CARE International-Vacancy

CARE International in Lao PDR

 Health Specialist: 3-6 month contract

CARE Laos seeks to employ a Health Specialist, experienced Lao Nationalin Phongsaly Province, Khua, Mai and Samphan Districts. CARE offers staff competitive salaries and excellent benefits, in particular since this is a temporary contract.
In Phongsaly, CARE’s integrated rural development program works in maternal, reproductive and child health, food security, poverty alleviation, water and sanitation, and livelihoods development. The MCH project works with:  1) District Health Offices of Khua, Mai and Samphan to support health systems strengthening. 2) Remote communities to improve access to maternal, child and reproductive health services.

The Health Specialist will be involved in implementation of health related activities, particularly taking the lead on supporting reproductive health activities. S/he will work with the DHOs to provide technical support to community based health actors, such as community based distributors (CBD) of contraceptives and village health volunteers (VHV).
                                                                            
This position reports to the Phongsaly Health Project Manager and will receive technical support from the Women’s Program Coordinator.  The position is available immediately.

Qualifications and Experience Required

• Nursing or medical degree related or relevant educational background and/or experience.
• Experience working with NGOs withtechnical knowledge on maternal and reproductive health
• Ability to speak and understand Akha or Kh’mu is highly valued.
• Willing to spend time in remote areas working with poor communities, engaging directly in activities.
• Previous experience working with community health actors would be valuable
• Good communications skills, including negotiation skills, interpersonal skills, including patience, diplomacy, willingness to listen and respect for beneficiaries.
• Be highly organized,honest, responsible, self motivated and creativityand able to take initiative under minimum supervision.

·         Ability to work under pressure at times, while maintaining high quality results is an essential requirement.

• Demonstrate ability to work as part of a team in diverse professional backgrounds.
• Able to drive a motorbike and has a current license
• Women and ethnic minorities are encouraged to apply

Qualified candidates should submit a job application form (available at CARE Laos office), CV and a letter of application that address the Qualifications and Experience Required to:

Application for Health Specialist

CARE Laos, PO Box 4328, 329/25 Sibounheuang Road, Ban Sibounheuang,

Or send email to sengdavanh@carelaos.org

 

Deadline for applications is 30 November 2012

CVs and other documents submitted to CARE will not be returned.

CARE Laos does not charge or accept a fee at any stage of the recruitment process.

 

CARE-Laos is committed to working towards equitable relationships and opportunity for women and men.

CARE-Laos seeks to create and maintain an organization environment that is free of harassment and exploitation of children.

 

CARE encourages members of ethnic groups of Lao PDR, women and people living with disabilities, who meet the selection criteria, to apply for this position.

TGH-Vacancy

JOB ANNOUCEMENT – ASSISTANT to PROJECT MANAGER (ECHO)

 Triangle Génération Humanitaire is a French NGO working in Lao PDR since 2006 is looking for a « ASSISTANT to PROJECT MANAGER M/F» for its food security/support to population affected by Haïma typhoon project in Khammuan Province.

 The project :

                 Due to the floods of 2011, a large number of rural households of Hinboun district, Khammuan Province have been deeply impacted. In those areas, non-equipped with irrigation systems, people have lost their only chance to harvest rice in 2011. Both food and seeds stocks have been impacted leaving those rural households with no other solution than daily work in the neighbouring villages to guarantee the family basic food supply. Triangle GH’s Action, funded by ECHO aims at restoring the production means of those population in 17 villages of the lower tributaries of Nam Hinboun River and insure their food consumption during the rainy season through cash grant activities.

 The position:

                The Project Manager Assistant will be based in Thakhek with frequent field work sessions in remote areas (purchase and delivery of seeds and agricultural input, follow-up of the agricultural activities, follow-up and evaluation of cash transfer activity) in Hinboun District. She/he will work with TGH Project Manager and the Administrator to ensure the proper implementation of the activities.

 Duties and responsibilities:

 Under the supervision of Project manager, the assistant will work at the daily implementation of the project and thus will be involved in the following aspects:

 Technical duties:

-          Field data collection;

-          Field data analysis;

-          Implementation of home garden seeds distribution for 17 villages ;

-          Coordination of Community officers work.

Administrative duties:

-          Translation of official reports and documents ;

-          Coordination with local authorities (PAFO, DAFO, DoFA) ;

Logistic duties:

-          Purchase management and follow-up (everyday supplies and contracts)

-          Logistic preparation and management of field activities ;

-          Follow-up of project equipments.

Other:

-          Coordination with the administrator to follow-up procedures.

 Listed tasks are not exhaustive and may be revised with project manager according to the needs of the project.

 Qualifications requirements:

·         University degree (BSc) in relevant fields (agronomy, irrigation), MSc is an asset;

·         Skills required in logistics management ;

·         Work experience with NGOs (at least 3 years of relevant experience);

·         Work experience in a ECHO funded program is an asset;

·         Very good level in French and/or English (translation for both technical and administrative documents) ;

·         Basic software knowledge (pack Office) ; Good level in Excel is an asset;

·         Strong motivation for field work (in remote areas) ;

·         Good analysis skills, ability to propose ;

·         Ability to train and deliver messages to heterogeneous beneficiaries ;

·         Good relation skills with rural population and local authorities ;

·         Autonomy and will to learn.

Conditions:

·         The hiring process and the work will start as soon as possible in November 2012 in Thakhek and for a 3 months period (potentially renewable).

·         Monthly salary paid in Kips and linked with skills and experience according to TGH salary scale, work insurance policy.

·         Independent house in Thakhek paid by the project (for non Thakhek residents), 2 trips to Vientiane per month, field allowance for field sessions (according to TGH scale and regulation).

 Please send by email up-to-date CV (+ recent work references) and motivation letter before the 26^th of October 2012 to MsOceane MERGAERT, Project manager (cdp2.laos@trianglegh.org). Only short-listed candidates will be contacted for an interview. Meeting and interviews will be organized ASAP in Vientiane.

Ways-Vacancy

Operation and Reservation Assistant

Other Ways Laos is an Inbound Travel Compagny based in Vientiane. To complete our team, we are looking for a motivated Operation and Reservation Assistant to join the team (1 position based in Vientiane).

Requirements as follows:

• Good knowledge of tourism in Laos
• Good skills in French (written and spoken) or in English
• Serious, motivated, conscientious, hardworking
• Good computer skills (emailing,word,excel)
• Previous experience working as Tour Operator for an inbound travel company is a plus

Position based in Vientiane.

Career development opportunities. Salary according to the experience

Please send your CV (with attached photo) by email to francois@other-ways.com

CARE International-Vacancy

CARE seeks to employ one Lao national for a “health and scholarship officer” position to be based in Sayabouly Province. CARE Laos offers staff competitive salaries and excellent benefits. Expected starting date for the position is November 2012. Start date is flexible.

 1. Health and scholarship officer- (1 Position)

Major Responsibilities

·         Foster a sound working partnership and coordinate all health-related activities with the District Health Office (mobile clinic, hygiene education, awareness on pesticide related hazards, nutrition surveys, surveillance…)

·         Establish the yearly plan of health activities with the District Health Office

·         Improve as required IEC materials used for health awareness sessions at the target village level

·         Facilitate the training (on the job) of 6 village birth attendants at hospital (coordination with district and provincial health department, solve logistics and administrative issues met by birth attendants, monitoring and evaluation of the activity…)

·         Undertake regular village visits to support District Health staff when implementing activities.

·         Supervises the scholarship activity (award of about 20 nursing, teaching and vocational school scholarships) including selection of students, coordination with all relevant government departments, follow up of students and problem solving etc…

·         Make activity plans and reports as required

·         Be aware of gender and ethnicity issues, and contribute to the development and implementation of appropriate strategies

Matching Indicators or Qualifications:

1.     University degree in a health-related field (ideally in Primary Health and/or related to Mother and Child Health and nutrition). A master’s degree would be an asset

2.     At least 2 years in a development project in a rural area would be an asset,

3.     Mobility: willingness to work and stay in a remote area, with frequent field stays is essential.

4.     Good planning skills and good Communication skills

5.     Commitment to honesty and transparency

6.     English and/or French language skills is a strong asset (or Prai ethnic language skills)

7.     Computer skills required (Excel + Word and knowledge of WHO anthro or statistics software is an asset)

 Qualified candidates should submit their CV and a letter of application addressing Matching Indicators to:

  - CARE Laos, PO Box 4328, 329/25 Sibounheuang Road, Ban Sibounheuang, Vientiane

 - Or email to parua2@carelaos.org

-  Or (applicants from Sayabouli Province only): CARE Sayabouli PO BOX 045, 222/13 BahnSimeuang, Sayabouli Province

 Deadline for applications is 31/12/12.

Please note that CARE may actually recruit the successful candidate before the application closing date.Only short-listed applicants will be contacted. CVs and other documents submitted to CARE will not be returned.

CARE-Laos is committed to working towards equitable relationships and opportunity for women and men.

CARE-Laos seeks to create and maintain an organization environment that is free of harassment and exploitation of children.

CARE encourages members of ethnic groups of Lao PDR, women and people living with disabilities, who meet the selection criteria, to apply for this position.

GIZ REDD- Vacancy

The Climate Protection through Avoided Deforestation“ (CLiPAD) TC Module is a Lao-German Bilateral Technical Cooperation Project working together with the Department of Forestry and Deprtment of Forest Resource Management and provincial and district agencies in Sayabouri and Houaphan to develop REDD+ demonstration activities. The REDD+ technical field coordinator is responsible for the coordination dn implementation of strategic REDD+ activities in the CliPAD target areas (Houaphan/Sayaboury).

Starting Date: As soon as possible
Work Location: Sayaboury/Houaphan (to be decided depending on applications)

Responsibilities:

• Serve as liaison officer and CliPAD focal point for the provincial and district governments and ensure close cooperation between CliPAD TC module and provincial/district government
• The coordinator is expected to cooperate with the district and provincial agencies to ensure the implementation of CliPAD field activities.
• Support REDD+ related planning processes involving local government and communities and in cooperation with partners develop concepts for REDD+ demonstration activities such as Community forestry programs
• Assist in identifying needs for capacity development at the provincial level and in districts in-line with climate change mitigation issue;
• Works closely with both governmental and non-governmental organizations in innovative capacity development measures for Climate Change/REDD and coordinate/supervise the support of these processes.

Main Tasks:

• Work as a liaison officer between CliPAD TC Module and local authorities to ensure a smooth implementation of the CliPAD TC Module
• Advice local government on participatory planning processes following the multi-stakeholder approach and work together with national, provincial and district level to facilitate capacity development for REDD+ readiness at province and district level
• Advice local government on possibilities for REDD+
• Conduct relevant workshops, training activities, seminars, etc. for implementation of CliPAD activities on local level
• Undertake visits to the selected districts to ensure CliPAD partner activities are proceeding as planned;

Knowledge Management

• Compile and document information about ongoing initiatives relevant for his tasks in Sayabouri and Houaphan and ensure knowledge transfer to Principal advisor of CliPAD;
• Report regularly to the Principal advisor to project progress and impact in the framework of the Project Monitoring and Evaluation System

Management and Coordination Tasks

• Participate in project planning, including preparation, organization and moderation of planning exercises;
• Provide inputs for the budget planning;
• Analyze the cooperation with local government, CSO and CliPAD
• Support the cooperation between TC Module and FC Module on local level
• Ensure good relations to local government and support the required CliPAD related administrative processes on partner side

Others/Events Management

• Support the provision of logistics for team and visitors;
• Support in accompanying and guiding visitors in connection with field trips

Experience and Qualifications:

• Minimum of 7-8 years working experience in the forestry sector
• Recent working experience in Sayaboury/Houaphan
• Good understanding of current ongoing REDD+ and forest policy processes;
• Experience in working with government agencies;
• Field Work experience;

Personal Skills

• Ability to work independently
• Strong communicative skills, in particular with regards to working with government officials
• Conflict resistance and conflict solving/facilitating
• Motivating and convincing attitude
• Ability to work under pressure
• Team player
• Report writing skills
• Flexibility and high degree of mobility

Women are encouraged to apply

Interested candidates should send application- CV and a covering letter explaining how your experience meets the requirements latest by 22 October 2012 to HR Unit of GIZ Office Vientiane, P.O.Box 9233, Vientiane Capital, or by e-mail to pamouane.phetthany@giz.de.

GIZ CliPAD-Vacancy

The general task of the commitment is to build capacities within the Provincial Agriculture and Forestry Office Sayaboury (PAFO), especially the Provincial Office for Forest Inspection (POFI), through the means of short, tailor made training courses and workshops, follow up through on-the-job-training, as well as planning, implementing and monitoring those capacity building measures in the field of Forest Law Enforcement as well as the support to possible community forestry interventions.
The field/data collection assistant is responsible for helping to collect and analyse data, possibly using PCs (surveys, observation) and supports the main partner organisation (POFI) and a GIZ-Technical Advisor to reach the mentioned tasks.

Starting Date: 01.11.2012
Work Location: Province Sayaboury

Main tasks and responsibilities:

• Support to design, implement, monitor and evaluate all planed activities in the field of Forest Law Enforcement (like workshops, trainings etc.),
• Participate in internal and external meetings/workshops on the fieldwork process and assists in documenting these,
• Support to improve net working and exchange between relevant authorities and districts/villages,
• Assist with and/or carries out surveys independently in accordance with specified survey methods and data analysis if necessary,
• Do verbal translations in English and Lao, whenever necessary in daily service,
• Write translations of all relevant documents, reports, project proposals and correspondences in English and Lao.

Experience and Qualifications of the candidate:

• Holds a Degree in Forestry (B.Sc.),
• Holds a Degree or Diploma in English,
• Good working knowledge of ITC technologies (related software, phone, fax, email, the internet) and computer applications (e.g. MS Office),
• Ability to work very precisely,
• Ability to live and work in harsh and difficult conditions during field-work assignments,
• Language proficiency in English and Lao,
• Willingness to work flexibly and to travel regularly,
• Candidates from Sayaboury Province will be given special consideration,
• Gender knowledge is an advantage.

Women are encouraged to apply

Interested candidates should send application- CV and a covering letter explaining how your experience meets the requirements latest by 22 October 2012 to HR Division of GIZ Office Vientiane, P.O. Box 9233, Vientiane Capital, or by e-mail to pamouane.phetthany@giz.de.

GIZ - Vacancy

GIZ Land Management and Rural Economic Development Programme (GIZ/LM-RED) under the Lao-German Cooperation started its operation on 01 November 2011. GIZ/LM-RED’s period divided in to phases: the 1st phase is from 01 November 2011-30 September; the 2nd phase is from 01 October 2014-30 September 2017. GIZ/LM-RED is comprised of three components: (1) land management, (2) decentralized development planning, and (3) rural economic development (which includes two sub-components: (1) investment promotion, (2) agricultural promotion development). Whilst the land management component has been operated in only Luangnamtha province, the other two components have been operated in all three target provinces: Luangnamtha, Sayaboury and Attapeu.
Starting Date: 01 January 2013 
Work Location: Vientiane Capital

Main tasks and responsibilities:
Management responsibility

• Monitor, manage and supervise staff and ensure that they provide cost-effective services
• Give professional advice and guidance to personnel s/he is responsible for and motivates her/his team
• Plan, coordinate and organize her/his tasks within the LMC team

Professional advisory services

• Advise partner institution(s) on order clarification, identifying needs, developing concepts and strategies, and provides technical input on land management policy and procedure harmonization, activity planning and improvement, implementation of key functions in land management and capacity building and liaison building between the departments and relevant agencies at all levels
• Formulate job descriptions and terms of reference and select and supervise third parties in the course of carrying out LMC activities, including performance evaluation
• Participate in identify needs for external support and advice, work on policy recommendations and develop a strategic approach
• Contribute to preparing and implementing the coordination process, joint programme activities and work in the regions
• Perform other tasks as stated in the ToR

Networking and cooperation

• Co-operate with and ensure regular contacts, dialogues: does PR work and cooperates with local communities, relevant organizations, non-governmental bodies and persons within the programme’s environment as well as with other projects in order to enhance and maintain good working relationships
• Communicate and channel local interests and aspirations and exchanges ideas and information for the benefit of the programme/LMC
• Maintain repeated field visits to the regions in accordance with the requirements of the programme/LMC

Knowledge management

• Compile information on Land Management and ensures knowledge transfer
• Develop strategies and technical concepts including guidelines, manuals, and procedures, which are ready to be applied
• Prepare reports and presentation materials
• Prepare appropriate input to the various project/programme reports/publications including annual reports; contributes to other reports required by the Programme Director and the GIZ Headquarters
• Support research and study activities on policy topics that will benefit collaborative programmes

Experience and Qualifications:

• Masters/MSc or doctorate in an area that is related to the project/programme objectives, with a focus on a relevant field
• At least 10 years’ professional experience, with at least 5 years’ professional experience in a comparable position
• Knowledge and experience on land and development policy
• Knowledge and experience on budget allocation and management
• Knowledge and experience on monitoring and evaluation
• Knowledge and experience on team management
• Experience on working, coordinating and cooperating with government different agencies at all level
• Experience on working, coordinating and cooperating with international and development partners
• Good communication skills
• Be able to work in team
• Strong personality/leadership characteristics

Additional knowledge

• Very good working knowledge of ITC technologies (related software, phone, fax, email, the internet) and computer applications (e.g. MS Office)
• A proven track record in a managerial position
• Fluent written and oral knowledge of the European language widely used in the country, e.g. English
• Willingness to up skill as required by the tasks to be performed – corresponding measures are agreed with management
• Gender knowledge is an advantage

Women are encouraged to apply
Interested candidates should send application- CV and a covering letter explaining how your experience meets the requirements latest by 15 November 2012 to HR Division of GIZ Office Vientiane, P.O.Box 9233, Vientiane Capital, or by e-mail to pamouane.phetthany@giz.de.

All applications will be treated confidentially and only short-listed candidates will be notified.