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 22 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 programs 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 Consultancy service, with following information:
I. Objectives of the Consultancy:
To train master trainers/teachers, SCI staff, school principals and local government education staff on inclusive education, using existing training manuals (to be checked with Save the Children Hanoi CO and with CRS and/or other IKEA Foundation inclusive education projects such as the Philippines and Cambodia) – possibly after some adaptations.
Master trainers/teachers will follow up with IE teacher training in selected schools with high enrolment of students with mild/moderate disabilities or learning difficulties, migrant students and other disadvantaged or vulnerable children.
Master trainers/teachers will monitor classrooms with teachers trained on inclusive education (regular interviews and classroom observation, collecting feedback from students, etc.)
II. Consultant’s responsibilities:
- Design the teacher training program using existing manuals/modules
- Support the implementation and stakeholder buy-in (especially local government education officials)
- Plan and deliver the training with master trainers/teachers, SC staff, school principals and (relevant) local government education officials. Maximum number of participants per training session is 25 people.
- Ask for and incorporate feedback from trainees during the training.
- Develop monitoring and mentoring schedule to randomly selected schools regularly together with (relevant) local government education officials
III. Expected deliverables outputs:
- To build the knowledge and capacity of master trainers/teachers on inclusive education and on training others on inclusive education
- To select schools with many students with disabilities, learning difficulties, migration background or other possible situations of disadvantage or vulnerability to monitor, learn lessons and document inclusive improvements
IV. Duration/Timeframe:
- Number of training days: 3 days.
- Period of time: Expected time: In the end of August & in the beginning of September
- Location: Ho Chi Minh City.
V. Consultant’s Qualifications:
- Educated to at least masters level
- Proven experience of training of master trainers and teachers
- Experience in measuring and evaluating the impact of training
- Experience of working with local government education officials and with teacher training institutes
- Familiarity with child rights and with diversity issues in education – especially disability and learning difficulties
- Excellent spoken and written Vietnamese and English
Please send:
- Your updated CV (in English) and a completed SC’s Application form;
- Outline of the work (how to do it; how much time will be needed etc.);
- Proposed fee;
to:
Save the Children International in Vietnam,
4th Floor, Machinco Building, No. 444 Hoang Hoa Tham street, Tay Ho District, Hanoi
or by Email: [email protected] [1]
The SC’s Application form [2] and the TOR [3] of the position are attached.
The closing date for application is 5 pm on Tuesday, 31st July 2018.
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.