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(Re-Advertised) - Field Project and MEL Officer (EU COVID-19 Response and Recovery Project)

ActionAid is an international organization, working with over 25 million people in more than 40 countries for a world free from poverty and injustice. ActionAid Thailand (AAT) is part of the ActionAid International Federation and has been working with people and communities in Thailand for a decade addressing issues related to poverty, human rights, education, and women’s and youth’s empowerment.

Location: Bangkok, Thailand (request to travel on project fields)

Responsibilities:

Field Project and Monitoring, Evaluation & Learning Officer assists EU COVID-19 Response and Recovery Project Manager and is responsible for implementing the project and monitoring, evaluation & learning (MEL) country-level activities of AAT program department. S/he works in collaboration with the Program team to implement the project in target areas, and to design a project monitoring, evaluation and learning system for tracking and measuring partner’s capacity, project effectiveness and high-quality implementation which is in line and meet AAI and AAT standards. S/he is responsible for collecting data to support planned MEL, activities and reports, and to maintain updated the program database.

Strategy Development and Implementation

• Contribute to the strategy in field of EU COVID-19 Response and Recovery Project at country level.
• Ensure the effective implementation of the project related work in accordance with the Country Strategic Paper.
• Provide supports to partners on project activities.
• Work with EU COVID-19 Response and Recovery Project Manager to build stakeholder’s capacity and oversee implementation of activities.

Project Implementation/Budgeting

• Coordinate with EU COVID-19 Response and Recovery Project Manager and different stakeholders to achieve the objectives of programme in charge
• Develop detailed programme activities and collaborate tasks to specific

Partners.

• Conduct regular field level visits to project areas and units to provide support, supervision and guidance on project implementation to partners.
• Ensure all project activities are sensitive to and responsive to changes in the political, social, and economic environments aligning with the project objectives.
• Manage the budget utilization of the project activities and MEL.

Monitoring and Evaluation

• Develop AAT program MEL system, including the measurement of project indicators, designing monitoring tools, setting up the data flow system, and conducting data quality assurance and reporting.
• Monitor the results of the project activities and contribute to periodic evaluations/assessments of specific interventions; contribute to dissemination of results to internal and external audiences.
• Work with the EU COVID-19 Response and Recovery Project Manager to ensure compliance and adherence to EU COVID-19 Response and Recovery Project’s Standard Operational Procedures.

Policy Research and Advocacy

• Establish and maintain good relationship with local government officials, local authorities and other influential stakeholders to support project, activities.
• Develop networks of local organizations to provide technical support to project activities.
• Organize workshops and trainings to community groups, local authorities and other stakeholders to enhance their understanding and supports on  project issues.
• Engage in the development of appropriate research with a view to improving the quality of field work and influencing change in policy to improve the quality of life for the people living in poverty.

Issue Resolutions, Crisis/Risk Management

• Maintain an awareness of any possible crisis or risk to the organisation funding and donor relations and develop plans that will provide for such contingencies

Qualification & Experience:

Education & Certifications

• Bachelor’s degree in social science, economics, social development studies, and other related fields
• Monitoring and Evaluation certification, is an advantage.

Essential Experience

• At least 3 year relevant experience in a multi-cultural working environment, preferably an INGO.
• Experience in the field of emergency response, developing disaster risk reduction and resilience plan, safe school
• Experience in participatory methodologies and MEL

Essential Knowledge

• Extensive knowledge of the system, policies and issues of social security, sustainable agriculture, food security, migrant workers, informal sectors, ethnic minority stateless, women and children rights.
• Knowledge of policies and issues related to Human Rights

Essential Skills

• Extensive administrative and organizational skills
• Excellent presentation and communications
• Good analytical skills
• Good interpersonal skills
• Good English and Thai communications: speaking, reading and writing skills
• Documenting, report writing, and project training proposal skills are preferable.

Ability

• Work on own initiative with minimum supervision and to stay on task.
• Able to work under pressure and tight deadlines.
• Able to travel on project fields as per requested.

Personalities

• A committed, mature with high level of integrity, friendly, and detail focused.
• Willingness to learn and engage
• Thai nationality

How to apply:

Interested candidates are invited to submit their Resumes with two referees, including a cover letter indicating the dates of availability and salary expectation to email: jobs.thailand@actionaid.org by September 20, 2020, COB at the latest. 

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. 

Contact: jobs.thailand@actionaid.org