Assistant Project Manager

Workplace Circumstances

• Environment: Farming / Agriculture
• Languages: English, Khmer
• Location: Phnom Penh

Position Summary

Duty station: Phnom Penh, with frequent travel to all five project provinces

Reports to: Project Manager

Duties & Responsibilities

• Project Planning and Project Manager Support
• Assist the Project Manager in preparing project plans, budgets, production targets, schedules and documents for management approval.
• Translate the Project Manager’s decisions into assigned actions and follow up with responsible teams until completion.
• Prepare progress summaries, analysis and recommendations to support the Project Manager’s decisions.
• Implementation Coordination
• Coordinate daily implementation with Provincial Coordinators, technical teams, finance, procurement and logistics personnel.
• Ensure provincial activities remain aligned with the overall project plan, production schedules and contractual commitments.
• Support the resolution of routine operational issues and promptly escalate major or unresolved matters to the Project Manager.
• Monitoring, reporting and compliance
• Consolidate and verify provincial data on crop production, chicken performance, input use, expenditure and product delivery.
• Compare actual progress with approved targets and budgets and maintain project dashboards, risk records and corrective-action trackers.
• Prepare consolidated progress reports, presentations and supporting documents for the Project Manager’s review.
• Follow up on compliance with SOPs, GAP, IPM, food safety, traceability and chicken-biosecurity requirements.
• Budget, logistics and stakeholder support
• Track provincial budgets, procurement requests, input distribution, logistics and delivery schedules and report delays or variances.
• Organise project meetings, field missions and technical visits and follow up on agreed actions.
• Support communication with agricultural communities, authorities, suppliers, buyers and other partners.
• Represent the Project Manager and carry out specific management duties only when formally assigned and within approved authority.

Benefits

• Competitive salary and benefits based on qualifications and experience.
• Mission allowance, transportation, fuel, and accommodation support for approved field assignments.
• Communication and necessary work equipment support according to the responsibilities of each position.
• Opportunities for career development within KiriTes’s expanding multi-province agricultural operations.

Languages

• Khmer - Good
• English - Good

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in management, Business Administration, Agriculture, Agribusiness, Rural Development or a related field.

Work History

• Experience in agricultural project coordination, farm operations, agribusiness or a related area for 4 years as a minimum

General & Technical Skills

• Experience coordinating activities across multiple farms, provinces or field teams is strongly preferred.
• Practical understanding of crop or poultry production, agricultural standards and farm-record systems.
• Ability to prepare workplans, activity trackers, budgets, procurement follow-ups and project reports.
• Strong ability to consolidate, verify and analyse production, financial and operational data.
• Strong proficiency in Excel, Word and PowerPoint; experience with digital reporting tools is an advantage.
• Good written and spoken Khmer, with working proficiency in English.

Soft Skills

• Excellent organisation, communication, follow-up, deadline-management and problem-solving skills.
• Willingness to travel regularly to project farms and provincial locations.