Area of Assignment: Chiang Mai (office-based) with travel across Northern, Northeastern, and Central Thailand.
Travel Requirements: May require travel up to 40-50% of the time.
Employment Set-Up: Contract-based/Fixed Term
The primary objective of this role is to strengthen the Alumni network as living testimonies to support children and youth ministries in their respective churches, organizations and community. This coordinator develops and strengthens Alumni network through collaboration with both existing and graduated church partners, chapters and coordinate with Partnership Facilitators in existing areas of operation.
Responsibilities:
1. Alumni Collection and Coordination:
- Gather information and establish connections with existing alumni from each FCP within various communities.
- Support and encourage the establishment of alumni chapter in each church partner.
- Support partners to develop strategies to enhance communication and engagement of alumni chapter.
2. Encourage Alumni Establishment and Networking:
- Promote the formation of network of alumni chapters, particularly those graduating partners and recently graduated.
- Provide support in establishing and maintaining alumni neetwork.
- Encourage active participation and collaboration of alumni network to effectively support children and youth ministry of local churches.
3. Elevate Alumni Network:
- Organize activities to enhance the alumni network’s impact and reach.
- Serve as a liaison of network to facilitate activities to foster collaboration and mutual support among alumni chapters.
- Monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of alumni network initiatives, providing inputs as necessary to ensure maximum impact.
4. Alumni Database Management:
- Establish and maintain a comprehensive database of alumni members and chapters, including their contact information, achievements, and contributions.
- Utilize the database to facilitate communication and identify opportunities for alumni involvement in organizational activities.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor degree.
- 3-5 years of experience in community engagement, alumni relations, networking or related fields.
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to inspire and motivate others.
- Excellent organizational and project management abilities.
- Familiarity with database management systems and data analysis.
- Understanding of partnership principles, empowerment and their applications in alumni settings.
- Fluency in both English and Thai. Proficiency in tribal languages such as Karen and Lahu is an advantage.
- Must be a Compassion alumnus/alumna.
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.
Compassion and Compassion International are registered trademarks of the United States government
