Closing Date:
Duration of contract:
1 year (extension to be based on performance and availability of funds)
Starting Date:
Travel Requirements:
Regular travel to other project provinces
Full time position (%FTE):
Full Time (100% FTE)
Location:
Ha Noi or Ho Chi Minh City
Background:
Friends for International TB Relief (FIT) is a registered non-profit organization working in tuberculosis (TB) prevention and care through service delivery, research, technical assistance, and advocacy. FIT works closely with Provincial and National TB Programs and in-country partners to implement projects funded by international donors, including the US CDC, the Global Fund, Unitaid, the Stop TB Partnership and others. FIT also collaborates with leading academic institutions, such as the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine and Karolinska Institutet, and actively contributes to regional and global TB policy and technical forums. For more information, please visit www.tbhelp.org
Job Responsibilities:
- Project coordination & implementation oversight
- Coordinate implementation of both project components, across all sites and facilities
- Develop and maintain detailed workplans, timelines, and deliverables
- Track progress against milestones and proactively troubleshoot delays or implementation challenges
- Ensure alignment between government facility, research and monitoring & evaluation staff
- Facilitate regular coordination meetings with local stakeholders and project leadership
- Regulatory compliance & IRB management
- Lead development, submission, and tracking of all project IRB protocols, amendments, and progress/final reports
- Maintain a complete and auditable regulatory documents for the project
- SOP implementation & quality assurance
- Support development, review, and maintenance of data collection tools, in collaboration with the sponsor, research team and monitoring and evaluation (M&E) team
- Support development, review, and updating of project activity SOPs
- Train and retrain (as needed) project staff and collaborators on SOPs
- Monitor adherence to SOPs across sites through data reviews and site visits
- Identify deviations and coordinate corrective and preventive actions
- Data quality assurance & monitoring
- Work closely with the monitoring and evaluation (M&E) team and sponsor to ensure accurate, complete, and timely data entry
- Support source data verification and routine data quality checks
- Ensure compliance with data protection and patient confidentiality standards
- Sponsor management
- Track sponsor deliverables and reporting deadlines
- Coordinate preparation of quarterly and annual sponsor reports
- Support sponsor communications, site visits, and audits
- Stakeholder engagement & relationship management
- Coordinate with project leadership to engage focal points from the National Lung Hospital, Pham Ngoc Thach Hospital and commune-level health facilities
- Maintain positive working relationships with local and international partners
- Ensure timely communication of risks, challenges, and proposed solutions
- Results dissemination
- Support preparation of dissemination products, including technical reports, policy briefs and scientific abstracts, presentations and manuscripts
- Team support & capacity building
- Provide technical and operational guidance to project staff and collaborators
- Promote a collaborative working environment across Ha Noi and Ho Chi Minh City teams
Qualifications:
- A Bachelor’s degree in pharmacy, preventive medicine, epidemiology, biostatistics/statistics, economics or related fields and at least two years of relevant work experience are required
- A Master’s degree in epidemiology, biostatistics/statistics, economics or related discipline may substitute for the one year of work experience
- Demonstrated experience with IRB/ethics submissions and amendments, project coordination, reporting
- Strong understanding of research ethics, SOP-driven implementation and data quality assurance
- Excellent organizational, writing, and communication skills
- Ability to work independently and manage multiple priorities
Language Requirements:
- Fluency in Vietnamese
- Proficient in spoken English
Applications should include:
- A cover letter written in Vietnamese or English
- An up-to-date, detailed Curriculum Vitae in Vietnamese or English
- At least two employment references (Name, Phone Number, and Email Address)
How to submit an application:
- By e-mail to hr@tbhelp.org
- Subject: “Application for Start4All Project Manager in HCM”
- Deadline: No later than 31 March 2026
Compensation will be commensurate with experience.
Full benefits will be included in the compensation package.
All applications will be carefully considered, but only short-listed applicants will be interviewed.
If you do not hear from us within 21 days of the closing date, this means your application was unsuccessful.
FIT is an equal opportunity employer.