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.
 

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

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LP TRADING COMPANY LIMITED

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

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