Consultant(s) for Building Capacity on Legal Ways to Address the Worst Forms of Child Labor for Against Child Exploitation (ACE) Project

World Vision Vietnam is looking for the Vietnamese or foreign consultant(s) to fill the following vacancy:

Consultant(s) for Building capacity on legal ways to address the worst forms of child labor for Against Child Exploitation (ACE) Project

Deadline for application: September 5, 2022.

For detailed Job advertisement, terms of reference please find on the attached file.

Background

The Against Child Exploitation (ACE) project, funded by United States Department of Labor (USDOL), has commenced since 2019 in the Philippines with the view to strengthening the capacity of the Philippine government to address the worst forms of child labor (WFCL) including online sexual exploitation of children (OSEC), and violations of acceptable conditions of work.

Building on fruitful results achieved in Philippines, the ACE project will be implemented in Vietnam in 6 target districts of 3 target provinces (1. Dien Bien – North zone; 2. Da Nang City and 3. Quang Nam Province - Central zone of Vietnam) toward the expected outcomes as follows:

• Outcome 1: Improved enforcement of the legal framework and policies pertaining to the WFCL, including OSEC, and violations of acceptable conditions of work
• Outcome 2: Improved assistance services for victims of WFCL and / or OSEC
• Outcome 3: Strengthened partnerships to accelerate progress in addressing the WFCL, including OSEC, and violations of acceptable conditions of work.

In Vietnam, the project will direct technical support and engage with a wide range of government, social partners, civil society and business entities in its implementation to enhance government efforts to counter child labour, to contribute to the national strategy in prevention and reduction of child labor, especially to address WFCL including OSEC.

In order to achieve outcome 1, the project will implement capacity building activities on handling child labor in hazadous environments, including OCSE, and violations of minimum working conditions. In particular, in September 2022, the project will conduct a training course for labor inspectors and related stakeholders in Da Nang city.

Purpose and Expectation of the Training

Labor inspectors and relevant stakeholders in Da Nang city are trained on legal ways to address WFCL, including OSEC, and violations of acceptable conditions of work.

It is expected that after the training:

• 80% participants know definition of child labor (CL), cause and effect of CL, especially WFCL, including OCSE;
• 80% participants have skills to recognize forms of child labor and capacity to detect child labor;
• 80% participants understand the basic requirements and contents in the supervision, inspection and handling of violations of the law on child labor.

Training Content

• Definition and how to identify child labor, especially WFCL, including OCSE), and violations of acceptable conditions of work
• Cause and effect of child labor
• Coordinate and integrate actions to prevent and reduce child labor
• Supervision, inspection and handling of violations of the law on child labor.

Participants and Time:

• Participants: 35 pax
• Expected time for training: 2 days in September 2022.

Consultant Qualifications, Experience, and Competencies:

The successful consultant(s) should have the following qualifications:

• Have at least Master degree in law, social sciences, preferably that in Psychology, Social Work, or Behavioral Science;
• Have at least 5-year experience related to child protection, child rights;
• Have knowledge and experience in child labor and the context of child labor in Vietnam;
• Demonstrated experience in using training methods that promote the participation of trainees;
• Having knowledge on OCSE is an advantage.

Interested candidates will be asked to send an application package in English containing:

• Curriculum Vitae (including related experience, title and working place, contact);
• Detail training agenda with training method;
• Propose consultant fee with detail breakdown on daily rate.

Applications must be sent to: wvv[email protected] by 17h00, 5 September 2022 Vietnam time.