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Winrock International is a nonprofit organization that works with people in the United States and around the world to empower the disadvantaged, increase economic opportunity, and sustain natural resources. By linking local individuals and communities with new ideas and technology, Winrock is increasing long-term productivity, equity, and responsible resource management to benefit the poor and disadvantaged of the world.

Position Description

POSITION TITLE:                               Deputy Chief of Party, Thailand Counter Trafficking in Persons (TCTIP)

LOCATION:                                         Bangkok, Thailand

DEPARTMENT:                                   Civil Society & Education

REPORTS TO:                                     Chief of Party (COP)

Position Summary:

The Deputy Chief of Party provides management and technical expertise to assist the Chief of Party (COP) in implementing a high-quality, results-oriented counter trafficking-in-persons (TIP) program in Thailand that covers the “three Ps”: prevention, protection, and partnerships.

ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES:

The Deputy Chief of Party is responsible for assisting the COP in overall project management, supervision, administration, and implementation of the program. S/he will establish and maintain systems for project operations; ensure that all agreement deadlines are met and targets are achieved; coordinate and maintain working relationships with project stakeholders (including the Government of Thailand and private industry stakeholders, subgrantees and/or subcontractors); substantially contribute to the preparation and submission of technical and financial reports; and act as a coordination point with the USAID Asia CTIP program, a Winrock-implemented regional program working to strengthen national and local government efforts to combat TIP, improve CSO advocacy, and increase private sector partnerships to assist survivors and those at-risk.

• Assist COP with overall project management, which includes developing and overseeing annual planning; timely, quality implementation of activities; monitoring and evaluation of project implementation, as well as supervision and professional development of staff
• Contribute to technical direction and activity implementation in areas agreed upon with the COP;
• Provide technical assistance and support to governmental and nongovernmental partners
• With support from field and home office staff, prepare and timely submit reports and other donor deliverables
• Represent the project and Winrock to donors, local and national government entities, the media, NGOs, and the local business community as needed
• Develop strategies for working with multinational bodies, national and local government, private sector partners, civil society actors, trainers, TIP victims, and other stakeholder groups
• Serve as acting COP when the COP is away from post
• Carry out other tasks as designated by COP
• Other duties as assigned.

QUALIFICATIONS:

Successful candidates will have strong management skills as well as salient experience implementing counter-trafficking, human rights or related development projects in Thailand.

Education:           Advanced degree or equivalent in experience in international relations, social science, political science, or other related field.

Experience:        

• Applicants must have a minimum of 7 years’ experience managing and implementing human rights related development projects in Thailand.
• Demonstrated leadership and administrative skills in the management of complex, multi-activity programming, on time and on budget.
• Financial management, budget monitoring experience.
• Demonstrated experience managing and motivating staff and partners

Skills/

Knowledge:       

• In-depth knowledge of issues related to human trafficking in Thailand and relevant stakeholders
• Understanding of gender equity and social inclusion considerations in human rights programming
• Excellent writing skills in English and Thai
• Strong verbal communication skills in in English and Thai
• Excellent diplomatic and public relations instincts
• Knowledge of US Government regulations, policies, and procedures or those of an equivalently complex international government funding organization
• Demonstrated creative problem solving, conflict, and ethical management skills
• Computer literate in word processing, spreadsheet, and presentation software
• Readiness to travel frequently

SALARY:

The annual salary will be commensurate with qualifications and experience.

APPLICATIONS:

Applicants should submit a current resume and cover letter referencing Thailand CTIP DCOP in the subject line to winrockctip@winrock.org by May 22, 2017. Interested applicants are encouraged to apply ASAP prior to deadline as applications will be reviewed on an incoming rolling basis.

Winrock would like to thank all applicants for their interest but only candidates who meet all requisite criteria and are short listed will be contacted.