Great Peace-Vacancy

Great Peace (Tai Wha Social Welfare Foundation) was founded in Republic of Korea in 1921, it has been serving and helping alongside people who are struggling from poverty by perform social welfare services and socio-economic aids to enhance the capacity of needy families and communities in the Republic of Korea and overseas. (Morocco, Cambodia, Laos)

Great Peace is now preparing its project implementation in Lao PDR. Project is to help improve the quality of life of the communities by operating Community Center providing social welfare service specializations.

Great Peace is now seeking for high qualified candidates as a human resource and administrative officer to join our team. The duty station for the position is based Vientiane Capital.

Key Responsibilities:

              ·         Provide strategic and functional responsibilities for all the HR and administrative disciplines

·         Recruiting, Training and Supervising staff and delegating work as required

·         Administer employee files and records in order to ensure accurate payment of benefits and allowances

·         Ensure that employee have safe working environment free from discrimination and harassment

·         Filing and retrieving information and documents

·         Purchasing and Maintaining office facility and equipment

·         Perform other related duties as required.

 Qualifications:

·         Bachelor degree on human resource management , economic and administrative, finance, international development, or other related field

·         At least 3 years experiences in related field, working with INGOs will be essential

·         Strong communication skill, creative and committed

·         Proven of English and Lao language

·         Excellent in using MS. Office (MS. Word, Excel, Power Point, internet)

 Basic Salary:

 ·         Starting Basic Salary is 300~350 USD

Closing Date will be on 7th October 2012.

Interested candidates please submit your CV and cover letter with applied position and salary history togreatpeace.hr@gmail.com.

(Do not send certifications or letter of reference at this time)

Phone calls will be not accepted. Only eligible candidates will be contacted for interview. To learn more about Great Peace (Taiwha social welfare foundation) please visit our website to www.taiwhafound.org/eng

Background of organization

Great Peace (Tai Wha Social Welfare Foundation) was founded in Republic of Korea in 1921, it has been serving and helping alongside people who are struggling from poverty by perform social welfare services and socio-economic aids to enhance the capacity of needy families and communities in the Republic of Korea and overseas. (Morocco, Cambodia, Laos)

Great Peace is now preparing its project implementation in Lao PDR. Project is to help improve the quality of life of the communities by operating Community Center providing social welfare service specializations.

Great Peace is now seeking for high qualified candidates as a human resource and administrative officer to join our team. The duty station for the position is based Vientiane Capital.

 Key Responsibilities:

·         Provide strategic and functional responsibilities for all the HR and administrative disciplines

·         Recruiting, Training and Supervising staff and delegating work as required

·         Administer employee files and records in order to ensure accurate payment of benefits and allowances

·         Ensure that employee have safe working environment free from discrimination and harassment

·         Filing and retrieving information and documents

·         Purchasing and Maintaining office facility and equipment

·         Perform other related duties as required.

Qualifications:

·         Bachelor degree on human resource management , economic and administrative, finance, international development, or other related field

·         At least 3 years experiences in related field, working with INGOs will be essential

·         Strong communication skill, creative and committed

·         Proven of English and Lao language

·         Excellent in using MS. Office (MS. Word, Excel, Power Point, internet)

 Basic Salary:

Starting Basic Salary is 300~350 USD

(Plus transportation fee, lunch, communication fee and labor insurance...)

Closing Date will be on 7th October 2012.

Interested candidates please submit your CV and cover letter with applied position and salary history togreatpeace.hr@gmail.com.

(Do not send certifications or letter of reference at this time)

 Phone calls will be not accepted. Only eligible candidates will be contacted for interview. To learn more about Great Peace (Taiwha social welfare foundation) please visit our website to www.taiwhafound.org/eng

INDIGO THREADS - Vacancy

TRANSLATOR—Lao/English/vise versa

PART TIME-TEMPORARY (20 hr. week)

LOCATION:  PAKSE, LAO

WHEN:  NOVEMBER 19, 2012 TO MID FEBRUARY 2013

---Proficient spoken English with excellent comprehension.

---Simplified written English.

---Superior Lao language verbal and writing skills.

---Enjoy working with young students.

---Adaptable to rural cultural differences.

---Excellent manners with common sense.

---Casual clean business attire.

INDIGO THREADS is a small direct ‘hands on’ Southern Lao Education Support Humanitarian Organization, providing educational opportunities for rural students.  Being a small Organization, duties include translating plus everything needed to satisfactorily complete our Programs.  Likewise, we are not able to provide room, board, travel expenses and insurance.  Not able to compete with large Organizations, INDIGO THREADS does maintain a distinctive respected position with incredible rewarding experiences with adjusted wages.  ONLY serious AVAILABLE candidates need apply.  Pre employment interviews will be conducted by email.

Visit INDIGO THREADS website at www.indigothreads.org

Contact Project Manager, Ms. Mary, at mdmeyer@indigothreads.org

LP trading- Vacancy

VACANCY

Announcement

We are looking for a capable persons who are interesting in our dynamic company for long term.

Place of Business : Nonghai village, Hatsaiphong district, Vientiane City

1. Marketing Manager
2. Male or Female
3. Bachelor degree or higher(MBA) in marketing management, international business.
4. Excellent written and spoken English and computer skill (Excel, PPT)
5. Minimum 1 year of work experience related to sales , marketing
6. Ability to formulate sale and make a plan for promotion, marketing strategy.
7. Sale and Customer Service
8. Female
9. Diploma or high diploma of college
10. Good relationship and communicatation
11. Good written and spoken English
12. Minimum 1 year of work experience related to customer service
13. Accountant
14. Male or Female
15. Diploma of accounting or another closely relenant subject
16. Discriminate in favor of a person who can speak English
17. Inventory
18. Male
19. Bachelor degree of university or college
20. Ordinary written and spoken English

_____________________________________________________________

LP TRADING COMPANY LIMITED

Your Satisfaction Guaranteed

Nonghai Village, Khamphengmuang Road,                  Tel : (856-21) 330 258-9 Fax : 021330260

Hatsaifong District, Vientiane Lao PDR                        E mail : LP.bestfurn@gmail.com

DDD-Vacancy

Job Announcement

English Teacher (Lao National)

Full Time position

This position is based in Vientiane Capital 

Background

Digital Divide Data's mission is to create better futures for disadvantaged youth in developing countries through employment in our financially sustainable business.

As an internationally acclaimed social enterprise, we create jobs for talented youth who deliver high-quality content business process outsourcing services to clients globally. This business empowers our staff with the skills and experience they need to lift themselves out of poverty. When our business grows, so does our impact.

Founded in 2001, our proven model develops a strong workforce in countries with untapped talent. We identify and recruit motivated, disadvantaged youth who would not otherwise have access to good jobs or higher education. We then train and employ them at a fair wage, while offering them scholarships to attend university. DDD alumni go on to high-skilled positions in which they earn more than four times the average regional wage. This enables them to break the cycle of poverty that traps their families they are able to send family members to school and raise their household's standard of living. With our scalable approach to growth, we now employ more than 900 people across our offices in Cambodia, Laos, and Kenya.

Main Responsibilities:

• Deliver high quality English language learning and teaching across a range of levels to each group of students (offline courses)
• Actively supervise Englishtown classes and provide students with troubleshooting on a timely manner.
• Meet students regularly to discuss academic progress and to provide feedbacks from online training and offline courses
• Maintain students’ learning performance records, behavioral aspect, overall training environment and report to direct supervisor on a weekly basis
• Coordinate with IT team to solve common computer problems for the online learners
• Coordinate with Englishtown coordinator for first startup of Englishtown online and offline courses.
• Assist in maintaining learning materials: headset, speakers, computers, etc. Be able to support   students on time
• Be pro-active in Data Management Operators recruitment process-willing to go on social investigation on one’s own accord.
• Be willing to help with Data Management Operators administrative tasks as requested by direct supervisor

Qualifications:

• Bachelor or High diploma in English studies or related fields.
• Experience in learning English with a computer or online study will be a strong asset
• One-year English teaching experience or Fresh graduation
• Good / Solid English skills: speaking, listening, reading, and writing
• Experience in training and development people is preferred
• Strong initiatives and creativeness
• Caring, hard-working, and passionate
• Problem solving skills Displays effective multi-tasking and time management skills
• Operational knowledge of the Internet, Microsoft Word, Excel, and Power Point
• Accepts responsibility and be patient, and highly self-motivated.
• Ability to plan course outlines, lessons and assessments.

Please send CV along with a letter of interest by 25 September. 2012 to email: jobsvte@digitaldividedata.org or directly send your application to Human Resource Department at Digital Divide Data, Unit 21 Dongpaleb Village, Chanthabouly District, Vientiane Capital Lao PDR.  PO Box 315, Tel: 021-263561

Website: www.digitaldividedata.org only short-listed candidates will be invited for interview.

LIWG-Vacancy

Location: Based in Vientiane with occasional travel to provinces

Duration of contract: 10 months (till 31 July 2013)

Salary: Will be based on the qualifications of the applicant

Application deadline: 19 September 2012

Start date: 27 September 2012 (negotiable)

Background:

The Land Issues Working Group (LIWG) has been operating as a sub-working group of the International Non-Governmental Organizations Network (iNGO Network) in Laos since 2007. The LIWG works towards greater community control over land, forest and natural resources. We promote awareness and understanding of the social, economic and environmental impacts of land-related projects, bygathering and disseminating information, facilitating dialogue and carrying out studies. The LIWG consists mostly of international and local civil society organization staff and other individuals working on land issues in Lao PDR.

Duties and responsibilities:

• Assist the LIWG Coordinators in their networking, advocacy and coordination work.
• Perform a variety of secretarial and administration duties of the LIWG Secretariat.
• Responsibility of following monthly expenditures and maintaining bookkeeping.
• Conduct general office administration including office management, website updating and other relevant tasks.
• Taking care of logistical arrangements for workshops and other events organized by LIWG.
• Liaise with relevant stakeholders such as LIWG member organizations, development partners, governmental institutions and local communities.
• Translate short documents (Lao-Eng-Lao).
• Perform other duties as assigned by LIWG Coordinators and Chairs.

Qualifications:

• Fluency in English (spoken and written) 
• University degree
• Self-motivated, good in communication, able to work autonomously
• Experience in using IT, e.g. MS Office (Word, Excel) and website content management
• Experience in accounting and financial management
• Experience in working with development organizations and familiarity with the Lao land investment environment and legal context is an advantage

Interested candidates are requested to submit a letter of interest and CV to: khomphet@laolandissues.organdinfo@laolandissues.org.

For more information: 030 981 5657/ Ms. Khomphet.

Diethelm-Vacancy

Diethelm Travel (Laos) Ltd
Diethelm Travel (Laos) Ltd has operated as a leading tour operator in Laos since 1991 and is part of Diethelm Travel Group which is a subsidiary of Diethelm Keller Holding, headquartered in Zurich. Our extensive network has fully licensed and insured offices in Bhutan, Cambodia, China, Hong Kong, India, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam, Singapore, Sri Lanka & Maldives.
 
Vacancy Announcement for Operations Officer
Based in the headquarters in Vientiane, reporting to the Operations Manager.
Responsibilities:

·         Entry of operations data into the operations system in cooperation with 2 branch offices

·         Assignment of vehicles

·         Summarize Guide Reports

·         Booking of local restaurants

·         Preparing Guide Documents

·         Document delivery

Requirements:

·         Lao nationals only, male or female

·         Good command of written and spoken English

·         Good computer skills on word, excel, outlook

·         Ability to learn new things and capability to work hard under pressure

If you have these skills, please submit your C.V. along with your application letter (in English language) to: Mr. Soukpaseuth Luangrath, e-mail soukpaseuth.l@la.diethelmtravel.com or bring your documents to our office at the Namphou Square, Setthathirath Road.

GIZ-Vacancy

Engineer for Small- Scale Rural Civil Works
Northern Uplands - Integrated Rural Development Progamme NU-IRDP

The Northern Uplands Development Programme (NUDP) is a Programme of the Government of Laos supported by several Development Partners. One of the components of the NUDP is food security which is supported by the German Government and by its implementing Agency GIZ through the Lao-German “Integrated Rural Development Programme in Poverty Regions of Laos” (NU-IRDP).
Number of positions: 3 national civil engineers for small scale rural infrastructure
Starting Date: Sept 15, .2012
Duration of Assignment: 5 months, with the possibility of extension of 4 months
Work Location: Luang Prabang, or Phongsaly, or Huapanh Province

Main tasks and responsibilities:

• Support and advise the Lao Government in its initiative to further support rural development and food security within the Northern Provinces covered by NUDP.
• Support and advise the local authorities (district) to identify economic small-scale infrastructure projects and to develop a short-list of priority schemes, based on existing local plans
• Work very closely with District authorities incl. the line agencies of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry and the Rural Development Offices in the Northern Provinces.
• Assess social and environmental suitability, designs and costs of schemes and assist local authorities in developing scheme-budgets for financing agreements with the programme.
• Finalize technical and financial layout of economic small-scale infrastructure schemes.
• Oversee implementation of construction and related expenditures.

Experience and Qualifications:

• Recognised qualification (pref. M.Sc.) in Civil Engineeering.
• Several years work experience in the field of civil works, preferably rural small scale infrastructure development and participatory approaches.
• Proven ability to work sensitively and adapt to the needs of diverse communities.
• Experience with designing and conducting participatory actions in Lao PDR.
• Good planning and organisational skills, with ability to supervise field-based activities.
• Proven team player, with the responsible Government staff as well as with NU-IRDP and NUDP’s Team of advisors and consultants.
• Effective reporting and communication skills.
• Written and spoken English language ability is a must.
• Proficient computer knowledge (MS-Word, MS-Excel, etc.) is required.

The incumbent will receive a five months extendable GIZ-contract with attractive conditions and she/he will work as member of a national / international team of experts within NUDP under the supervision of a Component-Team leader of the GIZ -NU-IRDP.
Interested candidates should send an application with a comprehensive CV including at least three reliable references and a covering letter explaining how their experience meets the requirements; latest by Monday, 2nd Sept, 2012, at 10.00 am to HR Unit 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.