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Vacancy Announcement

Women Empowerment/Community Mobilization Coordinator

Kindernothilfe e.V. Thailand Office

Kindernothilfe e.V. (KNH) is a non-governmental organization found in 1959. KNH works with local non-governmental organizations and their networks in 30 countries in Africa, Asia, Latin America and Eastern Europe to realize and protect children’s rights. In Germany, KNH engages in awareness raising, education and advocacy relating to development policies and particularly to the implementation of the Child Rights Convention.

In Thailand, Kindernothilfe is registered as the regional office based in Chiang Mai province. KNH Thailand works in partnership with local organizations in Thailand and Myanmar with programs and projects that aim at improving the rights of vulnerable and marginalized children and to help them develop their full potential. We focus on long-term results by helping people help themselves, to overcome dependencies, and to strengthen self-reliance. We promote an effective form of support that makes a difference by creating a lasting impact in children’s lives. To achieve those, we practice a close dialogue with the partners, we carry out regular field visits and strengthen partners capacities in various aspects.

Goal of this position: Ensure that women empowerment and child rights-based community mobilization are implemented and contributing to the KNH Country Strategy and local partners’ project framework.

Roles and responsibilities:

1. Contribute to the development and implementation of Country Strategies in all dimension e.g. identification of potential partners, analysis of project information, proposal development, administration and logistics

2. Support the partners in their projects’ planning and implementation
   1. Conduct regular monitoring in accordance to KNH standards
   2. Give feedback, recommendations and follow up on project implementation and progress on the regular basis
   3. Conduct and/or coordinate local partners’ capacity development mainly in women empowerment, child rights and child participation, community mobilization and other relevant topics
   4. Support local partners in their program analysis and facilitate the problem identification and solution finding

3. Prepare and submit reports and plans in line with the KNH standards and formats to Country manager

Qualifications and Experiences: 

The applicant should be knowledgeable in at least one of these areas (women empowerment, child rights, community development, and poverty reduction) and have:

• Minimum Bachelors-level degree in relevant fields
• At least 3-year work experiences in local organizations or civil society organizations
• Eexperience in providing training to local NGOs, CSOs and CBOs
• At least knowledgeable in the use of digital and online platforms for virtual activities
• Gender and community sensitization
• Fluent written and oral communication skills in Thai and English
• Willingness to travel to remote areas and work at flexible/odd hours.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office e.g. Word, Excel, Power Point and MS Access
• Based in Chiang Mai or willing to relocate to Chiang Mai  

Contract period: 1 year (January - December 2022) with potentials to renew

Work station: Chiang Mai

How to apply:

Please send an email with your curriculum vitae indicating at least two reference persons and expected salary to knhjobs@gmail.com 

using the subject line Community Mobilization. We look forward to receive your application until 31st October 2021.