Senior Project Officer

**TITLE: Senior Project Officer SHIELD Project.**

**TEAM/PROGRAMME**:Programme Operations Department

**LOCATION**:Chiang Rai Province, Thailand

**CONTRACT TYPE**:National

**CONTRACT LENGTH**:1 January - 31 December 2025 with possible to extend

**ROLE PURPOSE**:
With SHIELD, Save the Children Thailand, in partnership with ECPAT Foundation Thailand (EF), aims to create a safer online environment for children and youths in Thailand. Focusing on 10 communities in Chiang Mai and Chiang Rai, the project will improve preventative and response capacity for addressing digital risks among children and youths within the network of adults and institutions that comprise their socio-ecological environments. Through SHIELD, we plan to support youth-led initiatives for raising awareness and promoting peer-to-peer education and support; develop and implement targeted education programmes for parents and caregivers about online risks and safety measures; enhance the capacity of schools, social workers, law enforcement, and local government to identify, report, and respond to cases of digital harm; and create an enabling environment for mental health and psychosocial support (MHPSS) responses, specifically focused on children and youth survivors of digital harm. In addition, through youth-led campaigns and advocacy, we will work with national-level actors to strengthen legal frameworks and policies related to online child protection in Thailand. We intend that this holistic approach will lead to the production of a model for promoting online safety and addressing digital harm that can be replicated in other communities in Thailand and benefit global online safety initiatives.

The role is to support the Maesot Programme Coordinator in the implementation, coordination, and management of the Safe from Harm on the Internet through Empowerment, Learning, and Dialogue (SHIELD) Project, ensuring program implementation with quality and cost-effectiveness. This role will be working closely with children and youth groups in ethnic, migrant, stateless, Thai vulnerable, and children and youth with diverse sexual orientations and disabilities by coordinating with ECPAT.

**SCOPE OF ROLE**:
**Reports to**:Maesot Programme Coordinator

**Staff reporting to this post**:None

**Indirect**:None

**Budget Responsibilities**:None

**Role Dimensions**:The Senior Project Officer works with the ECPAT, covering target areas in Chiang Rai and Chiang Mai Provinces. This position will support the Maesot Programme Coordinator in coordinating with Thai government agencies, Thai schools, the Child Online Protection Coalition, consultants, and the workforce.

Project period: SHIELD Project (January 2025 - December 2027) and will work closely with ACCM team to ensure reporting and visibility, as well as work across functions with MEAL, Finance, Awards, Supply chain, HR, and Admin departments.

**Remark**:The ECPAT Foundation Thailand (EF) office is based in Chiang Rai.

**KEY AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY**:
**Program Coordination and Support**:

- Assist the supervisor in planning, implementing, monitoring, and evaluating the SHIELD project according to its design and plans.
- Support the supervisor and partners in organizing events, workshops, training sessions, and meetings with youth leaders, teacher mentors, the project steering committee, and relevant stakeholders, including project close-out activities.
- Conduct regular monthly meetings with partners to provide technical support and ensure the effectiveness of the youth-initiative project.
- Perform regular field visits to observe and participate in partners’ activities, and write visit reports.
- Ensure the accuracy and appropriateness of financial, administrative, and supply documentation. Follow up on queries and initiate corrective actions on discrepancies, including those raised by partners.
- Assist the supervisor in reviewing partners’ financial reports and monthly transactions, promptly raising any concerns.
- Collaborate with other relevant staff to analyze collected data and information, and prepare progress reports.
- Ensure data collection, management, and analysis comply with data protection guidelines.
- Participate in and contribute to project progress review meetings with the Child Protection Technical Expert, Save the Children Hong Kong, and Project Progress Review Meetings (PPRM).
- Update the project progress tracker and compile supporting documents such as the Detailed Implementation Plan (DIP), Work-Breakdown Structure (WBS), Indicator Performance Tracking Table (IPTT), issues logs, procurement plan, project support plan, quality benchmarks (QB) and monthly fund request.
- Support the supervisor in project close-out activities, including preparing hand-over and transition plans, organizing close-out meetings with stakeholders, and drafting quarterly reports.

**Representation and Coordination (Internal and External)**:

- Ensure effective coordination and collaboration with key