Consultant on Baseline Survey

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; Climate change adaptation; and the Child rights agenda, including Civil society development, Economic opportunities, Child poverty Research, and Advocacy for child-friendly development policy and practice.

Vacancy: Consultant on Baseline Survey

Save the Children and Plan have developed the Vietnam Child-Centred Climate Resilience Program with the goal to build the adaptive capacity of vulnerable children and their communities in Vietnam to manage the impacts of climate change. Now we are looking for a Vietnamese national for the position of Consultant on Baseline Survey, to lead a team to conduct Livelihood Assessment for Program in Tien Giang Province. The contract is expected to start as soon as possible in September 2013.

Consultant’s Key Responsibilities

- Review and adapt the Project livelihood Assessment protocol and tools of project with project team
- Conduct assessment and propose livelihood adaptation models in Go Cong Dong district and Go Cong town, Tien Giang province
- Develop pilot models
- Pilot testing models at the field
- Conduct a TOT a training on technology transfer.

Key Competencies:

- Skilled and experienced in livelihood assessment
- Sound experience and knowledge of climate change and disaster risk reduction
- Good experience working in the community especially in the Mekong Delta provinces
- Experience working with international development organizations and Vietnam
- Experience working with people with disabilities, children
- Proficient skills and experience of using participatory methods
- Expertise in the field of agriculture
- Prior experience in similar research in Vietnam is preferable.

Please send application, CV, and the similar report which consultant has been conducted and contact of three referees and a covering letter in English addressing the list of competencies by Email to both email addresses: [email protected]

The SC’s application form and full job description are available at the website: http://savethechildrenvietnam.wordpress.com/vacancy

The closing date for application is 5 pm on the 09 September 2013. Applications will be treated in confidence. Due to the volume of applications we receive, only short-listed candidates will be contacted and CVs cannot be returned.

Save the Children is an equal opportunities employer. Our selection processes reflect our commitment to the protection of children from abuse, and our people are as diverse as the challenge we face. We welcome applications from all qualified candidates, regardless of age, disability, HIV/AIDS status, race, national origin, religion, or sexual orientation.