Country Trainer for PDEP

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: Country Trainer for PDEP
• Location: Hanoi

Consultant’s responsibilities:

This scope of work is designated for country trainers in the program Positive Discipline in Everyday Parenting (PDEP). Those Country trainers were selected and underwent the PDEP practice course and have the capacity to continue the implementation of the PDEP program phase 2. This scope of work is intended to clarify the roles and responsibilities of the country trainers when participating in the program.

For Parent program

• Recruit and select parents appropriate for the PDEP parent program
• Teach and share PDEP program for 8 consecutive weeks
• Facilitate the discussion of parents group in session 9

For Facilitator training

• Interview and select facilitators
• Teach continuously for 5 days to the facilitator group guided by program content
• Attend mentorship sessions led by PDEL
• After the training, mentor the facilitator group in 8 sessions of the program. In particular, there will be 3 direct supervision sessions.

Other tasks

• Facilitate the discussion of large parents group every 2 months
• Implement the program in SC project areas as needed
• Support SC to carry out communication activities for the program
• Participate in quarterly meetings
• Participate in training courses about SC's policies in accordance with the program's activities
• Participate in other activities as needed

Requirements for Country Trainers

• Having attended a training course for country trainers in 2019 organized by SC
• Wishing to spread and share with the parent community
• Complying with the content of the program

Output

Each country trainers will hold at least one PDEP program for parents and mentorship sessions for facilitators. The number of programs may change depending on parent recruitment and SC’s approval and in accordance with SC's budget.

Application package:

Please send your CV, application package and SC’s Application Form to [email protected] to apply.

The closing date for application is 5pm on 30 October 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.