDS is seeking to recruit a Gender Expert for Sub-National Climate Finance Development and Climate Finance Policy Consultant. The interested expert and consultant are allowed to participate in the competing process and will be selected in accordance with method of Individual Consultant Selection set forth in the NCDDS procurement procedure.

The interested consultants are kindly requested to provide their cover letter, updated curriculum vitae with recent photo, indicating their personal and technical skills, academic qualifications and experiences in similar assignments along with the names of three (3) referees with contact information (title, e-mail, and telephone).

The qualifications and duties of this post are set in the detail ToR, which is available from the NCDD Website: https://ncdd.gov.kh/citizen-category/jobs-procurement-kh/

The application must be submitted to the address below by email or hard copies, no later than, October 7, 2025 (before 5:00 pm). Only short-listed candidates will be invited for interview and contract negotiation.

NCDDS, Room Procurement Office, Building V, Ground Floor, Ministry of Interior (MOI)’s compound, Norodom Boulevard, Khan Chamkarmon, Phnom Penh, Cambodia.

Attention: Mrs. Thaung Arunnavy, Chief of Procurement Office, NCDD Secretariat Tel: 012 326 699

Email: arunnavy@ncdd.gov.kh and copy to Email: chanmony@ncdd.gov.kh  HP: 012 872 958.