: Baan Dek Foundation
: Nonprofits / องค์กรไม่แสวงหาผลกำไร
: 1395
: 27 August 2025
30 September 2025
Baan Dek Foundation (BDF) is a non-profit, non-political and non-religious organization based in Bangkok and Chiang Mai. BDF supports access to essential services for more than 2,000 vulnerable children and their families living in construction sites and urban slums every year. Through tailored educational programs and flexible individual support, BDF protects at-risk children and enables families to become self-sustainable to provide opportunities for a better future.
BaanDek foundation developed a set of 12 recommendations, and a tool kit to support construction companies in the adoption of better practices in construction camps toward safety and access to services for children and families living in construction camps.
Job Description:
Job Title: Trainer and Community Empowerment Officer
Type of Contract: Full-time employment position (Open end Contract)
Department: Programs
Location: Chiang Mai, Thailand
Expected Start Date: ASAP or 1 October 2025
Responsibilities of the advertised position:
The Trainer and Community Empowerment Officer will be in charge of training targeted beneficiaries and community representatives on the content of knowledge prepared. She/He will provide follow up technical support to the trained peer educators and community members/ leaders, local services and company representatives for the implementation of the company action plan aiming at improving general standards to the beneficiaries living in construction site camps.
Role and responsibilities include but are not limited to:
Improve existing training material, contents and develop new ones to respond to community needs
working with the team, program manager and beneficiaries to implement the project actvities
Train the BDF team on the training packages
Deliver the training package to beneficiaries/ construction company relevant staff
Support the trained peer educators and community members/ company representatives to link with key service providers such as schools, health centers, and other NGOs
Conduct on-field sessions with community members to accompany them in developing and working on action plans
Propose solutions to the community members and company representatives to overcome challenges faced to grant access to essential services to children living in camps
Engage service providers to ease the access of children living in camps to essential services such as education and health
Monitor progress of the communities/companies toward their action plan to improve wellbeing of children in camps and access to services.
Collect data and analyze data in the construction camps for monitoring and evaluation purposes.
Identify and communicate to the management team challenges faced with communities/ companies or service providers and participate in a lesson learnt process.
Support in the promotion of a constructive and productive working environment among the team
Actively support information sharing, transparency, and dialogue among the staff and partners
Support the Management Team in day-to-day missions and projects. The staff shall observe the organization’s values and objectives and will commit to facilitate all procedures and field activities to ensure the sound management of Baan Dek Foundation’s programs
Qualifications - Experience:
Education
Graduate qualifications (or a combination of undergraduate and relevant work experience) in a related discipline – health and safety, training, social and community development, social work, social sciences, education, law or a similar discipline
Experience
Minimum 3 years of working experience including 1 year demonstrated experience as trainer, trainer of trainer
demonstrated experience in developing training modules and training handbooks.
Strong interest in human/ child rights based approach and social development,
Strong interest in collaboration with the private sector and corporate.
Knowledge on SDG’s, ESG’s, social sustainability and incentives for engagement of Private Sector is an asset
Experience with non-profit organizations or in the humanitarian sector is an asset
Language requirements: Fluent in Thai, good verbal and written proficiency in English
Other skills and competencies:
Interpersonal skills and ability to effectively communicate, including experience in a cross-cultural environment and an international setting
Stakeholder engagement skills and ability to collaborate effectively, including in cross-cultural or multicultural environments
Working hours: Full time - Monday to Friday with occasional weekend and evenings
Salary & Compensation: Competitive salary based on experience and qualifications. BDF offers an opportunity to join a dynamic team and contribute to a meaningful and motivating programme.
APPLY NOW
Join our team of social change makers. This is a great opportunity to develop your career, have an active part in developing a strategy for our social enterprise and drive results.
If you are interested in applying for the Trainer and Community Empowerment Officer, please send Your CV, cover letter, Names, and contact details of two references the following information to
https://baan-dek.jobs.personio.com/job/2314512?language=en&display=en#apply
Candidates should not submit any additional documents outside of what is requested in compliance with Thailand’s Personal Data Protection Act, B.E. 2562 (2019). By applying for this position, all candidates are subject to Dao Ethical Gifts Data Protection Policy.
** Important: Only a complete application (CV cover letter two references) will be considered. **
Equal opportunity: Baan Dek Foundation is an equal opportunity employer. The organization shall not resume discriminate and will take affirmative action measures to ensure against discrimination in advertisements for employment, recruitment and other conditions of employment, preventing discrimination against any job applicant or employee on the bases of race, color, gender, national origin, age, religion, creed, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression.
Child Safeguarding: To comply with BDF’s Child Protection and Safeguarding Policy, the selected candidate will be requested a copy of his/her criminal record(or clearance certificate) and 2 professional references contact Adhering to BDF’s policies means to comply with our Child Protection and Safeguarding, PSEA Policy, Anti-Corruption Policy.
Personal Data Protection: To comply with Thailand Personal Data Protection Act (PDPA) and BDF’s Privacy Policy, Before submitting your application Please read BDF Privacy Notice(Ex). By submitting your application, you consent to the collection and processing of your personal information and sensitive data which appears on your CV/resume and other documents for recruitment and reference check purposes.
More details on Baan Dek Foundation’s mission and work are available at www.baandekfoundation.org.
