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                                                               Project Officer

         Vacancy Announcement

Position:  Project Officer (1 open position)

Handicap International (HI) seeks for project officer, Growing Together project, based office in Mae Sot, Tak province, with 80% works in Mae La camp, Tak province and 20% works in Mae Sot office.

Closing date: 18^th February, 2017

Handicap International (HI) reserves the right to not accept applications submitted after the deadline. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for testing and interview. Also, HI reserves the right to contact any shortlisted candidates before closing date.

Handicap International is an international non-governmental, non-religious, non-political and non-profit making organization specialised in the field of disability. It works alongside people with disabilities, offering them assistance and supporting them in their efforts to become self-reliant.  Since its creation, the organisation has set up programmes in approximately 60 countries worldwide and intervened in many emergency situations.  

Handicap International in Thailand is currently supporting projects along the Thailand - Burma border focusing on the following:

• Rehabilitation Project: provision of functional rehabilitation services for persons with disabilities or impairments in 5 temporary shelters (Tak and Mae Hong Son provinces),
• Disability and Social Inclusion Project: Social inclusion of People with Disabilities and mainstreaming disability into humanitarian services in 5 temporary shelters

             (Tak and Mae Hong Son provinces)

• Growing Together Project: in 5 temporary shelters (Tak and Mae Hong Son provinces) focusing on enabling vulnerable children including children with disabilities, to develop their full potential on an equal basis with other children and acquire fundamental educational and social skills, as well as support to their family members and/or caregivers and,

• Mine Risk Education Project: raising awareness activities on the risk of mines and explosive remnants of war are implemented in 9 temporary shelters (Tak, Mae Hong Son, Ratchaburi and Kanchanabui province)

Project Officer’ s general mission:

Implementing and managing the Growing Together project activities at the field level under the supervision of his/her project Team Leader and to enhance capacity of Growing Together Camp Based Staff to ensure the quality of the project activities and services, and promote inclusion and equal participation.

Project Officer’s Responsibilities:

Responsibility 1: Plan, monitor and implement the Growing Together project activities and ensure quality of services provision.

Aim: Ensure the activities are implemented on time with the adequate quality of services.

Responsibility 2:  Empower, build capacity and coach HI camp based staff, community staff and camp based staff from other agencies on Growing Together project activities.

Aim: Build capacity of Growing Together community staff to be able to provide community services with high quality standards, as well as community volunteers, parents and /or caregivers and service providers.

Responsibility 3: Ensure communication, networking and coordination at field level for Growing Together activities.

Aim: Under the supervision of his/her line manager, ensure implementation of good practices and good communication.

Qualifications required

Education: University degree in the field of social sciences, special education, physiotherapy, occupational therapy or speech and language therapy or related field.

Knowledge and skills required:

• Knowledge and experience in project implementation.
• Knowledge and experience in budget management and managing people.
• Working experience in INGOs, community or refugee context is an added value.
• Good skills of knowledge transmission to the teams.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills.
• Knowledge and experience in providing coaching for capacity building.
• Knowledge and experience in one of the domains of intervention of the program: local inclusive development, rehabilitation, child development.
• Experience in disability sector strongly recommended.
• Experience in working with partners, civil society organizations or public authorities
• Proficient using the Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and mail merges; email and web searches.

Extra requirement/experience:

• Minimum of 2 years practical experience in a similar position.
• Practical experience in working with vulnerable groups and local authorities is mandatory.
• Good experience in training / capacity building/Coaching
• Professional experience working with refugees in the Thai-Burma border, especially parents and vulnerable children.
• Experience in conducting trainings (material development, training facilitation) and on-the-job capacity building of community volunteers.

Other qualifications:

• Language: Good level of written, reading and spoken English and Thai. Knowledge of Karen or Burmese will be an advantage.
• Active listening, sense of negotiation, self-initiative, intellectual flexibility, adaptation skills, communication skills, ability to create team spirit and to support team building, autonomy in work and experience in accompanying a team and finding practical solutions.

CONDITIONS:

• Status: national working contract
• Duration: 1 year, renewable
• Start: from March, 2017.

Please address all applications (cover letter + CV + copy of Thai ID card, passport, educational certificate) to Handicap International:

E-mail: hr.admin@thailand-hi.org and bbpgtpm@thailand-hi.org