Project Officer

Design Capital, Hue Fund (DCF) is a non-profit, tax-exempt, humanitarian and development non-governmental organization (local NGO). The primary mission of the foundation is to develop social entrepreneurs in impoverished and/or rural communities to foster economic development, community development, and cultural preservation. To foster socioeconomic development, we provide interest-free equipment capital loan to small and growing businesses.  To develop social entrepreneurs we provide skills development, business development consultation services and we connect entrepreneurs to community-giving back opportunities as well as market places.   To preserve culture, we work directly with artisans and artisan villages in developing and producing high quality and ethical heritage products.

Email:   [email protected]

Work Location: 2nd floor, 134 Phan Chu Trinh, Hue city

Job Title: Project Officer/Staff
Basic salary: $180 - $300 (depending on experience and salary raise opportunity depending on performance)

Job description: Design Capital, Hue Fund has many partnerships including Thriive Organization to offer small and growing businesses interest-free equipment based loans which are repaid through charitable goods or services to the community. This program works to develop micro social enterprises.

DCF is looking for a project officer/staff to work collaboratively with our team consisting of a manager and 4 project officers, entrepreneurs, partners and consultants. Upon successful completion of a fixed probation period, there will be permanent employment opportunity with DCF.

Details:
- To work closely with loan recipients
- To coordinate site visits to loan recipients for assessment, collection economic data including financial data
- To assist with entrepreneur and business selection, contractual agreements including repayment plans & schedules, and equipment procurement process
- To assist with charitable repayment of products, services, or vocational training
- To assist with the collection, monitoring, and tracking businesses’ repayment, growth, job creations, and needs
- To assist with organizing business development conference and workshops for businesses and entrepreneurs
- To work closely with Design Director and accelerated businesses in product design, sampling, and quality assurance for sampled products
- To work closely with Production Manager on product development process including quality assurance for design, sampling and production.
- To work closely with businesses to analyze their needs and production capability before, during, and after production process.
- To work closely with team members and partners on economic and community development projects.
- To assist with general administrative tasks.
- To perform other duties as assigned by DCF management board.

Job requirements:

The following is a list of job requirements:
- Age: 22-30
- Vietnamese citizen only
- Excellent English language skills including communication and written.
- Bachelor's Degree; priority given to graduates with Linguistic, Economic (Finance, Accounting, Business Development, Marketing/Sales), International or Community Development degrees and/or proven experiences.
- Experiences in economic and community development, micro-financing or banking, business contractual agreement, supply chain, procurement, and production.
- Prefer strong IT and computer skills including Excel and Microsoft word.
- Prefer strong critical thinking and analytic skills.  
- Willing to work under pressure, on weekends, and to travel locally as well as regionally.
- Work collaboratively with international and national colleagues.  
- Have interest or experience in social work.

Work outcome:

From this opportunity of work, you will gain the following experiences:
- Working for an NGO
- Working directly with small and growing businesses
- Working directly with regional, national, and international partners
- Micro-financing, social entrepreneur development,  business development, and community development
- Spoken and written English and Vietnamese

Application

- CV/resume with a recent picture.
- Please note that only applications sent via email are accepted.
- Application deadline: June 15, 2014

Job Details
Organisation Name: 
DCF
Location: 
Hue
Application Deadline: 
Tue, 2014-07-15