Data Surveyors of Learning Assessment (Numeracy and Literacy) for Basic Education (BE) Program in Sponsorship-funded Program

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 adaption Child rights agenda, including Civil society development, Economic opportunities, Child poverty Research, and Advocacy for child-friendly development policy and practice.

Vacancy: Data Surveyors of Learning Assessment (Numeracy and Literacy) for Basic Education (BE) Program in Sponsorship-funded Program in Lao Cai, Vietnam

We are looking for 35 Vietnamese surveyors to work with Save the Children staff to use assessment tool to conduct face-to-face evaluation with 1200 primary school students and 42 teachers, using tablets so that it can be used meaningfully and effectively for the baseline assessment and evaluation of the BE program in the context of the program’s targeted communities.

Key Competencies:

• College or university students
• Be able to work in a tight and intensive schedule, which requires a lot of travel
• Strong communication and inter-personal skills
• Ability to work and build rapport with children, especially young ethnic minority children
• Familiarity with Lao Cai region – people and the culture; preference would be given to candidates from Lao Cai
• Experience in using tablet
• Be patient, accurate
• Have an eye for detail
• Good at grasping new knowledge

Please send CV to: 4th Floor, Machinco Building, No. 444 Hoang Hoa Tham street, Tay Ho District Hanoi or by Email: [email protected]

The SC’s application form is available at the website: http://savethechildrenvietnam.wordpress.com/vacancy

The closing date for application is 5 pm on 8th September, 2015.  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.