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Development Facilitator

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Trấn Yên District, Yên Bái, Vietnam
Full-time

To serve as a catalyst, partnership broker, and builder of the capacity of local partners, facilitating the development process toward the improved and sustained well-being of children within their families and community, especially the most vulnerable children.

To manage the technical projects in assigned communes

Areas of Responsibility: 

Community Engagement and Sponsorship: (Time spent: 50%)

  • Planning:
    • Facilitate partnering/ networking with and connections among different local stakeholders (formal and informal community groups, businesses, NGOs and local government agencies, etc.) to mobilize resources for the well-being of children
    • Raise awareness of local partners and community in assigned commune on WV’s Christian identity and values, child focused and community based development approach
    • Facilitate capacity building for communities and local partners in AP planning and annual community review and planning
    • Facilitate AP planning activities at the assigned communes
    • Facilitate annual community review and planning at the assigned communes
    • Support communities and partners to develop and implement the community-based disaster preparedness plans
  • Monitoring:
    • Facilitate capacity building for communities and local partners in the assigned communes in shared monitoring
    • Facilitate shared monitoring activities and reports
    • Facilitate refection meetings with participation of communities
    • Facilitate annual program effectiveness/ PAF self-review and community based groups self-review
  • Child participation and protection:
    • Strengthen child clubs and children led community initiatives
    • Promote the use of child friendly tools such as photo voice, body map, river of life to increase child participation and voice in the community
    • Strengthen child protection committees in the assigned communes
  • MVC inclusion:
    • Facilitate capacity building for communities and local partners in MVC mapping
    • Facilitate the process of MVC mapping and updates
    • Utilize MVC mapping results for program planning and support – to make sure MVC are included and best benefiting from technical project interventions/ models
    • Document best practices, lesion learnt and MSC (Most Significant Change) stories of MVC and their families
  • Micro projects:
    • Strengthen community based groups the assigned communes and build capacity for them in micro projects planning
    • Identify and engage communities and partners in micro projects
    • Facilitate the community based groups in development and implementation of micro projects
    • Facilitate community based groups in monitoring and reporting of micro projects.
  • Sponsorship integration:
    • Include RC in project activities and monitor participation and benefits of RC and their families
    • Coordinate the child registration and well-being monitoring of children, including RC in assigned communes as per sponsorship standards through the SR volunteer network

2. Program Management in assigned communes: (Time spent: 50%)

  • Implementation of Technical Models
    • Work closely with TPOs to introduce and build capacity for local partners on technical project models, guidelines, tools
    • Facilitate the implementation of technical models in alignment with the standard guidelines (cost norms..) and tools
    • Work closely with TPO and technical local partners to facilitate the supportive supervision process in assigned communes to ensure technical quality of the project models
    • Mainstream CCT (CPPa, gender, environment, disability) in all project activities whenever appropriate
    • Document best practices and advocate for the replication of technical project models to larger scale
    • Monitor and report (ITT and narrative) on the progress of Technical Projects (monthly, semi-annually, annually)
    • Facilitate communities and partners to participate in the baseline survey and evaluation in assigned communes
  • Financial Management
    • Manage resources with integrity and stewardship, in compliance with WVV’s financial policies and procedures.
    • Coordinate procurement and strategic sourcing in assigned commune
Educational Background: 
Bachelor degree, preferably in education, public health, community development, social work.
Skills/Experience: 

Knowledge & Skills

  • Conceptual understanding of and commitment to development work, especially Christian, child-focused, community-based development concepts, approaches and processes.
  • Basic knowledge and understanding of key aspects of development work; including child protection, nutrition /health, livelihoods, resilience, advocacy, cross-cutting themes (e.g. gender, environment, disability, child participation).
  • Skills in facilitation of development processes, including organisation, mobilisation and influence of partners (especially at commune level) and partnering among different development partners.
  • Demonstrated capacity in project management, with conceptual understanding and required competency in DME functions (e.g. Facilitate monitoring processes with partners and community, analyze and interpret monitoring data).
  • Strong interpersonal skills and well-developed written and oral communications skills in Vietnamese.
  • Fair English skill.
  • Solid computer skills in Word, Excel, PowerPoint and email.
  • Ability to think critically and reflect.
  • Ability to lead own learning and development

Experience

  • At least 2 years work experience in community development.
  • Experience in program implementation, community mobilization and participatory approach would be an advantage.
  • Experience in capacity building for local stakeholders/partners.
  • Experience of working with children and ethnic minorities

Work Environment

  • Based at district level

Organization Info

World Vision

Overview
Headquarters: 
Federal Way, WA, United States
Annual Budget : 
More than $500M
Founded: 
1982
About Us
Mission: 

Our vision for every child, life in all its fullness; Our prayer for every heart, the will to make it so. World Vision is a Christian relief, development and advocacy organization dedicated to working with children, families and communities to overcome poverty and injustice. Inspired by our Christian values, we are dedicated to working with the world's most vulnerable people. We serve all people regardless of religion, race, ethnicity, or gender.

Our mission: World Vision is an international partnership of Christians whose mission is to follow our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ in working with the poor and oppressed to promote human transformation, seek justice, and bear witness to the good news of the Kingdom of God.

Listing Stats

Post Date: 
Sep 23 2017
Active Until: 
Oct 23 2017
Hiring Organization: 
World Vision
industry: 
Nonprofit