Save the Children’s vision is a world in which every child attains the right to survival, protection, development and participation. Our mission is to inspire breakthroughs in the way the world treats children, and to achieve immediate and lasting change in their lives.
Save the Children started our work in Vietnam in 1990, and implements programs in the key thematic areas: Education, Health and Nutrition, Child Protection, Child Rights and Governance, Child Poverty, Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) and Emergency Response. At present, Vietnam Country Office has programs in 20 out of 63 provinces in Vietnam.
Save the Children in Vietnam continues to develop innovative programming that reflects the overall strategic goal of measurably improving the survival, health, protection and development of Vietnam’s poorest children by strengthening the capacity of women and children, caring adults, communities and partner organizations.
Save the Children is committed to ensuring that all our personnel and programmes are absolutely safe for children.
Child Safeguarding positioning statement:
We need to keep children safe so our selection process, which includes rigorous background checks, reflects our commitment to the protection of children from abuse.
We are looking for Vietnamese national for:
- Vacancy: Consultant(s) to Conduct Situation Analysis Study on Child Protection [1]
- Location: Lao Cai
Main Responsibilities:
- Review secondary data and studies about current situation of child protection in both communities and schools in the project area.
- Gather and analyze figure/data/ information about current situation on children protection in both and schools and communities – especially ethnic minority ones – in the project area.
- Provide recommendation on possible interventions in schools and communities in the next five years in terms of child protection.
Key Competencies:
- Advanced degree in social sciences
- Experience/awareness of contexts of education and child protection fields in Viet Nam generally
- Minimum 5 years of working experience in training, project planning, participatory
- Research of community development area
- Understanding of political, cultural, social context in Vietnam,
- Participatory training skills, preferably including child participation skills
- Analytical and writing skills
- Demonstrated ability to produce work with high quality in a short span of time
Application package:
Application should include technical and financial proposal together with most recent CVs highlighting relevant qualification and experiences of the proposed team members, and send to [email protected] [2].
The closing date for application is 5pm on 04 August 2019. Applications will be treated in confidence. Due to the volume of applications we receive, only short-listed candidates will be contacted and CVs cannot be returned.
Save the Children is an equal opportunities employer. Our selection processes reflect our commitment to the protection of children from abuse, and our people are as diverse as the challenge we face. We welcome applications from all qualified candidates, regardless of age, disability, HIV/AIDS status, race, national origin, religion, or sexual orientation.