Save the Children’s vision is a world in which every child attains the right to survival, protection, development and participation. Our mission is to inspire breakthroughs in the way the world treats children, and to achieve immediate and lasting change in their lives.
Save the Children started our work in Vietnam in 1990, and implements programs in the key thematic areas: Education, Health and Nutrition, Child Protection, Child Rights and Governance, Child Poverty, Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) and Emergency Response. At present, Vietnam Country Office has programs in 20 out of 63 provinces in Vietnam.
Save the Children in Vietnam continues to develop innovative programming that reflects the overall strategic goal of measurably improving the survival, health, protection and development of Vietnam’s poorest children by strengthening the capacity of women and children, caring adults, communities and partner organizations.
Save the Children is committed to ensuring that all our personnel and programmes are absolutely safe for children.
Child Safeguarding positioning statement:
We need to keep children safe so our selection process, which includes rigorous background checks, reflects our commitment to the protection of children from abuse.
All employees are expected to carry out their duties in accordance with our global anti-harassment policy.
We are looking for a Vietnamese national for:
- Vacancy: Consultant to develop 3 new E-learning lessons [1] (Becoming profession, Worker Rights and Safety at Work, Problem – solving)
Location: Ho Chi Minh
I. Consultant’s responsibilities:
Improving the quality of Employability skill on the ELearning system:
- Develop three lessons for ELearning, including Becoming professional; Workers’ rights and safety at work; and Problem-solving. Duration of each lesson is around 10 to 20 minutes.
- Review the existing lessons and structure of ELearning to have appropriate revision for finalization.
- Create lessons based on the Employability skill training manual of SC that deliver essential information on each skill in clear and simple language with interesting examples and exercises that keep the target learners engaged and interactive.
II. Scope and Tasks:
The consultant is expected to perform the following tasks:
- Work with the project team to develop and agree on a detailed work plan, timeline, deliverables and expectations on quality of the final products.
- Study and review the materials provided by project team to understand the operation of ELearning’s platform, the curriculum design and expected learning outcomes.
- Submit the plan for 3 new lessons of Elearning including scripts for voice-over, lessons’ activities, quizzes as well as storyboard directions for supplier (previous lesson plans will be provided for reference), and improvement plan for existing lessons of the two solutions including scripts, fixes and solutions for each issue,
- Work with the supplier and the project team to finalise the revised plan.
- For ELearning, after the offline version is approved, the supplier will upload the lessons on the platform. Consultant team will then review the online versions and check for any spelling mistakes, technical issues (blurred images, lessons failing to load, etc.) and work with the supplier for fixes. The project team will review the final online version before rolling-out to students.
- Comply with Save the Children’s Child Safeguarding Policy, Data protection and Privacy Policies.
III. Key Deliverables
- Three new lessons to be uploaded to ELearning platform. (Becoming Professional, Rights and Safety at work, Problem-solving)
- Revised content of 6 existing lessons in ELearning platform. (Self-exploration journey, Career Mapping, Job interview tips, Time and stress management, Financial literacy, Communication skills).
IV. Coordination
The consultant is expected to coordinate between the project team and the supplier for guidance, monitoring and timely delivery of outputs.
Main competencies required
The project team is looking for a consultant with expertise and experience in developing lessons with interactive exercises and illustrative animations/scenarios for online learning/learning application.
- Have adequate experience in lesson/curriculum design and a good understanding of the online learning (interactions, time, and student behaviours, etc.)
- Well-versed and resourceful with employability skills, soft-skills training materials.
- Bachelor degree or higher major in pedagogy and/or at least 4 year-teaching/ consulting experience, preferably in the field of life skills/soft skills/employability skills training.
- Experience developing online courses and lessons for learning application is desirable.
- Experience working with iNGO in a youth employment project is a plus.
Application package:
Interested consultant(s) should send their profile to Save the Children International in Vietnam via [email protected] [2]. The profile should include include CVs and draft agenda for this training course.
The closing date for application is 5pm on 24th July, 2020. Applications will be treated in confidence. Due to the volume of applications we receive, only short-listed candidates will be contacted and CVs cannot be returned.
Save the Children is an equal opportunities employer. Our selection processes reflect our commitment to the protection of children from abuse, and our people are as diverse as the challenge we face. We welcome applications from all qualified candidates, regardless of age, disability, HIV/AIDS status, race, national origin, religion, or sexual orientation.