: Voluntary Service Overseas
: Nonprofits / องค์กรไม่แสวงหาผลกำไร
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: 16 May 2023
28 May 2023
VSO is the world’s leading international development organisation that works through volunteers to fight poverty. Working in 24 countries around the world, our unique role in international development is to place committed volunteers with carefully selected organisations where their skills can have the greatest impact. Our extraordinary volunteers live and work in some of the world’s poorest communities. Sharing their unique skills and experience to generate new ideas and new ways of doing things, helping the communities they work in lift themselves out of poverty. We’re not about delivering quick fixes, but instead we focus on long-lasting, sustainable change, that will impact generations to come. Join us and help us work towards our vision of a world without poverty.
As a Project Coordinator ACTIVE you will be providing effective project planning and implementation of the Active Citizenship Through Inclusive Volunteering and Empowerment (ACTIVE) project in Thailand. You will be working with implementing partners, youth-led CSOs/groups, Royal Thai government, and volunteer networks. With these partners you will promote youth-led policy advocacy and the uptake of Global Standards for Volunteering for Development, in alignment with VSO’s Volunteering for Development framework.
The ideal candidate has 3 years project management experience in community development. You have excellent people skills as well as organizational skills and you are passionate to combine those for capacity building communities and strengthening the ACTIVE project. You are willing to travel for the project.
For more information on this employee role and the requirements, see below and please check the job description (JOB0128487).
Skills, qualifications and experience
• A bachelor’s degree in social science, community development or related field.
• A minimum of 3 years’ experience in the NGO sector as a project officer, with experience in project management cycle, policy advocacy, youth engagement and empowerment.
• Knowledge of project monitoring and evaluation. Ability to analyse, evaluate and summarize key findings from the activities as delivered.
• Experience building capacity of local community youth members, organizations.
• Ability and desire to facilitate positive change, seek and share knowledge, and build sustainable working relationships.
• Willingness to travel, nationally and internationally, and to spend time away from home in a remote and rural areas as the project and role required.
• Demonstrated experience with MS Office with advanced skills using Microsoft Excel.
• Good organizational, verbal and written communication skills as well as ability to multi-task are essential. Ability to work independently.
• Excellent people skills.
Location
This is a fulltime role, working from the office in Chidlom area, Bangkok. Working from home setting can be discussed in advance with direct line manager on occasions. Travel is part of the role.
Competencies and Behaviour
At VSO we believe progress is only possible by working together. Whether you want to join us as an employee, or as a volunteer working in your own country, overseas or online, our selection process includes an assessment based on these core competencies:
• Ability to be open-minded and respectful
• Ability to be resilient and adaptive to new situations
• Ability to facilitate positive change and build sustainable working relationships
• Ability to seek and share knowledge
Equal Opportunities
VSO promotes equal opportunities, inclusion, gender, diversity and safeguarding clause, and values a diverse workforce.
PLEASE NOTE: This is a national hire post under national terms and conditions. Please note that right to work in Thailand is required. We will not be able to obtain visa and work permit to non-Thai nationals.
VSO reserves the right to close this job early if we receive a sufficient number of applications.
If you’re interested in applying for this role, please follow the link for more information: https://www.vsointernational.org/about/careers/project-coordinator-active-a0m3z00000giftmaal
