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About the role
Key responsibilities & impact- Coordinate interfaces with national teams and partners; convene minimal meetings to confirm scope, timelines and acceptance criteria; issue minutes and an action log; route documents via UNESCO to the PMUs and the Joint Technical Committee; maintain an interface tracker; escalate risks to the Regional Coordinator if milestones slip.
- Engage national PMUs, the Joint Technical Committee, MERFI, FAO, IUCN and relevant national institutions for evidence sharing, validation and capacity support; facilitate technical discussions and align contributions with the Annual Work Plan; route all formal submissions via UNESCO.
- Provide methodological guidance and hands‑on support to national experts in Cambodia and Viet Nam to review and analyse both the governance arrangements and the legal frameworks related to groundwater, including institutional stakeholder settings on both sides of the CMDA.
- Develop short, practical templates and an indicator list for the governance and legal review, define harmonisation rules and a QA checklist, and ensure alignment with the aquifer assessment.
- Guide national teams to prepare an integrated assessment of governance and law that enables transboundary cooperation, explicitly considering links to groundwater extraction, recharge, surface water use, land use change, groundwater dependent ecosystems and groundwater quality changes.
- Consolidate and quality‑assure national inputs, produce a harmonised evidence base that is comparable across countries, and identify gaps and priority enablers for cooperation.
- Prepare one concise TDA‑ready synthesis of the combined governance and law findings using the UNESCO template for Output 1.1 contributions.
Requirements
What you’ll need- An advanced university degree (master’s or equivalent and above) in water law, environmental law, public policy, water resources governance, or closely related social sciences relevant to groundwater governance and transboundary aquifers.
- Minimum 7 years of relevant work experience in water governance and law, including institutional and legal analysis, policy and regulatory review, and preparation of governance inputs for technical assessments.
- Minimum 3 years of work experience within the Asia‑Pacific context on groundwater or water‑resources governance and legal frameworks; experience working with government institutions in the sub‑region is an asset.
- Proven conceptual and analytical skills in groundwater governance and water law, including institutional mapping, legal review, policy analysis and preparation of TDA‑ready synthesis notes.
- Proven ability to plan and organize effectively and manage multiple deadlines.
- Proven ability to work efficiently in a dynamic and multicultural team environment.
- Excellent coordination and interpersonal skills.
- Capacity to work independently and deliver harmonised evidence products methods and templates, governance‑and‑law evidence matrices, gap analyses and concise, TDA‑formatted text to agreed timelines.
- Excellent proficiency of English in writing and speaking.
Benefits
Comp & perks- UNESCO Core Values: Commitment to the Organization, Integrity, Respect for Diversity, Professionalism
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Hard Skills & Tools
water lawenvironmental lawpublic policywater resources governanceinstitutional analysislegal analysispolicy reviewgovernance inputs preparationgroundwater governancetransboundary aquifers
Soft Skills
conceptual skillsanalytical skillsplanningorganizationcoordinationinterpersonal skillsindependent workteamworktime managementcommunication
Certifications
advanced university degreemaster’s degree