Vacancies with Save the Children
Save the Children, the world’s largest independent organisation for children, delivers immediate and lasting improvements to children’s lives in over 50 countries through emergency relief and long-term development.
Save the Children in Vietnam (SCiV) works to promote every child’s rights to survival, protection, participation and development as set forth in the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. The current programme focuses on the following core sectors: Health and Nutrition; HIV/AIDS prevention; Care and Support; Education; Child Protection; Child-focused Emergency Preparedness and Response; and the Child Rights Agenda, including civil society development, economic opportunities, child poverty research, and advocacy for child-friendly development policy and practice.
SCiV is responding to the impact of the two serious typhoons of 2009 in Quang Tri and Phu Yen provinces. SCiV is targeting vulnerable children and families with an integrated, livelihoods, health, WATSAN, Education and Disaster Risk Reduction programme.
They are now seeking for qualified Vietnamese nationals to set up our project team in Quang Tri and Phu Yen. The detailed positions are as follows:
1. Team based in Quang Tri:
1. Livelihoods Project Manager
2. Health (EBF) Officer
3. Programme Support Officer
2. Team based in Phu Yen:
1. Livelihoods Officer
2. Programme Support Assistant
Person specifications for Livelihoods Project Manager:
- Master or Bachelors degree in social sciences or a relevant field
- 3-5 years of work experience, preferably in livelihood or emergencies issues facing rural communities
- Excellent project management and interpersonal skills
- Good English language skills
- Experience in working with government counterparts and communities
- Excellent communication and team-working skills
- Ability and willingness to travel to and spend significant periods of time in disaster prone areas.
Person specifications for Officers:
- University degree - preferably Bachelors degree in social sciences or a relevant field
- At least 2 years of work experience preferably in health, livelihood or emergencies sector
- Good English language skills
- Experience in working with government counterparts and communities
- Excellent communication and team-working skills
- Ability and willingness to travel to and spend significant periods of time in disaster prone areas.
Person specifications for Assistants:
- University degree
- At least 1 year of work experience in administration, programmes, or finance
- Enthusiasm, hard working
- Good English language skills
- Competent in working with partners ata local level
- Good communication and team-working skills
- Ability and willingness to travel to and spend significant periods of time in disaster prone areas.
A detailed job description and application form for each position is available at our website: http://www.savethechildren.net/vietnam/vacancies/index.html
Please send a CV, completed application form, details of three references and a covering letter, indicating which position in which area you are applying for, to:
Save the Children’s Central Office: Savico Building - 66 Vo Van Tan street - Thanh Khe - Da Nang
or by Email to [email protected] and [email protected]
The closing date for application is 16th June 2010 at 5pm.
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. Their selection processes reflect our commitment to the protection of children from abuse, and their people are as diverse as the challenge they face. We welcome applications from all qualified candidates, regardless of age, disability, HIV/AIDS status, race, national origin, religion, or sexual orientation.