Aide et Action International (http://www.aide-et-action-int.org/ [1]) is an INGO working in education field since 1981. It has program in 25 countries in the world.
We are looking for a Vietnamese national to fill the following position in Vietnam program.
Position title: Education Programme Development Officer– Aide et Action Vietnam
Location: Hanoi, Vietnam with extensive travel to other provinces and others
Reports to: Country programme Coordinator for Vietnam
Supervise: N/A
Functional working relationship with: Regional programme operations team
Job Purpose:
The incumbent will work closely with Country Programme Coordinator to initiate, develop and implement fundraising strategy and advise on program planning, monitoring, evaluation, and s/he will provide technical support to programme staff and partners to ensure the programme implementation delivers desirable, quality results. The role is a marked contribution to the implementation of the Convention Objective (CO) – the Action Plan of Vietnam country office as part of the Regional Strategic Plan 2014-2018.
Main Responsibilities:
- Identify the requirements of donors’ requirements that match with Aide et Action’s mandate such as the themes or focus areas in educational sectors;
- Co-lead proposal development, budgeting, fundraising including processing applications for grants in response to donors’ requirements with Programmes Coordinators in countries of intervention and contribution from regional team;
- Participate in the elaboration, presentation and follow up of the proposals submitted to donors or funding agencies, including clarifications of the issues raised by donors;
- Elaboration and setting up of donors mapping in Vietnam, documentation and internal information on institutional funds to identify new opportunities for submitting proposals;
- Provide initiatives and support to the development of operational plan (CO 2014-2016) to strengthen existing projects and develop new innovative project concepts focusing on technical aspects of educational development, especially Early Childhood Care and Development (ECCD) according to Vietnam context and aligning Regional and Country Strategic Plan 2014-2018;
- Initiate support of the implementation of regional and country strategic plan to achieve the desired results;
- Provide support to the team, local partners and contribute to the capitalization of AEA procedures in planning, monitoring, training and evaluation of the programmes;
- Provide support to educational thematic especially ECCE/D on the area according to identified needs;
- Ensure that learning, evaluation, capitalization, continuous improvement and technical assistance is an integral part of each domain.
- Strengthen relationships and network with representatives from institutional partners, government counterpart, UN agencies, International and local NGOs.
- Represent AEA when mandated by the Country representative to different forums and keep abreast of trends in education for advocacy/collaboration and promote organizational niche/thematic at national and regional levels.
- Other tasks as assigned by supervisors.
Requirements:
Education
- A degree in the field of education, social science, or related disciplines preferably at Master’s level;
- Course attended on Early Childhood Care and Development (ECCD) or livelihood and vocational education will be an advantage.
Experience and knowledge
- At least five years working experience in related fields. Experience with development projects and/or INGOs would be an advantage; preferably in Education;
- Good Knowledge about gender and child rights;
- Strong awareness on issues related to children under the age of 6 years;
- Skills in analysis, facilitation and training of trainer, communication, creative, organization, and interpersonal relationships;
- Strong commitment to the vision of “MDG and education for all”;
- Knowledge of participatory development processes;
- Pro-active, self-motivated, results-oriented and quality-driven personality;
- Experience of working and negotiating with government agencies/officials, NGOs, international agencies and donors and able to work with government authorities at different levels;
- Able to work collaboratively as a team member, as well as independently;
- Deadline oriented.
Skill and Others
- Communications, public speaking and negotiation
- Networking and interpersonal
- Proficiency in MS Office
- Leadership and management
- Promoting team synergy in a multi-cultural work environment
- People management and capacity building/development
- Policy advocacy and influencing
- Problem solving, and management of crisis, conflict and risk
- Proposal development and report writing are preferred
- Project management is preferred
- Monitoring and evaluation are preferred
- Fundraising is preferred
- Fluency in written and spoken English, knowledge of French is an advantage
How to apply:
All those who are interested in these positions can send CV, application letter in English with 3 referees (only be contacted after final selection) and copies of degrees/certificates to the email address of [email protected]. Only short-listed candidates will be contacted for interview.
Deadline: 30 June 2014