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Senior Project Officer – USAID ACHIEVE

TEAM/PROGRAMME: Programme Operations Department              

LOCATION:  Pattani Field Office 

CONTRACT LENGTH: 1 year contract with possibility of extension

ROLE PURPOSE:

Save the Children has been implementing USAID-funded project in Pattani city that aims at improving meaningful engagement among citizens of different background in Thailand’s Deep South since 2018. The project targets 550 local youth (b,g,m,w) in a vocational training scheme aimed at fostering inter-communal cooperation skills while improving youth’s life skills and employment opportunities. The vocational training scheme will be composed of 3 key phases including 1) training (technical and life skills), 2) internship, 3) small enterprise development.

The Senior Project Officer will assist Livelihood Program Coordinator in implementing USAID ACHIEVE project activities; Vocational & Life Skill curriculum development and implementation in collaboration with Vocational Institutions and private sectors. Leading on the key people engagement to reach more people as he/she will ensure Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning plan, Gender and Social inclusion action plan related activities to the Vocational Training program in collaboration with implementing partners to promote collaboration and trust among youth from different backgrounds. 

SCOPE OF ROLE:

Reports to: Livelihood Program Coordinator

Staff reporting to this post: Vocational training Officer

Direct: 1

Indirect:  None

Role Dimensions:  Save the Children works in nine refugee camps, migrant communities in Mae Sot and Bangkok, and southern Thailand. The Thailand Country Office includes approximately 60 staff in Bangkok office and three sub-offices in Mae Sot, Pattani and Phang Nga. The post holder will be based in Save the Children’s Pattani office.

KEY AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY:

Project management:

• Support the Livelihood Program Coordinator to manage the project’s grant, ensuring donors’ compliance through proper tracking of reporting on activities, training and monitoring of project delivery and quality.
• Provide support in prepare deliverables required by USAID, including the project work plan, monitoring and evaluation plan, quarterly and annual progress reports, and other required reports or products.
• Implement project activities to ensure that they are taking place on time and within budget. Also ensure that project partners are closely coordinated so that the team has a shared vision and understanding of goals and progress in meeting them.
• Serve as a focal point for USAID Achieve project at field level and regularly liaise with local government in order to share updates, collaborate on deliverables, and consult on approaches.
• Assist to USAID Achieve budget holder in managing the project budget, including those of the budgets of local partners, to ensure that resources are utilized efficiently.

Planning, Reporting, Monitoring and Learning:

• Ensure that all project data is properly and regularly collected according to Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Plan (MEL Plan)
• Collect and compile project data based on the standard formats and submit regular reports capturing learning and project indicator data
• Planning project activity in consultation with technical and project team according to projects’ work plan
• Contribute to the preparation and dissemination of internal and external reports and presentation
• Ensuring team reviews of results and program progress and/or project evaluation including monitoring of partners’ project progress

Collaboration and Representation:

• Collaborate with other team members to ensure synergies and consistency in our programming approaches.
• Represent Save the Children in a professional manner.
• Liaise with other stakeholders, including vocational institutions, local leaders, and partners, and participate in relevant meetings.
• Represent programming with local government, NGOs, communities and within SC as appropriate.
• Provide timely and effective responses to program challenges reported by staff to Livelihood Program Coordinator

Staff management:

• Provide direct technical support and daily management to the Project Officers
• Provide direction to project staffs and partners in line with USAID Achieve work plan
• Conduct regular planning and coordination meetings with the project team, Implementation and local partners

BEHAVIOURS

Accountability:

• holds self-accountable for making decisions, managing resources efficiently, achieving and role modelling Save the Children values
• holds the team and partners accountable to deliver on their responsibilities - giving them the freedom to deliver in the best way they see fit, providing the necessary development to improve performance and applying appropriate consequences when results are not achieved.

Ambition:

• sets ambitious and challenging goals for themselves and their team, takes responsibility for their own personal development and encourages their team to do the same
• widely shares their personal vision for Save the Children, engages and motivates others
• future orientated, thinks strategically and on a global scale.

Collaboration:

• builds and maintains effective relationships, with their team, colleagues, Members and external partners and supporters
• values diversity, sees it as a source of competitive strength
• approachable, good listener, easy to talk to.

Creativity:

• develops and encourages new and innovative solutions
• willing to take disciplined risks.

Integrity:

• honest, encourages openness and transparency; demonstrates highest levels of integrity

QUALIFICATIONS 

• Thai Nationality
• Bachelor degree preferably with Business management, Social Science, Education, Economic or Higher Vocational Degree equivalent with 5 years experiences.
• 3 - 5 years of experience in Education; Vocational training, Life Skill training to youth and community work preferable in Songkhla, Pattani, Yala and Narathiwas areas.

EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS

Essential

• Good command of written and spoken English
• Good communications, presentation and facilitation skills
• Report writing skills
• Understanding of the deep south and southern Thailand context especially out of school children
• Experience in a similar role, preferably within the NGO sector and/ or in an international environment
• Experience of planning and organizing meetings and events.
• Strong interpersonal and community development skills
• Sound knowledge of office practices, procedures and administrative systems including filing systems. Competent in use of Microsoft Office including Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook.

Desirable

• Strong team player
• Knowledge and experience with ICT would be an asset
• Demonstrated ability to work insecure environments
• Experienced in working with local partner or CSOs.
• Self- motivated with ability to work autonomously.
• Commitment to the mission, vision and values of Save the Children.
• Ability and willingness to travel domestically as assigned including in the Deep South

Additional Job Responsibilities

The duties and responsibilities as set out above are not exhaustive and the role holder may be required to carry out additional duties within reasonableness of their level of skills and experience.

Equal Opportunities

The role holder is required to carry out the duties in accordance with the SCI Equal Opportunities and Diversity policies and procedures.

Child Safeguarding

We need to keep children safe so our selection process, which includes rigorous background checks, reflects our commitment to the protection of children from abuse.

Safeguarding Our Staff

The post holder is required to carry out the duties in accordance with the SCI- anti-harassment policy.  

Health and Safety

The role holder is required to carry out the duties in accordance with SCI Health and Safety policies and procedures.

Interested candidates should apply and submit a motivational letter, comprehensive CV, expected salary and details of at least 3 referees via the following link;

https://stcuk.taleo.net/careersection/ex/jobdetail.ftl?job=210008Z2&tz=GMT%2B07%3A00&tzname=Asia%2FBangkok

“We need to keep children safe so our selection process, which includes rigorous background checks, reflects our commitment to the protection of children from abuse”