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Capacity Building Inspirator

ActionAid is an international social justice organization operating in over 45 countries in Asia, Africa, Europe, and the Americas, striving for a world free from poverty and injustice. With the Human Rights-Based Approach (HRBA), it aims to strengthen the capacity of people living in poverty and exclusion to assert their rights, believing in the power of people to bring about change for themselves, their communities, and entire societies. ActionAid has been working in Thailand since 2001 and was registered as ActionAid International (Thailand) Foundation (AAIT) in 2011 as a local non-profit organization. AAIT works throughout Thailand with young people, communities, civil society, and government entities to support the cause of changing the lives of the poorest and the most disadvantaged women and children.

ActionAid’s Global Platforms Network supports young people, organizations and movements fighting for social justice through more than 100 platforms and youth-led initiatives around the world. Through training, action and networking, Global Platforms are incubators for volunteers and activists, amplifiers for social movements and safe spaces for young people from marginalized groups. Global Platforms Thailand and Myanmar aim to support young people – especially women, marginalized groups, and diaspora youth – to claim their rights, strengthen democratic space, and build resilience in fragile and conflict-affected settings.

Location: Bangkok, Thailand (with travels to Mae Sot and Chiang Mai)

Role Overview:

The Global Platforms Thailand and Myanmar’s Capacity Building Inspirator is a dynamic youth-focused professional responsible for capacity building, movement strengthening, and activism/artivism support for both Thai and Myanmar youth. The role aims to:

• Strengthen youth leadership, civic engagement, and advocacy capacity.
• Support creative and political organizing, including youth-led movements and campaigns.
• Build cross-border networks and solidarity between Thai youth and Myanmar diaspora youth.
• Enhance the quality and effectiveness of Global Platforms Thailand and Myanmar training programs.
• Provide coaching and mentoring to youth leaders, activists, and partners.
• Support the development and facilitation of participatory tools, manuals, and methodologies.

Responsibilities:

Activity Implementation

• Ensure that Global Platforms programs apply participatory, inclusive, and learner-centered training methodologies aligned with rights-based and conflict-sensitive approaches.
• Monitor and follow up on post-training actions and outcomes, providing ongoing coaching and mentoring support to partners, youth leaders, volunteers, and diaspora actors to effectively apply acquired tools, methods, and techniques.
• Provide technical and coordination support for training delivered through Global Platforms and youth hubs across Thailand, including preparation, facilitation assistance, and follow-up.
• Support Global Platforms Thailand and Myanmar in the development, review, and contextualization of training manuals, guidelines, and learning resources.
• Assist in the planning, organizing and facilitation of outcome harvesting and learning processes to capture change, impact, and lessons learned.
• Contribute to strengthening youth leadership, civic engagement, and advocacy capacities, particularly among marginalized and diaspora youth.
• Support creative, civic, and political organizing, including youth-led movements, campaigns, and collective actions that promote social justice and accountability.
• Facilitate the development of cross-border networks and solidarity between Thai youth and Myanmar diaspora youth to encourage shared learning and collaboration.
• Support continuous improvement of the quality, relevance, and effectiveness of Global Platforms Thailand and Myanmar training programs through reflection, feedback, and learning.
• Provide coaching, mentoring, and accompaniment to youth leaders, activists, and partner organizations to strengthen leadership practice and sustainability.
• Support the design, testing, and facilitation of participatory tools, manuals, and methodologies that enhance learning, engagement, and program impact.

Communication and Coordination

• Coordinate with relevant governance stakeholders, where appropriate and feasible, to support effective implementation of the program.
• Maintain regular communication and coordination with local partners, youth networks, and civil society organizations to ensure alignment and information sharing.

Capacity Building

• Support youth and women-led groups in Thailand and Myanmar on learning about civic space, democratic governance, advocacy, climate justice, and humanitarian action, as well as tools and principles on movement-building, campaigning, activism, and artivism, including the Movement Mindset Tools, Beautiful Action Trainer Modules (BATMo!), Women-Led Community-Based Protection, Feminist Leadership, and Human Rights-Based Approach (HRBA).
• Support youth who require ongoing coaching and mentoring beyond training sessions.

Qualifications & Experience:

Education & Certifications

• Bachelor’s degree required, Master’s degree preferred.

Essential Experience

• At least 2 years of professional or volunteer experience in development, youth empowerment, social change, political and humanitarian engagement, or civic training.
• Strong facilitation, mentoring, and coaching abilities.
• Proven experience using participatory tools and methodologies in training.
• Ability to design and implement advocacy strategies and creative campaigns.
• Experience with the use of digital tools and social media for activism and youth mobilization.
• Ability to build partnerships and connect youth networks across borders.
• Fluency in Thai and English (spoken and written). Burmese proficiency is desirable.

Other Qualities

• Strong interpersonal and teamwork skills.
• Gender-sensitive and inclusive.
• Culturally aware of ethnic, religious, political, and diaspora dynamics.
• Able to work with youth affected by conflict, trauma, and displacement.
• Independent, proactive, and adaptable.

How to apply:

Interested candidates are invited to submit their resumes with two referees, including a cover letter indicating the dates of availability and salary expectation to email: jobs.thailand@actionaid.org by February 20, 2026.

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

Contact: jobs.thailand@actionaid.org