Internship with DMEL Team

 

Location: Bangkok Based - BTS Ari (Soi Prdipat 6)

 

Expected Start Date: May 2020

 

 

Background

 

The fundamental principle of Raks Thai Foundation’s work has been engaging targeted communities or populations to build local capacity in responding to developmental or vulnerability issues that they are facing. Raks Thai Foundation has an origin of pioneering and testing new paths of civil society engagement in the development sector, with all work custom-designed on a project-by-project basis through comprehensive situation and problem analyses, and the application of appropriate and innovative evidence-based interventions. Raks Thai project staff are qualified persons selected from the regions where the community programs are located. This allows Raks Thai to implement socially acceptable, locally driven projects not limited by cultural or language barriers.

Raks Thai has focused on five programmatic areas that include environment and natural resources (including community adaptation to climate change), health (focusing on selected communicable diseases and reproductive health), livelihood (with a strong emphasis on women’s economic empowerment), children and youth (leadership and occupation skills, fighting forms of violence), migration (social inclusion and labour rights) and humanitarian response.

The Design, Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (DMEL) team is an independent team that sits outside of direct project management. The role of the DMEL team is to provide technical advice to project leads and ensure that accurate evidence is collected and recorded for decision making and reporting purposes. Additionally, the DMEL team is leading organization-wide capacity building for DMEL activities with an emphasis on cross-programme learning.

The primary initiative of the DMEL team is called the Participatory Learning Platform, which is a mixed method capacity building initiative for all staff at Raks Thai. It includes training, technical guidance, data analysis, experience sharing and opportunities for engaging across various sectors.

 

 

Responsibilities during internship include:

 

• Support with translation of evidence-based development tools for monitoring, evaluation and research, including those from CARE International, from English to Thai.
• Assist with developing training materials and modules for building capacity of field-based staff in project management, quality monitoring and evaluation.
• Assist with information management, project tracking and follow-up with respective project managers, including the drafting of an organization strategy annual project reporting.
• Assist the team in implementing existing activities, and any other project activities related to health, migration and human rights.
• Assist the team with activities related to trainings, meetings, events and working groups

 

 

Qualifications and Competencies include:

 

• Excellent command of written English and Thai including ability to provide accurate translations
• Experience with information or knowledge management
• Competent in the use of Microsoft Office (Excel, Word and Outlook). High proficiency in Excel is desirable.
• Attention to detail, particularly relating to language, data and information management
• Demonstrates initiative in decision-making and actions, and has willingness to engage in professional self-development
• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to communicate and cooperate effectively with various stakeholders including those from different national and cultural backgrounds.
• Interest in various social issues, international development or local community development and willingness to work with key populations including men who have sex with men, transgender persons, migrants and people who inject drugs.

 

 

Learning includes:

 

The DMEL team is committed to supporting the Intern’s professional development. To qualify for this Internship, you should have a particular interest in both of the following:

• Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) of development and humanitarian initiatives in Thailand and the Greater Mekong Subregion.
• Social and health issues, global and community development, human rights and inclusion of marginalized populations, particularly migrants, people who inject drugs, men who have sex with men and gay men, and transgender persons.

 

 

Language Requirements:

Fluency in Thai and working proficiency in English.

Contact : humanresource@raksthai.org / 02-0147322 Ext. 103-106

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ผู้ช่วย / Assistantล่าม , นักแปลภาษา / Translator