About Raks Thai
Raks Thai Foundation is a member of CARE International and a leading non-profit organization in Thailand. The fundamental principle of Raks Thai’s work is to engage and empower communities to build
local capacity in responding to developmental or vulnerability issues that they are facing. Raks Thai has a
track-record of pioneering and testing new paths of civil society engagement in the development sector,
with all work custom-designed on a project-by-project basis through comprehensive situation and
problem analyses, and the application of appropriate and innovative interventions.
Our work focuses on, 1) Health 2) Children and youth 3) Women’s economic empowerment in rural
areas, promoting gender equality and fighting gender-based violence (GBV), 4) Environment/climate
change adaptation, and 5) Emergency response/rehabilitation responding to floods, land/mud slides,
tsunami, and droughts and recently, COVID-19 prevention and economic relief for poor and vulnerable
populations both Thai and non-Thai.
Available positions with the details is mentioned below:
Program Manager for Environment, Natural Resources, and Climate Change
Role Purpose:
Responsible for managing the Environmental Sector of Raks Thai, the Program Manager will ensure all environmental programs lead to impact and are in line with Raks Thai’s strategic development, as well as manage budgets and staff movement according to compliance standards. The Program Manager will explore new environmental program funding opportunities with both private and institutional investors, grow a network of stakeholders to promote Raks Thai’s brand, and provide technical supports and advice to team members and partners.
Key Accountabilities:
Strategic
- Provide inputs to Environment sector strategic roadmap, KPI targets, and budget planning, translating Raks Thai’s goals into tangible actions using macro-economic data research and
discussions with key stakeholders within the sector, as well as reviewing Environment team’s
objectives, key parameters/ constraints - Identify growth opportunities and develop new programs and products to enable continued growth of the Environmental sector
Operations
- Assume full responsibility for driving key results and performance indicators of all Environmental
programs - Oversee program planning and execution of all Environmental programs, including networking events
- Ensure program activities are in line with budget; explore measures to reduce and control cost and implement such measures where possible
- Oversee approvals of Environmental program budget requests, staff movement, leave requests according to Raks Thai’s financial standards
- Any ad hoc duties as directed by Program Director
Monitoring and Evaluation
- Develop Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability, Learning (MEAL) framework for all Environmental
programs according to CARE International and Raks Thai’s standards - Provide actionable recommendations and to improve cost, productivity, efficiency, and reliability of
the programs; review and monitor periodically with Program Director and stakeholders - Ensure program data is effectively and completely reported in the Raks Thai database and CARE
International database, including program and financial reports, proposals, grant contracts - Collate best practices and lessons learned and create a success model for scaling up existing
programs / integrate into other regions/programmatic areas
Team Management
- Improve team’s technical capabilities through effective training and knowledge sharing to ensure
product knowledge is maintained to the highest standard - Run weekly team training and meetings as and when required
- Oversee the recruitment of new employees under the Environmental sector
Strategic Partnerships
- Attend all meetings/forums, donor/stakeholder liaison and be responsible for action in regard to
donor’s feedback and experience to ensure the highest service standards are maintained - Identify and develop new business opportunities with institutional investors
- Coordinate with Resource Development team on corporate business development and partnership;
report on CSR programs’ progress; liaise with CSR donors as required - Work with mentors, donors, government entities and other industry players to grow Raks Thai’s
network and ecosystem (national and international) - Establish and build links with community and media partners to expand Raks Thai brand and
marketing outreach
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in related field; Masters or MBA degree preferred
- Excellent communication skills, ability to present and report to stakeholders
- Ability to lead a large team of project coordinators and filed officers who are based on different locations. Field visits can be expected on a regular basis
- Must be fluent in both English and Thai
- Minimum of 5 years&; experience in environmental program development
- Proven track record of building C-level business relationships, negotiating complex agreements and executing partnerships
- Experience with complex large-scale projects or engagements with institutional investors
- Strategic thinking and confident of achieving high programmatic standards
- Experience with managing program budgets
- Can-do attitude, strategic thinker and self-motivated team leader
Program Manager for Women’s Economic Empowerment (WEE), Children and Youth Leadership (C& Y)
Role Purpose:
This dual role is responsible for managing both the Women Empowerment Sector and Children and Youth Leadership of Raks Thai. The Program Manager will work closely with the Program Director to ensure all Women, Children and Youth programs lead to impact and are in line with Raks Thai’s strategic development, as well as manage budgets and staff movement according to compliance standards. The Program Manager will explore new program funding opportunities with both private and institutional investors, grow a network of stakeholders to promote Raks Thai’s brand, and provide technical supports
and advice to team members and partners.
Key Accountabilities:
Strategic
- Provide inputs to WEE/ C&Y sectors’ strategic roadmap, KPI targets, and budget planning,
translating Raks Thai’s goals into tangible actions using macro-economic data research and
discussions with key stakeholders within the sector, as well as reviewing WEE/ C& teams’
objectives, key parameters/ constraints - Identify growth opportunities and develop new programs and products to enable continued growth of the WEE/ C&Y sectors
Operations
- Assume full responsibility for driving key results and performance indicators of all WEE/ C&Y
programs - Oversee program planning and execution of all WEE/ C&Y programs, including networking events
- Ensure program activities are in line with budget; explore measures to reduce and control cost and
implement such measures where possible - Oversee approvals of WEE/ C&Y program budget requests, staff movement, leave requests
according to Raks Thai’s financial standards - Any ad hoc duties as directed by Program Director
Monitoring and Evaluation
- Develop Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability, Learning (MEAL) framework for all WEE/ C&Y
programs according to CARE International and Raks Thai’s standards - Provide actionable recommendations and to improve cost, productivity, efficiency, and reliability of
the programs; review and monitor periodically with Program Director and stakeholders - Ensure program data is effectively and completely reported in the Raks Thai database and CARE
- International database, including program and financial reports, proposals, grant contracts
- Collate best practices and lessons learned and create a success model for scaling up existing
programs / integrate into other regions/programmatic areas
Team Management
- Improve team’s technical capabilities through effective training and knowledge sharing to ensure
product knowledge is maintained to the highest standard - Run weekly team training and meetings as and when required
- Oversee the recruitment of new employees under the WEE/ C&Y sectors
Strategic Partnerships
- Attend all meetings/forums, donor/stakeholder liaison and be responsible for action in regard to
donor’s feedback and experience to ensure the highest service standards are maintained - Identify and develop new business opportunities with institutional investors
- Coordinate with Resource Development team on corporate business development and partnership;
report on CSR programs’ progress; liaise with CSR donors as required - Work with mentors, donors, government entities and other industry players to grow Raks Thai’s
network and ecosystem (national and international) - Establish and build links with community and media partners to expand Raks Thai brand and
marketing outreach
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in related fields; Masters or MBA degree preferred
- Excellent communication skills, ability to present and report to stakeholders
- Ability to lead a large team of project coordinators and filed officers who are based on different
locations. Field visits can be expected on a regular basis - Must be fluent in both English and Thai
- Minimum of 5 years& experience in WEE/ C&Y program development
- Proven track record of building C-level business relationships, negotiating complex agreements and executing partnerships
- Experience with complex large-scale projects or engagements with institutional investors
- Strategic thinking and confident of achieving high programmatic standards
- Experience with managing program budgets
- Can-do attitude, strategic thinker and self-motivated team leader
Senior Program Officer (Monitoring and Evaluation)
Key Accountabilities:
- Responsible in the development and oversight of project indicators, information systems and
databases for effective monitoring and evaluation. - Monitor project activity implementation and progress toward achieving outcomes by Raks Thai’s
sub-offices and sub-recipients according to all commitments under the signed contracts. - Develop monitoring tools to collect qualitative and quantitative evidence and facilitate their use
through regular site-visits and on-site coaching. - Suggest strategies to the respective project leads for improving the efficiency, effectiveness and
impact projects by identifying barriers to success and developing plans to minimize or eliminate
such barriers - Contribute to routine donor reporting according to specific project timelines by drafting reports,
analyzing data, providing input and recommendations. - Support the development of new project proposals and communication with prospective donors.
- Assist with developing training materials and modules for building capacity of field-based staff in
project management and quality monitoring and evaluation. - Assist the DMEL team with other activities relevant to the improvement of Raks Thai Foundation’
programs.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor degree of higher in international development, project management, political science,
public health or related field. - 2-3 years’ experience in project management, specifically project monitoring and evaluation
- Demonstrated experience coordinating site visits and/or development monitoring tools.
- Demonstrated experience with information management and working with data, including
attention to detail and the ability to conceptualize complex issues - Highly skilled in the use of Microsoft Excel. Understanding of additional data analysis software
packages (e.g. SPSS, R, and STATA) is beneficial. - Strong interpersonal skills and ability to communicate and cooperate effectively with various
stakeholders including those from different national and cultural backgrounds, and make informed decisions to improve project outcomes - Interest in various social issues, international development or local community development
and enthusiasm to work with key populations including men who have sex with men, transgender persons, sex workers, migrants and people who inject drugs.
Design, Monitoring & Evaluation Manager
Role Purpose:
DME Manager is to provide strategic DME technical direction, execute framework, implement system and advice to project leads to implement sustainable, effective, and impactful programs. The role is to ensure the effective design, monitoring and evaluation practices (DME) that are implemented by the PDQ are in alignment with the organization strategic direction and donor’s requirements. The role aims to maximize the impact of interventions by creating an enabling environment to improve program quality and capacity towards DME across Raks Thai and its recipients. The role also includes ensuring
the accurate evidence is collected and recorded for decision making and reporting purposes.
Key Accountabilities:
- Design data collection and analysis to track and measure performance of ongoing program to
provide analytical information by program/population/site/subgrant/contract. - Design data analysis systems and flow that can be used by Raks Thai sites or partners for their own
management purposes, users, and reporting. - Identify DME need for external studies to supplement program implementation, implements
process of consultant identification and selection and monitoring consultant to work completion,
comply with program standard & compliance. - Produce high quality technical reports and briefings for internal use and for external stakeholders
that explain program progress and insights at the site and project/program levels. - Provide information to support assumptions leading to improved program designs.
- At the organizational level, works with the program team to strengthen overall monitoring and
evaluation skills and practices and support reporting to broader stakeholders such as CARE
International. - Facilitate regular monitoring and coordinate review of program results to inform program
manager, officer and program quality director with program improvement recommendations as
well as monitoring them throughout the duration of the projects. - Monitor all project activities, expenditures, progress towards achieving the project outputs
including collecting and analysing different data in relation to the project activities, maintain the
database in technology platform. - Provide feedback to the related stakeholders on project strategies and activities, suggest strategies
to the project team for improving the efficiency and effectiveness of the project by identifying
bottlenecks in completing project activities and development plans to minimize or eliminate such
challenges. - Establish, build, maintain effective working relationships with staff and partners to facilitate the
provision of support knowledge management and learning. - Provide support to knowledge management processes within Raks Thai programs by designing
impact & measurement plan, executing the monitoring plans support all learning and knowledge management activities of Raks Thai, and tracking best practices in monitoring and evaluation. - Risk mitigation
- Plan evaluation and initiate relationships with external parties
- Develop skills of Raks Thai staff in DME
Qualifications:
- Able to handle multiple tasks by establishing priorities whilst handling frequent interruptions,
deadline, available resources and multiple reporting relationship - Excellent ability to identify significant capacity building opportunities with strong training and
facilitation skills. - Excellent communication skills (written and oral): sensitivity to and responsiveness to all partners,
respectful, adaptable and helpful relationship with project staff and partners. - Consistently approach work with positive energy and constructive attitude, respond positively to
critical feedback and differing points of view - Experience in designing tools and strategies for data collection, analysis, visualization and
production of reports - Proven knowledge and experience in statistics, data analysis and information management; able to
manage and synthesize both qualitative and quantitative information
Benefit package for above mentioned all positions:
- Social security
- Life & Health Insurance (+Dental allowance)
- Provident Fund
- 13th Month salary
- 11 days+ Annual Leave
- Salary increment – performance-based rate
- Learning & Development
- Work: Mon-Fri from 8.00 – 17.00 or 9:00－18:00+ Flexi hour
Etc.