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 a Vietnamese national for:
- Vacancy: KAP Survey Consultant [1]
- Location: Dong Thap
Consultant’s responsibilities:
The detailed tasks are as follows:
- To review relevant documents for the background information of this work. Documents will be provided to the consultant by Save the Children.
- To draft and discuss with Save the Children the agreed design of the study methodology and sampling method;
- To develop KAP survey questionnaire in consultation with key staff if needed.
- To prepare a detailed plan of implementation of the pre KAP survey, including technical design, training of data collection, field data collection, data entry, data cleaning and analysis and the final report to Save the Children.
- To deliver training for field data collectors and provide quality control during data collection.
- To write one narrative report (English and Vietnamese); the outline of report should be agreed by Save the Children.
- To provide a book of coding in excel format.
Consultant’s Qualifications:
- University degree in social sciences and statistics; Communications experience is preferred.
- Have excellent experience/knowledge in conducting both quantitative/ qualitative researches/surveys, especially in KAP study;
- Demonstrated supervisory and training skills;
- Demonstrated ability and skills to analyze and report research findings in a related field;
- Previous documented research experience in the areas of climate change and disaster risk reduction preferred;
- Good command of English (written and oral).
- Good knowledge of MS Word, MS Excel and SPSS software.
- Good data analysis, report writing in Vietnamese and English, and presentation skills;
- Experience in working with local authorities where the baseline survey will be conducted;
- Ability to meet required date of report’s submission.
Application
Applicants are expected to submit the following documents:
- Outline of the study approach, methodology and work plan to undertake the assignments
- A proposed activities schedule/work plan with time frame.
- CVs, profiles of consultant(s) or consultant firm
- Recent examples of similar work (optional)
- Detailed quotation for the study, showing days and itemized fees, data collection and administrative costs
- 3 referees need to be provided
Application package:
Please send your CV, application documents and SC’s Application Form [2] to [email protected] [3] to apply.
The closing date for application is 5pm on 23 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.