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Baan Dek Foundation is currently looking for a professional and dedicated local Administrative and Finance Officer who is committed to supporting vulnerable children and communities living in Chiang Mai and Bangkok. The Finance and Administrative Officer will work under direct supervision of the Manager and Director of Finance and PR and HR based in Chiang Mai and the Management team in Bangkok.
Your Mission
Job Description:
Job Title: Trainer and Community Empowerment Officer
Type of Contract: Full-time employment position (Open end Contract)
Department: Programs
Location: Chiang Mai, Thailand
Expected Start Date: ASAP or 1 October 2025
Responsibilities of the advertised position:
The Trainer and Community Empowerment Officer will be in charge of training targeted beneficiaries and community representatives on the content of knowledge prepared. She/He will provide follow up technical support to the trained peer educators and community members/ leaders, local services and company representatives for the implementation of the company action plan aiming at improving general standards to the beneficiaries living in construction site camps.
Role and responsibilities include but are not limited to:
Improve existing training material, contents and develop new ones to respond to community needs
working with the team, program manager and beneficiaries to implement the project actvities
Train the BDF team on the training packages
Deliver the training package to beneficiaries/ construction company relevant staff
Support the trained peer educators and community members/ company representatives to link with key service providers such as schools, health centers, and other NGOs
Conduct on-field sessions with community members to accompany them in developing and working on action plans
Propose solutions to the community members and company representatives to overcome challenges faced to grant access to essential services to children living in camps
Engage service providers to ease the access of children living in camps to essential services such as education and health
Monitor progress of the communities/companies toward their action plan to improve wellbeing of children in camps and access to services.
Collect data and analyze data in the construction camps for monitoring and evaluation purposes.
Identify and communicate to the management team challenges faced with communities/ companies or service providers and participate in a lesson learnt process
Support in the promotion of a constructive and productive working environment among the team
Actively support information sharing, transparency, and dialogue among the staff and partners
Support the Management Team in day-to-day missions and projects. The staff shall observe the organization’s values and objectives and will commit to facilitate all procedures and field activities to ensure the sound management of Baan Dek Foundation’s programs
Your Profile
Qualifications - Experience:
Education
Graduate qualifications (or a combination of undergraduate and relevant work experience) in a related discipline – health and safety, training, social and community development, social work, social sciences, education, law or a similar discipline
Experience
Minimum 3 years of working experience including 1 year demonstrated experience as trainer, trainer of trainer
Demonstrated experience in developing training modules and training handbooks.
Strong interest in human/ child rights based approach and social development,
Strong interest in collaboration with the private sector and corporate.
Knowledge on SDG’s, ESG’s, social sustainability and incentives for engagement of Private Sector is an asset
Experience with non-profit organizations or in the humanitarian sector is an asset
Language requirements: Fluent in Thai, good verbal and written proficiency in English
Other skills and competencies:
Interpersonal skills and ability to effectively communicate, including experience in a cross-cultural environment and an international setting
Stakeholder engagement skills and ability to collaborate effectively, including in cross-cultural or multicultural environments
Important note
*** Important: Only a complete application (Resume + cover letter specific to motivation and relevance for this position) will be considered. *** Only short-listed candidates will be contacted for an interview in English and Thai.
Please note that applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis and the position will remain posted until a qualified candidate is selected.