ThaiNGO

­­­­­JOB DESCRIPTION

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.

CPI is currently seeking four qualified candidates for the position of Program Coordinator. The Program Coordinator will support the Program Manager to track the technical assistance strategy, respond to capacity strengthening needs of local implementing partners, monitor progress and compliance, conduct quality assurance, and contribute to evaluation and reporting on the progress of project activities in line with agreed upon milestones and donor rules and regulations.

Primary Responsibilities

Support the Program Manager (Local Partnerships) to:

• Review consortium partner’s subgrant proposals, budgets, programmatic and financial reports, and grant payment documentation

• Review consortium partner’s subgrant activities for compliance with donor rules and regulations and alignment with the project’s purpose and objectives

• Maintain accurate and complete files of subgrant documentation

• Support the evaluation of small grants applications, proposals, and awards to ensure adherence to the project’s grants management procedures

• Ensure that the small grants to local CSOs, ethnic service providers, and village-level structures are implemented as per LEARN Activity objectives and design

• Provide training and technical guidance to consortium partners and small grants recipients on the project’s LEARN’s grants management procedures and donor USAID’s regulations, financial management processes, and reporting requirements

• Support monthly monitoring of subgrant expenditure against approved work plans and budgets, communicating any areas of variance with suggested corrective actions

• Support regular monitoring & evaluation of subgrantee’s progress towards milestones

• Coordinate technical and operational capacity assessments and provide ongoing capacity strengthening and mentorship to consortium partners and their small grants recipients

• Ensure that consortium partners submit timely and high-quality reports

• Coordinate with the project’s Grants Committee to develop calls for expressions of interest and special award conditions to address identified gaps and risks

• Update the small grants tracking system in a timely manner

• Any other tasks assigned by the Program Manager

Operations and Administration

• Work with the finance team and program staff to prepare annual and quarterly budgets, forecasts, and financial reports, and to ensure that all CPI program expenses are within the budget and have appropriate supporting documentation

• Assist the Program Manager to meet with donors, international organizations, and local partners as needed, and help to ensure that donor requests are handled promptly and effectively

• Support the Program Manager with organizing workshop and meetings as required.

ESSENTIAL SKILLS

• Master’s degree in community development, public health, or related field, or equivalent work experience

• Minimum 4 years of experience working on donor-funded projects, preferably USAID, and contributing to all reporting requirements

• Demonstrated experience in program management, coordinating with local institutions and organizations, donors, and partners

• Experience in capacity strengthening

• Strong interpersonal skills

• Excellent written and oral communication skills in English and Burmese.

• 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:Email: recruitment@cpintl.org

• The closing date for application is 17:00pm, (10-November-2022, Tuesday), Thailand.

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

CPI’s Value

• At CPI, we believe that all people have right to live their live free from sexual violence and recognized that there are unequal power dynamics across the organization. CPI does not tolerate discrimination and harassment under any circumstances and will take disciplinary action, which may include dismissal, against any worker who discriminates or harasses any worker. Protection from Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (PSEA) is everyone’s responsibility and all staff are required to adhere to the Code of Conduct, that enshrines principles of PSEA, 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.

• 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.

Note to Candidate

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

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

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