Data Collecting Team

Save the Children, the world’s largest independent organization for children, delivers immediate and lasting improvements to children’s lives all over the world.

Save the Children (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; Climate Change adaption Child rights agenda, including Civil society development, Economic opportunities, Child poverty Research, and Advocacy for child-friendly development policy and practice.

Vacancy: Data Collecting Team

We are looking for a Vietnamese national for the positions of 01 Data Collecting Team Leader and 06 Data Collecting Team Members to work for our project “Improving the nutrition status of children 0-24 months in Thuong Xuan District, Thanh Hoa Province”.

Main Responsibilities:

Team leader:

• Attending on training for data collector
• Leading team members to conduct interview and data collection for around 350 mothers at 3 communes in Thuong Xuan, Thanh Hoa
• Conducting collecting data along with team members
• Supervising team members at the field to ensure the quality of data
• Conducting data entry after field work

Team members:

• Attending on training for data collector
• Conduct interview all mothers having children under 2 at 3 communes in Thuong Xuan District, Thanh Hoa province (around 350)
• Conduct anthropometric measurement for all children under 2 in all 3 communes
• Data cleaning and data input in SPSS or Stata following requirement
• Submit all samples and data files to Save the Children

Key Competencies:

Team leader

• Having Degrees Training on public health
• Previous experiences on data collection especially in interviewing with mothers in nutrition
• Having experience in managing and leading a team to collect data at the fields
• Have skills to use epidata and SPSS or Stata
• Good command of computer skills
• Good skills at interpersonal communication

Team members

• Having Degrees Training on public health
• Previous experiences on data collection especially in interviewing with mothers in nutrition
• Have skills to use epidata and SPSS or Stata
• Good command of computer skills
• Good skills at interpersonal communication

Please send CV and a completed application form, contact of three referees and a covering letter in English addressing the list of competencies to: 4th Floor, Machinco Building, No. 444 Hoang Hoa Tham street, Tay Ho District Hanoi or by Email: [email protected]

The SC’s application form and full job description are available at the website: http://savethechildrenvietnam.wordpress.com/vacancy

The closing date for application is 5 pm on 20th July, 2015.  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.