Mahidol Migration Center- Joint Research Unit Project-based Assistant

Institute for Population and Social Research, Mahidol University

Institute for Population and Social Research, Mahidol University
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07 Jul 2023
07 August 2023

Mahidol Migration Center- Joint Research Unit
Project-based Assistant

https://www.mahidolmigrationcenter-jointresearchunit.org/

Paid 3-Month Probation transitions into a full-time position, possible annual renewal

Your Personality

Interested in research advocacy in migration and labor rights
Eager to learn with a Growth Mindset
Able to adapt and able to work independently
Open minded and eager to work in a work environment with a horizontal management style
Able to give and receive honest feedback and make changes toward problem solving
Team spirit and assertive communication skills (able to communicate well about your needs and any challenge you face, and able to let your teammates know when you didn’t understand something)

Proactive

Able to find solutions in budget management, digital web presence, and preliminary research skills
Good written skills in Thai and/or English, feel at ease speaking in public
Able to create a good relationship with people from different backgrounds (farmers, government, NGO and business managers)
Able to summarize, interpret, translate information efficiently in Thai and English (optional: Burmese or Cambodian)

You are passionate and want to make a positive impact for social labor justice?
Join our team !!!!!

1.About us
Mahidol Migration Center Joint Research Unit (Main website https://migrationcenter.mahidol.ac.th/) is a university-based project aimed at converging policy makers, academic researchers, CSOs/civil society organizations, and migrant worker leadership in producing public dialogues and research toward migration policy reform. We collect migration social data with workers, CSOs, government, and employers to provide assessments in priorities for improvement areas in migrant rights. We then conduct workshops, trainings, and share research.

2.Overview of the job

Deliverables: Writing and/or translations of policy briefs, video archives, and audiocasts in the target sectors: agriculture, fisheries, seafood processing, domestic elder care, and tourism.
Database creation and management: create a centralized open source online database of non-propriety migration research from IPSR, Mahidol faculty affiliated with MMC-joint research unit, and partnered government agencies, international agencies, and CSOs https://www.mahidolmigrationcenter-jointresearchunit.org/
Budget Management and working with Accounting Division
Field trip: go on field trips with the team to meet with different stakeholders in Central Thailand and provinces (migrant- workers and refugees, employers, Thai government, NGO, private companies both Thai and international),
Create communication materials:

For the business correspondence (letters and emails to faculty, stakeholders for meetings and project collaboration)
For PR development (articles, posters, flyers, live videos, etc)
For the projects: presentations for trainings, policy dialogues, research synopses, conferences, in-person and online meetings

** tasks require good teamwork and communication

3. Requirements (ranked by order of importance)

Thai and English (English/ Thai writing will be tested during an interview)
This position involves traveling (domestic)
Minimum Undergraduate degree or Master in one or more of these areas: Human Rights, International relation, Business, Sociology-Anthropology, Political sciences, Law, Data Management Science, Demography, Languages
Background knowledge about the international standards especially on the human and labor rights principals
Interest in tech/IT solutions especially for data online management
Interest in web design and social media effectiveness

4. Bonus points if you are familiar with these tools:

Willing to learn Excel- for budget management
Zoom admin
Instagram and other social media (FB live, Youtube)
Canva or other programs for poster design
Willing to learn basic VDO or audio editing for audiocast/ Youtube, subtitling
Willing to learn basic webpage, Squarespace, WordPress design

5. Conditions of Employment
Working scheme

Our office is at the main Mahidol University campus in Salaya
Working schedule: 5 days per week, 8h per day. In case of fieldwork, these schedules are flexible/adjustable.
Local holidays: Adjusted to Thai calendar
Salary: the chosen person will start with 18,000 THB + 1,000 toward health insurance package as probation period for 3 months and afterwards will then receive a salary of 25,000 THB as an employee, if hired full-time for 12 months + 1,000 toward health insurance package
Public transport allowance for any meetings in Bangkok (with reimbursed receipts)
Travel cost for regional projects (covered by project)

6. Procedures for application