Position Overview:
Restore Nature (Thailand) Co., Ltd. is seeking a dynamic and experienced Community Coordinator to support stakeholder engagement and benefit-sharing activities for the Kuan Kreng Peatland Conservation and Restoration Carbon Project operating across Nakorn Sri Thammarat, Phatthalung, and Songkhla provinces in southern Thailand. The role will ensure long-term, equitable, and culturally appropriate engagement with participating communities and other local stakeholders, including benefit sharing and participatory monitoring systems. The Community Coordinator will help facilitate community engagement officers and community volunteers, and work closely with the project technical team to align community efforts with relevant standards such as Thailand’s Premium Voluntary Emission Reduction (Premium T-VER) program and the Climate, Community & Biodiversity (CCB) Standards. The Kuan Kreng restoration project is an innovative, long-term (30 year) initiative working with communities, government agencies, and other local stakeholders to conserve and restore the peatland landscape.
Key Responsibilities
1. Stakeholder Engagement
• Support development and implementation of the project’s community engagement strategy in line with social safeguards and requirements under relevant standards such as Premium T-VER and CCB.
• Ensure free, prior, and informed consent (FPIC) and culturally appropriate participatory processes with all impacted and benefitting communities in order to establish and maintain the project’s long-term social license to operate.
• Design and facilitate inclusive forums, participatory planning events, and regular community meetings to co-design project activities, monitoring efforts, benefit sharing arrangements, and grievance mechanisms in collaboration with community representatives.
2. Benefit Sharing & Social Impact
• Support the design and implementation of fair and transparent benefit sharing mechanisms (Village and Landscape Funds), that equitably distribute carbon project incentives, livelihood enhancements, and social support opportunities.
• Help establish governance and financing structures (e.g., community development committees, village development funds) with clearly defined roles, safeguards, and dispute resolution processes.
• Help monitor and document social outcomes and impacts, including livelihood improvements, food security, access to resources, and gender and vulnerable group inclusion.
3. Monitoring & Capacity Building
• Support the design and integration of community-led monitoring systems that complement formal MRV protocols for water, carbon, biodiversity, and socio-economic indicators required by relevant standards such as Premium T-VER and CCB, ensuring quality and cultural relevance.
• Oversee training and mentorship for Community Engagement Officers and community volunteers on community engagement/FPIC, data collection methods, digital tools, communications, ethics, and safety.
• Coordinate with the project technical and monitoring teams to harmonise communitygenerated data with MRV datasets.
4. Leadership & Team Management
• Help manage and support a diverse team of Community Engagement Officers, field facilitators, and volunteers.
• Represent the community engagement function in regular project coordination meetings and decision-making forums, helping to bring community voices and perspectives to project design and planning.
5. Reporting
• Support preparation of monthly and quarterly reports on community engagement outcomes, participation rates, benefit distribution, local impact reporting, and capacitybuilding results.
• Help ensure documentation and evidence meet requirements for relevant standards such as Premium T-VER validation/verification and CCB public disclosure.
• Support external assessments, verification audits, and stakeholder visits by preparing community narratives, evidence packages, and lessons learned.
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