Project Intern

Friends of Hue Foundation,
45 Le Viet Luong, Hue, Vietnam
http://www.friendsofhue.org
Contact information: Linh Nguyen: [email protected] Cell: 0935668935

Organization description: Friends of Hue Foundation is a 501(c)(3) charitable, non-profit tax-exempt, non-governmental organization (NGO/INGO). The primary mission of the foundation is to provide assistance to impoverished people and victims of natural disasters in Thua Thien Hue province of Central Vietnam.

Job Title: Project Intern
Reports to: Project Manager
Minimum Time Commitment: 01 year - Extendable based on performance
Salary: 1,700,000 VND per month
Application deadline: April 20th, 2012
Interview dates: April 25th/26th, 2012

Job description: The Friends of Hue Foundation has partnered with 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 project works to develop micro-enterprises.
Friends of Hue Foundation is looking for a Thriive intern to work collaboratively with the Thriive team, which includes a manager, a development analyst and a coordinator. On successful completion of the fixed term internship, there may be opportunities to continue employment with Friends of Hue Foundation.

The following is a list of job duties:
- To assist with Thriive financial records
- To assist with tracking Thriive businesses’ repayment
- Collect financial data
- To assist with equipment procurement process
- To assist with charity repayment
- Work closely with loan recipients
- To assist with general administrative tasks

Job requirements:
The following is a list of job requirements:
- Ability to converse with colleagues in English on a daily basis. Excellent English language skills; spoken and written.
- Bachelor's Degree; priority given to graduates with Economics, Finance or Language background. 
- Excellent IT skills; excel and word.
- Ability to think critically and contribute analytical reasoning.
- Willing to work under pressure and on weekends.
- Work collaboratively with international and national colleagues. 
- Interest or experience in social work.

Internship outcome:
From this internship, you will gain the following experiences:
- Experience working for an international Non-government Organization
- Experience working directly with small and growing businesses
- Experience working directly with national and international partners
- Experience in facilitate business development
- Spoken and written English – Vietnamese and in versa