Duty Station: Quy Nhon, Binh Dinh province Duration of assignment: 14 working days (including travel time)
Background:
The Binh Dinh Sustainable Rural Livelihoods Project - Linking Poor Rural Households to Markets, whose Executing Agency is Binh Dinh Provincial People’s Committee (PPC) is implemented by the Binh Dinh Department of Agricultural and Rural Development (DARD) and funded by the New Zealand Aid Program (NZAP).
Winrock International is seeking applications for Deputy Chief of Party (DCOP) for a proposal for the USAID-funded Vietnam Forest and Deltas Program, with the aim to reduce emissions from forests and enhance climate resiliency of people, places, and livelihoods in the delta regions. The position is full-time and will be based in Hanoi. Vietnamese candidates are especially encouraged to apply.
Deputy Chief of Party – Vietnam Forest and Deltas Program
The Swiss Cooperation Office for Vietnam (SCO) is the representative of the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) and the Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO). It is responsible for the coordination of the Swiss Development Cooperation of the Swiss Government in Vietnam.
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) is the leading international intergovernmental agency working on issues relating to migration and mobility of people. IOM has its Headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland and is comprised of 146 Member States and is working in over 450 field locations throughout the world with over 7,300 staff members.
Employment Opportunity for a Project Officer To be based in Ho Chi Minh City:
Under the overall supervision of the Chief of Mission IOM Vietnam based in Hanoi (CoM), the Project Officer will work under direct supervision of the Head of Sub-Office (HoO) in Ho Chi Minh City, and the Head of the IOM Vietnam Programming, Project Development and Implementation (PPDI) Unit (based in Hanoi).
Overview of HIV/AIDS epidemic: HIV/AIDS epidemic is one of the key public health challenges worldwide. HIV/AIDS has been spreading all over the nations in the world, and increasing ill-health burden and deaths in the least developed countries as well as among the most at risk populations (MARPs). The priorities of all governments currently are preventing the HIV outbreak and providing treatment and care for AIDS patients. In spite of significant achievements in term of prevention and treatment to date, there is a need to strongly and effectively sustain these efforts to respond to the HIV/AIDS epidemic.
ESTHER (Ensemble pour une Solidarité Thérapeutique Hospitalière en Réseau) is a French public organization involved in capacity building in care and treatment for HIV/AIDS patients in 18 countries. ESTHER hs been working in Vietnam since 2002, through hospital twinning between Vietnamese and French hospitals. The interventions are dealing with various topics, including medical and psychosocial care for HIV/AIDS patients and IDUs, HIV/tuberculosis co infection, access to viral load. Currently, ESTHER is implementing projects in 3 sites (Hanoi, Haiphong, Ho Chi Minh City) in collaboration with national and provincial health authorities.
The position is subject to donor approval of this project.
SNV has been working in Vietnam since 1995. Using market based approaches, SNV is committed to reducing poverty by catalyzing environmentally sustainable solutions for the poor in agriculture, energy, water & sanitation, and REDD+ (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation).
Save the Children, the world’s largest independent organization for children, delivers immediate and lasting improvements to children’s lives all over the world. Save the Children (SC) works to promote every child’s rights to survival, protection, participation and development as set forth in the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. The current programme focuses on the following core sectors: Health and Nutrition; HIV/AIDS prevention; Care and support; Education; Child protection; Child-focused emergency preparedness and response; Child rights agenda, including Civil society development, Economic opportunities, Child poverty Research, and Advocacy for child-friendly development policy and practice.
