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(s) to translate Life Skills for Success (LS4S) SCI Common Approach materials from English to Vietnamese [1]
Location: Hanoi
The objective of the consultancy service
The consultant is going to provide translation service for the Life Skills for Success (LS4S) SCI Common Approach materials from English to Vietnamese. The SCI project management team will use the translated materials for smoothly developing and finalizing the Yen Bai contextualized life skills training manual and tools for the relevant training courses of the project.
Deliverables:
A translator will start the work from 2nd November and must complete before 13th November 2020. The LS4S materials included:
- LS4S Comprehensive Overview: 32 pages;
- LS4S Overview: 2 pages;
- LS4S toolkits: 52 pages
TOTAL: 86 pages
Experience and skill set required for Translator
- Advanced University Degree in English
- At least 3 years of experience in translating the documents relating to operational manual, social development area, education, life skills.
- Have strong knowledge on international development, social development, social sciences
- Able to allocate resource for a tight deadline contract
- Strong experience in translating the same types of documents
Reporting line: “EU/PARTICIPATE” Project Manager
Interested consultant(s) should send their CVs & Application form [2] as attached to Save the Children International in Vietnam via [email protected] [3].
The closing date for application is 5pm on 06th November, 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.