Project Officer

Save the Children, the world’s largest independent organisation for children, delivers immediate and lasting improvements to children’s lives all over the world.
Save the Children in Vietnam (SC) 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; Education; Child protection; Child-focused emergency preparedness and response; Child rights agenda, including Civil society development, Economic opportunities, Child poverty Research, and Advocacy for child-friendly development policy and practice.

Vacancy: The North Regional Project Officer, Alive & Thrive Project
Based in Hanoi

They are looking for a Vietnamese national for the position of Project Officer for Alive and Thrive (A&T) Project. This project aims to improve Infant and Young Child Feeding (IYCF) with a focus on reducing malnutrition prevalence in children under 2 years of age. A&T in Vietnam will be implemented through a consortium of partners and is part of a larger global program. The successful candidate will be based in Hanoi with travels to project sites.

Main Responsibilities
The Project Officer is responsible for ensuring the completeness and correctness of the training manual package and developing training manuals under the guidance of Regional Managers and in coordinating with the consultancy teams. The Project Officer is expected to contribute to the overall program planning, monitoring/reviewing, evaluation and reporting as well as to support other component projects to ensure the program interrelated coherence and synergies.

Key Competencies 
- Bachelor degree in a relevant discipline, e.g., social sciences, foreign languages, economics
- At least two years working experience in relevant field, preferably in nutrition, maternal and child health care program 
- Good writing and documenting skills, especially in documenting project progress reports and other correspondences
- Fluent in English (spoken and written)
- Good communication skills, and team work
- Good computer skills, MS Office
- Skillful in facilitating meeting, workshop
- Having experience and skillful in planning, monitoring program and budget.

Please send CV and a completed application form, details of three references and a covering letter addressing the list of competencies to: HR section, Save the Children - E3, Ngoai Giao Doan Trung Tu, 6 Dang Van Ngu - Dong Da, Hanoi or by Email: [email protected]

Full job description and application form are available upon request. Please contact [email protected] for more information.
 
The closing date for application is 5 p.m on 17th February 2011.  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 their commitment to the protection of children from abuse, and their people are as diverse as the challenge they face.  They welcome applications from all qualified candidates, regardless of age, disability, HIV/AIDS status, race, national origin, religion, or sexual orientation.