Trainee - Dien Bien Dong Ap

With over 70 years of experience, our focus is on helping the most vulnerable children overcome poverty and experience fullness of life. We help children of all backgrounds, even in the most dangerous places, inspired by our Christian faith.

Come join our 34,000+ staff working in nearly 100 countries and share the joy of transforming vulnerable children’s life stories

Employee Contract Type:
Interno

Job Description:
I. BACKGROUND:
World Vision 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 400 staff, of which 93% are Vietnamese nationals.

WVV is operating in 14 provinces including Hanoi, Dien Bien, Hai Phong, Hung Yen, Quang Tri, Thanh Hoa, Ha Tinh, Quang Binh, Quang Tri, Da Nang, Quang Nam, Quang Ngai, Ho Chi Minh, Dak Nong. 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.

II. MAIN TASKS AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Community Engagement and Sponsorship Planning
- 1. Community Engagement and Sponsorship Planning_
- Support AP staff in facilitating partnerships and connections among different local stakeholders (formal and informal community groups, and local government agencies) to mobilize resources for the well-being of children in alignment with the stakeholders mapping of the area
- Develop self-awareness of WVI’s mission, vision & values, child-focused and community-based development approach and express them at work
- Participating in the facilitation of AP planning activities at targeted communes
- Support Development Facilitator (DF) in facilitating annual community review and planning at targeted communes with a focus on impact, sustainability and effectiveness
- Participating in the process of supporting communities and partners to develop and implement community-based disaster preparedness plans
- 2. Monitoring_
- Support DF in facilitating shared monitoring activities and reports in targeted communes
- Support AP team in preparing for refection meetings with participation of communities
- Participating in the annual program effectiveness/ PAF self-review and community-based groups self-review
- 3. Child participation and protection_
- Support DF in strengthening child clubs and children led community initiatives
- Develop self capacity in using child friendly tools such as photo voice, body map, river of life and increase the use of these tools to increase child participation and voice in the community
- 4. Most Vulnerable Children (MVC) inclusion_
- Support local partners in MVC mapping and updates for AP contexts
- Utilize MVC mapping results for the implementation of technical project interventions/models to make sure MVC are included
- Support AP team in documenting best practices, lesson learnt and Most Significant Change (MSC) stories of MVC and their families
- 5. Sponsorship integration._
- Support the child monitoring processes and follow up with case management of registered children in targeted communes.
- Integrate sponsorship communication in program activities where possible
- Provide support to AP manager to captures Transformational Stories of Registered children to communicate with sponsors
- Support the delivery of sponsor engagement features to meet quality and delivery standards of sponsorship products
- 6. HEA-DRR._

Being under the instruction of AP to join emergency response in the targeted Area Program when needed.

Project Implementation:

- 1. Implementation of Technical Models_
- Study the Technical Models of WVIV and practice his/her learning by supporting DF in facilitating the implementation of technical models in alignment with the standard guidelines (cost norms) and tools while ensuring that they are suitable for the uniqueness of the AP context
- Support DF in facilitating the supportive supervision process in targeted communes to ensure technical quality of the project models
- Support AP in mainstreaming Cross cutting themes (CPPa, gender, environment, disability, climate change adaptation) in a