Program Assistant

The International Center (formerly known as Vietnam Veterans of America Foundation -VVAF) is a humanitarian organization that has addressed the consequences of war through advocacy and service programs in Vietnam for the last three decades. As a cofounder of the International Campaign to Ban Landmines, IC-VVAF was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1997. Now the International Center (IC) focuses on disability support, landmine removal, and mental health programs.

The “Moving Without Limits” Project

Under the financial support of United States Agency for International Development (USAID), IC is implementing the Disability Support Project named “Moving without Limits” in the three provinces of Thua Thien Hue, Quang Nam and Binh Dinh. The project aims to improve people with disability’s access to quality assistive technologies or devices (AD/AT) in the target provinces, thus enhancing their independence in activities of daily living and participation in social activities

Three specific objectives include:

1. Improved availability of quality assistive technologies/devices (AT/AD) for people with mobility impairments in Thua Thien Hue, Quang Nam and Binh Dinh;
2. Improved capacity for the health sector workforce at the national and sub-national levels,
3. Improved advocacy for policies/regulations and information sharing related to AT/AD.

In order to achieve the above-mentioned objectives, a wide range of activities will be implemented in the three project provinces as well as at the central level.  AT/AD service provision is implemented following the full range of provision including need assessment and proper prescription, AD procurement, fitting, user training and follow-up, maintenance and repair in order to ensure that people with mobility disabilities receive appropriate and quality AD they need. The integration of health care for people with disabilities (PWDs), including AT/AD service delivery into the existing health care system, mobilizing the non-specialists at the community level to recognize, assess, manage and follow-up of care for PWDs will be promoted in this project.

Being aware of the big gap in human resource for rehabilitation services, especially for AT/AD related services for PWDs, taking into account the practical solution for filling the gap, the project will apply mixed approaches: (i) build capacity for both high skilled health professionals at the national level for providing technical assistance towards complicated cases and support building capacity for lower level service providers when needed; and (ii) task shifting, defined as the delegation of tasks to existing or new cadres with either less training or narrowly tailored training in order to deliver a certain and basic rehabilitation/AT solutions.  Thus, IC will support improving the capacity of rehabilitation and AT workforces for both national and provincial levels, for both high and less skilled service providers.

Access to AD/AT provision services cannot be improved without appropriate and available policy and governance, IC will work closely with the line ministries, other involved partners to support the development of the AT/AD service delivery framework as a part of the National Rehabilitation Strategy 2021-2025 as well as advocacy to include more AT/AD covered by the health insurance scheme. In addition to that, IC will also support to improve information sharing, awareness raising on AT/AD related issues. 

IC is recruiting a Program Assistant to assist Program Officer in planning, implementing, monitoring and evaluation of the project activities in the project provinces.

1.      JOB TITLE:                                 Program Assistant     

2.      DUTY STATION:                         Hanoi and project sites

3.      QUALIFICATIONS: 

• Graduated in public health or social science, Master degree preferred
• At least 1 year working experience in relevant position, working experience in iNGO is preferred.
• Good English and communication skill are essential to this position
• Good interpersonal and cross-cultural communication skills
• Maturity and confidence to support delicate discussions at higher levels
• Experience and participation in development projects advantageous
• Showing patience and high attention to details

4.      DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Closely work with POs to prepare annual work plan and action plans for the project;
• Support POs to ensure program implementation according to the annual and quarterly work plans and targets;
• Assist POs in preparing different kinds of reports to donors required;
• Conduct field visits to support monitoring, supervision and evaluation of the project activities;
• Support in organizing meetings, trainings, and workshops;
• Support POs to ensure that all the necessary financial documentation of project activities are complete and in accordance with financial management systems;
• Support other staff where required;
• Provide translation and interpretation upon request;
• Other necessary duties as required.

SUBMISSION  

Interested candidate should be submitted in the form of a letter of interest and be accompanied by CV. Applications must be submitted electronically (e-mailed) to [email protected] no later than March 31, 2022.