JOBS DESCRIPTION

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.

We are looking for one Vietnamese national for:

Position: School Health & Nutrition Project Officer

Quantity: 01

Location of work: Hochiminh City

Remuneration & Benefits:

• Salary: Negotiable
• Benefit package: 
• Insurance as Vietnam’s Labour codes,
• 20 days of annual leave per year,
• Annual health check
• Premium private healthcare insurance for employee and dependents
• Other incentives
• Training and development opportunities

Tasks and Accountabilities

1. Program Planning and Implementation

• Participate in Country Annual Planning and gather necessary information;
• Develop Project Detailed Implementation Plan (DIP) and provide support for partners (Tien Giang Department of Education and Training) in developing their respective DIP;
• Revise the DIP as necessary during the project implementation;
• Provide support and supervision to relevant partners to ensure quality, participatory, effective, efficient and cost-sensitive planning, implementation, monitoring/reviewing, reporting and evaluation processes of the school health and nutrition project activities in the project areas, with and by partners;
• Produce and submit a monthly workplan and progress update to Area Manager/Project Manager that indicates project activities as well as the PO’s schedule;
• Support Project Manager to schedule activities, meetings, and workshops organized in Tien Giang and other project locations;
• Conduct regular monitoring and supervision visits to project sites to provide technical support for project activities;
• Coordinate with Wrigley company in Ho Chi Minh to conduct employee engagement activities;
• Field test and make recommendations on the quality of SCI project materials including training manuals, documentation, and other project materials;
• Maintain database, records for case studies, photos, and other data for project planning and documentation;
• Provide inputs for communication materials development;
• Coordinate all logistical issues for visits, project activities and other related tasks.

2. Finance Management and Budget control

• Monitor partners’ budget, burn rate, and advise Area Manager/Project Manager of any anticipated problems;
• Support local partners to prepare financial reports and advance in quarterly basis;
• Comply with SCI and donor requirements on expenditures and provide support to partners on compliance;
• Prepare monthly cash projection, advance requests and expense claim

3. Monitoring, evaluation, reporting and capacity building

• Assist in developing needs assessment tools, designing training modules, and conducting training as necessary;
• Monitor project activities conducted by partners to ensure project activities implemented as per workplan;
• Collect and submit monthly reports that compile the numbers trained and numbers reached in each school, achievements, challenges and lessons learned;
• Participate in, support and prepare logistics for research, surveys and other monitoring and/or evaluation activities in project areas as needed;
• Propose solutions to address assessed needs and adjust implementation approaches to attain or maintain the highest quality based on assessment and ongoing monitoring and evaluation;
• Provide input into reports as requested by Project Manager in a timely manner;          
• Build local partner capacity by planning and coordinating the implementation of project activities, identifying training needs, developing training plans and providing training to develop needed capacity.

4. Representational/Coordination/Networking

• Meet with local partners, school leaders on a regular basis, record minutes, cooperate and collaborate on program design and implementation;
• Maintain collegial working relationships with all stakeholders through collaboration and cooperation;
• Ensure effective communication in order that all partners are well informed on program objectives and activities;
• Represent the project in workshops and meetings as requested by Area Manager/ Project Manager; and
• Actively collaborate with sectoral colleagues in SCI to promote shared directions, exchange best practices, and provide assistance.

5. Other tasks as assigned

Additional tasks will be identified and assigned as needed

Requirements

Essential

• University degree in social sciences or related field;
• Good project management, communication and capacity building skills;
• Solid understanding of the Vietnamese government system;
• Positive attitude to working with children in schools, parents, school and community leaders.
• Have at least 3-5 years experience working in the development areas in general, education project in particular;
• Experiences in working with school health and education projects.
• Ability to learn quickly and respond to multiple demands;
• Experience working in schools with school management and students;
• Fluency in English speaking and writing

Desirable

• Experience of managing sub-grants;
• Knowledge of child participation, child right governance is a plus;
• Ability to learn quickly and respond to multiple demands;

Ability to travel frequently to project sites for project monitoring.

How to apply

• Please send CV and a covering letter in English addressing the list of competencies to: jobs.for.ngo.hanoi@gmail.com.
• Deadline 7/9/2017
• Title: “Save the Children_ School Health & Nutrition PO _Full name”

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. Any question, please contact 0243.8265118 (Ms. Tram)