Intern – Child Rights Governance

Save the Children, the world’s largest independent organization for children, delivers immediate and lasting improvements to children’s lives all over the world.
Save the Children in Vietnam (SC) works to promote every child’s rights to survival, protection, participation and development as set forth in the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. The current program focuses on the following core sectors: Health and Nutrition; HIV/AIDS prevention; Care and support; Education; Child protection; Child-focused emergency preparedness and response; Child rights agenda, including Civil society development, Economic opportunities, Child poverty Research, and Advocacy for child-friendly development policy and practice.
Vacancy: Intern – Child Rights Governance
Based in Hanoi
They are looking for a Vietnamese national for the position of Intern of Child Rights Governance team. The successful candidate will be based in Hanoi with possible travels to project locations.

Main Responsibilities
The Project Intern will provide administrative and logistics support to the ongoing project of Child Rights Governance Program to ensure effective, efficient and cost-sensitive operations of the projects.

Key Competencies
- Enthusiastic fresh graduates with University degree in social sciences or relevant disciplines
- Familiarity with administrative tasks
- Good communication skills to maintain contact with team members and partners.
- Basic ICT application skills (dealing with website, blog, mailing workgroup...)
- Ability to organize and coordinate complex activities within interrelated schedules and timelines, to demonstrate sound judgment, task orientation.
- Good English and Vietnamese written and oral communication skills.
- Ability and willingness to travel

Please send CV and a covering letter in English addressing the list of competencies to:
HR section, Save the Children - E3, Ngoai Giao Doan Trung Tu, 6 Dang Van Ngu - Dong Da, Hanoi or by Email: [email protected]
The closing date for application is 5pm on 31st January 2012. Applications will be treated in confidence.
Due to the volume of applications we receive, only short-listed candidates will be contacted and CVs cannot be returned.
Save the Children is an equal opportunities employer. Their selection processes reflect their commitment to the protection of children from abuse, and their people are as diverse as the challenge they face. They welcome applications from all qualified candidates, regardless of age, disability, HIV/AIDS status, race, national origin, religion, or sexual orientation.