Program Officer- Health

Lawrence S. Ting Memorial Fund (LSTF) was established in 2005 as a local NGO in Vietnam. So far it has supported with more than one million underprivileged people across the whole country. LSTF mainly provides services and support at education and health sectors to people in need.

MAIN ROLES & RESPONSIBILITIES
1) Programme Management (design, planning, implementation, monitoring and
evaluation)
Design & Planning
• Support drafting the annual implementation plan
• Review partners’ work plans and budget so as to ensure they are in line with programme design and agreement.
• Review concept notes/proposals/fund requests from potential partners with recommendations.
• Review and/or prepare MOUs and other legal documents of related partners with recommendations.
Implementation & monitoring
• Act as a focal point to manage daily contact and conduct regular monitoring visits to supervise and support partners on activities implementation.
• Provide technical support and capacity building to implementing partners via regular monitoring visits or meetings.
• Monitor the progress of programme/project implementation and spending status to ensure the alignment with the agreed work plans. Advise line manager if identify any potential risks or issues.
• Prepare and disseminate guidance, manuals or hand-on experience documents to concerned bodies so as to build their capacity.
Learning & Reflection (Evaluation)
• Participate in programme/project review meetings and/or evaluation exercises in line with dedicated guidance.
• Prepare quarterly semi-annual, annual and programme-end reports together with implementing partners (for programming purpose).
2) Support in Resource Mobilization and Marketing
• Develop at least 2 concept notes/proposals per year according to the need gaps and donor interesting.
• Strengthen donor relationship through providing donor services (e.g. donor visits and other purposive engagements).
• Collect data to support proposal writing and grants acquisition.
• Identify and prepare at least three beneficiary stories per year for external communications.
3) Data Management and others
• Maintain database and records for all programme related information for both programming and marketing purposes.
• Coordinate all logistical issues for visits, project activities and other related tasks.
• Assist and provide information within his/ her responsibility to line manager in the development of the Annual Plan and Annual Report if required.

Requirements:

• University degree in global development, public health, social science or any relevant field.
• Minimum 3 years of experience working in the NGO sector, preferably in health related programmes.
• Experience in programme/project design and management.
• Experience in proposal writing for grant projects.
• Outstanding analytical skills with a strong background in basic research.
• Good communication and coordination skills.
• Work on own initiative with minimum supervision and to stay on task.
• Excellent management of competing priorities and work under pressure.
• Highly organised with reliable attention to details.
• Fluency in written and spoken English and native/national language.
• Good computer skills; MS office
• Ability to travel to different provinces.