Special Project Officer – Safer Internet, Safer Childhood Project

WORLD VISION VIETNAM

We are looking for Vietnamese competent candidates to fill the following vacancy:

WVV Special Project Officer – Safer Internet, Safer Childhood Project

• Work base: Thuong Xuan district, Thanh Hoa province
• Deadline for application: September 4th, 2022

For detailed Job advertisement, Job description please find on WV Vietnam's career page:

WVV Special Project Officer – Safer Internet, Safer Childhood Project (myworkdayjobs.com)

TERMS OF REFERENCE

WORK CONTEXT / BACKGROUND

World Vision (WV) is a Christian relief, development and advocacy organization working to improve the quality of life of people, especially children who are marginalized and living in poverty. World Vision helps all who are in need, regardless of their religion, race, ethnicity or gender. As a child-focused organization, WV’s work focuses on children, ensuring they are protected and their basic needs are met. World Vision Vietnam (WVV) has been funded from 13 support countries in Europe, Asia, the Americas and Australia. Funding of WVV consists of sponsorship program funding (70%) and Private Non-Sponsorship (PNS)/grants (30%). WVV employs about 430 staff, of which 93% are Vietnamese nationals.

WVV is operating in 4 zones: North 1 (Hoa Binh, Dien Bien), North 2 (Yen Bai, Tuyen Quang, Hai Phong), Central (Thanh Hoa, Quang Tri and Da Nang) and South (Quang Nam, Quang Ngai, Binh Thuan, Ho Chi Minh, DakNong). WVV’s Area Program (AP) usually focuses within one administrative district of a province which populated by ethnic minority people with high rates of poverty. A uniqueness of WVV’s Development Program Approach (DPA) is that AP team members are based at district level where the AP is located, which enables them to work closely with government partners and communities on a daily basis. Beside the APs, WVV is also implementing different Special and Grant Projects to meet the specific needs of vulnerable children in both AP and non-AP areas.

Over 70% of the Vietnamese population now has access to the internet. As of June 2021, 9.2% of Facebook users and 18.5% of Youtube users are children aged 13-17. Children use the internet an early age but do not have enough knowledge and skills to protect themselves the risk of being sexually abused via chat rooms, live streams, web cameras and smartphones.

WVV is developing a project to help Vietnamese children to learn, entertain and grow in safe online and offline environments, with the tentative timeline January 2022 to December 2024. The project and the positions required to deliver the project will commence upon confirmed funding the donor.

PURPOSE OF POSITION

The Project Officer is responsible for implementing and achieving the goal, outcomes, and outputs of the project as per its design documents and its logical framework in compliance with donor requirements and WV principles and values.

ROLE DIMENSION / DESCRIPTION

1.    Leadership and people management

• Provide overall leadership to the project team, including spiritual leadership.
• Work with People and Culture (PnC) department to recruit and provide orientation for new staff.
• Supervise, coach, mentor, provide adequate feedback to project staff to ensure their high performance toward the shared goals.

2.    Project Implementation & Management

• Cooperate with partners, World Vision’s technical team and field staff, UNICEF and other stakeholders to coordinate project planning, implementation, and monitoring according to the project agreement and proposal.
• Lead the development with technical support from the technical team, contribute inputs for the development of high-quality capacity building resources, guidance and materials on online safety and Online Child Sexual Exploitation and Abuse under World Vision’s management.
• Prepare annual Plans of Action & Budget with the participation from local partners and community and with support from manager.

3.    Project Monitoring & Evaluation

• Ensure the project M&E system and use data for programming and decision making.
• Conduct quarterly workshops/meetings to monitor data collection, learning and reflection.

4.    Partnering

• Liaise with UNICEF and project donor, be responsible for responding to donor’s requirements/questions relating to project implementation in consultation with Zonal Manager and Child Protection TP manager.
• Liaise with and strengthen relationships with UNICEF, partners at national level, province and district levels, other NGOs, and the private sector in project implementation.
• Manage communication and advocacy on child online protection (COP), in relation to Vietnam National Programme on COP. 15% 3 Establishing appropriate information-sharing and learning networking among COP stakeholders in Vietnam.

KNOWLEDGE/QUALIFICATIONS FOR THE ROLE

1.    Required Professional Experience

• A minimum of 03-year experience in community development and child protection.
• Experience in program implementation, community mobilization and participatory approach, child online protection would be an advantage.
• Experience in capacity building for local stakeholders/partners.
• Experience in managing and supervising staff.

2.    Required Education, training, license, registration and certification

• Bachelor degree in community development, social sciences, social work and/or business administration.
• Master degree in similar fields.

3.    Preferred Knowledge and Qualifications

• Good knowledge and understanding of key aspects of development work, child protection, child online protection including sexual exploitation and abuse, online safety and advocacy in development programming.
• Demonstrated leadership skills, including leading, building, and supporting a team with diverse roles and capacities.
• Skills in facilitation of development processes, including organisation and mobilisation of communities and networking among different development partners.
• Demonstrated capacity in program management, with conceptual understanding and required competency in DME functions.
• Strong interpersonal skills and well-developed written and oral communications skills in Vietnamese and English, especially report writing skills.
• Solid computer skills in Word, Excel, Powerpoint and email.

Interested candidates are invited to submit your application by sending the CV and Cover Letter to [email protected]

Our contact details are:

People and Culture Department
World Vision International - Vietnam
Address: No. 444 Hoang Hoa Tham street, Tay Ho District, Hanoi.
Tel: 024. 39439920

We give equal opportunity to every candidate, regardless of religion, race and gender.

A competitive salary, benefits and career development opportunity will be offered and commensurate with the experience, qualifications and responsibilities.