Project Assistant

The Deutsche Gesellschaft fuer Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) was established on 1 January 2011. It brings together under one roof the long-standing expertise of the German Development Service (DED), the German Technical Cooperation (GTZ) and InWEnt – Capacity Building International, Germany. As a federally owned enterprise, it supports the German Government in achieving its objectives in the field of international cooperation for sustainable development. They are also engaged in international education work around the globe.

GIZ operates in many fields, including economic development and employment; governance and democracy; security, reconstruction, peace building and civil conflict transformation; food security, health and basic education; and environmental protection, resource conservation and climate change mitigation.

For many years, Viet Nam has been a priority partner country for German Development Cooperation. Projects and programmes cover the following three priority areas of cooperation, which are closely interlinked with the overarching goal of Poverty Reduction: 1) Sustainable Economic Development and Vocational Training; 2) Environmental Policy, Natural Resources and Urban Development; and 3) Health.

The GIZ implements programmes for capacity development like HCD and weltwärts:

- The Human Capacity Development (HCD) is understood as human resource development of key people from partner organizations and promotes self-learning skills and encourages on the development of conceptual, networking and anticipatory modes of though, interdisciplinary and responsible behaviour as well as intercultural skills. HCD ‘s range of service – education and qualification programs systematically linked to organizational development, network building and international dialogue – increases the ownership and motivation of partner organizations and firms, effecting lasting and sustainable change from inside.

- The volunteer programme weltwärts was established and funded by the German Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development and runs in different developing countries like Vietnam. GIZ is one of several organizations with a license for such an activity and accompanies volunteers and partner organizations during the implementation process, i.e. whilst young Germans assist in Vietnamese organizations and whilst they gain intercultural skills via “learning by serving”. After their one-year-experience abroad GIZ expects of them that they commit themselves to a global thinking and acting in Germany.

To support the implementation of these two capacity building programmes (HCD and weltwärts), GIZ is now looking for a professional and dynamic Vietnamese national to fill the following position: Project Assistant

Duty Station: Hanoi

Main responsibilities:

- Administrative and logistic support of these capacity building programmes during all phases (preparation, implementation and evaluation of activities, e.g. compiling of data, booking of venues etc.)
- Organizational assistance during workshops for different target groups (German adolescents and Vietnamese adults with various backgrounds)
- Backing of office and financial procedures subjected to the respective project rules
- Compilation of material related to the particular programme activities
- Intercultural tutoring of German adolescents assisting for 1 year in Vietnamese organizations

Minimum qualifications:

- Bachelor degree or higher preferably in Foreign Languages or other suitable studies
- At least 2 years of working experience. Having experience working for development projects is an advantage.
- Good command of English and German language
- Interested in cultural exchange
- Flexibility to join business trips that last up to a week
- Excellent command of MS-Office, Outlook. Knowing graphic designing software is an advantage
- Some accounting background or experiences are an advantage
- Cooperative working with others, integrative and team-spirited personality; meeting the public with courtesy and tact, and using good judgments in providing information.

Successful candidates will enjoy good working conditions with a friendly and creative working environment, open corporate culture, clear and promotive career path, competitive benefits and compensation and good policies of training and development.

Interested qualified candidates are invited to send their application in English, including copies of relevant certificates and references, either by email or by post, to the following address before Friday, 15th June 2012.

GIZ Office Hanoi
6th Floor Hanoi Towers, 49 Hai Ba Trung Street, Hanoi, Vietnam
Email: [email protected]

Note: Please mention “Project Assistant Capacity Development” on the envelope or in the subject line

Only short-listed candidates will be contacted within 2 weeks after the deadline. Tel contact is not encouraged.

GIZ – YOUR PARTNER FOR A BETTER FUTURE
(For further information please visit their website: www.giz.de)