Friends-International is a social enterprise that works with marginalized urban children and youth, their families and communities, to help them become independent and productive citizens of their country.
Friends-International is seeking a qualified candidate to fill the position of Income Generating Projects Coordinator, to work closely with Friends Social Business team.

Position overview
Income Generating Projects Coordinator will assist all FI and partners programs (currently primarily in Cambodia, Laos and Thailand) to implement and develop Home-Based Production projects and Micro-enterprises for families’ projects.

INCOME GENERATING PROJECTS COORDINATOR will:
• Support the Home-Based Production (HBP) team leaders and Micro Enterprise (ME) team leaders to manage, improve and expand their projects
• Train program staff on all aspect of the projects related to HBP and ME
• Support staff specifically in coordinating the production and quality control procedures, including the delivery of skills and business training curriculums
• Actively take part in and contribute input/ideas to the product development process coordinated by Sales and Marketing team
• Monitor the projects with support of the HBP / ME teams
• Research potential ME solutions and encourage sharing of lessons learned among Micro entrepreneurs / ME programs
• Participate in the development of proposals, reports, evaluations (e.g. beneficiary evaluation) and budgets

Experiences and qualifications:
• Broad educational spectrum possible: ideally a university degree in social studies, development topics, business/economics, production or fashion/design
• Several years of work experience, in either social or commercial context; basic exposure to market-oriented situation (small production, sale of products or services, etc.)
• Project management and budget monitoring, understanding of social projects and context of living/working in poverty
• Sound analytical skills, high level of creativity, strong communication skills, high cultural sensitivity, interest in / ideally experience in working with simple production skills (sewing, screen printing, working with recycled material, etc.)
• Proficiency in MS Office products
• Fluent in English; Khmer desirable but not a must
Location: This position is based in Phnom Penh and will require some domestic and regional travel
Duration: Full-time work

Salary and benefits will be commensurate with qualifications and experiences.

Interested candidates are requested to submit a cover letter with a CV and salary expectations to hr [at] friends-international [dot] org with the caption subject: Income Generating Projects Coordinator.
Friends-International is an equal opportunity employer and the successful candidate will be selected based on merit.
The successful applicant will be expected to comply with Friends-International’s Child Protection Policy.
Applications must be submitted before September 30, 2012 and will not be returned.
Only short-listed candidates will be contacted for interview.