International Consultant (Phnom Penh, Cambodia)

UNESCO seeks an International Consultant for a remote assignment supporting Cambodian memorial sites. The consultant will develop a conservation and management manual for human remains and artefacts, conduct two field missions, design training materials, deliver capacity-building workshops, and provide practical guidance on documentation, preventive conservation, storage and site risk management.

• Develop a conservation and management manual for human remains and artefacts
• Define ethical principles and documentation procedures for memorial-site materials
• Set field-recovery, stabilization and preventive-conservation guidance
• Develop storage, risk-management and long-term conservation recommendations
• Conduct fact-finding and consultation field missions in Cambodia
• Design and deliver two conservation capacity-building workshops
• Prepare reusable training materials and final activity reporting

• Advanced degree in conservation, archaeology, heritage studies, museum studies, anthropology or a related discipline
• At least five years of heritage conservation or museum collection-management experience
• Experience with human remains or sensitive heritage materials and relevant peer-reviewed publications
• Experience developing conservation manuals or technical guidelines
• Excellent English writing and communication skills

• Heritage conservation
• Museum collection management
• Conservation planning
• Technical writing
• Training delivery
• Stakeholder facilitation

• PowerPoint

• The financial proposal is a candidate application requirement, not employer remuneration