Education Scholarship & Admin Officer

Position Title: Education Scholarship & Admin Officer

Reports To: ICM/Founder

Location: Hoi An, Vietnam

Status: Full time

Working Hours: 8am to 5pm Monday to Friday with one hour for lunch
                        8.30am to 5.30pm Saturday with one hour for lunch

Start Date: As soon as possible

Qualifications:   

• Minimum: College Degree (English, Economics preference given for International study experience/Accounting);
• Professional work experience in a similar position;
• Excellent  organizational skills. Excellent communication with national and international programme’s partners.
• Excellent attention to detail. Works well under pressure.
• Ability to meet deadlines with 100% accuracy.
• Good working knowledge of modern telecommunication systems (including e-mail, fax and internet, related software) and relevant computer applications (e.g. MS Office);
• Excellent proficiency in written and spoken English and Vietnamese;
• Dynamic and self-motivated personality with a strong desire to work in the NGO field, willingness to learn and develop.

Duties:

Education Scholarship:

• Updating student and sponsor information
• Ensuring that letters and photos from students are sent to sponsors twice a year in a timely manner
• Translating letters into English and sending to a foreigner for editing
• Finding potential educational scholarship recipients  to be interviewed
• Meeting with principals when required and to act as interpreter
• Administering the payment of school and other student fees (every month).
• Ensuring that students continue to meet our financial and academic criteria
• Keeping accurate records of all scholarship information
• Sourcing funding for university scholarship students from companies within Vietnam
• Sourcing funding for scholarship students
• Mentoring and guidance of scholarship students

Workshop:

• Assist the Workshop Manager in overseeing the staff and makers, and dealing with any problems or concerns
• Customer service

Administration and General:

• Ad hoc assistance for Founder and Assistant In Country Manager
• Purchase equipment and deal with tradesman
• Organize and upkeep important files for Lifestart Foundation
• Advise customers on local customs and culture
• Research the purchase of special equipment and materials in Vietnam
• Any other tasks assigned to you by the Founder, the In Country Manager or Assistant In Country Manager

Salary:

• Very competitive salaries.

Application Information:

• Interested candidates should send cover letter and curriculum vitae in English  to: [email protected] and [email protected]
• Application closing date: November 10, 2014
• Only those selected for interviews will be contacted.