Job Title: Programme Intern, The Right to Be Heard Programme (Aim 4)
Location: Hanoi, Vietnam
Oxfam Purpose: Oxfam works with others to find lasting solutions to poverty and suffering (www.oxfam.org.uk [1])
Aim 4: Aim 4 works towards the goal that poor and marginalised people will have an effective voice in influencing decisions affecting their lives – using their civil and political rights to achieve social and economic rights and to challenge inequality.
Reporting line: Report to Programme Assistant
Starting from: November 2012
Deadline for applications: 29 October 2012 to Ms. Lan Huong - [email protected] [2]
Specific Responsibilities: in order of priority
- Support PA with the programme finance management (project budgeting, expenditure, forms and procedures)
- Support documentation activities, namely, application of digital technology for creative reporting (bi-annually, annually or after workshops), documentation; interviewing; filming and photo-taking
- Provide creative input to project activities
- Organize workshops, seminars, training courses, etc
- Contact project partners, consultants and other stakeholders in relevant activities
- Provide translation and interpretation services (Vietnamese – English and vice versa)
- Be in charge of general administration (filing documents, managing the programme library, booking, circulating mail, fax, photocopying, scanning)
- Search and provide data that serve as a basis for day-to-day implementation process and proposal writing
- Join field trips when required
- Others as appropriate
Expected Competencies:
- Vietnamese citizen, University degree
- Good computer skills (Excel, Word, PowerPoint)
- Good knowledge of digital application for creative reporting, documentation
- Good command of English, including interpretation and translation from Vietnamese to English and vice-versa
- Commitment and inspiration to work in development areas and poor community
- Some knowledge of development work, but not essential
Behavioural competencies:
- Good communication, presentation skills (especially in working with people from different backgrounds)
- Good teamwork skills (supporting others, delegation, influencing, negotiating)
- Respect for others
Learning opportunities:
- Taking part in relevant programme events (internal training, programme meetings, workshops, etc.)
- Taking part in monitoring and evaluation missions as appropriate
- Induction to financial management system of Oxfam
- Developing career development plan and review regularly with line-manager