Project Officer

Work Location              45 Le Viet Luong, Hue, Vietnam

Company infomation    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.

Website:                     http://www.friendsofhue.org

Size of company          10 - 24

Contact details             Ms. Quynh

Email:                         [email protected]

Job title                       Project Officer

Category                      Administrative/Clerical

                                   NGO/Non-Profit

                                   Interpreter/Translator

Job description

Reports to: Project Manager 

Application deadline: January 30, 2013

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 officer to work collaboratively with the Thriive team, which includes a manager, a development analyst and a coordinator. On successful completion of the fixed term probation, there may be opportunities to continue employment with Friends of Hue Foundation.

The following is a list of job duties:

- Work closely with loan recipients
- Coordinate site visits to loan recipients 
- To assist with equipment procurement process
- To assist with charity repayment
- To assist with tracking Thriive businesses’ repayment
- Collect financial data and write reports.
- To assist with general administrative tasks

General job requirements: 

The following is a list of job requirements:

- Age: 22-26
- Vietnamese citizen only
- 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 linguistic 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.

Work outcome:

From this opportunity of work, 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