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ORGANIZATION BACKGROUND
Established in 2002, Baan Dek Foundation (BDF) is a not-for-profit, non-governmental organization with the mission to provide access to essential education, health, and child protection services to disadvantaged children and families living in construction site camps. Through field projects and advocacy activities, BDF aims to improve access to services for the estimated 60,000 children connected to the construction sector in Thailand. BDF’s activities reach over 1,600 children and 10,000 workers in the construction industry per year.
As part of the systemic impact program work, BDF has launched the Building Social Impact (BSI) Initiative, a private sector engagement program to work in partnership with construction and real estate companies to improve the living conditions and access to public services for workers and children living in construction site camps across Thailand. Under this program, BDF has developed a Framework for Action, a set of 12 practical recommendations for companies to undertake in their construction site camps and a Toolkit for conducting self-assessments and developing action plans.
POSITION SUMMARY
Looking for a rewarding work opportunity! Use your skills, experiences and background to make a meaningful difference and support causes, committed to build stronger communities and societies. Your work with Baan Dek Foundation will contribute to positively impact hundreds & thousands of vulnerable children and their families in Thailand.
We are seeking an individual with mastery of Google Sheets who can offer their expertise and experience in helping us maintain our risk self-assessment tool (SAT), currently hosted on Google spreadsheets.
Baan Dek Foundation (BDF) is a Thai-registered Foundation with a mission to provide access to education, health and safety services for vulnerable children and their families living in urban slums and construction site camps in Thailand. Our “Self Assessment Tool” (SAT as abbreviated) is a construction camp ESG assessment tool with a core focus on the potential social and human risks in the supply chain. The framework is based on 4 Pillars of action - Infrastructure, Welfare & Services, Health, and Education. These concepts are rated on a scale (low to critical) and tracked quarter on quarter basis and then tabulated. The camp managers, project managers or HR managers can use this google sheet (workbook) to assess the camp improvement across all camps under their supervision.
JOB DESCRIPTION:
Job Title: Service Provider (Excel Specialist)
Type of Contract: Service provide (Part-time) position for 1-year
Department: BSI Department
Location: Remote work
Expected Start Date: ASAP
Role and responsibilities:
Maintenance support, occasional bug fixing and clean-up
Communication with BSI programme team and related technical support to resolve data errors
Support with preparation of Google Sheet and other data according to our requirements which can be different each time.
Validating and maintaining the accuracy of all formulas.
Clean-up of the framework by removing certain criterias and indicators. Deletion of certain rows from an excel sheet shouldnt impact the logic behind the formulas.
Fluent in Thai with basic conversational skills in English
Freelance (remote) position with hours based on business need
After initial training and induction, we expect the candidate to work independently and can analyze the data to do the work themselves
The team will provide some handholding and training at the start of the contract, such that the candidate understands the requirements.
This opportunity is ideal for individuals and university students majoring in finance, data analytics and/or programming who are interested in the field of ESG data analytics and want to contribute to social development. If you feel you're a good fit for this opportunity, we'd be happy to discuss this opportunity with you.
Timeline
The contract period of the service provider will be 1 year contract with the remote fixable working time not exceeding 8 hours per month.
Disclaimer
All Short-listed candidates will be invited to take part in a short test to assess their skills. Baan Dek Foundation will take affirmative action measures to avoid discrimination in advertisements for consultancies preventing discrimination against any consultant on the bases of race, color, gender, national origin, age, religion, creed, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression. The selected consultant will be requested to comply with our Child Protection and Safeguarding, PSEA Policy, Anti-Corruption Policy.
Qualifications
Nationality: Thai nationality
Language requirements: Good command of written and spoken English & Thai.
Other skills and competencies:
Knowledge of creating complex formulas, macros, indexing; Pivot tables; Basic scripting; Database ; Extensive knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite, particularly of Excel spreadsheets and Google workbooks.
Compensation: To be defined based on experience and qualifications
How to Apply:
Please send all applications in English a CV (Resume), to recruit@baandekfoundation.org. cc. singh.k@baandekfoundation.org, In the subject line of the email, please write - “Apply for Service Provider (Excel Specialist) + Your name“
*** Important: Only a complete application (Resume + cover letter specific to motivation and relevance for this position ) will be considered. *** Only short-listed candidates will be contacted for an interview in English.
Timeline
The contract period of the service provider will be 1-year contract with the remote fixable working time not exceeding 8 hours per month.
Disclaimer
All Short-listed candidates will be invited to take part in a short test to assess their skills. Baan Dek Foundation will take affirmative action measures to avoid discrimination in advertisements for consultancies preventing discrimination against any consultant on the bases of race, color, gender, national origin, age, religion, creed, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression. The selected consultant will be requested to comply with our Child Protection and Safeguarding, PSEA Policy, Anti-Corruption Policy.
Closing date for applications: 20th of April 2023
Please note that applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis and the position will remain posted until a qualified candidate is selected.
More details on Baan Dek Foundation’s projects is available at www.baandekfoundation.org.
Contact : singh.k@baandekfoundation.org