Short-term Income Generation Officer

RECRUITMENT FOR SHORT-TERM INCOME GENERATION 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 6 CDPs and is managing about 10,000 sponsored children.

Job title: Short-term Income Generation Officer

Effective date: June, 2018

Department: Operation Division

Location: Tan Lac – Hoa Binh

Reports to: Project Manager, OD Junior Manager, Team Leader

Type of contract: Short – term

1. KEY WORKING RELATIONSHIPS

Internal: Country Director, Managing Director, General Manager, AD-FD Manager/Officers, OD Manager/Officers, PMs, Project Officers

External: GNI’s Donors, Partners, Governmental Officials, INGOs, Communities

2. MAIN DUTIES

• Be involved in the preparation of Plan of Action (POA);
• Research and propose activities for household economic development, group economic development which are suited with actual conditions of local area;
• Conduct surveys to establish new IG groups in new project area, process procedures to establish IG groups and cooperatives;
• Receive the list of household registering to join IG group, cooperatives, household economic development fund;
• Support IG groups to prepare the regulation set, business plan of IG groups and cooperatives;
• Perform regular monitoring and supervision of activities of IG group and cooperatives: Receive and check information, support and promote activities of IG groups;
• Regularly visit, monitor use of loan to ensure that loans are used for right purpose and repaid as regulated;
• Provide support for cooperative, IG groups, households and other beneficiaries to implement activities in right schedule and in an effective way;
• Consult, support IG groups, cooperatives, households to make business and production plan, perform financial management when needed;
• Coordinate with communal CDC, local authorities, group management board to collect revolving fund from households;
• Connect with partners to find output market for products of IG project in local area.
• Receive information about programs, projects, IG activities from HO to implement them for target beneficiaries;
• Monitor, summarize, archive documents, data related to IG activities, participate in assessment on efficiency, outcomes of activities, and report to HO and PM as requested;
• Implement other tasks assigned by line managers.

3. QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED

Education:

• University degree in Economics, Agriculture, Agricultural Development, and other related fields.

Work experience:

• At least 1-year relevant working experience in IG;
• Experience in community development or with NGO.

Skills:

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

Attitude:

• Sociable, responsive,
• Truthful and accountable
• Teamwork

4. HOW TO APPLY

Interested candidates are invited to send their application (including a letter of motivation and a CV with salary desired and a portrait photo 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 15th June, 2018. We are very sorry that only short-listed candidates will be contacted for interviews.

GNI's Applications Form