Save the Children’s vision is a world in which every child attains the right to survival, protection, development and participation. Our mission is to inspire breakthroughs in the way the world treats children, and to achieve immediate and lasting change in their lives.
Save the Children started our work in Vietnam in 1990, and implements programs in the key thematic areas: Education, Health and Nutrition, Child Protection, Child Rights and Governance, Child Poverty, Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) and Emergency Response. At present, Vietnam Country Office has programs in 20 out of 63 provinces in Vietnam.
Save the Children in Vietnam continues to develop innovative programming that reflects the overall strategic goal of measurably improving the survival, health, protection and development of Vietnam’s poorest children by strengthening the capacity of women and children, caring adults, communities and partner organizations.
Save the Children is committed to ensuring that all our personnel and programmes are absolutely safe for children.
Child Safeguarding positioning statement:
We need to keep children safe so our selection process, which includes rigorous background checks, reflects our commitment to the protection of children from abuse.
All employees are expected to carry out their duties in accordance with our global anti-harassment policy.
We are looking for a Vietnamese national for:
- Vacancy: Consultant for Follow Up Survey [1]
- Location: Ho Chi Minh
Consultant’s responsibilities:
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Contact youth from the contact list provided by SC to develop a data collection plan including interview schedule and plans for additional contacts if youth are initially unavailable. A youth must be contacted by texting and/or calling.
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Collect data on the phone following the data collection plan by using a Kobo tool provided by SC. Please note that one student needs to be called a maximum of 3 times at different moments in the day or different days before the interview was stopped and this case was eliminated;
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Produce a daily call log of the two activities above:
- Summarize the calling process such as youth who were reached and those who were not, time of calling, the number of times, reasons for unsuccessful calls;
- During the data collection step, highlighting the data collection process including the numbers of youth in the sample reached and those who were not as well as any issues or problems that arose in the data collection process;
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Export data from Kobo to an excel file and randomly check 5% - 10% of the database to minimize and to report any error which might occur;
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Compile all the identified errors into a word file and submit to SC for proper resolution.
Main competencies required
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Bachelor degree in related areas such as Public Health, Social Science, etc.;
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At least 2-3 years of proven experiences in conducting survey/evaluation/research, especially collecting quantitative data through questionnaires;
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Experience of using Kobo or similar tools to collect data is a preferable;
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High English proficiency in speaking and writing;
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Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite.
Application package:
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Updated creative portfolio including relevant creative development work and qualifications with at least 03 examples of past photo packages
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Financial proposal including all cost involved. Please note that Save the Children will cover travel cost, accommodation and per diem according to our policy
Please send your CV and SC’s Application Form [2] to [email protected] [3] to apply.
The closing date for application is 5pm on 7th May 2020. Applications will be treated in confidence. Due to the volume of applications we receive, only short-listed candidates will be contacted and CVs cannot be returned.
Save the Children is an equal opportunities employer. Our selection processes reflect our commitment to the protection of children from abuse, and our people are as diverse as the challenge we face. We welcome applications from all qualified candidates, regardless of age, disability, HIV/AIDS status, race, national origin, religion, or sexual orientation.