Project Manager; Office Assistant

APOPO is a social enterprise that researches, develops and implements detection rats technology for humanitarian purposes such as Mine Action and Tuberculosis detection. APOPO is a Belgian NGO, with headquarters in Tanzania and operations in Mozambique, Thailand, Angola, Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia. APOPO took over the project in the year 2014 in co-operation with TT Hue PPC in order to continue the humanitarian de-mining/UXO clearance activities financed by the German Foreign Office (GFO).

APOPO Vietnam is looking for two following positions: (1)Project Manager; (2) Office Assistant.

(1) Project Manager
- Based in Hue city: to manage the implementation of the UXO Clearance Project in Thua Thien Hue province with regular travel to A Luoi district where the project is being implemented and/or to related work places.

Responsibilities: 
- Cooperation and Coordination with project partners in Thua Thien Hue province.
- Development of regular work plans and reports for the teams.
- Controlling and ensuring the safety of the de-mining work carried out by the field team and the mobile teams.
- Ensuring that logistic needs (such as equipment, repairing, technical needs...) for the whole project are met.
- Cooperation with project leading staff in securing, controlling and maintaining the project equipment.
- Correcting the timely reports and documentation of the different project teams as well as of the whole project.
- Public relation work in the locations where the project is operating.
- Office management
- Supervising Administration, Logistics, Statistics, Survey  
- Supervising Operation Coordination/Planning
- Manage and supervise a provincial Data Base Unit in terms of mine action in Thua Thien Hue Province
- Provide project monthly reports to the Program Manager and monitoring progress in relation to project targets
- Support the Program Manager in project planning including defining project targets
- Support the Program Manager in project finance management
- Conduct weekly work and planning meeting with the project staff

 Desired qualifications:
- Relevant higher education.
- Experience from project planning, implementation and reporting is necessary.
- Experience from Logical Framework Approach (LFA), Result-Based Management (RBM) is desired.
- Good command of Microsoft Office (Word, Excel & Power point) is required. 
 - Experience from Quality Management work (ISO 9000) is an advantage.
- Training in ISO 9000 is desired.
- Technical background within humanitarian mine action is desired.
- Good communication and interpersonal skills with experience from networking and fund raising is desired.
- Experience from logistics, finance and budget control is necessary.
- Written and verbal proficiency in English is necessary.

(2) Admin & Finance Assistant  – Based in Dong Ha city, Quang Tri Province

Responsibilities:
-    Responsible for Admin work for the Project/Program;
-    To conduct document translation for the Project/Program;
-    To conduct interpretation for the Project/Program in the office or in the field when required;
-    To support Finance Officer with monthly finance report or when required;
-    To control and translate all receipts;
-    To undertake other duties as may be assigned by the Project Manager or Programme Manager;

Desired qualifications:
-    Relevant education in English/Finance/Accounting.
-    Good command of Microsoft Office (Word, Excel & Power point).
-    Good communication and interpersonal skills. 
-    Written and verbal proficiency in English.
-    Experience in familiar position is necessary.
-    Experience in accounting is desired.

Contract duration: 8 month contract with extendable possibility.

The closing date for application: Wednesday, 26  February  2014 @ 5pm

Date to start job: Selected candidates are expected to be on position on 10 March 2014.

How to apply:

Interested candidates should send their CVs and cover letters to:

Mr. Rickard Hartmann – Country Programme Director, APOPO Vietnam
APOPO office Hue:   333 Pham Van Dong, Phu Thuong, Phu Vang, Thua Thien Hue
APOPO office Quang Tri: 135B Nguyen Trai, Dong Ha, Quang Tri
Email: [email protected]

We regret that only short-listed applicants will be contacted for interview.

APOPO is an equal opportunity employer!