Get to Know our Team: 

Agoda’s Global Affairs Team works on key projects to advance the organization’s critical goals on legislative and policy work, stakeholder engagement, and sustainability. Our projects guarantee Agoda continues to play a positive role in leading the industry towards the future, where sustainable travel is the norm and where customers can travel more freely. Working with Global Affairs will offer the opportunity to network, learn, and gain valuable skills at the intersection of government affairs, sustainability, and technology. You will work on aligning Agoda’s strengths with government priorities to make real positive change around the world. Through these high-priority and innovative projects, you will impact the business and the communities we operate in on a global scale.

The Opportunity:

We are seeking a Government Affairs Associate based in Bangkok, to support Agoda’s government affairs in Thailand. 

The individual will help execute government affairs and public policy strategy, project manage our collaborations with government agencies and provide other support as required, and report to Agoda’s Global Government Affairs team.

In this Role, you'll get to:

• Government relations:
  • Engage with the working level of Agoda’s key government stakeholders
  • Draft official communication to government entities
  • Support executive level engagement with key government stakeholders, i.e. briefing documents

• Regulatory and policy analysis
  • Monitor digital and tourism regulatory landscape
  • Represent Agoda in key public hearing sessions and provide analysis on how these regulatory issues will impact Agoda’s business
  • Monitor political landscape and provide political analysis on its impact to Agoda’s business

• Internal coordination 
  • Provide translation for non-legal documents for internal use
  • Project manage Agoda’s project with key external stakeholders in Thailand
  • Support administrative tasks and on-ground collaboration i.e. logistics arrangement for government engagements, engaging with vendors 

What You’ll Need to Succeed:

• 1- 2 years of work experience, ideally in government entities, public affairs consultancy, media, tech companies or non-profit organizations with passion in Thailand’s tech and tourism public policy and government relations
• Strategic thinking and analytical skills
• Excellent communication skills in English and Thai both speaking and writing.
• Experience in stakeholders management and project management

It’s great if you have:

• A degree in law, political sciences or economics. Master degree preferred. 
• Experience in working with government entities or international organizations
• Exposure to tech industry in Thailand