ThaiNGO

Position: Project Coordinator

Start date: 22 May 2017

Duty station: Mae Sot, Thailand

Supervisor: Education Programme Manager

Role purpose  

Under the overall supervision of the Education Programme Manager the successful candidate will manage the overall implementation of the EU-IOM funded project “Step Into Education”.

The Step Into Education project has been created to promote, educate and allow for an integrated environment for Rohingya and Myanmar Muslims in and around Mae Sot through access to education; ensuring a brighter future for Rohingya and Myanmar Muslims and in turn, raising awareness of the legal and protection implications and benefits for this marginalised group.

The Step In Education project has two key focuses; firstly to achieve the engagement of the marginalized Muslim community through awareness raising campaigns on education and to promote its importance and benefits (ID, Legal status etc); and secondly with the Rohingya and Myanmar Muslim children to ensure the enrolment into Thai public schools or migrant learning centers (MLCs) in and around Mae Sot.

The project activities enable increased integration of Myanmar Muslim children into the Thai host community leading to a better understanding among the different ethnic and religious groups, decreasing potential ethnic tensions and concerns and increasing the Thai language skills of the migrant children, thus offering better future opportunities for these children in the long term.

Key responsibilities

• Overall implementation of the 2 year project “Step Into Education”;
• Supervise a project assistant and assign tasks;
• Conduct a needs assessment to identify the target population and their education needs;
• Compile a needs assessment report and community maps;
• Visit target communities frequently (mainly Myanmar Muslim communities) in Mae Sot, Mae Ramat and Phop Phra;
• Meet relevant key stakeholders and project partners (Thai schools, MLCs, MECC, as well as other NGOs and IOs in the education sector);
• Conduct school visits (Thai public schools and MLCs) frequently and liaise with headmasters;
• Organize awareness raising activities (community visits; family visits; roadshows; visibility materials);
• Overview the production of 2 short video clips;
• Coordinate the enrolment of target children into Thai public schools or MLCs (purchasing school uniforms, stationery, pay the transportation fees, fill out the enrolment documents; etc.);
• Compile minutes of each meeting and activity reports;
• Manage the project budget;
• Compile quarterly narrative reports to IOM;
• Any other assigned task by the Education Programme Manager or Director.

Required qualifications

• A university degree in education, development, social studies or a related field

Desirable profile

• At least 3 years working experience in project coordination and implementation;
• Experience in the education sector especially in Mae Sot is an advantage;
• Management / supervisory experience;
• Advanced skills in financial management;
• Strong interpersonal skills, patient and good communicator;
• Accountability and the ability to deliver assigned tasks on a high standard and in time;
• Can perform well under pressure, including the occasional weekend assignment;
• Flexibility to meet changing project demands;
• Ability to create trust in work relations and to work effectively as part of a team;
• Ability to work independently and to meet deadlines;
• Ability to work in a multicultural environment and with people from a diversity of regions, professional backgrounds and levels of authority;
• Willingness to travel, as required;
• PC skills – Microsoft Word, PPT, Excel;
• Ability to speak, read, and write in English as well as Thai and / or Burmese.

Qualified candidates should submit:

Please submit your CV, a cover letter with salary expectations (all documents in English) as well as 3 references (including email address and phone number) to recruitment@helpwithoutfrontiers.or.th by 14 May 2017.

Subject: Project Coordinator “Step Into Education”

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

Date : 4 May 2017