Project Officer

EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES IN PUBLIC HEALTH

FHI 360 is an international non-governmental organization that, in Vietnam, promotes the health and well-being of the Vietnamese people, particularly vulnerable and marginalized populations. It works with the Vietnam Ministry of Health and other national bodies, as well as provincial and district-level health services to achieve project aims. FHI 360 is currently implementing programs to address HIV prevention, testing, and treatment; combatting trafficking in persons; COVID-19; tuberculosis case finding and treatment; anti-microbial resistance; health system strengthening; maternal and child health and nutrition; and diagnostic and laboratory services.

The Meeting Targets and Maintaining Epidemic Control (EpiC) project is a five-year, global project focused on HIV, global health security, and combatting trafficking in persons using funding from the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief and the United States Agency for International Development. EpiC is seeking a qualified and motivated Vietnamese candidate to serve in the role of Project Officer based in Ho Chi Minh City and focused on the following tasks:

Main responsibilities:

  • Coordinate communications and demand generation activities with the needs of CBOs to meet targets and address gaps in client knowledge and access.
  • Foster connections between CBOs and other CBOs, local governments, the project, the donor, and technical service providers.
  • Build relationships with community-based organizations (CBOs) within areas of geographic focus.
  • Serve as the primary project liaison with CBOs within geographic focus on all matters.
  • Organize and lead technical assistance activities within areas of expertise or coordinate the engagement of colleagues and consultants to meet CBO needs.
  • Oversee CBO performance against targets, technical quality of HIV service delivery, and alignment with subawards.
  • Work with team members to ensure subaward targets are met, reported with fidelity, and aligned with organizational (CBO and project) and epidemic needs.
  • Prepare CBOs to receive donor and government funding including social contracting.
  • Work closely with the monitoring and evaluation teams to ensure CBOs capture and report service delivery and client data. Sign off on indicator and narrative reports.
  • Manage administrative and financial tasks in support of the team.
  • Perform other relevant duties as assigned.

Requirements:

  • Bachelor’s degree in public health, communications, social work, or related field
  • Relevant experience in working with community-based organizations involved in HIV service delivery.
  • Professional experience working with men who have sex with men, transgender persons or other vulnerable populations preferred
  • Computer proficiency in the Microsoft Office Suite.
  • 3-5 years’ experience implementing public health programs, ideally within PEPFAR-funded initiatives
  • Strong organizational skills and ability to prioritize
  • Interest in learning new skills as part of a dynamic team
  • Excellent written and oral communication skills in English and Vietnamese
  • Ability to travel as needed

Application Deadline: Interested candidates are invited to visit FHI 360’s career page at https://www.fhi360.org/careers and apply the position ONLINE by August 11th, 2024. Selection and interviews will be conducted on a rolling basis and candidates are encouraged to apply as soon as possible.

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for interviews.

Job Details
Organisation Name: 
FHI 360
Application Deadline: 
Sun, 2024-08-11