Senior Project Officer

Job Title: SENIOR PROJECT OFFICER
Project: Improved social protection and labor rights for women farmers in shrimp and rice value chains in Vietnam
Location: Hanoi and frequent travel to the Project provinces

Overview of the Project

The project “Improved social protection and labor rights for women farmers in shrimp and rice value chains in Vietnam” funded by Oxfam in Vietnam aimed to help 16,800 women farmers and workers in rice and shrimp value chain in Vietnam have access to adequate labour and social protection, contributing to gender equality and (shock) resilience by 2026. The project will be implement during the 2023 – 2026 period in 5 provinces (Kien Giang, Bac Lieu, An Giang, Ca Mau, Soc Trang). The project will apply the holistic approach to women’s empowerment, aiming to facilitate change at an individual and systematic level, both within informal and formal spaces.

Roles and Responsibilities

The Senior Project Officer will primarily be responsible for ensuring the smooth implementation of the project with the following tasks

1. Project Implementation

• Provide support to Project Managers in the planning, overall supervision and implementation of project activities;
• Regularly and closely liaise with implementing partners to ensure the smooth and effective implementation of project;
• Facilitate knowledge management transfer between Project’s PMU and 5 provinces to ensure communications messages, products and materials reach the target audiences.
• Facilitate the organization of events, workshops, trainings;
• Document project materials, lessons learned, success stories, video clips, articles;
• Facilitate the production of communication materials such as brochures, success stories, video clips, articles;
• Ensure the implementation of the project visibility in all promotional and communication products and materials.

2. Monitoring and Reporting

• Regularly monitor and update the project work plan and report to Project Managers;
• Consolidate periodic progress and financial reports of project partners;
• Prepare the reports on project activities for the donor and relevant authorities;
• Monitor project activities by conducting field visits and maintaining close communication with partners and consultants;
• Keep records and file all documents related to planning and implementation of activities in line with the office filing system.

3. Other/administrative support

• Provide input to various tasks such as workshops, research, analyses and publications;
• Facilitate field trips for the project team and donors;
• Ensure the filing documentation as requirements of the project;
• Handle paperwork for the project implementation;
• Support other activities in close coordination with the project team at national and provincial levels.

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor degree in the fields of social work, sociology, international relations, economics or a related field;
• At least 4 years of working experience in development projects;
• Excellent communication and presentation skills;
• Teamwork spirit and self-motivated;
• Excellent oral and written Vietnamese and English;
• Excellent command of MS-Office;
• Willingness to travel frequently to project areas;
• Dynamic, reliable, self-motivated, service-oriented and able to work under pressure.

How to apply

Individual interested candidates are requested to submit:

• A cover letter illustrating your suitability for the position against the listed requirements
• A detailed curriculum vitae
• Scanned copy of related degrees

Via email to our recruitment email at [email protected]. Please quote the position title in the subject line: “Candidate’s full name_Senior Project Officer”

Deadline for application: 5.00 p.m. (Hanoi time), 20 February 2023.

Recruitment will be on rolling basis. The position may be closed earlier if appropriate candidate is selected before application due date.