ThaiNGO

Communications Manager – Chiang Mai, Thailand

The Opportunity

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) requires implementing partner support to establish and manage the Community Resilience Program (CRP). This program is based in Chiang Mai, Thailand to support activities that will sustain and strengthen community resilience in the region.

This is a full-time position based in Chiang Mai.  

About the Role

CRP seeks a Communications Manager to play a key role in coordinating the high volume of information that comes from the implementation of program activities, as well as other sources, such as opensource reporting and media, and utilizing this information to contribute to program learning efforts and to inform strategic decisions made by the USAID and COP. The Communications Manager will liaise with various stakeholders in Thailand, including national and subnational government officials, development actors, civil society, and media outlets in order to improve the program’s understanding of the regions context and inform any resulting adaptation of strategy and objectives. The Communications Manager will contribute to reporting and learning materials and deliverables as needed.

Responsibilities:

• Gathering information from a variety of sources and performing analyses in an effort to improve and refine senior management team members’ understanding of the country context, current trends, and changes.
• Synthesizing information from multiple sources and producing easily digestible updates and trend analysis.
• Liaising with a variety of stakeholders and entities, including national, sub-national, and local officials and leaders; civil society actors; other development agencies, projects, and activity representatives; and media outlets.
• Creating written reports and/or deliverables detailing the results of analysis, information gathering, and/or other projects as requested by the senior management team.
• Contributing to regular program reporting in coordination with other relevant staff members.
• Presenting analyses and recommendations for programming, potential activities, strategy, and objectives to senior management team members.

Required Qualifications:

• A minimum of four (4) years of progressively responsible relevant work experience, including program reporting, and analysis, journalism, or other related fields.
• Experience performing analysis on political and democratic transitions, political reform, and/or conflict mitigation.
• Experiencing liaising with national or sub-national government officials and representatives on a regular basis.
• Experience working in a diverse and fast-paced environment.
• Demonstrated ability to perform analyses with a quick turnaround to inform decision-making in a timely manner.

Desirable Requirements:

• University degree in a relevant field.
• Experience with performing research and analysis or program reporting on a donor-funded project.
• Experience presenting recommendations or reporting to high-level officials or decision-makers.
• Demonstrated working proficiency in written and oral English.

Application Process

Please send your CV in English to Chris Grogan at the following email address:-

Recruitment@CRPrograms.com

Chris Grogan

Interim Human Resources Manager,

Community Resilience Program