National Consultant - Risk Communication and Community Engagement (RCCE), Cambodia

About the role

WHO Cambodia is seeking a full-time external national consultant to provide technical and operational support for risk communication and community engagement (RCCE) and Communication for Health (C4H). The consultant works on-site at the WHO Cambodia office in Phnom Penh, under the supervision of the Senior Advisor and in collaboration with colleagues in the Western Pacific Regional Office, to strengthen RCCE systems, capacity, coordination and implementation in line with APHSAF, the National Action Plan for Health Security 2025-2029 and the draft Multi-hazard RCCE Framework.

Key responsibilities

• Review existing RCCE, C4H, social listening and infodemic management materials and produce a prioritized capacity-building plan with the Ministry of Health and partners.
• Adapt training materials and document support for RCCE and C4H trainings for national and subnational health authorities.
• Produce monthly social listening and community feedback reports on priority communicable and noncommunicable diseases and emerging threats.
• Support RCCE activities with the Ministry of Health, WHO technical programmes and partners, including the handwashing campaign, H5N1 behavioural insights and the development of infodemic management SOPs.
• Support the BRIDGE H5N1 field research study while maintaining WHO protocols and quality control.
• Contribute to national RCCE guidance documents and implementational tools such as workflows, roles and reporting templates.
• Submit six monthly progress reports and an end-of-mission report.

Required profile

• University degree in communications, public health, health promotion, social sciences, journalism or a related field; a master's degree is desirable.
• Minimum five years of experience in risk communication, community engagement, health communication or social and behaviour change, preferably in the NGO, UN, aid or international development sector.
• Direct experience with WHO or government public health programmes is preferred.
• Fluent written and spoken English and Khmer.
• On-site work in Phnom Penh, with travel within Cambodia covered under WHO rules.

Required skills

• MS Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint).
• Use of social media platforms to engage audiences.
• Synthesizing social listening and community feedback into practical recommendations.
• Developing key messages, RCCE training, guidance documents and SOPs.

The contract runs for 6 months (December 2026 to May 2027) at USD 2,600 per month; consultants act as independent contractors and are responsible for their own taxes and social security.