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Job Title: Learn to Earn Training Officer

Location:Mae Sot, Tak

Lenght of Contract: December 2020 - June 2021 (7months)

Background/IRC Summary:  The International Rescue Committee (IRC) responds to the world’s worst humanitarian crises, helping to restore health, safety, education, economic wellbeing, and power to people devastated by conflict and disaster. Founded in 1933 at the call of Albert Einstein, the IRC is at work in over 40 countries and 26 U.S. cities helping people to survive, reclaim control of their future and strengthen their communities. The IRC has been operating in Thailand since 1975 and currently provides assistance to displaced persons in Tak, Kanchanaburi, Ratchaburi and Mae Hong Son provinces

Job Overview/Summary:

The International Rescue Committee (IRC) is working to build the economic resilience of Myanmar refugees and migrants impacted by the economic effects of the COVID-19 pandemic in Thailand. This project will enhance IRC’s current livelihoods services by adopting new approaches to respond to needs and contextual changes in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. The proposed project will support refugees in seven camps along the Thai-Myanmar border, as well as Burmese migrants living outside of the camps. The project will use technology and digital solutions, in both online and offline capabilities, to enhance IRC’s existing suite of livelihoods services, building market-relevant skills and knowledge, supporting networks of business mentors and coaches, and providing capital and business inputs to help aspiring entrepreneurs and jobseekers to succeed.

Under the overall supervision of Livelihoods Senior Program Manager, the Learn to Earn Training Officer is responsible for implementing activity of Learn@Home Project and assisting Livelihood Project staff based in Mae Sot, Mae Hong Son and Ratchaburi in collecting and documenting project data for program reporting and project monitoring, evaluation and learning. In coordination with Livelihood Project’s staff, the Learn to Earn Training Officer will provide technical support to Livelihood Camp Base Assistance in implementing Learn@Home Project.

Major Responsibilities:

Project Implementation

• Assist in developing and adjusting Learn to Earn offline and online curriculum with close coordination with the IRC’s Livelihoods staff.
• Assist in developing, translating, and producing of project learning material
• Facilitating and Co-facilitate Learn@Home training according to curriculum methodology and training schedule as agree with the IRC’s Livelihood team
• In coordination with Livelihood Project Officer to provide technical support to the IRC’s Livelihood Project Camp Base staff in implementing Learn@Home Project
• Coordinate with IRC’s Livelihoods Project’s staff, LLH partner and other relevant organization for implementing Learn@Home Project.
• Ensure preparatory task for implementing project’s activity are completed according to project’s workplan, including ensure financial and supply chain documents are completed and align with IRC and donner compliant policy.
• Assist the IRC’s Livelihood Project’s staff to monitor deliverable of consultant involve in this project’s assignments are timely completed according to consultancy’s agreement.

Information Management

• Collect information/data related to project’s activities, including data necessary for project indicator as well as record on the successes and challenges, and report the progress of the project at regular intervals to supervisor

Key Working Relationships:

Position Reports to:  Senior Livelihoods Manager
Position directly supervises:   No

Indirect Reporting: No
Other Internal and/or external contacts:

Internal: Collaborate and work with other team members within the same office and in the other IRC field offices, including IRC Protection/Legal, Women Protection and Empowerment, health, and operation staff to ensure effective and coherent of Livelihood Program.

External:  Coordinate with camp-based community leader, community base organization and other stakeholder in camps and on the border in Tak Province to ensure collaborative approach in implementing the IRC’s Livelihood’s program.

Job Requirements: The requirements should establish a baseline (minimum) for educational background, previous work experience, professional knowledge or certification, specific skills and strengths and any other skill necessary to perform the essential functions of the job. 

Education:

• High school diploma or Post-10 certificate required, coupled with a strong interest in refugee and related issues

Work Experience:

• Experience in developing and conducting training, including Training of Trainer, group mentoring, online training and proficient in using participatory method.
• Experience in livelihood training related to entrepreneurship and business skill is an advantage
• Experience in translation of written document and administrative work

Demonstrated Skills and Competencies:

• Strong participatory facilitation skills
• Computer literacy-Proficient in MS Office i.e. Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook

Language Skills: 

• Strong writing and spoken in English and Karen or Burmese. Thai is an advantage

Certificates or Licenses: NA

Other: Able to travel to all IRC’s filed site domestically

Working Environment:  The Position is a National post. The position is based in the IRC office in Mae Sot with frequent travel to other IRC’s filed site including to the refugee camps.

If you are interested, please apply via link below.

https://rescue.csod.com/ux/ats/careersite/1/home/requisition/10906?c=rescue

Application deadline: 10 November 2020