Vets Without Borders is recruiting for our 2023 Young Volunteer Program! We're looking for two (2) One Health Research Officer volunteers at the Institute of Environmental Health and Sustainable Development (IEHSD) based in Hanoi, Vietnam.
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Job Title: One Health Research Officer
Country: Vietnam
Location: Hanoi
Partner Organization: Institute of Environmental Health and Sustainable Development (IEHSD)
Duration: 12 weeks
Start Date: May 2023
Pre-departure Training: VWB/VSF will provide training orientation.
Eligibility: Canadian Citizens and Permanent Residents of Canada only
Language: English (essential)
Academic Requirements: Enrolled or recent graduate in/from veterinary college
Fundraising: VWB/VSF encourages each volunteer to raise funds towards the organization’s operations.
Volunteer Terms & Conditions
VWB/VSF covers most of the costs of being an overseas volunteer, including:
- Return airfare to placement country
- Visa/permit costs
- The cost of required vaccinations, anti-malarial medication, and overseas emergency travel health insurance
- A monthly living allowance (MLA) that will be paid into the volunteer’s bank account in Canada. The MLA is designed to be sufficient to cover simple housing, basic food requirements, and other typical monthly living expenses.
Our Commitment
Veterinarians Without Borders/Vétérinaires sans Frontière is an equal opportunity employer and values the diversity of our team.
We are committed to inclusive and equitable employment practices and strive to create a workplace that supports diversity, equity, and inclusion. VWB/VSF Canada welcomes applications from all qualified candidates, including members of racialized groups, Indigenous peoples, women, persons with disabilities, and persons of any sexual orientation or gender identity.
Please let us know if you require an accommodation and we will work with you to ensure an equitable hiring process. Thank you for your interest in VWB/VSF Canada.
Overall Goal
The primary purpose of the One Health Research Officer position is to work with VWB/VSF national volunteers and IEHSD staff members to complete a case study report from collected database on VETS’s project activities in Thai Nguyen. Additionally, the volunteer will support IEHSD staff members with VETS project activities and IEHSD partner activities. This position will work in collaboration with the One Health Student Club to share knowledge, network, identify learning objectives, and support opportunities for collaborative action.
Objectives
- Summarize and analyze the collected database of VETS project and compile a case study report.
- Present on the case study report in meetings with various stakeholders, including IEHSD staff and partners, One Health Student Club, etc.
- Support the development a guideline/handbook on animal health, One Health, and biosafety/biosecurity on topics determined by IEHSD Supervisor and volunteer.
- Actively participate in regular meetings with the One Health Student Club.
All volunteers are expected to promote gender equality, environmental sustainability and good governance within their placement responsibilities.
Skills
Essential
- Experience with poultry and small ruminants
- Knowledge and understanding of animal health, One Health and biosafety/biosecurity
- Strong research, report writing, and presentation skills
- Experience with community-based organizations
- Effective cross-cultural communication skills
- Commitment to the principles of volunteer cooperation and familiarity with participatory approaches to development, including the promotion of gender equality, good governance, and environmental sustainability
Desirable
- Previous international work/volunteer experience in Vietnam or other low-income country considered an asset
About the Project: VETS
Volunteers Engaged in Gender Responsive Technical Solutions (VETS), funded through the Volunteer Cooperation Program at Global Affairs Canada, will engage 190 volunteers to work with local partner organizations in Ghana, Kenya, Senegal, Laos, Cambodia, and Vietnam.
Volunteers will help create integrated animal health systems to increase the livelihoods and household nutrition of small-scale farmers. The VETS program utilizes the skills of volunteers to build local partner capacity to support community members, primarily women, to reduce poverty. Through improved production of livestock and crops, volunteers help improve family income and nutrition.
The VETS program is built around the One Health concept, which recognizes that the health of people, animals, and the natural environment are interconnected. This project promotes the production of more and better food and increased incomes from livestock, all the while promoting land rehabilitation and conservation for sustainable development.
About Veterinarians Without Borders
In the global south, more than 90 percent of food animals are raised by subsistence farmers. However, small-scale livestock producers, the majority of whom are women, have very limited access to quality and affordable animal health services.
Aside from the risks associated with the loss of valuable livestock that provides important protein and/or income for low-income households, zoonotic diseases that can be passed from animals to humans offer a very real threat to human health on a wider scale.
Veterinarians Without Borders/Vétérinaires sans frontières (VWB/VSF) works for and with communities in need to foster the health of animals, people, and the environments that sustain us. VWB/VSF works nationally and internationally to train animal health workers, increase food security, and improve animal and public health.
VWB/VSF provides overseas volunteer placements for veterinarians and other animal and public health professionals.
