Project Officer

Position: Project Officer
Location: Hanoi, Vietnam

ICEE is an international NGO, registered in Vietnam, which collaborates with other NGO’s and Government departments to ensure good vision outcomes for the people of Vietnam.
The Project Officer position has been created to assist in the development and implementation of ICEE’s primary eye care projects in Vietnam.
Please read more about ICEE on their website www.icee.org

Job Purpose:
The primary role of the Project Officer is to provide direct support to ICEE to ICEE projects, specifically partner liaison and assisting with project implementation, including co- development of operational guidelines and solutions for the establishment and running of vision centres, as directed by ICEE’s Service Development team.
S/he will work with the Vietnam Program Coordinator and other members of the team in ensuring effective relationships with all partners and development of programs.

Duties and Responsibilities:
1. Maintain close communication and effective liaison between ICEE and local partners, local governments, and other relevant development actors
2. Participate in the sourcing of project related equipment and consumables
3. Arrange and manage the procurement and importation and distribution of equipment and spectacles to project areas
4. Participate in stakeholder meetings as ICEE’s representative
5. Provide guidance to and work closely with partners in the use of the PCM (Project Cycle Management) approach in project planning, implementation, monitoring and documentation; including assisting in drafting of guidelines and operating procedures
6. Draft project and funding proposals, reports and budgets
7. Ensure high quality reporting and timely submission of documents and reports by ICEE partners and provide translation where necessary
8. Perform quarterly monitoring of projects to ensure that activities and expenditures are in line with agreed targets and prepare related project reports
9. Co-develop guidelines, templates and materials, and implement these in Vision Centres and document progress in this regard
10. Act as the local liaison for organizing all the consultants/volunteers for the training and research across the projects in consultation with the Vietnam Program Coordinator
11. Conduct situational analyses
12. Manage risk and identify opportunities
13. Travel within Vietnam as required by the project
14. Accompany and assist visiting international delegates where necessary
15. Perform any other related tasks delegated by the Vietnam Program Coordinator for overall effective program operation

Skills required
- Highly organized, flexible, has initiative and can manage working under pressure
- Ability to work both independently and as member of a team
- Willingness and ability to learn
- Strong interpersonal and oral/written communication skills, both in English and Vietnamese
- Willingness to travel 30%-50% of the time.
- Good computer skills and ability to adapt to various software applications – minimum requirement Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint software package.
- Experience in business operations an advantage.

Selection Criteria
- University degree in related field. Further training in development, project management and/or public health is an advantage.
-At least 3 years project facilitation and management experience in an international NGO and/or government national health program context.
- Good understanding of development and issues related to the management of development projects in the Vietnamese context.
- Vietnamese citizen

Please email your Application Letter and C.V. Please email your Application Letter and C.V. to: [email protected] and [email protected] by 21 January 2011