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JOB DESCRIPTION

Project Manager/Program Officer

DESCRIPTION

The Asia Foundation (TAF) seeks a highly organized project manager/program officer (the Candidate) to coordinate and manage a variety of activities pertaining to its USAID Mekong Safeguards project, which is a five-year program (2019-2023) that supports policy makers, government regulators, major financiers, developers, and contractors with information and tools to foster consistent application of environmental, social, and governance standards, particularly for power generation and transportation in the lower Mekong region. The position is full-time and will be ideally based in Bangkok, Thailand, but Vietnam, Cambodia, and Lao PDR may also be possible, depending on skills/experience and nationality of a successful candidate, and the availability of funding.

The Candidate will support a project team leader in a variety of tasks that will include, but are not limited to:

• Managing and monitoring project work streams.
• Reviewing and commenting on technical reports.
• Developing detailed terms of reference, scopes of work, and budgets for consultants.
• Monitoring performance of contractors.
• Initiating and coordinating interactions with various stakeholders involved in infrastructure project development in the lower Mekong countries (e.g. regulators, project developers, financiers, etc.).
• Developing yearly work plans and quarterly/annual reports.
• Other related tasks as assigned by the project team leader/chief of party that can involve primary and secondary research, identifying and recruiting external consultants, and project monitoring and evaluation.

CANDIDATE REQUIREMENTS

The Candidate must meet the following requirements:

• Excellent English, both oral and written, is essential.
• Good communication skills.
• Well-organized, able to keep track of multiple workstreams and assign priorities as needed.
• Versatile, able to handle different types of assignments and tasks efficiently and to a high level of quality.
• Permanent work authorization (or citizenship) in Thailand or one of the lower Mekong countries.
• An undergraduate degree with preference for advance degree (e.g. masters).
• Experience (minimum three years) in environmental safeguards i.e. environmental and social impact of energy and transportation infrastructure.

WORK BASE

Ideally in Bangkok, Thailand, but can also consider Vietnam, Cambodia, and Lao PDR.

THE ASIA FOUNDATION

Founded in 1954, The Asia Foundation is a nonprofit international development organization committed to improving lives across a dynamic and developing Asia. Together with our partners, we are committed to Asia’s continued development as a peaceful, just, and thriving region of the world. Headquartered in San Francisco, The Asia Foundation works through a network of offices in 18 Asian countries.  The Foundation began programming in China in 1979 and opened a resident country office in Beijing in 1994. On June 30, 2017, the Foundation received the certificate for Beijing Representative Office issued by the Beijing Public Security Bureau. In the past four decades, the Foundation has been working with local partners and is committed to a thriving China, to advancing shared goals of expanded opportunity, and to enduring cooperation within Asia and the world. 

CONTACT:

If you are interested, please send your CV that includes a cover letter explaining which of your skills make you a good fit for the above position to: country.china.general@asiafoundation.org by 9 April 2020. The subject of the e-mail should indicate “MSP Project Manager”.  Please be advised that only short-listed candidates will be contacted for the next round.