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Position: Education Project Assistant

Start date: 29 May 2017

Duty station: Mae Sot, Thailand

Supervisor: STEP and REACT Project Coordinators

Role purpose  

Under the overall supervision of the STEP and REACT Project Coordinators the successful candidate will assist in the overall implementation of two migrant education projects under HWF: the EU-IOM funded project “Step Into Education” (STEP) and Save the Children (SCI) funded “Reaching Education for All Children in Thailand” (REACT).

STEP

The Step Into Education project has been created to promote, educate and allow for an integrated environment for Rohingya and Myanmar Muslims in and around Mae Sot through access to education; ensuring a brighter future for Rohingya and Myanmar Muslims and in turn, raising awareness of the legal and protection implications and benefits for this marginalised group.

The Step In Education project has two key focuses; firstly to achieve the engagement of the marginalized Muslim community through awareness raising campaigns on education and to promote its importance and benefits (ID, Legal status etc); and secondly with the Rohingya and Myanmar Muslim children to ensure the enrolment into Thai public schools or migrant learning centers (MLCs) in and around Mae Sot.

The project activities enable increased integration of Myanmar Muslim children into the Thai host community leading to a better understanding among the different ethnic and religious groups, decreasing potential ethnic tensions and concerns and increasing the Thai language skills of the migrant children, thus offering better future opportunities for these children in the long term.

REACT

The goal of the Reaching Education for All Children in Thailand project is to ensure that Migrant Children in Thailand have access to quality education and communities support children’s learning. This goal will be reached in partnership with SCI through the following three objectives:

1. Strengthen the capacity of the Thai Government to identify and address the needs of OOSC migrant children
2. Improve quality and inclusion of basic education for migrant children
3. Improve support for migrant children’s rights to development within migrant and host communities

The project activities support the retention of OOSC migrant students, enables teacher training on inclusive child-centered education strategies, language support and foundational skills, and provides financial sustainability training and infrastructure improvements for Migrant Learning Centers (MLCs). The Education Project Assistant will assist the REACT Project Coordinator and SCI staff with public awareness campaigns and community awareness raising activities in Mae Sot, Mae Ramat and Phop Phra Districts in Tak Province related to the project.

Key responsibilities

The position includes several overarching responsibilities, as well as those specific to each of the two projects supported.

Overall responsibilities

• Assist the overall implementation of the “Step Into Education” and “Reaching Education for All Children in Thailand” projects;
• Visit target communities frequently (mainly Myanmar Muslim and other migrant communities) in Mae Sot, Mae Ramat and Phop Phra;
• Meet relevant key stakeholders and project partners (Thai schools, MLCs, MECC, as well as other NGOs and IOs in the education sector);
• Attend frequent school visits (Thai public schools and MLCs);
• Assist in the organization of awareness raising activities on the benefits of education and how to support children to stay in school and learn (community visits; family visits; roadshows; visibility materials);
• Assist in the compilation of minutes of each meeting and activity reports;
• Assist in the enrolment process of target children into either Thai public schools or MLCs (help purchasing school uniforms, stationery, pay the transportation fees, fill out the enrolment documents; etc.);
• Assist in the compilation of narrative reports to donors;
• Help with the creation of public awareness campaigns through the production of 2 short video clips (STEP), and initiatives under SCI’s Every Last Child Campaign (REACT);
• Assist in the implementation of a needs assessment to identify the target population and their education needs (STEP);
• Assist in the writing of the needs assessment report and community maps (STEP);
• Support teacher training and financial sustainability training for Migrant Learning Centers (REACT);
• Assist in the construction and renovation of MLC infrastructure (REACT);
• Any other assigned task by the Project Coordinators or Education Programme Manager.

Required qualifications

• Post-10 or equivalent education required. University degree in education, development, social studies or a related field preferred

Desirable profile

• At least 2 years working experience in project assistance and implementation;
• Experience in the education sector especially in Mae Sot;
• Familitarity with migrant community in and around Mae Sot, particularily Myanmar Muslim community;
• Strong interpersonal skills, patient and good communicator;
• Accountability and the ability to deliver assigned tasks on a high standard and in time;
• Can perform well under pressure, including the occasional weekend assignment;
• Flexibility to meet changing project demands;
• Ability to create trust in work relations and to work effectively as part of a team;
• Ability to work independently and to meet deadlines;
• Ability to work in a multicultural environment and with people from a diversity of regions, professional backgrounds and levels of authority;
• Willingness to travel, as required;
• PC skills – Microsoft Word, PPT, Excel;
• Ability to speak, read, and write in Burmese; English and / or Thai language ability desired but not a requirement for this position.

 Qualified candidates should submit:

Please submit your CV, a cover letter with salary expectations as well as 3 references (including email address and phone number) to recruitment@helpwithoutfrontiers.or.th by 21 May 2017.

Subject: Education Project Assistant

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

Closing Date               :      19 April 2026 (11:59 PM, Bangkok Time)