Conservation and Accessibility Young Professional Under USAID’s Diversity, Development and Diplomacy Professional Development Program

Conservation and Accessibility

Young Professional (YP)

Under USAID’s Diversity, Development and Diplomacy Professional Development Program

USAID Vietnam
(Hanoi Office or Ho Chi Minh City Office)

Apply here:

https://phg.tbe.taleo.net/phg02/ats/careers/v2/viewRequisition?org=SOCIIMPA2&cws=39&rid=4707

About USAID Vietnam

The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) is the world's premier international development agency and a catalytic actor driving development results. USAID's work advances U.S. national security and economic prosperity, demonstrates American generosity, and promotes a path to recipient self-reliance and resilience. USAID partners with Vietnam on many shared priorities, including overcoming legacies of the U.S.-Vietnam war; strengthening public health; fostering economic growth; addressing environment, energy, and climate change issues; and modernizing higher education. To learn more, visit: https://www.usaid.gov/vietnam

Project Objective

Social Impact (SI) is implementing the USAID/Vietnam Learns Contract. The scope of the five-year project is to support USAID/Vietnam staff and its implementing partners to implement more efficient, effective, and sustainable programs by (1) improving staff knowledge and skills in Monitoring, Evaluation & Learning (MEL) and Collaborating, Learning & Adapting (CLA); (2) advancing evidence-informed decision-making; (3) strengthening strategic collaboration between staff and local stakeholders. 

Please note: This position will be hired by Social Impact and the YP will be seconded to USAID Vietnam.

About USAID’s Diversity, Development and Diplomacy Professional Development Program

USAID Diversity, Development and Diplomacy Professional Development Program (USAID DDD) is a recruitment initiative for talented university students to develop skills and professional capacity. Young Professionals (YPs) joining the program will have the opportunity to further develop their knowledge and skills related to programming international development activities; developing program budgets for international donors such as USAID; and providing technical assistance to implementing partners, civil society, Government of Vietnam officials, and other donors. YPs in the USAID DDD will be given the opportunity to:

• Work in a professional, creative, and agile environment focused on making positive change in Vietnam.
• Experience a range of training and professional development opportunities and exposure to new tools and techniques.
• Build a marketable skillset through substantive technical work.
• Gain insights on project management.

The USAID DDD lasts for 03 months, and YPs receive a stipend of VND 11,600,000 per month.

Position Description  

SI seeks to hire a full-time Conservation and Accessibility YP to support the Biodiversity Conservation and Disabilities teams, starting in June 2024. This position will report to the Office Director or their designee.

Selection Criteria

• Current Vietnamese University student in year 3 or later pursuing a degree in Law, Social Work, Public Policy, Environmental, or Biological Sciences.
• Ability to travel within Vietnam
• Critical thinking and creative problem-solving skills.
• Attention to detail
• Strong willingness to learn
• Pro-active with ability to work independently
• Strong Vietnamese reading, writing, and speaking.
• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to work in a team.
• Demonstrated interest in one or more of the following: rural development, conservation, working with vulnerable populations including persons with disabilities.
• Ability to conduct detailed analyses, assessments and/or surveys.
• Experience in using MS Office, including Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Google Suite Applications, is a plus.

Conservation and Accessibility YP will be expected to:

Design an Accessibility Assessment and complete this assessment for at least one Protected Area(s) within USAID’s Biodiversity Conservation Activity. Tasks will include but are not limited to:

• Understanding barriers to inclusion for persons with disabilities and the basic rights of persons with disabilities under applicable Vietnamese and International law.
• Understanding the USAID’s Biodiversity Conservation Activities
• Designing a comprehensive Assessment procedure for Protected Areas that assesses a protected area’s general accessibility for persons with disabilities - this could include accessibility of physical structures (shuttles, toilets, paths, trails, restaurants and lodging), delivery of information (signate, pamphlets, videos), community outreach practices and employment policies.
• Undertake trips with USAID team members to protected area(s) under assessment
• Assessment of the protected area and drafting a report of  results
• Complete final assessment report with recommendations on how to improve accessibility and support greater inclusion of persons with disabilities in the local community as stakeholders in and beneficiaries of the Protected Area.
• Present results to USAID, implementing partners and possibly others
• Work with implementing partners from USAID’s biodiversity and disabilities teams in designing (and potentially implementing) discrete initiatives proposed under the assessment report.

Assist the execution of the Biodiversity Conservation and Disabilities teams’ tasks, which possibly include but are not limited to:

• Provide logistical and organizing support for events the teams either leads or support
• Other administrative tasks, as required.

By the end of the assignment, Conservation and Accessibility YP will:

• Complete an Accessibility Assessment for at least one Protected Area within USAID’s benefitting protected areas under the Biodiversity Conservation Activity
• Become conversant about development approaches to biodiversity conservation and accessibility.
• Develop a general understanding of the principles of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Accessibility, and disability rights in particular
• Initiate discrete initiatives building accessibility to selected national protected area sites.

The closing date for application: December 10, 2023. Selection and interview will be performed constantly, and interested candidates are encouraged to apply as soon as possible.

To apply, please merge both your CV and a motivation letter into one pdf file and submit it through the online portal. Applications without a motivation letter may not be considered.

To learn more about USAID Vietnam, please visit our website: https://www.usaid.gov/vietnam

To learn more about Social Impact, please visit our website: https://www.socialimpact.com

Social Impact is an equal-opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status.

Persons with Disabilities and/or ethnic minorities are encouraged to apply. Reasonable accommodation requests (including the ability to telework) will be considered on a case by case basis.

Only selected candidates will be contacted for an interview. Please, no phone calls/office visits.