Education and Communication Officer (FOUR PAWS Viet)

About the organization

FOUR PAWS is the global animal welfare organisation for animals under human influence, which reveals suffering, rescues animals in need and protects them. Find out more about our sustainable campaigns and projects on www.four-paws.org.

FOUR PAWS Viet is a Vietnamese NGO - partner of FOUR PAWS International, an animal welfare organization founded in 1988 with the Headquarter in Vienna, Austria, and offices in 15 other countries. FOUR PAWS strives to help animals in need with sustainable campaigns and projects, focusing on animals that are directly under human influence such as stray dogs and stray cats, farm animals, companions animals and wild animals kept in inappropriate conditions.

BEAR SANCTUARY Ninh Binh - an animal welfare project by FOUR PAWS, located in Ky Phu commune, Nho Quan district, Ninh Binh province. The sanctuary allows greater governmental enforcement of the existing laws prohibiting the abuse of bears for bile extraction, by providing a place for any confiscated or voluntarily handed over bears to be taken to and cared for appropriately.

BEAR SANCTUARY Ninh Binh is looking for an Education Officer.

Job Summary:

You, as Education and Communication Officer, are responsible for supporting and implementing educational concepts with focus on wild animal protection, environment and nature conservation, demand reduction and animal welfare, as well as for supporting the implementation of FOUR PAWS Viet’s communication plans and for supporting the coordination of the Volunteer Program.

General responsibilities

Implement and improve existing FOUR PAWS’s education programs such as: Youth Engagement Program and Conservation Awareness Program.
Implement and enrich the education tour concept and programs for BEAR SACNTUARY Ninh Binh.
Implement and enrich the education programs on nature conservation, wildlife product demand reduction and animal welfare for FOUR PAWS Viet
Support the implementation of Four Paws Viet’s communication plans.
Support volunteer activities.

Specific responsibilities

Implement and improve existing FOUR PAWS’s education programs such as: Youth Engagement Program and Conservation Awareness Program:

Research, study and improve the content of the programs
Coordinate and deliver workshop/training activities
Maintain the FOUR PAWS Viet education board game production
Maintain a database on partners and participants
Maintain networking with students
Make necessary adjustment or improvement to the programs when needed.

Implement and enrich the education tour concept and programs for Bear Sanctuary Ninh Binh:

Enrich educational tour concept and programs for BEAR SANCTUARY Ninh Binh
Deliver custom made education tours for businesses, adults, and school groups

Implement and enrich the education programs on nature conservation, wildlife product demand reduction and animal welfare for Four Paws Viet:

Research, study and develop education programs on nature conservation, wildlife product demand reduction and animal welfare.
Create content for programs proposals and profiles for collaboration and fundraising purposes.
Coordinate education programs’ events and activities

Support the implementation of Four Paws Viet’s communication plans:

Support the creating of content covering Four Paws Viet and Bear Sanctuary Ninh Binh news and projects for online and offline platforms.
Support the coordination of Four Paws Viet communication print materials, signage system and media library.

Support volunteer activities:

Support the volunteer training.
Support the coordination of the functional units in training and managing volunteers.
Support the coordination of volunteers’ extra activities (travel to Ninh Binh’s attractions and locations are required)

Additional/individual duties (optional)

Translate documents from English into Vietnamese and vice versa when required.
Supporting foreign staff members and partners on site when needed.
Deliver educational tour when possible/needed.
Purchasing for Education and Communication Unit.

Requirements

Undergraduate degree in Education (priority to those who have pedagogical certificate)
Proficient in English
Experience in holding events for children (e.g. organizing experimental/life skills courses for children, teaching children with Montessori, Reggio, and other methods.)