Program Associate (Asia)
Job Location:
Job Location:
Kuala Lumpur - Malaysia
Monthly Salary:
$ 64291 - 73394
Monthly Salary:
Posted on:
2 days ago
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Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Vacancies:
Job Summary
Application Deadline: 2 August 2026
Start date: As soon as possible
Hours: Full-time 12-month fixed-term contract with potential to extend or become permanent
Location: Remote.
Time Zone: Candidates must be located between UTC 5 to UTC 8. Flexibility with working hours is essential.
Language Requirements: Full professional proficiency in English is required. Mandarin Indonesian Vietnamese Thai or Malay is a plus.
Salary: Salary is dependent upon location and experience. E.g. RpRpIDR for Jakarta-based roles; THB for Bangkok-based roles; VDN for Hanoi-and Ho Chi Minh City-based roles; $64291$73394 SGD for Singapore-based roles.
Contact:
LEEP is seeking a dynamic generalist to support with coordination and execution in our paint programs in Asia. The Program Associate will be responsible for contributing to the successful delivery of the steps of our paint programs including: collaborating with central and state governments to support prioritisation of the issue; providing technical assistance on regulatory implementation; engaging constructively with industry to encourage the removal of lead from products; conducting studies to generate country-specific data; and building partnerships with civil-society organisations.
As Program Associate you will work with the Senior Program Manager to drive progress in several paint programs in Asian countries deploying your capacity and executing across various contexts based on variable program needs and escalation points. We are looking for candidates who are high-agency extremely versatile have strong interpersonal skills and who share LEEPs values. By helping to drive LEEPs program work with support from the team you will be able to make a huge difference positively impacting the lives of hundreds of thousands of people.
Key Responsibilities
- Working with governments on introducing and implementing lead paint regulation
- Engaging with policy-makers across multiple ministries and agencies and staying in close communication
- Preparing advocacy communications and educational resources
- Participating in government meetings and presenting at stakeholder workshops with support from your Senior Program Manager
- Conducting training and providing expert feedback
- Industry assistance
- Engaging with all manufacturers in a focus country both large companies and small- and medium-sized enterprises
- Presenting the case for lead paint phase-out and how LEEP can support
- Working in collaboration with LEEPs paint technologist to find solutions to manufacturers requirements
- Finding suppliers of non-lead based raw materials
- Research and data collection
- Conducting paint studies: finding and purchasing paints preparing samples and sending them to the lab in collaboration with government partners
- Preparing study reports and summarising existing literature
What Were Looking For
A successful applicant will possess or be most of the following:
- Passion for LEEPs mission and a strong commitment to achieving meaningful scalable impact
- Strong interpersonal skills and adeptness at understanding the perspectives of various stakeholders and collaborating towards shared goals
- Exceptional stakeholder management skills
- Excellent communication skills written and verbal
- Comfort with educating and persuading a variety of stakeholders on material that may be new to them
- Extremely versatile able to switch contexts easily and work across a broad range of tasks
- Strong organisation and planning skills; experience in project management is advantageous but not required
- Enterprising a quick learner and creative problem-solver
- Comfort with risk and ambiguity
- Ability to remain focused and solution-oriented in a fast-paced environment
- Capable of working in a remote environment
- Willing to travel for at least 8 to 12 weeks per year
- Full professional proficiency in English
Other promising attributes:
- Full professional proficiency in other languages in particular: Mandarin Indonesian Vietnamese Thai or Malay.
- Experience living and/or working in low- and middle-income countries
Work Environment
Our culture is one of genuine care for each other and passion for our work and its impact. We are a team that values collaboration openness and mutual support which creates an environment where everyone can thrive while contributing to meaningful work.
Though we are a remote team we are supportive and close-knit. We stay connected through weekly team calls and 1:1 calls where we have conversations about both non-work and work topics; we regularly share photos and celebrate milestones and successes in our Slack; and we come together annually for an in-person retreat to strengthen relationships and reflect on our mission.
Our team of 60 people is based across five continents and speaks over 10 languages. We have diverse expertise from medicine to environmental health to international law.
Our work schedule is flexible. Some of the team work 9-5:30 and some adjust their daily schedule around school pick-up. We value work-life balance and rarely contact team members outside their work hours.
LEEP offers:
- A chance to have a very large positive impact on the world
- 33 days of paid leave
- Generous sick leave and parental leave policies
- 4% pension contribution or equivalent
- Professional development opportunities
- Health Insurance in places where government healthcare is limited
- Annual team retreat
Required Experience:
IC
