Social Safeguard Specialist

The Mekong Delta Region Urban Upgrading Project (MDRUUP) started on May 2013, covers six cities of Can Tho, My Tho, Cao Lanh, Ca Mau, Rach Gia and Tra Vinh. The project’s objective is to improve infrastructure services in Low Income Areas in the six project cities in the Mekong Delta Region. There is an additional technical assistance component in the project to support the Ministry of Construction (MOC) for project coordination and implementation. 

This assignment relates to Component of MOC which named MOC 08 Package: Social Safeguard Specialist. The main purposes of this assignment are: (i) to support the six PMUs in implementation of Social Safeguards under the project (Resettlement Action Plans and Ethnic Minority Development Plans); and (ii) to support the MOC to develop the Terms of Reference for Package MOC 04B. 
Scope of work is developed under main purposes above and will be provided later for candidate.

Duration of assignment is expect to start from 4/2013 and end in 4/2014 and can be extended or shortened during implementation based on quality of consultant service or actual needs of the project.

Desired qualifications and attributes:

- Consultant must hold university diploma with a minimum of Bachelor Degree preferably with a major in social sciences;
- At least 10 years of experience in expertise as social specialist and should have at least 5 year of experience in resettlement work in Viet Nam and have worked at least one IDA project.
- Have experience in design and operation of the data system for social-economic and census survey.
- Excellent English skills. 
- Salary and benefits are very competitive in current market.

The deadline for the above positions is March 29, 2013. CV should be written in both languages Vietnamese and English. All interested candidates are welcome to contact and submit their applications to PROJECT COORDINATION UNIT -  THE MANAGEMENT OF URBAN DEVELOPMENT PROJECT – MINISTRY OF CONSTRUCTION.
Email: [email protected]

Job details:
Organization name: The Management of Urban Development Project
Location: 37 Le Dai Hanh, Hai Ba Trung, Ha Noi, Viet Nam
Application Deadline: March 29, 2013

Job Details
Organisation Name: 
The Management of Urban Development Project
Location: 
Ha Noi
Application Deadline: 
Fri, 2013-03-29