Project Officer

Netherland Red Cross, French Red Cross and German Red Cross
The three national societies are parts of the world wide Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement assisting victims of conflict and disaster and people affected by social or health related crisis. The Red Cross movement provides to vulnerable people assistance without discrimination as to nationality, race, religious beliefs, class or political opinions and adheres to the seven principles of the Red Cross movement: Humanity, Impartiality, Neutrality, Independence, Voluntary Service, Unity and Universality.

They assist in disaster response, rehabilitation and capacity building projects internationally on appeals of their sister organisations within the movement.
The German Red Cross (GRC), in a consortium with the Netherland Red Cross (NLRC), French Red Cross (FRC), and the Vietnam Red Cross National Societies are implementing together a Project to “Support the recovery of people affected by the floods in Central Vietnam” in Quang Binh and Ha Tinh.
Contract duration: Six months with possibility of extension. The Project Officer is assigned to the Project on a full time basis
Location: Quang Binh city with frequent travelling within the project sites located in Quang Binh and Ha Tinh provinces (at least 70% of the working time)

Roles and Responsibilities
The Project Officer shall be responsible for supporting the host National Societies in the implementation of all activities of the project and in their monitoring. In this capacity his/her specific duties and responsibilities include:
1. To ensure the daily management of all planned activities of the Project at the national, provincial, district and commune levels under supervisor of the GRC Delegate assigned for the implementation of the project.
2. To provide technical assistance on project implementation, monitoring and management to the members of District and Province and HQ Management
3. To provide assistance in financial management of the project.
4. To supervise and monitor all activities.
5. To be the focal point between GRC, VNRC HQ and VNRC branches
6. To prepare intermediate and final narrative reports (in English) and assist the financial reports.
7. To liaise and network with other relevant actors and stakeholders.
8. To support capacity building in the Red Cross regional branches.
9. To ensure that all experiences and lessons learnt during the project course are well documented for use in future VNRC activities.
10. To assist in translation and interpretation if necessary

Selection criteria
Essential requirements
- Educational background: University Degree in development, social, economic studies, foreign languages or others,
- Working Experience: Minimally two years of project experience in the development sector and or emergency relief projects in NGOs, national or international agencies.
- Experiences in the following areas (one or more): Disaster Response , Disaster Preparedness, Capacity Building and Organization Development, Community Development
- Languages : Excellent command of written and spoken Vietnamese and English
- Ability and willingness to travel to the project sites proven experience in project work at grassroots level.

They are looking for
- Preferably Red Cross / Red Crescent knowledge/ experience
- Knowledge of Red Cross/ Red Crescent principles and willingness to adhere to them
- Good interpersonal, communication and negotiation skills
- Ability to represent the project among national and international stakeholders
- Ability to work in team, independently and in stressful situations
- Sense of initiative and responsibility
- Experience in training and organizing workshops and seminars
- Ability to take initiatives, to develop contacts and to supervise people
- Analytical skills
- Competence in MS Windows programs, word processing, Excel, etc.

Please send applications until the 20th of January 2011 to the:
German Red Cross
Country Office Vietnam
15 Thien Quang
Hanoi
Mail: [email protected]
Only short listed candidates will be contacted!

Job Details
Organisation Name: 
GRC
Vị trí: 
Quang Binh province
Application Deadline: 
Thu, 2011-01-20