Consultant for Impact Assessment on the Draft Amended Law on Domestic Violence Prevention

World Vision International Vietnam (WVV) is looking for the Consultant to fill the following vacancy:

Consultant for Impact assessment on the draft amended Law on Domestic Violence Prevention in administrative procedures of preventing and combating domestic violence

• Deadline for application: July 27, 2021.
• Please find the detailed Terms of Reference in attached file.

BACKGROUND:

World Vision International in Vietnam (WVI-V), ChildFund Australia’s Representative Office in Vietnam (ChildFund), Plan International Vietnam (PIV), Institute for Sustainable Development (MSD) are international and local non governmental organizations, who have been operating in Vietnam for many years for the development of disadvantaged children, women and communities. The organizations have strategies and programs to protection children (girls and boys) and women from abuse, violence and exploitation. To protect vulnerable children, the organizations promotes family values, relationship, well-being as well as parenting skills to create a protective family ecology, to build the safe environment for girls and boys. The amended Law on Domestic Violence Prevention is a key legal framework to promote support services for children and parents at the community as well as other solutions to prevent and combat domestic violence. At the same time, field practices and experience of WVI-V, ChildFund, PIV and MSD will be a valuable source of information contributing to the policy impact assessment and finally contribute to the amended Law on Domestic Violence Prevention.

Department of Family Affairs- MOCST and WVI-V, ChildFund, PIV and MSD have discussed and agreed to cooperate in conducting the “Impact assessment on the amended Law on Domestic Violence Prevention in administrative procedures of preventing and combating domestic violence”. The assessment will look at how the administrative procedures have minimized barriers to support victims and at risk people in reporting and accessing services, especially girls, boys and women in order to inform evidence on the policy impact assessment on administrative procedure in Law on Domestic Violence Prevention implementation.

OUTPUTS:

• 01 report on the results of the Assessment of the draft amended Law on Domestic Violence Prevention on administration procedures in preventing and combatting domestic violence, including administration procedure in reporting domestic violence; providing support services for victims and at risk people, especialy girls and boys, women, elders; and handling violators
• 01 policy brief.
• Data set of the research

TIMEFRAME:

From August – October 2021 

REQUIREMENTS:

The consultant may work as an individual or as leader of a consultancy team. The successful Lead Consultant should fulfill the following criteria:

• A post-graduate degree in social science or a related field and at least 10 years’ experience in conducting external research.
• Strong knowledge and understanding of Vietnamese policy and law development process, political system, policy context, law amendment, domestic violence, rights of women and childrights.
• A strong commitment to delivering timely and high-quality results.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills in English and Vietnamese (in case of a consultant team, at least one team member must fulfill this criterion).
• Strong professional experience in policy research, Regulatory impact analysis in the law development process.
• Able to work with project staff and stakeholders at different levels.

Interested candidates are invited to submit an application to [email protected] by 17h00, 27 July 2021.