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Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI, www.sei-international.org) is an independent international research institute, engaged in environment and development issues at local, national, regional and global policy levels for more than a quarter of a century. Our goal is to bring about change for sustainable development by bridging science and policy. We do this by providing integrated analysis that supports decision makers. SEI works from seven main centres around the world, with additional offices linked to these. Project teams generally span locations.

Bridging science and policy has been SEI’s mission since its creation in 1989, but in recent years, the institute has made significant investments to further strengthen its research, policy engagement and communications capacity. SEI is rated as the world’s most influential think tank on environmental policy issues in the University of Pennsylvania’s 2016 Global Go To Think Tanks Index, billed as the “premier database and measure of world think tanks”.

Thai National Programme Coordinator is part of the water cluster team of SEI Asia Centre. The main role of this position is to contribute to smooth management and coordination of projects by maintaining contact between the implementing team internally and external partners; design and implement management methods with guidance from supervising colleagues; organization of key events, and compile documentation, prepare qualifications, and check draft proposals against requirements. The work will focus mainly on the Sustainable Mekong Research Network (SUMERNET, www.sumernet.org) and other projects under SEI Asia Research Cluster.

The appointee will be working with other colleagues in the SUMERNET programme and Water Research cluster at Asia Centre in Bangkok and will report directly to the water cluster leader, SUMERNET Programme Manager and the leaders of other projects and is under overall supervision of the SEI Asia Centre Director.

Responsibilities:

• Assist in coordination-, communications- and administration-related activities of research projects.
• Assist in building and expanding strategic partnerships and networking with governments, civil society organizations, private sectors and donors in implementing research project activities and developing new research projects.
• Assist in the logistical arrangements, cost estimates (e.g. booking accommodations, meeting venues, vans), and take minutes for the research project related meetings and events.
• Undertake monitoring and evaluating progress of research project activities against agreed Theory of Change and work plans.
• Assist in literature review and data collection.
• Support in preparing documents (e.g. agenda, work plan, reports, publications, proposal) related to research projects as assigned.
• Support in fundraising initiatives as required.
• Perform other tasks that might be assigned by project leaders, the water cluster leader and SEI Asia Centre Director.

Deadline: 4 July 2017

REQUIREMENTS

Required Minimum Qualifications and Required Experience:

• Hold Thai citizenship
• Master degree with at least 2-year work experience (or bachelor degree with at least 5-year experience) in the field related to Project Management, Business Administration, Public Administration, Social Sciences, Engineering or related studies.
• Proven experience in coordination and communications with governmental and non-governmental agencies.
• Experience in working under projects related to natural resources management, especially Integrated Water Resources Management.
• Experience in providing logistical support and organizing events for large numbers of participants.
• Experience in financial management and reporting for the projects and other activities
• Good understanding on Theory of Change and experience in designing and conducting the survey for monitoring and evaluation of the progress against the Theory of Change.
• Experience in conducting literature reviews for research projects and ability to draft the reports in English.
• Excellent in reading, writing, typing and speaking Thai and English.
• Strong motivation, personal initiative and commitment to excellence and results, as well as enthusiasm for supporting scientific research and policy engagement.
• Demonstrated record of interdisciplinary collaboration, partnership and team building and the desire to work in a collaborative environment with time management

Desirable Qualifications:

• Experience in conducting the capacity building or training activities.
• Experience in conducting field work (e.g. household survey, focus group discussion, interviews).
• Experience in writing publications and medias in English.

BENEFITS

Salary package including health insurance and provident fund commensurate with academic background and experience. SEI Asia offers an exciting and interesting opportunity to work alongside some of the region's leading researchers to bring genuine change to the world we live in.

Website: https://www.sei-international.org/working-for-sei/3715

Deadline: 4 July 2017