Programme Intern - Advocacy and Campaign

Oxfam in Vietnam

PROGRAMME INTERN – ADVOCACY AND CAMPAIGN (#INTAC200102)

Oxfam is a global movement of people working together to end the injustice of poverty.

We are an international confederation of 19 organizations (affiliates) working together with partners and local communities in the areas of humanitarian, development and campaigning, in more than 90 countries.

Oxfam in Vietnam is working to seek transformative changes in policies, practices and beliefs in ways that will fundamentally improve the lives of poor and marginalized women and men, and ensure that all citizens have the same opportunity to enjoy their rights.

All our work is led by three core values: Empowerment, Accountability, Inclusiveness. To read more about our values please click here

Oxfam is committed to preventing any type of unwanted behavior at work including sexual harassment, exploitation and abuse, lack of integrity and financial misconduct; and committed to promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults. Oxfam expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment through our code of conduct. We place a high priority on ensuring that only those who share and demonstrate our values are recruited to work for us.

The Role:

Selected intern will provide administrative support to Advocacy and Campaign team and take part in advocacy and campaign activities as well as a number of training opportunities. They will gain invaluable working experience that benefits their future employment.

The intern will work under line management of Oxfam’s Programs and Campaigns Coordinator, in close collaboration with other Oxfam teams. The Programme Intern is not attached to a single project or to a specific partner and should be ready to work on different initiatives within Advocacy and Campaign team. He/she is expected to gain general knowledge, use common senses and specialized skills to the best of his/her ability to contribute to own and Oxfam’s learning.

Contract: Fulltime, fixed-term, 3 months
Reporting to: Programs and Campaigns Coordinator (PCO)
Location: Vietnam office in Hanoi

Key Responsibilities and Accountabilities

Administrative support:

• Take notes for workshops and field trips;
• Translate correspondences, project documents and (selected) reports;
• Do filing for project documents;
• Provide interpretation services when required;
• Provide logistic arrangements for events (meetings, workshops, trainings) and staff’ field trips;
• Assist PCO in filling, basic book keepings, activity record maintenance, and documentation of documents, case studies, blogs, video clips for good practices and other learning purposes of the AC team;
• Other support tasks to the AC team, as required (primarily relate to BridgeFest activities, ASEAN engagement, and SDGs engagement with MOLISA, and MPI).

Communication and learning:

• Together with PCO, communicate and support partners and other agencies in activity implementation;
• Participate in some learning sessions organized for Oxfam staff.

Technical Skills, Experience & Knowledge

• University graduates
• Very good spoken and written English and Vietnamese
• Good computer skills (MS Word, MS Excel, Ms Outlook, PowerPoint)
• Good communication skills
• Ability to work independently as well as in the team
• Strong motivation for learning about development work, policy and influencing
• Willingness to travel, if required.

Benefits: monthly allowance of VND3,000,000, plus lunch allowance and accident insurance covered for the employment period.

How to apply

Interested candidates can send your application including motivation letter and curriculum vitae and mentioning reference number INTAC200102 to [email protected].

The closing date for application: 10th January 2020

We regret that only short-listed applicants will be contacted.

Oxfam is an equal opportunity employer.