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Vacancy Announcement

Field Project and M&E Assistant

ActionAid is an international organization, working with over 25 million people in more than 40 countries for a world free from poverty and injustice. ActionAid Thailand (AAT) is part of the ActionAid International Federation and has been working with people and communities in Thailand for a decade addressing issues related to poverty, human rights, education, and women’s and youth’s empowerment.

Location: Bangkok, Thailand (request to travel on project fields)

Responsibilities:

Field Project and M&E Assistant assists EU Education Project Manager and is responsible for implementing the project and monitoring & evaluation country-level activities of AAT Education Projects. S/he works in collaboration with the Program team to design a project monitoring system for tracking and measuring the partner’s capacity to address education reflects the country contexts and meet AAT standards. S/he is responsible for overall M&E activities, system, developing/designing M&E tools and reports, and to maintain updated the program database.

Strategy Development and Implementation

• Contribute to the strategy in field of EU Education Project at country level.
• Ensure the effective implementation of the project related work in accordance with the Country Strategic Paper.
• Provide supports to partners on project activities.
• Work with EU Education Project Manager to build stakeholder’s capacity and oversee implementation of activities. 

Project Implementation

• Support EU Education Project Manager and different stakeholders to achieve the objectives of programme in charge
• Develop detailed programme activities and collaborate tasks to specific Partners.
• Conduct regular field level visits to project areas and units to provide support, supervision and provide guidance on project implementation.
• Ensure all project activities are sensitive to and responsive to changes in the political, social, and economic environments aligning with the project objectives.
• Manage the budget utilization of the project activities and M&E. 

Monitoring and Evaluation

• Support AAT program M&E system, including the measurement of project indicators, designing monitoring tools, setting up the data flow system, and conducting data quality assurance and reporting.
• Monitor the results of the project activities and contribute to periodic evaluations/assessments of specific interventions; contribute to dissemination of results to internal and external audiences.
• Work with the EU Education Project Manager to ensure compliance and adherence to EU Education Project’s Standard Operational Procedures. 

Policy Research and Advocacy

• Establish and maintain good relationship with local government officials, local authorities and other influential stakeholders to support project, activities.
• Develop networks of local organizations to provide technical support to project activities.
• Organize workshops and trainings to community groups, local authorities and other stakeholders to enhance their understanding and supports on project issues.
• Engage in the development of appropriate research with a view to improving the quality of field work and influencing change in policy to improve the quality of life for the people living in poverty.

Issue Resolutions, Crisis/Risk Management

• Maintain an awareness of any possible crisis or risk to the organisation funding and donor relations and develop plans that will provide for such contingencies 

Qualification & Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in humanities & social sciences, education and other related fields
• Monitoring and Evaluation certification, is an advantage.
• At least 1-year relevant experience in a multi-cultural working environment, preferably an NGO.
• Experience in the field of educational development, adult learning and child development
• Experience in participatory methodologies and M&E
• Extensive knowledge of the system, policies and issues of Thai Education.
• Knowledge of policies and issues related to Human Rights
• Extensive administrative and organizational skills
• Excellent presentation and communications
• Good analytical skills & interpersonal skills
• Good English and Thai communications, able to communicate
• Documenting, report writing, and project training proposal skills are preferable
• Work on own initiative with minimum supervision and to stay on task.
• Able to work under pressure and tight deadlines.
• Able to travel on project fields as per requested.
• A committed, mature with high level of integrity, friendly, detail focused and engaged
• Thai nationality

How to apply:

Interested candidates are invited to submit their Resumes with two referees, including a cover letter indicating the dates of availability and salary expectation to email: jobs.thailand@actionaid.org by Wednesday, 30 December 2020 at the latest. 

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.