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Purpose of the Role
The Executive Director (ED) of Amnesty International Thailand (AITH) provides strategic, political, and operational leadership to the organization. The ED ensures that AITH’s mandate is fulfilled through impactful human rights work, strong governance, financial sustainability, and a healthy organizational culture aligned with Amnesty International’s global values.
The ED is accountable to the AITH Board for the performance, integrity, and effectiveness of the Section and represents AITH within the wider Amnesty International movement and with external stakeholders.
The ED reports directly to the Board of Governance and leads the Senior Management Team (SMT) to implement AITH’s strategy and operational plans, ensures financial sustainability and organisational health, and acts as the principal spokesperson and representative of the movement in Thailand.
Key Responsibilities
1. Strategic Leadership and Human Rights Impact
- Lead the development, delivery, and monitoring of AITH’s strategic plan, ensuring alignment with Amnesty International’s global priorities.
- Provide political and analytical leadership on human rights issues in Thailand and globally.
- Ensure campaigning, advocacy, and public engagement are evidence-based and strategically targeted.
- Ensure strategies are grounded in human rights analysis, intersectional perspectives, and evidence generated through Monitoring, Evaluation & Learning (MEL).
- Translate the organization’s vision and mission into actionable strategies and programs, ensuring alignment with Amnesty International’s Global Strategy and movement-wide priorities.
- Provide overall direction and leadership to the SMT, fostering cross-functional collaboration and a results-driven, inclusive culture.
- Promote a culture of learning, innovation, reflection, and accountability, ensuring continuous adaptation to Thailand’s evolving civic-space and political context.
- Represent Amnesty Thailand’s strategy and priorities in discussions with the International Secretariat (IS), regional offices, and external partners.
2. Movement Building & External Engagement
- Represent AITH within Amnesty International’s global movement and participate in key international governance and coordination processes.
- Build strong relationships with International Secretariat (IS), regional offices, and other Sections.
- Strengthen AITH’s leadership role in regional and global solidarity responses.
- Represent AITH publicly with government, civil society, media, private sector, and diplomatic partners.
- Ensure AITH’s public voice is grounded in human rights principles, accuracy, and strategic judgment.
3. Organizational Management & Systems Strengthening
- Oversee organizational development, change management, and risk mitigation.
- Strengthen internal systems and ensure that AITH meets AI Core Standards.
- Ensure high-quality management practices, effective planning, and clear performance systems.
- Promote transparent, efficient, and compliant administrative and operational processes.
- Ensure crisis and risk management systems are in place and tested.
4. People, Culture & Safeguarding
- Build and sustain a positive, inclusive workplace aligned with feminist leadership, anti-racism principles, safeguarding, and wellbeing.
- Ensure power-sharing, fairness, and accountability across all levels of the organization.
- Provide leadership and direction to the Senior Management Team (SMT) and ensure cross-functional collaboration.
- Ensure strong performance management systems and staff development.
- Uphold a robust safeguarding culture with clear prevention, reporting, and response mechanisms.
5. Governance, Compliance & Board Relations
- Serve as chief executive to the Board and implement Board decisions and governance policies.
- Ensure timely, accurate, and strategic reporting to the Board.
- Support the Board in strengthening governance, compliance, and long-term organisational sustainability.
- Facilitate informed decision-making through high-quality analysis and recommendations.
- Ensure compliance with Thai law, Amnesty policies, and donor requirements.
6. Financial Stewardship & Resource Mobilization
- Lead financial planning aligned with strategic priorities and long-term sustainability.
- Ensure strong financial controls, risk mitigation, and compliance with financial standards.
- Ensure transparent, responsible use of resources.
