Short-term Project Assistant

Save the Children, the world’s largest independent organization for children, delivers immediate and lasting improvements to children’s lives all over the world.
Save the Children (SC) works to promote every child’s rights to survival, protection, participation and development as set forth in the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. The current programme focuses on the following core sectors: Health and Nutrition; HIV/AIDS prevention; Care and support; Education; Child protection; Child-focused emergency preparedness and response; Child rights agenda, including Civil society development, Economic opportunities, Child poverty Research, and Advocacy for child-friendly development policy and practice.

Vacancy: Short-term Project Assistant
Based in Ho Chi Minh City
They are looking for a Vietnamese national for the position of Short-term Project Assistant. The successful candidate will be based in Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC).
Main Responsibilities
The Project Assistant is responsible for supporting the project smooth running, which includes planning, implementation, reporting.

Key Competencies:
- University degree
- Experience working on Child Protection related issues preferable
- Understanding of child protection, and social work.
- Being able to meet deadline in short time
- Being able to work in hardship conditions
- Familiar with NGOs’ work in Vietnam
- Capacity to work effectively in a team and as well as individually
- Fluent written and spoken English
- Ability and willingness to travel.
- Good liaison and negotiation skills
- Good computer skills in Word, Excel
- Contractual conditions
- 3 months contract.

Start date: ASAP, in April 2012
Please send CV and a completed application form, contact of three referees and a covering letter in English addressing the list of competencies to: HR section, Save the Children - E3, Ngoai Giao Doan Trung Tu, 6 Dang Van Ngu - Dong Da, Hanoi or by Email: [email protected]
The SC’s application form and full job description are available at the website: http://savethechildrenvietnam.wordpress.com/vacancy

The closing date for application is 5 pm on the 02nd April 2012. Applications will be treated in confidence. Due to the volume of applications we receive, only short-listed candidates will be contacted and CVs cannot be returned.
Save the Children is an equal opportunities employer. Our selection processes reflect our commitment to the protection of children from abuse, and their people are as diverse as the challenge they face. They welcome applications from all qualified candidates, regardless of age, disability, HIV/AIDS status, race, national origin, religion, or sexual orientation.