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; Care and support; 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.
Save the Children cooperates with Ministry of Health to provide technical support to provincial partners in the implementation of the maternal and newborn health program in some provinces in the north and south of Viet Nam for two years (2010 - 2011), with focus on reducing maternal and neonatal deaths.
The are now seeking for qualified Vietnamese nationals to fill in the 3 project officer positions based in Hanoi with frequent travel to the northern and central highland provinces
Job summary
The staff recruited for this position will work for this programme under management of Save the Children in Viet Nam. These positions are responsible to ensure effective implementation and high impact of the Maternal Newborn Health project in different provinces. Each post is in charge of one province respectively.
Key accountabilities
The post holders are responsible to contribute to the overall program planning, budget management, monitoring/reviewing, evaluation and reporting as well as to support to the other component project to ensure a program interrelated coherence and synergies in selected provinces.
Person specifications
- Education: MD, Obstertric/ gynaecological neonatal and MPH are preferable
- Five years of experience of working in newborn maternal health or neonatal care program
- Three years working experience with international organisations; preferably in NGOs
- Skilful in facilitation, training, and program planning, design, monitoring and evaluation
- Proven track record of writing proposals and preparing budgets
- Good skills in English speaking, listening and writing
- Good communication skills, skilful and positive attitude to team work
- Experiences in working with government counterparts and community based intervention
- Good computer skills; MS Office. Statistics analytical skill is preferable.
A full job description and application form is available at the website: http://www.savethechildren.net/vietnam/vacancies/Vacancies_2009.html [1]
Please send CV and a completed application form, details of three references and a covering letter, which addressing the list of competencies in to:
HR section, Save the Children - E3, Ngoai Giao Doan Trung Tu, 6 Dang Van Ngu –
Dong Da, Hanoi or by Email: [email protected] [2].
The closing date for application is 5 pm on 19th March 2010. Applications will be treated in confidence. Save the Children is an equal opportunities employer. Only short-listed candidates will be contacted and CVs will not be returned.
Their selection processes reflect their commitment to the protection of children from abuse. Their people are as diverse as the challenge we face. CVs will only be accepted with a completed application form.