JOB DETAILS

LOCATION: Hanoi, Vietnam

INTERNSHIP LENGTH: 1 year                                                                   

DEPARTMENT and TEAM: Goal 1/Women-led Green Programme

Stipend:  We provide monthly stipend plus accident and health insurance

HOURS (FTE): Full time

COMMITMENT TO DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION

We are committed to ensuring diversity and gender equality within our organization.

Oxfam is a global movement of people who are fighting inequality to end poverty and injustice. There are currently 21 member organizations working in 81 countries. We have a vision of a just and sustainable world. A world where people and the planet are at the centre of our economy. Where women and girls live free from violence and discrimination. Where the climate crisis is contained. And where governance systems are inclusive and allow for those in power to be held to account.

Oxfam in Vietnam believes that a reduction in poverty, injustice, and inequality will occur through the interaction between active citizens, accountable states and responsible private sector and that it is fundamental to Vietnam’s development. Oxfam in Vietnam aims to influence the current growth-based development model to shift to a Human Economy Development Model, putting people and the planet before profits.

DEPARTMENT PURPOSE: We aim to embrace diversity and influence policy to ensure women’s full participation and equal opportunities for leadership at all levels of decision-making in political, economic and public life. We work for inclusive growth and equal rights to economic resources, as well as access to ownership and control over land and other forms of property, financial services, inheritance and natural resources. By challenging and changing social norms, we fight to end gender-based violence.

TEAM PURPOSE: As part of the Gender equality and women’s agency programme, the overall objective is women, in all their diversity, influence decision-making processes on climate change and environmental conservation policies and actions in Viet Nam. Specific Objective is improved access to decent jobs and entrepreneurship opportunities in the green economy and the circular economy for women in all their diversity.

THE INTERNSHIP PROGRAMME: Oxfam offers an internship programme for young Vietnamese graduates who are passionate about Oxfam's mission of working with others to overcome poverty, suffering and injustice. Selected interns will have an opportunity to watch and to learn how to perform some basic admin, finance, and programme tasks in the organization. Intern will also receive regular coaching and mentoring on technical programme management and behavioural competencies. After the internship, they will gain essential office, admin, finance, and programme management skills and will gain invaluable working experience that benefits their future employment. Intern will also have an opportunity to take number of training opportunities in Oxfam. They will be coached by Programme Officer and other members.

INTERN WILL BE COACHED BY

Programme Manager, Programme Officer and Programme Administrative Officer

AREAS OF LEARNING:

Administrative, finance and programme management skills:

•    General administrative skills including filing, sending and circulating mail, scanning, photocopying, travel booking, preparing finance/payment documents;

•    Interpretation and translation skill (letters and project documents);

•    Taking notes and preparing meeting minutes skills;

•    Logistical arrangement skill in the organization such as logistic arrangement for trainings, workshops on capacity building for grantee, and field trips;

•    Storing information skill for project Monitoring and Evaluation;

•    Others skill if relevant.

Communication skill and learning:

•    Communication skill while working with Oxfam staff and partners (contact programme partners, consultants and other stakeholders in relevant activities).

•    Opportunity to join learning events in Oxfam.

 

PERSON SPECIFICATION

Most importantly, every individual at Oxfam International Secretariat needs to be able to:

  • Live our values of INCLUSION, ACCOUNTABILITY, EMPOWERMENT, COURAGE, SOLIDARITY and EQUALITY (read more about these here)
  • Ensure you commit to our ORGANIZATIONAL ATTRIBUTES (including adhering to the Code of Conduct):

1. Be committed to our feminist principles, and to applying them in your day-to-day behaviour and your work. Be ready to keep learning, with accountability to those who experience oppression as a result of their identities, such as their gender, race/ethnicity, disability, class, or LGBTQIA identity."

2. Be committed to undertaking Oxfam’s safeguarding training and adhering to relevant policies, to ensure all people who come into Oxfam are as safe as possible.

 

EXPERIENCE, KNOWLEDGE & COMPETENCIES

ESSENTIAL

  • Self-Awareness
  • Relationship building
  • Agility, Complexity, and Ambiguity
  • Listening
  • Mutual accountability

In addition:

  • University graduate; graduate with background in Gender and development, business and entrepreneurship, public administration, social development, natural resources and environment is an advantage;
  • Very good spoken and written English and Vietnamese;
  • Good computer skills (MS Word, MS Excel, Ms Outlook, PowerPoint);
  • Good communication skills;
  • Ability to work independently as well as in the team;
  • Strong motivation for learning about development work;
  • Willingness to travel, if required.

SAFER RECRUITMENT: Oxfam is committed to preventing any type of unwanted behaviour at work including sexual harassment, exploitation and abuse, lack of integrity and financial misconduct; and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults. Oxfam expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment through our code of conduct. We place a high priority on ensuring that only those who share and demonstrate our values are recruited to work for us. Offers of employment will be subject to satisfactory references and appropriate screening checks, which can include criminal records and terrorism finance checks.           

 

APPLYING:

Fresh graduates who are passionate about learning and experiences about the development sector are highly motivated to apply for this position. All applicants should apply through the Oxfam recruitment website via
https://jobs.oxfamnovib.nl/job-invite/13609/
by August 06th, 2024 at 23:59 ICT.

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