Project Officer
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.
Vacancy: Project Officer –HIV/AIDS
Based in Nghe An
Job Purpose
They are now seeking a qualified Vietnamese national to fill in the position of Project Officer to provide technical supports to schools, teachers and students in Nghe An to effectively implement HIV prevention curricula and peer education in vocational schools.
Key accountabilities
The Project Officer will be responsible for providing proactive technical assistance to improve performance and achieve results, collecting, preparing and submitting monthly reports and data and assisting with activity documentation efforts.
Person specification
- Vietnamese national
- University degree: BA Degree on social sciences, public health, or education is desirable
- Work experience in HIV prevention preferred
- Proven capacity to build and maintain effective partnerships with provincial and local partners.
- Excellent interpersonal skills with adults and with students
- Good training and management skills
- High degree of responsibility, integrity and personal and professional ethics
- Proven budget management skills and experience.
- English language skills preferred.
- Good computing skills (word processing, spread sheets, email).
A full job description and application form is available at the website:
http://www.savethechildren.net/vietnam/vacancies/Vacancies_2009.html
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
Email: [email protected].
The closing date for application is 5 pm on 19 October 2009. 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.