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TITLE:   PROJECT OFFICER – LEAP II PROJECT

TEAM/PROGRAMME: OPERATIONS       

LOCATION: Pattani Field Office

CONTRACT LENGTH: 1 year

ROLE PURPOSE:

To assist the Deep South Field Coordinator in managing the planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of high quality, innovative programme in the Deep South of Thailand; particularly focusing on building the capacity of local civil society organizations.

SCOPE OF ROLE:

Reports to: Project Coordinator – LEAP II

Staff reporting to this post: None

Direct:   None

Indirect :  None

Budget Responsibilities:  None

Role Dimensions: 

KEY AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY :

• Ensuring good communication between Save the Children, Project Partner (FCD), CSOs, and local communities.
• Coordinate and support the CSOs to identify their organisational strengths and capacity gaps, craft organisational development plans, and monitor the CSOs’ actions against these plans.
• Plan and roll out of the sub-granting mechanism with support from Deep South Field Coordinator in coordination with support of Save the Children’s Finance and Awards Teams.
• Jointly with FCD, will technically be responsible for the design and delivery of the capacity building strategy of CSOs according to the relevant Essential Standards and will provide operational support from a technical and organizational perspective to CSOs throughout the project period.
• Act as Save the children representative in meetings, conference or other events in the Deep South
• Ensure CSOs have the knowledge, skills, and systems to comply with EU regulations
• Support CSO partners to develop and implement aligned data collection systems for reporting and lead in compiling inputs from partners for donor reports
• Share good partnership capacity building tools with Save the Children staff and potentially local partners in other field offices.

BEHAVIOURS (Values in Practice)

Accountability:

• holds self accountable for making decisions, managing resources efficiently, achieving and role modelling Save the Children values
• holds the team and partners accountable to deliver on their responsibilities - giving them the freedom to deliver in the best way they see fit, providing the necessary development to improve performance and applying appropriate consequences when results are not achieved.

Ambition:

• sets ambitious and challenging goals for themselves and their team, takes responsibility for their own personal development and encourages their team to do the same
• widely shares their personal vision for Save the Children, engages and motivates others
• future orientated, thinks strategically and on a global scale.

Collaboration:

• builds and maintains effective relationships, with their team, colleagues, Members and external partners and supporters
• values diversity, sees it as a source of competitive strength
• approachable, good listener, easy to talk to.

Creativity:

• develops and encourages new and innovative solutions
• willing to take disciplined risks.

Integrity:

• honest, encourages openness and transparency; demonstrates highest levels of integrity

QUALIFICATIONS 

• Thai Nationality
• Bachelor’s degree preferably in Relevant qualification in organisational development child protection or social development

EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS

 Essential:

• Demonstrated skills, experience (at least three years), and knowledge in management (preferably in development sector and in relevant thematic area).
• Three years professional working experience, development sector preferred
• Excellent interpersonal, communication and presentation skills, including good level of written and spoken English. Pattani Malay is strongly recommended.

Desirable:

• Ability to analyse information, and to document and report.
• Ability to, and experience of, delivering training in thematic area as well as for institutional capacity.
• An in-depth understanding of context of the Deep South
• Significant experience working and building relationships with government officials and local partners;
• Ability and willingness to travel frequently domestically (including to remote areas), and internationally as assigned
• Commitment to and understanding of Save the Children’s aims, values and principles.

Additional job responsibilities

The duties and responsibilities as set out above are not exhaustive and the role holder may be required to carry out additional duties within reasonableness of their level of skills and experience.

Equal Opportunities

The role holder is required to carry out the duties in accordance with the SCI Equal Opportunities and Diversity policies and procedures.

Child Safeguarding:

We need to keep children safe so our selection process, which includes rigorous background checks, reflects our commitment to the protection of children from abuse.

Health and Safety

The role holder is required to carry out the duties in accordance with SCI Health and Safety policies and procedures.

SCI offer competitive National package; Transportation & Communication allowance, Wellness Topup, 13th month salary & Annual leave 20 days, etc.

Interested candidates should apply and submit a motivational letter, comprehensive CV, expected salary and details of at least 3 referees via the following link;

https://stcuk.taleo.net/careersection/ex/jobdetail.ftl?job=190002QG&tz=GMT%2B07%3A00&tzname=Asia%2FBangkok

 “We need to keep children safe so our selection process, which includes rigorous background checks, reflects our commitment to the protection of children from abuse”