Social Sector Development Office Deputy Director

Position: Social Sector Development Office Deputy Director

Organization: USAID

Location: Ha Noi

Deadline: 11th May 2021

1. INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND

2. BASIC FUNCTION OF THE POSITION

3. MAJOR DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Directly manages SSDO overall personnel management and administration related issues including leave and absence administration, training, travel.
• Leads and participates when appropriate and needed in SSDO job classification and recruitment.
• Reviews and clears mission orders and other internal management processes and procedures.
• Attends internal meetings such as Senior Staff, and other internal functional meetings; inter- agency and Country Team meetings.
• Provides general and targeted briefings to visitors, short-term consultants, and other program-related guests of USAID (e.g., congressional delegations, senior-level USAID officials, and others).
• Serves as Acting SSDO Director when required.

• Handles taskers and requests for information, many of which will require an immediate turn around.
• Prepares ad-hoc reports requested by Mission management, USAID/Washington, the US Embassy.
• Supports SSDO public outreach and communication efforts and specific initiatives (e.g. with the GVN on bilateral war legacy cooperation, museum exhibitions, photo-books and films making on this theme), including any and all briefing materials.
• Prepares and edits briefers, scene setters, talking points, speeches, taskers, power points, fact- sheets, and weekly reports.
• Organizes delegations and other high-level visits, including developing a schedule, coordinating with implementers and other counterparts to plan events, preparing briefing materials, and serving as site officer for events.
• Delivers speeches at public events.
• Convincingly communicates USAID strategies verbally to high level GVN officials, bilateral donors, UN organizations and other stakeholders.

Program Supervision and Guidance 40%

S/he will help oversee SSDO diverse portfolio, assisting in activity planning, design, management and evaluation of SSDO program. S/he will serve as SSDO’s point of contact on matters relating to governance and CTIP. Responsibilities include:

• Reviews and approves procurement actions and documentation, including design, approval and award documentation.
• Reviews and approves key strategy and planning documents including USAID’s annual report, semi-annual portfolio reviews, annual budget requests, and other briefings as required by the GVN, Congress, Department of State, USAID/Washington, US Embassy, and USAID/Vietnam.
• Supports Director in overseeing a landscape assessment for CTIP, identify potential areas for USAID interventions, coordinates with USAID Front Office, Program Office and Embassy on USAID’s CTIP approach. Meets with other donors, NGOs and GVN counterparts involved in C- TIP. Oversees new program design, as required.
• Supports Director in the development of new activities under Vietnamese War Dead portfolio, including use of oral histories to strengthen identification of War Dead
• Provides technical advice and recommendations to the Vulnerable Populations unit and implementing partners regarding program design and implementation so as to incorporate and support good governance and increase sustainability of activities.

• Supports Project Approval and Implementation by convincingly communicating USAID strategies verbally to GVN officials.

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