Income Generation Officer (IG Officer)

Good Neighbors is an international, non-profit humanitarian organization that plans, implements and raises funds for the provision of services in child education, community development, health, sanitation, and disaster relief projects. Currently Good Neighbors has been operating in 37 countries, supporting approximately 17 million people, including about 10 million children.

Good Neighbors International in Vietnam (GNI) is implementing Community Development Projects (CDP) based on child sponsorship in 3 provinces; Tuyen Quang, Hoa Binh, and Thanh Hoa. GNI is working in main areas as child sponsorship and education, water and sanitation, income generation, etc. in 9 CDPs and is managing about 10,000 sponsored children.    

Job title: Income Generation Officer (IG Officer) 
Effective date: March 2017   
Department: Operation Division (OD)
Location: Van Phu, Tuyen Quang province
Reports to: OD Manager, IG Team Leader, Project Manager (PM)
Type of contract: Full time

1. KEY WORKING RELATIONSHIPS

Internal: Country Director, Managing Director, OD Manager/Officer, IG Team Leader , Admin-Finance Manager/Officer, PM, Project Officers
External: GNI’s Donors, Partners, Governmental Officials, INGOs, Communities

2. MAIN DUTIES

• Develop income generation programs for households:
  
  • Research and design household income generation, IGG appropriated with actual situation of the project area;
  • Promote, develop operations collaborated with local partner for income generation of the project area;

• Implement income generation  activity:   
  
  • Survey to establish new IGGs in the project area; Carry out all procedures to establish new IGG, cooperatives;
  • Receive list of households who register to IGG, cooperatives, Household economic development fund (HED);
  • Support IGGs,  cooperatives to build up constitution, business plan;
  • Guide registration procedures, document preparation of newly registered IGG members, HED fund members;
  • Regularly monitor and supervise operation of IGG, cooperatives; Collect feedback and check information received, support  and promote activities of IGG;
  • Regularly visit, monitor the use of loan by HED fund members; ensure the loans are used for the right purpose, and reimbursement regulations;
  • Support IGGs, cooperatives, households, partners in the process of buildup proposals; Submit to Project manager for approval;
  • Support actively IGG, households and other beneficiaries implementing activities timely and effectively;
  • Counsel  and assist IGGs, cooperatives, households making production – business plan, financial management plan when needed;
  • Coordinate with the CDCs, local authorities, the group management board to withdraw revolving fund from households;
  • Manage revolving fund and be responsible to project manager and Head Office about efficiency of revolving fund operation in the project;
  • Participate in preparation of POA for Income generation;
  • Actively search, contact with potential customers for selling IG products;
  • Deliver IG development policies, programs or projects from Head Office to target beneficiaries;
  • Record, track, store documents and data related to the IG activities; participate in evaluating the effectiveness, results of operations, report to project manager and HO;
  • Do other tasks assigned by OD team leader, Project manager and HO.

3. QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED

Education:

• Bachelor degree in public university with relevant fields: Economic, Agriculture Economic, Veterinary, Finance.

Work experience:

• Having experience in supporting farmers to develop economic and micro finance management.
• Experience and skills of project management, including planning, implementation.
• Monitoring, evaluation and partnership;
• Experience in working independently and with the team.

Skills

• Ability to work independently and work with the team;
• Ability to work under pressure;
• Good organizing skills and interpersonal skills;
• Good skill in computer use: Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Email
• Basic written and spoken English skill.

Attitude

• Sociable, responsive, committed working with GNI at least 2 years.
• Teamwork.
• Accountability.

Nationality: Vietnamese

4. HOW TO APPLY

Interested candidates are invited to send their application (including a cover letter and GNI’s Employment Application form as attached) to Human Resource Division via the email address [email protected] or to the Head Office address: Good Neighbors International in Vietnam, 17th Floor, Block A, Song Da Building, My Dinh I, Nam Tu Liem, Hanoi no later than 28th February 2017. We are very sorry that only short-listed candidates will be contacted for interviews.