<div>Dear NGO Resource Centre,</div>
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<div>Please kindly help us to post the attached advertisement on your Job Opportunity section. </div>
<div>Thank you very much.</div>
<div><br>-- <br>Nguyen Thu Ha</div>
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<div><em>TA for Support to Management of P135-II (SM-P135)<br>Address: 36 Doc Ngu, Ba Dinh district, Ha Noi<br>Tel/Fax: 04.3.7610008</em></div>
<div><em>Mobile: 0915254364</em></div>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="center"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><u><span style="FONT-SIZE: 18pt; FONT-FAMILY: &#39;Arial&#39;,&#39;sans-serif&#39;; mso-ansi-language: EN-US">Program Facilitator for P135 management strengthening project (SM-P135)</span></u></b></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: &#39;Arial&#39;,&#39;sans-serif&#39;; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: FI">The project<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"> </i>Technical Assistance Support for Management of Program 135-II (SM-P135) is implemented by the State Committee for Ethnic Minority Affairs (CEM) in collaboration with Niras Finland (consultant company), and under agreement between the Governments of Vietnam and Finland. The project works to improve management of the Program for Socio-economic Development of Extremely Difficult Communes in Ethnic Minority and Mountainous Areas (P135) in order to alleviate ethnic minority poverty. </span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: &#39;Arial&#39;,&#39;sans-serif&#39;; mso-ansi-language: EN-US">The project supports implementation of demand-driven P135 management improvement activities at the central and provincial levels, with CEM and operational partners taking the lead in activity formulation and implementation. <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">The main focus of the position is thus to provide management and quality assurance support to CEM and central and provincial project partners for design, planning and management of project-supported activities. </i>The extent to which the successful candidate will be allocated responsibility for central and/or provincial level activity support will depend on the candidate’s professional experience, interests and team considerations. The position is one of four Program Facilitator positions within the project’s Advisory Unit.</span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: &#39;Arial&#39;,&#39;sans-serif&#39;; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: FI">Information about the project and details concerning the</span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: &#39;Arial&#39;,&#39;sans-serif&#39;; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: FI"> position can be obtained from <span style="COLOR: black">Ms. Nguyen Thu Ha at</span></span><span class="gi"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: &#39;Arial&#39;,&#39;sans-serif&#39;; mso-ansi-language: EN-US"> <a href="mailto:P135management@gmail.com">P135management@gmail.com</a>. No phone inquiries please.</span></span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: &#39;Arial&#39;,&#39;sans-serif&#39;; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: FI"></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: &#39;Arial&#39;,&#39;sans-serif&#39;; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: FI"> </span></p>
<span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: &#39;Arial&#39;,&#39;sans-serif&#39;; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: FI; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">Please submit application including covering letter (maximum one A4 page) and a CV with names and contact details of 2 referees to Ms. Nguyen Thu Ha </span><span class="gi"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: &#39;Arial&#39;,&#39;sans-serif&#39;; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">by email or by mail to: </span></span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: &#39;Arial&#39;,&#39;sans-serif&#39;; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: FI; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">Niras Finland Oy, P.O. Box 69, Hanoi. </span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: &#39;Arial&#39;,&#39;sans-serif&#39;; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">Closing date for applications is <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><u>12 February 2010</u></b><u>. </u></span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: &#39;Arial&#39;,&#39;sans-serif&#39;; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: FI; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">Only short-listed applicants will be notified.</span></div>