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­­­­­VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT

Community Partners International (CPI) is a U.S. nonprofit organization dedicated to empowering vulnerable communities in Asia to meet their essential health, humanitarian and development needs. Founded by U.S. doctors in 1998, the organization has grown to serve more than one million people each year. Community Partners International focuses on helping communities affected by conflict, violence, and displacement, in remote and hard-to-reach contexts, and marginalized by poverty and exclusion.

Primary Responsibilities

Under the direct supervision of Senior Program Manager, Program Coordinator will be responsible to

• Work together with Senior Program Manager for management and implementation of SRHR small grants effectively, based on culturally and situation-appropriate adaptations of international best practices

• Establish, strengthen and sustain the good relationships/ coordination with respective implementing partners, local authorities and other relevant organizations

• Cooperate with grants team for grant letter developments, grant tracking and reporting

• Work together with Senior Program Manager in managing and tracking the project activities to ensure the planned activities are implemented on time and meet the targets

• Support to Senior Program Manager in Monitoring and tracking the targets to project teams and partners organizations to be able to deliver the results on time in effective and efficient manner

• Assist to Senior Program Manager in coordination with different stakeholders, partners and donors to inform project plan and updates regularly to get consensus and take the actions on time

• Support to Senior Program Manager in regularly monitoring and tracking project expenses at both organization level and partner level to ensure all the expenses are against the approved work plan and budget, donor’s policies and guidelines as well as CPI’s finance’s rules and regulations

• Assist to Program Manager in conducting regular monitoring on the progress and implementation of the project for effective and efficient implementation and supports to partners

Regular Responsibilities

• Assist to Senior Program Manager in preparation of monthly, quarterly reports and bi-annual donor report

• Working closely with project staff, contribute to CPI’s internal monitoring and evaluation efforts

• Support to Senior Program Manager in working with the finance to oversight and management of partners’ sub-grants including preparation of LOAs, oversight of sub grantee payments, adherence with donor requirements and timelines, and timely submission of sub-grantee reports

• Assist and facilitate the capacity building and technical trainings for individual and organizational development of civil society organizations and partner organizations

• Any other tasks assigned by Senior Program Manager

Partner Support

• Assist to Senior Program Manager to provide support and mentoring to partners in development, implementation and review of effective interventions based on cultural situational and best practices

• Support to Senior Program Manager in the development and implementation of a cohesive plan for supporting program activities at each partner organization

• Assist to Senior Program Manager in building partner’s capacity in program management

Capacity Building and Supporting other Staff

• Assist to Senior Program Manager in managing the program implementation for planning and review process at field and Yangon level

• Support to Senior Program Manager in working with the finance team and program staff to prepare annual and quarterly budgets, forecasts, and financial reports, and to ensure all program expenses are within budget and have appropriate supporting documentation, including receipts

Operations and Administration

• Assist to Senior Program Manager to meet with prospective donors or partners as needed, and help to ensure donor requests are handled promptly and effectively

• Support to Senior Program Manager in organizing workshop and meetings with local authority and health departments as required.

Organization Representation

• Assist to Senior Program Manager in coordination with and advocacy to the relevant government authorities and other international and local organizations about CPI and implementing programs

ESSENTIAL SKILLS

• Masters level in public health, or equivalent work experience especially in SRHR related activities.

• Minimum 3 years of experience in public health program management in an international organization.

• Good knowledge in written and spoken English and Burmese.

• Demonstrated experiences in program management, stakeholder management and team management skill.

• Experience of working in a multicultural, low-resource setting.

• Ability to establish priorities in a time sensitive environment and meet deadlines with strong attention to consistency, detail, and quality.

• Flexibility to allow for travel (up to 50% of work time), variable working hours, and some modifications of tasks and responsibilities as team and project needs change.

APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS

All interested and qualified candidates are requested to send an Application Letter, Curriculum Vitae to:

Community Partners International

Email: recruitment.th@cpintl.org

• The closing date for application is 17:00 p.m. Thai time, (Friday, 23 September 2022).

• Please clearly mention the Position and Location you are applying for in the email Subject Line.

• CPI is an Equal Opportunity Employer and considers all applicants on the basis of merit without regard to race, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, ethnicity, national origin, age, marital status, or disability.

• Candidates are required to declare in advance should there be any relative or family member currently employed in CPI. Failure to do so can lead to termination of the employment contract even after successful selection.

• CPI is committed to safeguard violation against human rights including Child Safeguarding and Prevention of Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (PSEA) according to CPI’s safeguarding policy. To comply with the Safeguarding Policy is everyone’s responsibility and all staff are required to adhere to the Code of Conduct, that enshrines principles of PSEA and Child Safeguarding, at all times (both during work hours and outside work hours). Familiarization with, and adherence to, the Code of Conduct is an essential requirement of all staff, in addition to related mandatory training. All staff must ensure that they understand and act in accordance with this clause. Any breach or violation against the Safeguarding Policy may result in disciplinary action up to and including termination of the employment.

• Because of the large volume of applicants, only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

• Contract and position is contingent upon successful award of the project and final approval by the donor.