Children and Youth Program Officer

1. BACKGROUND

Management and Sustainable Development Institute (MSD) is a Vietnamese Non-governmental Organization established on March 05, 2008.

From 2021, MSD officially becomes United Way Vietnam – a member of United Way Worldwide – the largest global network of non-profit organizations.

Vision: We envision a world of justice and equality, where all individuals and their families can achieve their human potential through good education, financial stability, and healthy lives.

Mission: MSD – United Way Vietnam is making efforts to improve sustainable lives by mobilizing the caring power to the united partnership of an ecosystem for sútainable development.

Core values and principles:

• Live United
• Equitable Partnership
• Inclusion and people empowerment
• Good governance, transparency and accountability
• Innovation and Inspiration

Slogan: Live United – Creating trends, leading changes

Approach:

• Mobilization: Mobilizing caring power, investment, and good practice for social impact.
• Solution: Providing the stop, comprehensive and effective solution services to improve sustainable lives in (1) Education for Development; (2) Income Mobility; and (3) Environmental Health.
• Development: Advocating for enabling environment/ecosystem for sustainable development.

To support the MSD team to achieve the best results, we are in need of a Program Officer to support the organization to manage the Children and Youth program and do communication work for the program and MSD in general.

1. ASSIGNEMENT REQUESTS

1. Assignment purpose: to provide effective support for the Children and Youth program manager to implement the development strategy of MSD in 2021 – 2025.
2. Working location: mainly in Hanoi, some travel to Hue, Da Nang, Hochiminh city, and some other provinces and countries when assigned.
3. The job assigned manager and technical supporter: direct report to and be supported/coached by the program director of MSD.
4. Main responsibilities:

• Management and operation: Managing the implementation of Children and Youth projects/programs throughout the project/program management cycle (design, develop the plan, coordinate the implementation, monitoring, and evaluation);
• Support in MSD works at regional and international levels of Child Rights Governance and Advocacy;
• Manage projects on child right governance, gender-based violence response related innitiatives, youth engagements in SDGs and community innitiatives, and social entreupreneuship,etc.

• Support event organization and communication of MSD in general

• This position will be the contact point for the child safeguarding policy of the organization.

1. Work plan: Workplan of MSD strategy and Children and Youth program Strategy
2. Travel: This assignment requires travel to Hue/Danang and Hochiminh city and other provinces or other countries when necessary. The travel fee and perdiem will be under MSD’s cost norm system.

1. Reporting and job performance appraisal:
   • Reporting: The project officer will self-prepare his/her work plan and direct report to the MSD Program Director on monthly basis his/her work plan and the level of completion; In addition to the monthly report, the half-year and final year report will be required. The report form will also be provided;
   • Job performance appraisal: The job performance appraisal will be conducted annually as the appraisal system of MSD in alignment with this job assignment.
2. Benefits:
   • Play the key role in MSD with a high potential of motivation to become a project manager;
   • Working in the professional and healthy environment of MSD;
   • Competitive and transparent motivation and salary mechanism – this assignment is in grades 1-2;
   • Learning and coaching opportunities with other MSD managers, leaders, and experts;
   • National and international learning or workshop participation opportunities in related topics.

1. QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS

• Knowledge: Bachelor’s Degree (a Master’s is a plus)  in major relating to Strategy and Management, Project Management or Social work relating to Children and Family, Knowledge of CSOs and Child Rights issues in Vietnam.
• Experience: At least 3 years of working experience in project management, experience and knowledge in children and youth-related activities can be an asset.
• Skills: Have leadership skills. Fluent in English in all 4 skills of reading, writing, listening, and speaking; Good communication skills, and computer skills;
• Working attitude: Creative, determined, results-oriented, self-management, ready to learn and share

1. APPLICATION

Interested candidates should send their CVs and resume in English to email: contact@msdvietnam.org, with the subject of “PO 2024_(name of applicant)” (e.g: “PO 2024_ Anh Nguyen) as soon as possible. We will scan the application and contact directly the appropriate candidate(s) from this job announcement is released on a first come first serve basis. The deadline for application is June 10^th, 2024.

MSD is an organization working for the best benefit of children and has a child-safeguarding policy. All staff are required to strictly follow the child-safeguarding policy and be committed to developing an enabling and safe environment for children. Alcohol and tobacco use is strictly prohibited at work.