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POSITION TITLE:     Project Assistant

Location:                  Bangkok

PROJECT:                USDA Thailand Regional Agriculture Innovation Network (RAIN)

Reports to:              Technical Director

Winrock International (Winrock) is a non-profit organization that works around the world to increase economic opportunity, sustain natural resources, and protect the environment. The USDA Thailand Regional Agriculture Innovation Network (RAIN) is a five-year project, implemented by Winrock International, starting from 2022 to 2027 aims to promote production, trade and increase climate resilient in six agricultural value chain crops in Thailand namely: rice, cassava, coconut, durian, mangosteen, and longan. The project will be identifying climate-smart agricultural practices and technologies and will select and promote up to 30 technologies and services in the value chains focusing in 11 provinces in Thailand (Chaiyaphum, Chanthaburi, Chumphon, Chaing Rai, Chaing Mai, Khon Kaen, Lampoon, Nakhon Ratchasima, Nakhon Sri Thammarat, Ratchaburi and Samut Songkram). Project can provide support on conducting studies, grants for developer, capacity building program as well as financial mechanism to promote the adoption.

POSITION SUMMARY:

RAIN is seeking an organized individual to join our team as the Project Assistant. The goal of this role is to support efficient use of resources of the Technical Team. The responsibilities include supporting Technical Team on administrative work, day-to-day follow up coordination within and outside the Technical Team members. Candidate with excellent skills in handling administrative tasks, being quick learner and is interested to be part of technology promotion in agricultural sector is welcome to apply.

This position is opens for Thai National only.

RESPONSIBILITIES

1. Support the technical director in systematic filing, information searching, contact arrangement, and real-time updates.
2. Support the technical team in all coordination activities in the validation/ testing/ piloting process for responsible innovations in coordination with partners, arranging meetings, getting permission, finding contact and information, etc.
3. Support the Technical Team on programs, ad-hoc activities coordination, and necessary administrative arrangements.
4. Liaison with government and private partners in maintaining collaborative relationships and effective workflow.
5. Provide administrative and logistical support for field activities and events as required by the field coordinator.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• An undergrade degree or graduated degree in Business Administration, Agriculture, Social Science, Political Science, or any other related field
• Good analytical skills, self-discipline, organized and proactive. 
• Excellent in time and resource management.
• Fluency in English in professional expression, reading, writing, and speaking.
• Working level of computer and internet literacy (MS Excel, MS Word, PowerPoint, Canva, Cloud working platform, etc.)

Winrock is an equal-opportunity employer. We are committed to providing equal employment opportunities for all people and value diversity and inclusiveness. Winrock recruits, employs, trains, promotes, and compensates regardless of race, color, religion, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, age, physical or mental disability, medical condition, family care status, or any other basis protected by law. We offer salary, provident fund, group health insurance, substantial leaves, and flexible working conditions. Our project is at Kasetsart University, Bangkok. We are working in a hybrid between office and home.

HOW TO APPLY:

Applicants should apply by emailing a cover letter and resume to job.rain@winrock.org by April 26, 2024. Please include “Project Assistant (Technical Team)” in the subject line of the email. Winrock would like to thank all applicants for their interest, but only short-listed candidates will be contacted.