Project Officer

Job Description of Project Officer

The Project Office of the Danish Association of Physically disabled persons or DHF, in Vietnam is supporting the implementation of a 3 year project under the title: Capacity Strengthening and Organizational Development for Disabled Persons’ Associations (DPOs) at provincial and districts levels.  The project partners include: The Vietnam Federation on Disability (VFD) and the DPOs of Hanoi, Hanam, Namdinh, Thaibinh, Thainguyen, Haiduong.

Three main outcomes of the project are: increasing leadership and management skills for DPO leaders; improvement of membership and advocacy.

The project duration is 2017-2020.

The office is looking for the candidates for the position of Project Officer.  The details of the post are as follows:

Responsibilities:

1.     In capacity building:

• Assisting in technical preparation for project activities including joint training, joint activities, task force meetings,
• Provide coaching for partner’s organization in a hands-on manner on issues relating to office management and small projects.
• Join needs assessment and other missions organized by the project office and be responsible for specific role as assigned.
• Taking part in the TOT course to enhance trainer’s skills and technical knowledge on OD in general (optional)
• Assist in evaluation of project activities by the participants and feed back to the M&E staff.

2.    In logistics issues:

• Acting as secretary for meetings of Project Board or other meetings between the Project Office and the partners
• Be responsible for all logistical support for joint training, joint activities, meetings, workshops, etc.  inside and outside Hanoi.  
• Be in charge of logistical support for monitoring missions of DHF staff to Vietnam
• Translate documents relating to the project implementation from English to Vietnamese and vice-versa
• Follow up on office status and other relevant issues and those relating to procedural requirements by the Vietnamese authorities.
• Perform other tasks as assigned by the project management.

3.    In admin issues:

• Assist in M&E activities by collecting data from activities to hand over to the M&E staff.
• Assist in payment for participants of project activities when needed.
• Perform other tasks as assigned by the project management.

Qualifications and competences:

• At least university diploma in development, sociology, law, or other social subjects.
• 5 years of experience of work in NGO organizations and good knowledge in LFA, participative approach, human rights based approach.
• Fluency in English and Vietnamese as mother tongue
• Experience in working with people of grass root level
• Good knowledge about development issues in Vietnam an advantage
• Commitment in working in a team and supporting each other to fulfil the common goal.
• Ability to join mission outside Hanoi for 2 or 3 days consecutively.
• Commitment to working with the project to its closure in 2020.
• Knowledge on disability is an asset.
• Immediate availability.

Salary range:

Starting from 18 million VND gross with annual increase according to performance.

Application should be sent by mail to: codvoffice [email protected]

Deadline of application: 30 November 2017.

We shall contact shortlisted candidates for interview.