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Internship - Community Empowerment Program

Chiang Mai
Full or part-time
Intern / Student

Working environment

Baan Dek Foundation (BDF) is a non-profit, non-political and non-religious organization based in Bangkok & Chiang Mai. BDF supports access to essential services for more than 1,500 vulnerable children and their families living in construction sites and slums. Through specifically tailored educational programs and flexible individual support, Baan Dek Foundation protects endangered children, enables families to become self-sustainable and provides opportunities for a better future.

Your Mission

Responsibilities of the Advertised Internship 


Community empowerment program

  • Support in facilitating the development of training modules for peer educators and beneficiaries in communities.

  • Provide field support and support with activities (accompany CE staff to field activities or co-facilitate)

  • Support the creation of content, VDO clips, and online activities in social media.

  • Support program development and implementation to answer community needs by researching content, suggesting activities, contact networks etc.

  • Support on data entry for community programs in CE tools & Salesforce.

  • Attend meetings/related training to improve the community program

  • Support other tasks as planned with the supervisor.

Experience/Skills Preferred:

  • Faire English skills, fluency in Thai

  • Experience working with children and community

  • Microsoft Office including Excel, Word, PowerPoint/experience using professional emailing/calendar system

  • Facilitating activities

  • Experience with non-profit organizations

  • Understanding of child protection policy/safeguarding

Soft Skills Necessary:

  • Dynamic, creative, and demonstrates proven skills to work and engage with children and community.

  • Ability to work both independently and as part of a multicultural team.

  • Ability to use initiative, keep overall goals in mind, leading where necessary to solve problems

  • Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines.

  • Ability to provide/give constructive feedback.

  • Reliable and respectful of local cultures.

Your Profile

Internship Description


Title

:  Internship

Type of Contract

:  Full-time, unpaid internship

Department

:  Community Empowerment Program 

Location

:  Chiang Mai, Thailand

Expected Start Date 

: Flexible date (Date required from university) 



Important note

How to Apply:

Please send CV in English via e-mail and the application platform only to:

 https://baan-dek.jobs.personio.com/job/1833114#apply


or Taitat@baandekfoundation.org and Naphaphon@baandekfoundation.org


In the subject line of the email please write “Community Empowerment Program Internship” 


Only short-listed candidates will be contacted for an interview in English. Baan Dek Foundation is an equal opportunity employer that selects candidates based on merit. To comply with Baan Dek Foundation Child Protection Policy, the selected candidate will be requested a copy of his/her criminal record. The successful applicant will be expected to comply with Baan Dek Foundation's Child Protection Policy. 


Closing date for applications: None


More details on Baan Dek Foundation’s projects on www.baandekfoundation.org

About us

About Baan Dek Foundation

Baan Dek Foundation is a dynamic non-profit dedicated to empowering marginalized children and families living in urban poverty, particularly in construction camps across Thailand. 

The Thai construction sector employs approximately 700,000 migrants out of which 40% are women. BDF and UNICEF’s evidence-based study states around 60,000 children live with parents in construction site camps with slum-like conditions. These children and their parents face critical challenges in accessing essential services such as education, healthcare and child protection.

To address this challenge, BDF supports children and their parent’s immediate needs (access to healthcare, education, and child protection services), empowers their communities through a peer-to-peer approach (training for youth, adults, and women) and creates systemic change in the Thai construction sector through the Building Social Impact Initiative.

Baan Dek also powers a spin-off social enterprise: Dao Ethical Gifts, which empowers vulnerable women in Thailand.


IMPORTANT NOTE: Before submitting your application, it is important that you acknowledge and accept the following information: 

Candidates should not submit any additional documents outside of what is requested in compliance with Thailand’s Personal Data Protection Act, B.E. 2562 (2019). By applying for this position, all candidates are subject to BDF Data Protection Policy. 

Equal opportunity: BDF is an equal opportunity employer. The organization shall not resume discriminate and will take affirmative action measures to ensure against discrimination in advertisements for employment, recruitment and other conditions of employment, preventing discrimination against any job applicant or employee on the bases of race, color, gender, national origin, age, religion, creed, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression. 

Child Safeguarding: To comply with BDF’s Child Protection and Safeguarding Policy, the selected candidate will be requested to provide a copy of his/her criminal record (or clearance certificate) and two professional references. Adhering to BDF’s policies includes compliance with our Child Protection and Safeguarding Policy, PSEA Policy, and Anti-Corruption Policy.

More details on Baan Dek Foundation’s projects is available at www.baandekfoundation.org.