Location: Mae Sot, Thailand (field-based) | Chiangmai, Thailand (office based)
Project Area: Thai-Myanmar Border
Language Requirements: Fluency in English (working language); Thai and Karen preferred
Key Responsibilities:
Design and implement strategies for improving household income through livelihood and vocational programs.
Map and address education gaps (e.g., school access, dropout risks, vocational training needs).
Work alongside local churches to equip families and caregivers with knowledge on food security, financial literacy, and practical life skills.
Support youth with relevant training pathways that promote long-term well-being.
Monitor program outcomes related to education access, vocational progress, and basic needs (e.g., clean water, food, medicine).
What We’re Looking For:
3–5 years of experience working in community development, especially in border or conflict-affected areas particularly in the field livelihood and education program support
Strong understanding of the socio-economic realities of families in migrant or displaced communities.
Proven experience designing or contextualizing livelihood or vocational curricula.
Background in education, vocational training, or economic development.
Preferred: Familiarity with education and job access challenges in the Thai-Myanmar border context.
What We Do
Compassion International is a Christian child development ministry aimed at releasing children from spiritual, economic, social and physical poverty in Jesus’ name.
We are church-based: Compassion believes the Church is God’s chosen instrument to bring hope to a hurting world.
We believe the strategic placement of local churches makes them best suited to address the holistic needs of the children in their communities. And only they can effectively deliver the Jesus-based teaching and whole-life care that children in poverty deserve. Compassion partners with 8,000+ churches in 25 countries around the world to deliver our holistic child development program.
We are child-focused: Compassion’s ministry is focused on the individual child and his/her development. We offer this assistance irrespective of caste, creed, class or religion. At Compassion, we believe entire communities will feel the positive impact of our presence because what happens in the life of a child ripples throughout his or her environment.
We are Christ-centered: Jesus is the core of our ministry and his life and teachings shape our programs. They reflect the spiritual commitments of our staff. And they guide how we love people, respect communities and cooperate with nations.
We are committed to integrity: We hold ourselves to the highest professional and biblical principles in all aspects of our ministry and maintain the highest industry standards for our allocation of funds.
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