Overview
The Project Coordinator - ECHO will lead the implementation of a disaster risk reduction and anticipatory action project in Southern Thailand, focusing on strengthening people-centred disaster risk management systems and advocating for scaling up within ASEAN. The role ensures high-quality, timely, and compliant delivery of project outcomes related to early warning, preparedness, and inclusive anticipatory action.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead overall management, coordination, and implementation of the ECHO project in Southern Thailand.
- Oversee project administration, staffing, procurement, logistics, and compliance.
- Hold primary responsibility for project budget management.
- Develop, update, and use project management tools.
- Work closely with thematic advisors to ensure quality implementation and child safeguarding.
- Ensure project progress is regularly monitored and results are documented.
- Ensure donor and internal reporting requirements are met.
- Ensure donor compliance, including documentation, visibility, and audit readiness.
- Systematically document lessons learned, challenges, and success stories.
- Line-manage and mentor Project Officer.
- Provide technical leadership on DRR, emergency preparedness, early warning systems, and anticipatory action.
- Support the development, testing, and maintenance of contingency plans, SOPs, and early action mechanisms.
- Coordinate with thematic advisors to facilitate trainings.
- Ensure challenges related to access, security, conflict sensitivity, and vulnerability are addressed.
- Contribute to Save the Children Thailand’s strategic planning processes.
- Support proposal development efforts.
- Manage relationships with implementing partners.
- Provide technical and organizational development support to partners.
- Monitor partner performance.
- Ensure timely fund transfers to partners.
- Work with partners to document good practices, lessons learned, and evidence.
- Represent Save the Children in project-related coordination and technical forums.
- Lead coordination and advocacy with key government stakeholders.
- Engage actively with ASEAN mechanisms, regional platforms, and Save the Children regional teams.
- Strengthen inter-agency collaboration.
Required Experience
- Minimum 5–7 years’ experience in humanitarian, DRR, emergency preparedness, or anticipatory action programming, preferably in conflict affected or fragile contexts.
- Proven experience working in Southern Thailand / Deep South contexts, with strong understanding of local dynamics, challenges, and stakeholders.
- Strong experience coordinating with government authorities (especially DDPM), UN agencies, NGOs, and civil society organizations.
- Experience with donor-funded projects (ECHO preferred), including budget management and compliance.
- Experience managing and supporting local partners and multidisciplinary teams.
Qualifications
• Advanced university degree in Disaster Risk Reduction, Emergency Management, Development Studies, Social Sciences, or a related field.
