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 22 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:
- Position: 3 Sponsorship Field Project Assistants
- Location: Lao Cai
Main Responsibilities:
Essential duties and responsibilities include the following but not limited. Other duties that are in line with relevant skills, experience and role may be assigned by Line Manager and SMT’s members.
- Office Management:
Maintain filing system for assigned sub-grant
Provide interpretation and translation (when needed)
- Program Implementation
- Carry out MEL activities and give feedbacks to partners after field visit in consultation with project officers so that partner implement program activities of high quality, timeliness and cost effectiveness, for an overall goal of the program ‘Disadvantaged children are able to fully develop through high-quality and sustainable care and education’;
- Support partner in implementing and managing sub-grant and support partners to maximize the effectiveness of the program;
- Support development of MEAL plan (Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning) and collaborate with MEAL focal person in implementation of MEAL plan;
- Work closely with partners and remind them that burn rate is strictly followed according to the approved plan monthly, quarterly and yearly.
- Conduct supervision of project activities as per sub-grant assign.
- Sponsorship Field Operations (when required)
- Support community orientation, child enrolment, child eligibility tracking following Child Information
- Management Plan and coordination of Sponsorship operation focal person
- Support communications between sponsors and sponsored children in coordination with
- Sponsorship Communication focal person
- Others
- Other tasks as assigned by Line Manager
Qualifications & Experiences
Essential
- Good spoken and written English language skills,
- Computer literate (Microsoft Word and Excel are required),
- Customer-oriented, supportive
- Positive working and learning attitude
- Faithfulness, hard-working, details oriented, good interpersonal skill and ability to work in a team
- Good communication skill
- Commitment to Save the Children values
Desirable
- Experience in communications including taking photos, writing and development of communication materials.
- Field-based working experience with ethnic minorities.
All application packages must be submitted via
https://stcuk.taleo.net/careersection/ex/jobdetail.ftl?job=190001KN&lang=en [1]
In case you cannot access to the above link, please send your updated CV (in English), your cover letter and your SC’s application form to Email: [email protected] [2]
The SC application form [3] and the full Job Description [4] are attached.
The closing date for application is 5 pm on 16 June 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.