Position:                                         Administrative Consultant (Retainer)

Reports to:                                     Regional Business Manager

Location:                                         Muang Thong Thani, Nonthaburi (regional office)

Country Program/Sector:            Global Conservation Program – Greater Mekong and South Asia region

Position/Hiring Type:                   Service Contract/ Consultant - Contractors Agreement

Duration:                                        One year (Retainer)

Internal liaison:                             All Employees in the regional office

Organization Background:

The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) is a US non-profit, tax-exempt, private organization established in 1895 and based in New York, that saves wildlife and wild places by understanding critical issues, crafting science-based solutions, and taking conservation actions that benefit nature and humanity. With more than a century of experience, long-term commitments in dozens of landscapes, presence in more than 60 nations, and experience helping to establish over 150 protected areas across the globe, WCS has amassed the biological knowledge, cultural understanding and partnerships to ensure that vibrant, wild places and wildlife thrive alongside local communities. In the Greater Mekong and South Asia has Country Programs in Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam, and Bangladesh is managed through a dispersed regional network with a small but developing administrative/financial hub in Thailand.

Position Summary:

To support Wildlife Conservation Society - Asia: WCS - Asia in Thailand, WCS seeks the Administrative consultant to support on operation work to  maintain all of our office's documents, monitoring and process visa and work permit for expatriates, and ensure to prepare and submit reports to comply with rules and regulations of the Thai government, WCS and donors i.e. PVR forms

Primary Responsibilities and Deliverables:

·       Support and coordinate with relating team assigned works

·       Renew the office registration Service including preparing and submitting documents as required by MOL (PVR10), and government agencies

·       Prepare and submit 6-month reports, and supporting document documents as required by MOL (PVR8), and government agencies

·       Provide full VISA & Work Permit Services including preparing application to renew and extending, monitoring status/timeline, verified documents with relating government agencies, etc. to Expat and their family

Position Requirements:

·       The successful candidate must have strong interpersonal skills. S/He must have excellent written and oral communication skills and be comfortable participating both as an effective individual contributor and as a leader and listener. S/He must have significant attention to detail, be well organized, self-motivated, honest, resourceful, effective and efficient at coordinating multiple resources to get things done; can work on multiple tasks at multiple levels and switch between them.

·       Fluent in written and spoken Thai and English.

·       3+ years of working experience in related field. Experience dealing with visa and work permit processing for NGO sectors is highly preferable.

·       Computer and systems skills required with respect to MS Office applications.

·       Interested in conservation works with international conservation NGO.

Interested candidates, who meet the above qualifications, should apply by submitting Proposal, and quotation, together with the names and contact information of three references to: wcsthairegional@wcs.org . Please include “Administrative Consultant” in the subject line of your email. For any additional information, please contact +66(0)93-314-4144.

Please note that only short-listed candidates will be contacted for interview.

WCS is an equal opportunity employer, and the organization complies with all employment and labor laws and regulations that prohibit discrimination in hiring and ensures that candidates from all backgrounds are fairly and consistently considered during the recruitment process. We are dedicated to hiring and engaging a diverse workforce. We are committed to cultivating an inclusive work environment and look for future team members who share that same value. The organization provides equal employment opportunities for all qualified candidates. The organization does not discriminate for employment based on gender, race/ethnicity, religion, color, national origin, sex, age, disability, marital status, sexual orientation, citizenship status, caste, genetic information or any other covered status or characteristic protected by laws and regulations/and similar categories.

It is everyone’s responsibility to ensure that we do not tolerate discrimination or harassment based upon a person’s membership in one of these protected categories in areas such as recruitment, selection, job assignment, supervision, training, promotions, job grading, transfers, termination, compensation, benefits, educational opportunities, WCS sponsored recreational activities and facilities.

The organization complies with the spirit and intent of relevant local laws and WCS’s employment policies.