BEHAVIOURS (Values in Practice)
Accountability
• Holds self-accountable for making decisions, managing resources efficiently, achieving results together with children and role modelling SCI values;
• Holds the team and partners accountable to deliver on their responsibilities – giving them the freedom to deliver in the best way they see fit, providing the necessary development to improve performance and applying appropriate consequences when results are not achieved;
• Creates a managerial environment in-country to lead, enable and maintain our culture of child safeguarding.
Ambition
• Sets ambitious and challenging goals for self and team, takes responsibility for own personal development and encourages team to do the same;
• Widely shares personal vision for Company, engages and motivates others;
• Future oriented, thinks strategically and on a global scale.
BEHAVIOURS (Values in Practice)
Accountability
• Holds self-accountable for making decisions, managing resources efficiently, achieving results together with children and role modelling SCI values;
• Holds the team and partners accountable to deliver on their responsibilities – giving them the freedom to deliver in the best way they see fit, providing the necessary development to improve performance and applying appropriate consequences when results are not achieved;
• Creates a managerial environment in-country to lead, enable and maintain our culture of child safeguarding.
Ambition
• Sets ambitious and challenging goals for self and team, takes responsibility for own personal development and encourages team to do the same;
• Widely shares personal vision for Company, engages and motivates others;
• Future oriented, thinks strategically and on a global scale.
Collaboration
• Builds and maintains effective relationships, with own team, colleagues, members, donors and partners;
• Values diversity, sees it as a source of competitive strength;
• Approachable, good listener, easy to talk to.
Creativity
• Develops and encourages new and innovative solutions
• Willing to take disciplined risks
Integrity
• Honest, encourages openness and transparency
• Always acts in the best interests of children
QUALIFICATION
• At least Master’s Degree in Education or related field
• Demonstrated experience in education programming with demonstrated experience in technical capacity building, research and report writing skills
EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS
Essential
• Minimum of 6 years’ experience working in a development context (INGO, ministry, etc.);
• Good understanding of challenges facing vulnerable children and communities in Vietnam;
• Good experience in training, and capacity building of workforce and health staff;
• Quick learner with ability to think strategically and creatively;
• Experience of the national context, strategies and policies to enable advocacy at national / regional level in order to hold duty bearers to account to realise children’s rights, including the right to education services;
• Skilled at networking, representation and partnership development in order promote learning, strengthen civil society and mobilise resources;
• Able to generate and use data and evidence to innovate, deliver, learn and share what works and what doesn’t work for children;
• Experience of promoting quality and impact through at least one cross-cutting area: gender equality and inclusion, adaptive and safer programming; child rights; disability; migration and displacement;
• Demonstrated program design, monitoring and evaluation skills, including designing pathways to sustainable impact at scale;
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English and Vietnamese;
• Commitment to and understanding of SCI mission, values and principles including rights-based approaches;
• Ability to work effectively with people of diverse backgrounds and at different levels, to motivate and inspire team work.
Desirable
• Flexibility, live and thrive in challenging circumstances;
• Have a very high level of personal and professional integrity and trustworthiness;
• Experience of working in an emergency setting and/or commitment to build that capacity;
• Excellent people management and interpersonal skills, with a demonstrated ability to respond effectively to challenges, and work effectively in a cross-culture environment.
KEY COMPETENCIES (Indicative / Key Competencies)
Technical competencies:
• Ensures all children’s access to quality education;
• Ensures all children’s wellbeing;
• Supports all children’s learning and development.
General Competencies
• Being the Voice of Children: Promotes evidence-based policy and public engagement that includes the voices of children and their communities;
• Advancing Equality & Inclusion: Displays a commitment to ensuring everything we do considers the most deprived and marginalised children and communities;
• Building & Strengthening Partnerships: Promotes working with diverse partners as critical to delivery;
• Child Rights: Promotes the rights of children in own work and in work with colleagues and peers.
