ThaiNGO

Organization: ActionAid Thailand

Position: Project Manager - Urgently Required!

Deadline of submission: 30 November 2022

Vacancy Announcement

Project Manager

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:

The main role of the position involves the management of the EU Education Project. The project Manager will work closely with the partners and team members to serve the objectives and goals of the project, including oversee the project implementation, expansion and M&E to meet the requirements of the donor and ActionAid. 

Fundraising

• Maintain and update donor communications on project status and or changes

• Represent and promote the Project nationally

• Link Project with new and related initiative to promote new funding sources and ActionAid Thailand’ fundraising activities 

 Strategy Development and Implementation

• Design and implement the strategy in field of EU Education Project at country level

• Ensure the effective implementation of the project related work in accordance with the Country Strategic Paper.

• Ensure project staff and partners on strategically implementing project activities.

 Project Implementation

• Develop strategic project implementation plan together with partner organizations and network, and provide coordination and follow-up support

• Extend full support to partner organizations in implementing the project in accordance with contractual requirements

• Manage and resolve any obstacle to deliverables by linking the project and partners to appropriate support, even outside the project specification, e.g. ActionAid Thailand’s mission objectives, impact assessment, etc.

• Ensure all program activities are sensitive to and responsive to changes in political, social, and economic environment in the project area

 People Management

• Involve in recruitment of project staff and partners’ project staff

• Providing induction, training, coaching, mentoring and advice to project staff to ensure that they understand and carry out their responsibilities effectively

• Conduct comprehensive performance appraisal of project staff, including coordination of such to the project partners’ staff and provide/obtain feedback if required by donor

• Provide appropriate training to project staff, partner staff, target groups and volunteers when necessary

 Partnership Management

• Support in building partnership and maintain good relationship with local government officials, local authorities and other influential stakeholders to support project, activities.

• Maintain regular contact with partners in order to seek feedback from them for continuous improvement of the organization

• Ensure that relationship with partners is in accordance with contract requirement and that the principles of partnership and accountability are maintained throughout project implementation

• As a service to partners, ensure that there is no duplication of activities through coordination with other local agencies

• Coordinate with local government offices and other agencies

 System, Policies and Procedures Management

• Familiarize with all donor contract requirements and ensure partners and their project management team understand donor rules and requirements

• Ensure that the project meets all ActionAid Thailand’s internal and external statutory requirements

• Support in policy advocacy and campaign

• Adhere/Comply with approved organizational policies and procedures

• Report/Provided comments to Program and Policy Manager on problems that does not comply with organizational system, procedures in own areas of work

 Annual Planning and Budgeting

• Monitor progress against activity workplan to ensure that the project attains its objectives as cost-efficiently as possible

• Provide inputs to annual budgeting and planning development

 Monitoring and Evaluation and Report

• Coordinate to design, establish and manage appropriate project monitoring and evaluation framework

• Ensure maintenance of Management Information System related to documentation of the project, including timely delivery of donor financial and narrative reports

• Make report in related fields to AAT, AAI, donors and relevant government agencies

• Maintain all project documentation and archives

Finance Management

• Manage project budget and approve requisitions, advances and expenses

• Control of expenditure and disbursement of resources of the budget in charge to ensure the compliance with financial policy of partners, AAT and donor

 Audit/Issue Resolutions, Crisis/Risk Management

• Support the project audit and organizational audit

• Report any risk in own area of work that do not comply with organization policy, procedures and donor’s requirement

• 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

• Master’s degree in social science, economics, social development studies, and other related fields

• Monitoring and Evaluation certification is an advantage.

 Essential Experience

• At least 5 years relevant experience in a multi-cultural working environment, preferably an INGO.

• Experience in emergency response, developing disaster risk reduction and resilience plan, safe school

• Experience in participatory methodologies

• Experience in project management and M&E

Essential Knowledge

• Extensive knowledge of the system, policies and issues of social security, education, sustainable agriculture, food security, ethnic minority, women and children rights.

• Knowledge of policies and issues related to Human Rights based approach, and Human Security, Poverty Reduction and Sustainable Development Goal.

 Essential Skills

• Extensive administrative and organizational skills

• Excellent presentation and communications

• Excellent people management skills

• Excellent English and Thai communications: speaking, reading and writing skills

• Good research and analytical skills

• Good interpersonal 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

 Personalities

• A committed, mature and decisive self-starter with high level of integrity, friendly, and detail focused.

• 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 November 17, 2022, COB at the latest. 

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. 

Contact: jobs.thailand@actionaid.org