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: KOICA End-line Survey
• Location: Hanoi

Timeline and Deliverables

We expect work to commence no later than 6 April 2020. A detailed proposed work plan is as follows:

Task	Time	No. of working days	Responsible stakeholders involved	Note
Participate in an induction meeting with the project team and develop additional survey	6- 10 April	5	Consultant and SC	Survey about learning environment and teaching practice at school will be developed by the consultant and and SC program staff based on the existing IDELA Classroom Environment Tool
Participate in the data collection process in Mu Cang Chai and partially in Van Chan and Tay Giang district	11-25 April	12	Consultant and SC	The consultant will participate in the training for local enumerators and monitor the data collection process The consultant is responsible for quality control during data collection process. After the first phase of data collection in Mu Cang Chai, the consultant is expected to give advice on the latter works in Van Chan and Tay Giang district. Additional survey forms to be digitalized by the Consultant
Clean, analyse data and draft a report	1-10 May	10	Consultant	Raw data sets extracted from KOBO to be cleaned. 2 separate reports for the Assessment in preschool and primary school realized, in both English and Vietnamese
Review and finalize the report	10-12 May	3	Consultant and SC
Total		30

Key deliverables are listed by date below:

• 10 April: Final survey about school learning environment and teachers’ teaching practice
• 17 April: Recommendation for collecting data in Van Chan and Tay Giang district
• 10 May: Draft reports in English
• 12 May: Final reports in English and Vietnamese submitted to SC.

Main competencies required 

Key qualifications and experience for lead consultant

• Post-graduate degree in social sciences, education, development studies, social work or any other relevant disciplines
• Experience in leading and conducting studies/surveys/evaluation on education field/projects using quantitative methods. Experience in using KOBO Toolbox or similar data collection tool is a must.
• Experience in early childhood education and/or basic education as well development work is highly desirable
• Experience in Save the Children’s IDELA and LA or similar assessment is an advantage 
• Ability to provide quality deliverables by deadlines
• Good facilitator, a good team player
• Must be fluent in English and Vietnamese. Knowledge on Hmong, Dzao, Thais, Katu culture and language is preferred
• Experience working in similar areas, both geographically and culturally.

Specific Responsibilities

• Develop additional survey in close consultation with the project team;
• Monitor the data collection process in Van Chan and Mu Cang Chai district, Yen Bai province and provide quality and timely feedbacks, while Save the Children ensures the organization of the whole data collection process both financially and logistically.
• Clean, analyse collected data and draft reports;
• Collaborate with SC to review the final reports. 

Application package:

Please send your CV, application package and SC’s Application Form to [email protected] to apply. 

The closing date for application is 5pm on 1 March 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.

Organization: Save the Children
Location: Hanoi
Application deadline: 2020-03-01
Send application to: [email protected]