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Project Manager - ‘Chiva Pa Doi’ – Chanel Foundation: Economic Empowerment for Ethnic Women in Upstream Watershed Areas of Chiang Mai

Specific responsibilities:

• Assess relevance and effectiveness of the project’s strategy and approaches for the achievement of the project objectives;
• Prepare and update project annual and quarterly work plans.
• Draft TORs for key inputs (i.e. personnel, sub-contracts, training, and procurement)
• Provide technical advice to project beneficiaries, review technical reports and monitor technical activities carried out by responsible parties.
• Assumes direct responsibility for managing the project budget by ensuring that:
  • project funds are disbursed properly;
  • expenditure is in accordance with the project document and project work plans;
  • accounting records and supporting documents are properly kept and financial reports are prepared;
  • financial operations are transparent and financial procedures/regulations are properly applied.
• Assess the project intervention impacts on women’s empowerment and the dissemination of this in their communities
• Prepare project progress reports and the project final report, as well as review meetings and evaluation missions.
• Analyze underlying factors beyond CARE control that affect the achievement of the project results;
• Provide recommendations to key project stakeholders for follow-up activities.

Qualifications:

• University degree with knowledge in agricultural value chain, local market development, business development and marketing.
• Knowledge in Food Science and environmentally friendly products is an asset.
• Extensive experience in project management, planning and implementation, familiarity with donor funded development projects;
• Strong analytical skills, oral and written communication and team building skills;
• Substantial experience in leading teams;
• Sound experience in participatory review and evaluation methodologies.
• The ability to conduct interviews / discussions in English and Thai.
• Familiarity with Northern Thailand
• Good eye for detail, observance to logic.
• Strong presentation, facilitating, communication and reporting skills

To apply for this position please send your CV to Khun Sarinthip at sarinthip.rtf@gmail.com or to Daniela Izquierdo to danielai@raksthai.org with the headline Chiva Pa Doi Project Manager and humanresource@raksthai.org