[Health for All Foundation](https://healthforallthailand.org/) and [Burma Children Medical Fund](http://burmachildren.com/) (HFA-BCMF) are sister non-profit organisations established in 2006 in Mae Sot, Thailand. HFA-BCMF works to improve lives of vulnerable communities in Burma and Thailand by facilitating access to healthcare and human rights.

**Position:** Volunteer Program Support Officer

**Position duration:** 3 months minimum, preferably 3 – 6 months or longer.

**Position start date:** September 2026 and onwards

**Position Overview:** Health for All Foundation - Burma Children Medical Fund (HFA-BCMF) seeks an energetic and organised volunteer to work in a program support capacity. The primary purpose of this position is to support local staff to document patient interviews and support capacity building activities for staff.

**Key duties (60%):**

- Conducting pre- and post-operative interviews with patients through an interpreter
- Documenting said patient interviews
- Assisting with editing patient interviews conducted by local staff and interns

**Other duties (40%):**

- Supporting local staff with daily activities, projects and reports
- Proofing and editing English language documents and social media posts
- Preparing content for social media
- Developing materials and activities to support improvements in English language (particularly written English) for local staff and interns
- Capacity building activities including in-service/training/workshops on topics such as health, English writing, operational skills, human rights, etc.
- Compilation of statistics
- Report writing
- Photography and videography
- Support preparing project reports/proposals to HFA-BCMF donors
- Research and prepare proposals for new donors
- Assisting with other projects as needed

**Essential Skills:**

- Native English or advanced English proficiency
- Strong writing skills
- Attention to detail
- Organised and energetic, with a desire to work alongside and support local staff and interns
- Intermediate proficiency in Microsoft 365 (Word, Excel, Power Point, etc.)
- Ability to use initiative and be pro-active
- Ability to work independently with limited supervision
- Ability to cope with cultural isolation and a different standard of living and work environment
- Preparedness to work with limited resources within a challenging environment
- Commitment to team work, coaching, and mentoring others
- Awareness and sensitivity of cross-cultural settings
- Patience, tolerance and flexibility

**Desirable skills:**

- Volunteer or work experience in the non-profit sector
- Interest in human rights, international politics, migrant and refugee issues etc.
- Experience working with migrants, as well as displaced, remote and vulnerable people
- Experience working in a resource limited environment
- Experience working in a health setting
- Experience providing English language support
- Interest in, and ability to work with web-based communications and social media
- Experience in communications

**HFA-BCMF has a zero-tolerance approach to all forms of child abuse. Volunteer will need to provide a working with children check and a police check or equivalent from their country of residence.**

**HFA-BCMF staff, volunteers, and interns often interact with patients who are immunocompromised. Please note, volunteers will have to present a negative rapid COVID test on the morning of their start date at HFA-BCMF’s office.**

**This is an unpaid position. HFA-BCMF is unable to support visa fees, COVID test fees, a living stipend, meals or housing.**

At HFA-BCMF we believe that long-term volunteering can make a real contribution to communities, providing the opportunity to build relationships and immerse oneself into the local life. Long-term volunteering also provides an opportunity to develop an understanding of some of the complexities of the context in which we work.

In return, you will have the opportunity to:

- Work with an organisation and community that offers valuable learning experiences regarding access to health for migrants; displaced, remote and vulnerable people from Burma; and the socio-political context on the Thai-Burma border
- Develop your skills and knowledge working in a non-profit organisation